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A boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane in Australia but was tackled by a former boxer

A boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane in Australia but was tackled by a former boxer


March 8, 2025
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 17-year-old boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane at an Australian airport before being restrained by a pilot and two passengers, police said Friday. The boy was disarmed and detained before police arrived on the scene Thursday at Avalon Airport in Victoria state. Barry Clark, a passenger who tackled […]
Hundreds killed in Syria clashes, rights monitoring group says, in worst violence since ouster of Assad regime

Hundreds killed in Syria clashes, rights monitoring group says, in worst violence since ouster of Assad regime


March 8, 2025
In the worst outbreak of unrest since Syria’s transitional government took power, hundreds of people have been killed or wounded in clashes between the security forces and supporters of former President Bashar al Assad this week, according to a human rights monitoring group. The clashes broke out Thursday in the Latakia and Tartous regions on […]
Panama offers temporary reprieve for 112 migrants deported by US

Panama offers temporary reprieve for 112 migrants deported by US


March 8, 2025
Panama will allow more than a hundred undocumented immigrants deported by the United States to stay in the country for at least another 30 days, Security Minister Frank Ábrego said on Friday. The group, mainly from countries in Asia and the Middle East, will receive temporary humanitarian permits for one month that could be extended […]
Why work is (still) not working for women

Why work is (still) not working for women


March 8, 2025
Unpaid work. Sexual harassment. Violence. Low wages. The “motherhood penalty.” These are just some of the issues that millions of women continue to face at work in 2025. Despite progress made towards global gender equality, men continue to hold the highest paid positions in industries worldwide, while many women still typically handle grunt work across […]
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon freed from detention but faces ongoing trials

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon freed from detention but faces ongoing trials


March 8, 2025
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach over his declaration of martial law, has been freed from detention after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision canceling his arrest. Yoon remains suspended from his duties and still faces ongoing criminal and impeachment trials. He was seen bowing to cheering supporters, […]
Canada police hunt for three suspects after 12 injured in shooting outside Toronto pub

Canada police hunt for three suspects after 12 injured in shooting outside Toronto pub


March 8, 2025
Police in Canada are searching for three male suspects following a shooting that injured at least 12 people outside a Toronto pub, authorities said on Friday. Six people sustained gunshot wounds, and four people have non-life-threatening injuries following the incident in the Scarborough neighborhood east of downtown Toronto, police said. The extent of the injuries […]
Russia’s goals are unchanged, Zelensky says, as strikes kill 11 in eastern Ukraine

Russia’s goals are unchanged, Zelensky says, as strikes kill 11 in eastern Ukraine


March 8, 2025
Russian missiles killed 11 people overnight in strikes on Ukraine’s eastern city of Dobropillia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, saying such attacks “prove that Russia’s goals are unchanged.” The attacks come as the Ukrainian war is at a critical point, with the United States having halted military aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv as […]
High anxiety and whispers of a conclave: How the Vatican is dealing with Pope Francis’ hospitalization

High anxiety and whispers of a conclave: How the Vatican is dealing with Pope Francis’ hospitalization


March 8, 2025
The Apostolic Palace in the Vatican is home to the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, the engine room of the Catholic Church’s central administration. Entering the offices on the third floor of the Renaissance palazzo, you walk past frescoes of some of the first maps of the world, a reminder that the church had a […]
Albania shuts down TikTok for a year amid concerns over violence among children

Albania shuts down TikTok for a year amid concerns over violence among children


March 7, 2025
The Albanian Cabinet decided on Thursday to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the popular video-sharing platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. Education Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said officials are in contact with TikTok on installing filters like parental control, age verification and the inclusion of the Albanian language in the application. […]
Russian propaganda changed its tune, but so has America

Russian propaganda changed its tune, but so has America


March 7, 2025
It’s a sign of these extraordinary times that even the Kremlin’s old propagandists are scrambling to change their tune. Across state-controlled Russian media, disparaging references to “the collective West” and “Anglo-Saxons” – thinly-veiled diplomatic code for US-led states – have been quietly dropped. Instead, it’s just what the Kremlin calls “the old world” of Europe, […]
China slams Trump’s return to the ‘law of the jungle’

China slams Trump’s return to the ‘law of the jungle’


March 7, 2025
“There are more than 190 countries in the world,” the Chinese diplomat said during a news conference in Beijing. “Should everyone stress ‘my country first’ and obsess over a position of strength, the law of the jungle would reign again, smaller and weaker countries would bear the brunt first, and international norms and order would […]
Can NATO survive without the United States? The answer may surprise you

Can NATO survive without the United States? The answer may surprise you


March 7, 2025
Europe is staring down the barrel of a stark new reality where the United States being the backbone of NATO – the alliance that has guaranteed the continent’s security for almost 80 years – is no longer a given. President Donald Trump’s public animosity towards Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, his willingness to embrace Russia’s Vladimir Putin […]
Pope Francis thanks well-wishers in first audio message since hospitalization

Pope Francis thanks well-wishers in first audio message since hospitalization


March 7, 2025
Pope Francis thanked his supporters for their prayers on Thursday in a breathless audio message that nonetheless lifted spirits among his faithful as concerns grow for the 88-year-old pontiff’s health. The Pope’s pre-recorded remarks, broadcast on loudspeakers at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square ahead of the nightly recitation of the rosary prayer, marked the first […]
South Korean court orders release of President Yoon Suk Yeol as he awaits impeachment ruling

South Korean court orders release of President Yoon Suk Yeol as he awaits impeachment ruling


March 7, 2025
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach and was indicted on criminal charges for declaring martial law last December, was cleared to be released from detention on Friday. In its ruling, the court said the crime of insurrection is not included within the investigative jurisdiction of the Corruption Investigation Office for […]
Unexploded WWII bomb outside Paris station halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to northern France

Unexploded WWII bomb outside Paris station halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to northern France


March 7, 2025
Eurostar trains to London and all trains heading to northern France were brought to a halt Friday following the discovery of an unexploded World War II era bomb on tracks leading to the nation’s busiest station. Paris police said that at 4 a.m. Friday morning, a WW2 bomb was discovered by workers along railway tracks […]