Brushing snowflakes off her hair, Teagan Hickson walked into a Walmart Supercenter in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with hopes of picking up a few holiday deals on Black Friday. The first thing the mother of two spotted: a pallet stacked high with Gourmia digital air fryer ovens for $50 each. Her sister Jordan had been wanting … Read more
Nine children to be returned to their families in Russia and Ukraine in the latest humanitarian exchange. Nine Russian and Ukrainian children will be returned to their families this week in the latest humanitarian exchange between Kyiv and Moscow mediated by Qatar. Russian Commissioner for Children, Maria Lvova-Belova, told reporters on Thursday that seven children, … Read more
Beirut, Lebanon – For the past two months, St Francis Church in Hamra has taken in displaced families from southern Lebanon and Dahiyeh, a constellation of Beirut suburbs. It’s been a difficult time for many of the families who fled Israeli bombing and a ground offensive in the south, but since early Wednesday when a … Read more
PCB chief says he will ‘make the best decision for Pakistan’ at the ICC board meeting on November 29 to decide the tournament’s fate. Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi says he will “make the best decision for Pakistan” at the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) board meeting, which is expected to make a final … Read more
These were the key developments on the 1,008th day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Thursday, November 28: Fighting Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Nova Illinka, close to the embattled Donetsk region town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence. A Russian drone attack … Read more
Families in the rain-soaked devastation of Gaza describe watching the news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon with feelings of relief, hope and, for some, the sense of having been entirely abandoned. A general frustration has settled on the central city of Deir el-Balah, where people are exhausted from nearly 14 months … Read more
Lockdown in the capital lifted after protesters, who forced their way into city on Tuesday amid deadly clashes, cleared. Pakistan’s security forces have driven supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan from the capital, Islamabad, following a sweeping crackdown overnight. Authorities reopened roads linking the city with the rest of the country, ending a … Read more
Amid a wave of historic election upsets in Southern Africa, Namibians will go to the polls this week to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections set to be the most competitive and tightly contested yet. The vote on Wednesday comes after independence-era liberation parties that long held onto power were kicked out in Botswana and … Read more
Brazilian federal police have published a report implicating former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in an alleged criminal organisation designed to overturn the 2022 presidential election, won by his leftist challenger and current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The 884-page report, made public on Tuesday, outlined eight main pieces of evidence against Bolsonaro, including an … Read more
Beirut, Lebanon – Israel levelled a building in central Beirut, struck the southern suburbs, Dahiyeh, at least a dozen times and hit other areas in central Beirut on Tuesday, making what many hope to be the last day of the war also its most violent. Three people were killed and 26 more wounded on Tuesday … Read more