More than 267,000 people have been forced to flee parts of Western Europe on Saturday as out-of-control wildfires continued to rage in Spain and France. Thick black ash coated roof terraces in the north of Madrid’s center, the Spanish capital, where 70,000 people were evacuated as residents were forced to keep their windows closed by…
India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday he has resigned from his position, handing a major victory to youth protesters nationwide who demanded that he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks. The anti-government protests represented the biggest youth challenge to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014….
LeBron James is coming to Philadelphia. The four-time NBA champion and the league’s all-time leading scorer announced Friday he’s joining the Sixers for the 2026-27 season, which will be his 24th as a pro. “I’m not going for money. I’m not going for family,” James wrote on X. “What am I really playing for at…
Washington — President Trump said Friday that his administration is launching an investigation into the European Union’s trade practices over billions of dollars in fines imposed on the United States’ biggest tech companies. In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump said the investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act is beginning “immediately” and…
One year after the death of actor and director Malcolm-Jamal Warner, his widow, Tenisha Warner, reflected on what she calls the worst day of her life, saying it’s difficult to relive. “All I could think about was my daughter and what I needed to do to continue to be her mother and be her only…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Thursday “stringent punishment” for those involved in exam fraud that has fuelled student anger, in his first direct comments tied to major protests challenging his government. The comments came after thousands of protesters, led by the social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, rallied in New Delhi on…
Climate change will wipe out about $1.47 trillion in U.S. home values over the next three decades and hasten economic gaps in U.S. communities, a report released on Monday finds. Already high insurance rates are escalating, rendering large portions of the nation’s largest cities unaffordable, according to a study by First Street Foundation which analyzes…
When 18-year-old Catina Rose Salarno arrived at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, to begin her freshman year in September 1979, she thought she was starting life anew. She had broken up with her high school sweetheart, Steven Burns, and was excited to pursue her dream of becoming a dentist. But on her…
France has become the first country in the European Union to ban social media for children under the age of 15, after its parliament overwhelmingly approved landmark legislation by 279 votes to 81. Under the new law, children under 15 will be prevented from creating new social media accounts on platforms such as TikTok and…
One year after actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned in Costa Rica at the age of 54 while on vacation with his family, his widow, Tenisha Warner, has filed a lawsuit against his mother, Pamela Warner, in her capacity as successor trustee of the Warner family trust. The suit seeks to recover at least $1.2 million from…
