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General Assembly discusses failed UN membership bid — Global Issues

A 2022 initiative, resolution76/262, calls for the UN’s most representative body to meet within 10 days if the veto is used in the Security...

Slightly Stoopid Announce Lineup for 2024 Closer to the Sun Event

Slightly Stoopid and Cloud 9 Adventures announce details for the 10th edition of Closer to the Sun, their fan-favorite winter concert vacation.The annual event...

Paul Auster, ‘literary superstar’ behind ‘The New York Trilogy’, dies

NEW YORK: Paul Auster, a prolific novelist, memoirist, screenwriter and filmmaker who rose to fame in 1980s with his postmodern reanimation of the noir...

Grant Shapps calls on Israel to ‘flood Gaza with aid’ and end conflict

THE best way for Israel to show it is complying with international law is to flood Gaza with aid, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has...

Video: Wrestler ‘Poatan’?! Daniel Cormier saved by security after manhandled by Alex Pereira

Alex Pereira has better grappling than he’s given credit for. Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Light Heavyweight champion is one of the most lethal...

Turkey police arrest 210 at Istanbul May Day protests | Protests News

Authorities deployed more than 40,000 police officers across the city after banning protests in Taksim Square.Police in Istanbul have used tear gas and rubber...

United in Crisis — Global Issues

Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (rome)Wednesday, May 01, 2024Inter Press ServiceROME, May 01 (IPS) - World Press Freedom Day 2024  Journalism is in crisis,...

A surprise arrest and a corruption scandal hint at splits in Putin’s inner circle

A corruption scandal centered on allegations against Russia’s deputy defense minister has drawn surprise and speculation from close observers of the country’s elite.But it’s...

Blinken meets Bibi to stave off Rafah op

US secretary of state Antony Blinken met with PM Netanyahu in Israel on Wednesday, his latest stop on a West Asia tour undertaken as...

Brit mum, 23, left in coma after botched £1,500 gastric sleeve op in Turkey – collapsing just hours after procedure

A YOUNG mum was left in a coma and almost died after a botched £1,500 gastric sleeve operation in Turkey.Chloe Quick, 23, suffered a...

Georgia protests: Stun grenades used on demonstrators as ‘Russia bill’ moves to next stage | World News

Another night of violence has unfolded in Georgia as police have fired...