Thu 29 May 2025: The Canadian province of Manitoba declared a state of emergency late Wednesday in response to several rapidly spreading wildfires. “With the wildfires in northern Manitoba intensifying, our government has triggered a provincewide state of emergency to help us through this crisis,” Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew told a news conference. “The safety of Manitobans is, and will […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: Leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar privately urged US President Donald Trump to avoid military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities during his recent Middle East visit, Axios reported. Citing fears of regional retaliation and instability, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed, and […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: The US’s Mideast envoy has said he has “very good feelings” about the prospects of his proposal for a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, providing a rare glimmer of hope for a halt to the carnage in Gaza. But while Hamas says it has agreed to the framework of an […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: What if your work self didn’t know about your personal life, and your home self had no idea what you did for a living? In Apple TV’s Severance, that’s exactly the deal: a surgical procedure splits the memories of employees into “innies” (who only exist at work) and “outies” (who never recall […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned yesterday that more than one million children in Sudan are at risk of cholera as the disease spreads across Khartoum State. The UN agency said 7,700 cholera cases have been recorded in the Khartoum State since January, including more than 1,000 cases among children […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: The Lebanese government has managed to bring 80% of weapons in southern Lebanon under its control, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said. “All over the Lebanese territory, the state should have a monopoly on arms,” Salam said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. He said his government has achieved 80% of its […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: A new COVID-19 variant is driving up infections in Australia, with health experts warning that there’s potential for this variant to play a significant role in the winter respiratory season, local broadcaster SBS News reported on Thursday. The new variant, NB.1.8.1., was designated by the WHO as a “variant under monitoring” […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: Beijing on Thursday slammed the US move to revoke visas of Chinese students, calling it “unreasonable and discriminatory.” “The US’ unreasonable decision to revoke the visas of Chinese students under the pretext of ideology and national security seriously harms the lawful rights and interests of Chinese students and disrupts people-to-people exchange […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: On May 29, 1453, a 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II led the Ottoman army to a decisive victory over the Byzantine Empire. The conquest of Istanbul remains a shining jewel in the crown of the Ottoman Great vision makes great men, as the saying goes, and Fatih Sultan Mehmed was born to […]
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Thu 29 May 2025: National Child Protection Week 2025 rallies South Africans under the theme ‘Working Together to End Violence Against Children’. National Child Protection Week, running from 29 May to 5 June 2025, commences with a nationwide appeal for all citizens to actively protect the country’s youth. The 2025 campaign, themed ‘Working Together to […]
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