Dolly Parton’s nephew has been ordered to stay away from employees and properties of her estate, US media reported, after the manager for the late country music legend alleged an “escalating campaign of threats” to extort money from the vast enterprise. Chancellor I’Ashea L. Myles of Nashville Chancery Court issued the temporary restraining order Wednesday, citing […]
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In a knife-edge election race, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and main rival Flavio Bolsonaro have deployed volunteer digital armies online to spread their messages and battle for voters. These online campaigns, unprecedented in scale in Brazil, have highlighted the growing role of social media in the country’s politics, while also raising questions […]
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet adopted a decree law Thursday banning burqas and niqabs in schools and capping the number of students with a poor command of Italian per class. It introduces “A 30 percent cap on the number of students in a class who do not have an adequate command of Italian, more […]
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Canada is answering US President Donald Trump’s obsession with renaming things by unveiling a name change of its own — Trump Avenue in Ottawa will soon be history. The city is hitting back at the US leader, who among other things insists Canada should cease to exist as a country and instead become the 51st […]
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Nepal’s catastrophic flooding last month “was a warning to the world” about the rising dangers of climate change, Prime Minister Balendra Shah told the United Nations on Thursday, urging countries to step up to help his country adapt. Addressing the General Assembly in sunglasses during its high-level week, Shah said a warming climate was “destabilizing […]
Read MorePope Leo XIV flies to France on Friday for the Vatican’s first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence and young believers near the top of his agenda. Church bells around the nation are set to ring for seven minutes when the first US pontiff, whose paternal grandmother was born […]
Read MoreIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a difficult reelection campaign at home, delivered a fiery UN speech Thursday assailing enemies and allies alike — and sparking uproar in the chamber. Locked in a tight race to stay in power in October 27 elections, Netanyahu used the global platform at the UN General Assembly to attack […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a lavish state dinner at the White House on Thursday, after a day of pomp and ceremony that masked deep tensions between the rival superpowers. Numerous US tech titans attended the banquet, including Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Sam Altman […]
Read MoreCNN, MS NOW and Politico were allowed back into the White House on Thursday, six days after being banned by President Donald Trump, following a federal judge’s order that the journalists have their access restored. District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled overnight that revoking the White House press credentials of the three media outlets “likely violated […]
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