News/World (Page 166)

World If there’s any event where it might be difficult to discern reality from fantasy, it’s the Met Gala, where Grimes once brandished a sword and Lady Gaga once stripped through four different outfits until she was wearing only a black lingerie set, go-go boots, and pulling a pink wagon. Discerning fantasyContinue Reading

Cultured meat, meet culture war. The first rhetorical shots have just been fired in a political battle that could last years. The catalyst: lab-grown meat. Florida this month became the first U.S. state to ban meat created from cell cultures. Alabama is following suit. Other states are enacting softer restrictions.Continue Reading

World The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former U.S. president Donald Trump has cancelled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. Says it’s ‘imprudent’ to set new trial date at this timeThe Associated Press · Posted: May 07, 2024 6:08 PM EDT |Continue Reading

World Ukraine’s state security service said it caught two agents for Russia plotting the assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials as “a gift” for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he was sworn in for a new term in the Kremlin on Tuesday. 2 men caught were colonelsContinue Reading

World TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, are suing the U.S. over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it’s sold to another company, arguing that it relies on vaguely painting it as a threat to national security to get around the First Amendment. Lawsuit filed on TuesdayContinue Reading

World U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that the threat of antisemitism is growing, in remarks honouring the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, as his support for Israel’s assault on Gaza divides his Democratic Party. U.S. president says his support for Jewish people and Israel is ‘ironclad’Continue Reading

World Porn star Stormy Daniels described her 2006 encounter with former U.S. president Donald Trump in unflattering terms at his criminal trial on Tuesday, testifying she tried not to think about the sex while it took place and feared it would become public. Former U.S. president did not react as he watched DanielsContinue Reading

World Rescue teams searching for dozens of construction workers missing after an apartment complex collapsed in South Africa brought out more survivors Tuesday, as they entered a second night of desperate work to find anyone alive in the wreckage. Top official says ‘absolute maximum time’ will be devoted to rescueContinue Reading

World Hamas says it accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal, but Israel still examining dealHamas announced on Monday it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a ceasefire to halt the war in Gaza, though later in the day, Israel played down the likelihood of a pause and approved a military operation in theContinue Reading