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Pakistan reduces Hajj assistants count as pilgrim numbers drop

April 23, 2025

No doubt remains: Thunder answer all questions, all critics with dominating win to advance to NBA Finals
We do this thing as sports fans where we say a team or player can’t win it all, until they do. Some fans wanted to break up Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown in Boston until the organization’s patience paid off with a banner No. 18. It’s not new — there was a time when it…
FDA commissioner defends CDC’s new Covid vaccine recommendation
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. ‘We can’t believe’ Elon Musk is stepping away from Washington, Progressive Caucus chair says 08:40 ‘A wholesale embrace’: JD Vance, Trump’s sons tout crypto deregulation at Bitcoin event 10:14 Now Playing FDA commissioner defends CDC’s new Covid vaccine recommendation 04:37…
Harvard agrees to relinquish early images of enslaved people, ending a long legal battle
BOSTON — Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with a woman who says she is one of the subjects’ descendants. The photos of the subjects identified by Tamara Lanier as her…
Trump admin’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil is likely unconstitutional, judge rules
A federal judge in New Jersey ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s effort to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil on foreign policy grounds is most likely unconstitutional but stopped short of releasing him from detainment. In a lengthy order, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said Khalil was “likely to succeed” in his claim that the…
China hosts Pacific island countries’ envoys as Taiwan issue looms
SYDNEY — China’s top diplomat hosted Pacific island leaders on Wednesday as Beijing seeks to weaken Taiwan’s diplomatic standing in the region. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with 11 of his counterparts and representatives from Beijing-friendly Pacific countries at the third China-Pacific Island Countries (PICs) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in the southern city of Xiamen.
Trump commutes sentence of Chicago gang founder after lobbying by Ye
Many Americans may not know Larry Hoover Sr. beyond a passing reference to him in Rick Ross’ 2010 hit single “B.M.F (Blowin’ Money Fast),” in which Ross sings, “I think I’m Big Meech (Woo), Larry Hoover …” But on Wednesday, President Donald Trump commuted the six life sentences that Hoover, a Chicago gang founder, was…
5 ways the EU’s bold new startup plan could boost its tech ecosystem
The European Commission has unveiled ambitious plans to cut red tape and make the EU a more attractive place for tech businesses to scale. Launched today, the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy comes as the bloc scrambles to attract and retain tech startups amid stiff competition from the US and Asia. Under the new initiative,…
Singapore deputy PM Gan calls for ‘new alliances’ amid U.S. tariffs
TOKYO — Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong urged countries across Asia to “forge new alliances” in a bid to combat common trade policy issues amid a restructuring in the global trade system following sweeping U.S. tariffs. Gan, who as the city-state’s trade and industry minister leads tariff negotiations with Washington, was speaking at…
Oklahoma City Thunder advance to NBA Finals
Just three years after finishing with one of the worst records in the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder are now best in the West. The Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, 124-94, to win their conference finals in five games and advance to the team’s first NBA Finals since 2012. Oklahoma City will…