Thais flock to get a face-blessing ritual amid economic hardships
In Ayutthaya, at Por Kae Ngoen Lan Park, dozens of devotees sit patiently as their faces gradually disappear beneath sheets of shimmering gold leaf. Faced with economic hardship, many are turning to rituals of faith — hoping fortune might tip back in their favor. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #thailand #economiccrisis #ritualContinue Reading
Death toll passes 1,000 from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China, officials say
The 26 August disaster began with a chain of events high in the Himalayas. A glacial collapse sent large amounts of rock, ice and meltwater into valleys below, triggering powerful floods downstream., Read MoreContinue Reading
‘Big Mistakes’ Adds Lorenzo de Moor and Poorna Jagannathan for Season 2
Dan Levy is officially making more Big Mistakes , and he is bringing Lorenzo de Moor and Poorna Jagannathan along for the ride. Here’s what we know about the new season. The two actors have joined Levy’s Netflix comedy thriller, which has officially started filming it’s second season in NewContinue Reading
Duolingo D-Day: Iranians question latest US sanctions targeting education
Many Iranians inside the country feel they are being unjustly erased from the international community., Tehran, Iran – When the United States threatened an “economic D-Day” for Iran, announcing a series of new sanctions against Tehran, President Traitor 47’s administration said it was seeking to cripple its adversary economically. ToContinue Reading
Palestine weekly: Israel’s rightwing campaigns on anti-Palestinian abuses
Israeli ministers escalate campaign rhetoric with AI ads as Gaza strikes widen ahead of tight October election., Ahead of an October election in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc is behind in the polls, far-right Israeli ministers have turned the machinery of occupation into campaign material over the last weekContinue Reading
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Reining In Big Tech: How California lawmakers plan to regulate AI and social media
As the legislative session moves closer to the end, California lawmakers will decide on bills that tackle issues including social media safety and AI’s impact on jobs., Read MoreContinue Reading
Ex-gang leader found guilty in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
A former gang leader, Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, was found guilty by a Las Vegas jury in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Davis was accused of orchestrating the killing, and is the only person to ever be tried or convicted in the case. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports., ReadContinue Reading
Vance uses El-Sayed’s Usha comments to rile GOP in Michigan
Vice President JD Vance seized on a recent comment by Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about Second Lady Usha Vance.Continue Reading
With mortgages harder to get, some homebuyers turn to riskier land contracts
Mortgage standards are tighter, leading some homebuyers to use alternative financing methods that can lack consumer protections.Continue Reading
Nepal mother mourns son killed in floods as authorities prepare temporary burials
A mother mourned her 21-year-old son who died in the flash floods in Nepal and was cremated Monday. Meanwhile in south-central Nepal’s Chitwan district, authorities said they were carrying out temporary burials of unidentified bodies in trenches dug in a forested area as concerns for health risks mounts. (AP Video:Continue Reading
Russia’s 6-day attack on Kyiv that started two days after CIA head’s visit to Moscow, culminates with massive ballistic missile strike on eve of school year
On 1 September — the day Ukraine marks Knowledge Day, when schoolchildren and students are meant to begin the new academic year — Russia launched a massive attack on Kyiv and its region with ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones. Moscow used different types of its fast, deadly weapons, including ship-launchedContinue Reading
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1650: Ukraine isolates 2,500 Russian troops on port-controlling spit
Exclusives Ukraine has five ways to stop Russia’s Iskanders. Only one arrives before the strikes on the grid begin. It means finding a launcher in a forest during the twenty minutes it spends above ground. A rare Ukrainian Bulat tank turned up in a brigade that never had them. UkraineContinue Reading