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Canadian first baseman Josh Naylor agrees to 5-year contract with Mariners
Canadian first baseman Josh Naylor and the Seattle Mariners finalized a five-year contract on Monday. Source link
FEMA acting chief out after just 6 months at helm of agency
The acting chief of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) left his job Monday after just six months, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency charged with managing federal disaster response. Source link
Systematic violence, denial of medical care contributed to Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody: report
The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 people since the start of the war in Gaza, according to a report published Monday by a human rights group that says systematic violence and denial of medical care at prisons and detention centers contributed to many of the deaths it examined. Source […]
Dozens of religious pilgrims from India feared dead in Saudi bus accident
Dozens of Indian pilgrims are feared dead after a bus was in collision with a diesel tanker on Monday near the holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia, Indian officials said. Source link
In reversal, Trump urges Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his earlier resistance to such a move. Source link
In reversal, Trump urges Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged his fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after weeks of railing against the Democrats’ desire to pass the Epstein Transparency Act. Source link
U.S. stations its most advanced aircraft carrier near Venezuela amid escalating show of force
Washington’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration’s intentions in South America as it conducts military strikes against vessels suspected of transporting drugs. Source link
Calgary man, 7-year-old daughter dead after California ocean wave sweeps them away
Investigators in California say a Calgary man and his seven-year-old daughter have died after they were swept into the Pacific Ocean. Source link
Mexican government pursues second-shooter theory in 1994 political assassination that shook country
The March 23, 1994, death of Luis Donaldo Colosio, a reformer on the cusp of winning the Mexican presidency who promised a more just and democratic country, holds a space in the country’s consciousness like the 1963 killing of President John F. Kennedy does in the United States. Federal authorities in Mexico recently arrested a […]
Britain to make refugee status temporary under asylum overhaul
Britain said it would make refugee status temporary and the wait for permanent settlement would be quadrupled to 20 years under the country’s most sweeping overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times. Source link