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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A norovirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship has struck passengers and crew members hard, with more than 240 people falling sick on the Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said in an outbreak report that 224 of the ship’s 2,538 passengers … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across Gaza as the country said it planned to seize large areas of the Palestinian territory and launched a wave of strikes that Palestinian health officials said killed more than 40 people. In a statement, Netanyahu described the new corridor as … Read more
The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth is no longer a threat, but it could strike the moon, according to scientists. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made the discovery after completing the first of two planned observations of asteroid 2024 YR4. “While an Earth impact by 2024 YR4 on December 22, 2032 has now … Read more
Canadian air travellers have started losing interest in trips south of the border, and now air carriers are pulling flights altogether. Travel expert Claire Newell explains all four major Canadian airlines are making adjustments to flights to the U.S. “Air Canada, WestJet, Porter and Flair have changed their schedule, at least for the summer. They’re … Read more
Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war. The fire department in Naypyitaw said the woman was successfully … Read more
A small dog lost on a remote Australian island for more than a year has been spotted alive but is yet to be found and returned to its owners. Valerie, the miniature Dachshund, first went missing in November 2023 after she escaped from her pen on a beach on Kangaroo Island in South Australia and … Read more
Markets around the world continue to sink on fears about President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies, and investors keep plowing money into gold, with futures hitting another record high Monday. Trump’s latest round of tariffs roll out Wednesday, which Trump has been calling “Liberation Day.” Interest in buying gold can rise sharply in times of … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted April 1, 2025 7:50 am 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A top European Union official warned the U.S. on Tuesday that the world’s biggest trade bloc “holds a lot of cards” when it comes to dealing with the Trump administration’s new tariffs and … Read more
Virgina Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein‘s alleged sex trafficking victims, who also accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, says she has just a few days to live after going into kidney failure. In an Instagram post on Sunday, Giuffre alluded to a bus crash and said doctors told her she has just four days to … Read more
A French court on Monday barred Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years, with immediate effect, for embezzlement — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics. Although Le Pen can appeal the verdict, such a move won’t suspend her ineligibility, which could rule her … Read more