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TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — Iran said on Saturday that it reserves the right to respond “legally and legitimately” to an earlier Israeli attack on multiple targets in three of its provinces. In a statement on the Iranian army’s public relations website, the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces said that Israeli aircraft launched “long-range…
MEXICO CITY, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A cargo truck collided with a passenger bus in northern Mexico on Saturday, leaving at least 19 people dead and six injured, authorities said. Officials adjusted the death toll after initially reporting 24 deaths, citing information from first responders. “However, following rescue efforts and expert work carried out at…
They had boasted of Israeli “weakness” but when the cruise missiles first struck just after 2.15am on Saturday, the Iranians appeared completely unprepared. As the regime scrambled aircraft and sought to stop the Israeli onslaught with outdated air defences, it was only a few minutes before plumes of smoke were rising around Tehran. In a humiliating admission,…
Ten days before the American presidential election, uncontrollable war in the Middle East appears to have been avoided for now, much to the relief of President Joe Biden’s aides at the White House and Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team in Delaware. “It looks like they didn’t hit anything other than military targets. My hope…
Former President Donald Trump said on Joe Rogan’s podcast Friday that he would be open to eliminating income taxes, while pushing his sweeping tariff proposal and praising the economic policies of the late 19th century. While talking about tariffs, Trump was asked by Rogan, “Did you just float out the idea of getting rid of income taxes…
MANILA – Four Southeast Asian nations – Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia – are sending assistance to the Philippines to support its ongoing recovery efforts after the devastation left by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name Trami). At the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said Singapore…
WASHINGTON – The World Bank Group announced on Thursday the “Gender Strategy 2030” aimed at boosting economic opportunities for more women. The targets, unveiled at a flagship event during the 2024 World Bank Group Annual Meetings, will focus on the use of broadband, social protection, and access to capital. These efforts will contribute to one of the three…
ROME – Italian families spend almost four billion euros a year to put pasta in their shopping cart, in all its variations, farm group Coldiretti said on World Pasta Day Friday. Italians, according to the latest Istat data, eat 23.1 kg. of pasta per capita, but spaghetti and penne are also popular abroad with 17 kg….
WASHINGTON – At least 75 people across 13 US states have been sickened by E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. Illnesses started on dates ranging from Sept. 27 to Oct. 10, the CDC said, adding 22 people have been hospitalized, two people developed…
Sacha Baron Cohen resurrected his infamous characters Borat and Ali G during a visit to “The Tonight Show,” in which he imagined what they might say to Donald Trump and Kamala Harris amid the race for president. Ali G is predictably a big admirer of Trump, which allowed Baron Cohen to call out the Republican…