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Netflix’s chilling new drama Adolescence isn’t scaring parents because it’s unthinkable that a seemingly sweet and innocent boy could be ripped from his childhood bed by police, accused of stabbing a classmate. It’s the opposite. Parents are saying they’re disturbed by the series because — as we grapple with raisingContinue Reading

World Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages, Israeli officials said on Monday, as the military issued new evacuation orders and said “intense operations” were planned in the south of the enclave. ‘Intense operations’ planned in the southContinue Reading

World A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday in an embezzlement case, with a sentence that barred her from public office for five years with “immediate effect.” Le Pen, other National Rally officials found guilty in EU funds embezzlement schemeThe Associated Press · Posted: Mar 31, 2025Continue Reading

World The bodies of eight Palestine Red Crescent (PRCS) medics who came under fire in Gaza just over a week ago have been recovered, though a ninth worker is still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said. Single most deadly attack on Red Cross Red Crescent workers anywhere since 2017, federationContinue Reading

World Rescuers freed four people from collapsed buildings in Myanmar on Monday, Chinese media reported, offering some hope three days after a massive earthquake killed over 2,000 as searchers raced to find more survivors in Myanmar and Thailand. Pregnant woman among 4 rescued in Mandalay, Myanmar on MondayThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading

World The 22nd Amendment, added to the U.S. Constitution in 1951 after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president four times in a row, says “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” U.S. president claims Americans would go along with the move due toContinue Reading

World Russian drones hit a military hospital, shopping centre and apartment blocks in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, killing two people and wounding dozens, while U.S. President Donald Trump voiced anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about the leader of Ukraine. U.S. president threatens more sanctions onContinue Reading

Grapevines across southern France’s famed wine region have barely begun to bud, but the season has already turned sour for many of Europe’s top producers. “We have one [worker] that left … because we couldn’t pay him anymore,” said Nadine Auray, who with her husband, Pierre Jauffret, and a smallContinue Reading

World South Korean adoption agencies sent children abroad like “luggage” for decades, labelling some as orphans when they had parents, and sending alternative babies when infants had died before heading overseas, a truth commission has said. Misconduct included falsifying documents to present babies as orphansThomson Reuters · Posted: Mar 29, 2025Continue Reading