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Two Israeli embassy staffers, a young couple about to be engaged, were killed by a lone gunman as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, and a suspect is in custody, officials said. The two were shot and killed in the area of 3rdContinue Reading

World A serious accident occurred on Wednesday during the launch of a new North Korean warship while leader Kim Jong-un was attending the event. He called it a “criminal act” that could not be tolerated, state media KCNA reported. Initial report from state media did not make clear if thereContinue Reading

World U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for U.S. President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality of taking the expensive gift from a foreign nation. Trump has arguedContinue Reading

World U.S. President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump’s baseless claim of widespread and targeted killing of white farmers. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he wanted to reset his country’s relationship with U.S. TrumpContinue Reading

World Israel began allowing dozens of humanitarian trucks into Gaza on Tuesday, but the aid has not yet reached Palestinians in desperate need, according to aid groups. Internal notes circulated among aid groups say trucks have yet to leave Kerem ShalomThe Associated Press · Posted: May 21, 2025 7:45 AMContinue Reading

World A top adviser to the U.S. director of national intelligence acknowledged in a March 24 email that the Venezuelan government may not have specifically directed the activities of a gang that the Trump administration has used to justify fast-tracking deportations of immigrants. Link between gang and Venezuela, used toContinue Reading

Iran has said it is “ready for talks” with Canada about renewing long dormant diplomatic relations between the two countries, but that Ottawa must be the one to make the first move. “The relationship was frozen unilaterally by Canada, not by Iran,” said Esmail Baghaei, a foreign ministry spokesperson, atContinue Reading

World A Massachusetts college student has agreed to plead guilty to hacking cloud-based education software provider PowerSchool and stealing data pertaining to millions of North American students and teachers that hackers used to extort the company and school districts into paying ransoms. Data on students and teachers stolen from PowerSchool,Continue Reading

World Norwegian chess legend Magnus Carlsen played against 143,000 players from all over the world in a 46-day online freestyle match that ended in a draw. 143K people played against Carlsen, breaking record for biggest online chess match Shaki Sutharsan · CBC News · Posted: May 20, 2025 6:03 PMContinue Reading