‘#Ishiba Don’t Quit’: Unlikely Support Grows For Japan PM

‘#Ishiba Don’t Quit’: Unlikely Support Grows For Japan PM

[ad_1] Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s future is uncertain but an unlikely campaign for him to stay was growing online this week, including from people who are his natural political opponents. The life raft has emerged since upper house elections on Sunday deprived Ishiba’s coalition of an upper house majority, months after it suffered a…

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Boats Bring Philippine Flood Victims To Safety As Death Toll Rises

Boats Bring Philippine Flood Victims To Safety As Death Toll Rises

[ad_1] Rescuers in the northern Philippines used boats to pick up residents stranded by flooding Friday as Typhoon Co-May was downgraded to a tropical storm and the death toll from a week of monsoon rains edged higher. Schools remained closed and electricity was down in swathes of the archipelago nation’s largest island as the national…

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Lebanese Militant Released After 40 Years In French Jail

Lebanese Militant Released After 40 Years In French Jail

[ad_1] One of France’s longest-held inmates, the pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, was released from prison and is due to be deported on Friday, after more than 40 years behind bars for the killings of two diplomats. At around 3:40 am (01:30 GMT), a convoy of six vehicles left the Lannemezan penitentiary with lights…

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French Court To Rule On Assad Immunity In Chemical Attack Case

French Court To Rule On Assad Immunity In Chemical Attack Case

[ad_1] France’s highest court is to decide Friday whether to uphold an arrest warrant against Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad as part of a probe into deadly 2013 chemical attacks during the country’s civil war. Rights activists say that if the Court of Cassation confirms Assad does not enjoy immunity due to the severity of the…

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Thailand Says Over 100,000 Civilians Flee Clashes With Cambodia

Thailand Says Over 100,000 Civilians Flee Clashes With Cambodia

[ad_1] More than 100,000 people have fled the bloodiest border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia in a decade, Bangkok said Friday, as the death toll rose and international powers urged a halt to hostilities. A long-running border dispute erupted into intense fighting with jets, artillery, tanks and ground troops on Thursday, and the UN Security…

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Google Ordered To Pay Argentine Pictured Naked In His Yard

Google Ordered To Pay Argentine Pictured Naked In His Yard

[ad_1] An Argentine captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded compensation by a court after his bare behind was splashed over the internet for all to see. The policeman had sought payment from the internet giant for harm to his dignity, arguing he was behind a two-meter (6.6-foot)…

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White House Lashes Out At ‘South Park’ Trump Parody

White House Lashes Out At ‘South Park’ Trump Parody

[ad_1] The White House on Thursday lashed out at the creators of “South Park” after the bawdy satire skewered Donald Trump in an episode featuring an AI-generated version of the US president crawling naked through a desert. In a no-holds-barred season premiere, the animated Trump character is also seen begging Satan for sex, only to…

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US Regulators Let Skydance Acquire Paramount Global

US Regulators Let Skydance Acquire Paramount Global

[ad_1] US regulators on Thursday approved an $8 billion deal for Skydance to acquire Paramount Global after receiving assurances the merged company will follow Trump administration guidelines against programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. The clearance came with “written commitments” by Skydance to ensure the new company’s news and entertainment programming “will embody a diversity…

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Why Can’t Water Just Be Water?

Why Can’t Water Just Be Water?

[ad_1] TikTok content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. And the trend is also showing up in a proliferation of thirst quenching products. You can now not only buy powders aimed toward adults, but towards kids. Katie Butler, a spokesperson for the children’s wellness brand Zarbee’s, tells Glamour that…

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