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May 24, 2025

Japanese PM Ishiba absent from Europe at crucial time
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has not once visited Europe since taking office nine months ago, raising concern that Japan is missing an opportunity to strengthen ties with a continent that is becoming increasingly important in plans to counter China, Russia and North Korea. Ishiba had planned to attend a NATO summit held in…
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ provides a political ‘boon’ for Ron DeSantis and his top allies
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center in the heart of the Everglades as part of the state’s push to coordinate with President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda. The facility, which has been informally dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” has received heavy pushback and a…
13 soldiers martyred, 14 Indian-sponsored terrorists killed in attack on security forces convoy
13 soldiers martyred, 14 Indian-sponsored terrorists killed in attack on security forces convoy In Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Indian-sponsored terrorists carried out a suicide attack on a convoy of security forces, resulting in the martyrdom of 13 soldiers and leaving two children and a woman critically injured. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the…
Senate Republicans release 940-page bill for Trump’s agenda as they race to vote this weekend
WASHINGTON — Moments before midnight, Senate Republican leaders released text of their 940-page bill on Friday, with the goal of beginning votes on it Saturday. GOP lawmakers are racing to pass the sweeping package for President Donald Trump’s agenda by a self-imposed deadline of July 4, but it continues to face hurdles along the way.…
PM Laptop Scheme 2025 Merit List; Download PDF here
PM Laptop Scheme 2025 Merit List; Download PDF here Wait for shining students is over as Higher Education Commission (HEC) officially unveiled provincial merit list for PM Youth Laptop Scheme 2025. With stakes high and competition fierce, students are now flocking to the university’s online portal to find out if they’ve made the cut. The…
American ginseng farmers on brink as US-China trade war drags
WAUSAU, Wisconsin — Hundreds of cardboard boxes filled with ginseng root crowded Will Hsu’s warehouse on a humid June day. The morning before, a shipment of 30,000 pounds (13,608 kilograms) of ginseng left for China, but the more than 150,000 pounds that remain in warehouses across Marathon county is an abnormally large amount for Wisconsin’s…
Who is the ‘Liver King’?
Brian Johnson, known as “The Liver King” online for his raw “ancestral-based” diet, made headlines this week for his beef with podcaster Joe Rogan.
Israeli strikes kill at least 62 people in Gaza as ceasefire prospects move closer
Israeli strikes killed at least 62 people across Gaza overnight and into Saturday, health workers said, as ceasefire prospects were said to be improving. Three children and their parents were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent camp in Muwasi near the southern city of Khan Younis. They were struck while sleeping, relatives said.…
Slain Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman laid to rest
Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman will be laid to rest alongside her husband on Saturday, weeks after her “politically motivated assassination” stunned the nation. Hortman, a Democrat who served as the speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 till her slaying, and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot and killed in their…