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2026-05-15 05:01:20 (20 hours ago)

How Xi-Trump summit failed to yield Iran war breakthrough

US officials have nudged China to do more on the blocked Hormuz strait. President Xi doesn't appear to have budged.

South China Morning Post - World News

2026-05-15 05:00:53 (20 hours ago)

Finland warns of drone scare near Helsinki, fighter jets scrambled, flights diverted

Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near the capital city Helsinki, in the early hours of Friday. Flights were disrupted at the country’s biggest airport, Helsinki-Vantaa, and about 1.8 million residents of southern Finland were told to remain indoors after overnight Ukrainian strikes on Russia near Finland prompted concern that unmanned aircraft had strayed into the country. The emergency warning was issued at 3.49am local time and authorities...

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-15 05:00:52 (20 hours ago)

The CCP controls the most intimate elements of our life. Most Americans have no idea

Critical minerals power daily life and U.S. defense. The DOMINANCE Act passed committee to counter China's grip on rare earth mining and refining.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-15 05:00:36 (20 hours ago)

‘The nuance of being a Black woman in America’: Is God Is turns righteous rage into gory horror

Actors Vivica A Fox, Kara Young and Mallori Johnson on subverting revenge tropes as Aleshea Harris’s play storms on to the screen

Kara Young remembers the fervor around Is God Is’s off-Broadway run in 2018. Playwright Aleshea Harris’s revenge tale ran at New York’s Soho Rep theater from February through May of that year. Young was performing in a different show at the time, but she knew she needed to see Harris’s play by any means necessary.

“I was lucky to get a ticket,” says the two-time Tony award-winning actor, recalling the buzz about the show that rippled through the theater community and saw it transfer to London in 2021. As soon as she saw it, Young easily understood why: “It blew my mind. Those characters have stayed in my spirit since 2018.”

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-15 05:00:35 (20 hours ago)

From phishing to porn star impersonators: how scamming athletes became a billion-dollar industry

Athletes have always been targets for criminals hoping to profit from their wealth. But a new wave of dangers has cropped up in recent years

With exorbitant ticket, travel and hotel prices making fans desperate to find an affordable way of attending this summer’s World Cup, it’s no surprise that security firms and law enforcement agencies are warning that fans are at significant risk of becoming fraud victims.

While major tournaments are moments of heightened vulnerability for supporters, players themselves are increasingly attractive year-round targets for cybercriminals who can use AI to mount ever more sophisticated attacks.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-15 05:00:13 (20 hours ago)

Phyllis Schlafly was right: America must put babies and mothers first

Phyllis Schlafly's daughter argues feminist ideology devalued motherhood and that babies need mother care, not institutional day care programs.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-15 05:00:02 (20 hours ago)

Blue state bill targets homeschoolers in latest government power grab

Connecticut may become the first state in 50 years to roll back homeschool freedom as lawmakers advance a bill targeting parental rights in education.

Washington Post - World News

2026-05-15 05:00:00 (20 hours ago)

In northern Ukraine, it was boy vs. Russian drone. The boy won.

A soldier taught a 12-year-old how to disable the fiber-optic drones that Russia has been using to hunt Ukrainian civilians in a campaign the U.N. has labeled a war crime.

Times of India

2026-05-15 05:00:00 (20 hours ago)

The humility habit: Why Bill Gates and Warren Buffett voluntarily swapped the boardroom for a fast food counter

Top leaders like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett learned a crucial lesson by working behind a Dairy Queen counter. This hands-on experience revealed operational realities often missed by senior management, highlighting how distance from the ground floor can compromise decision-making. Leaders must actively seek firsthand understanding to avoid blind spots and improve workflows.

CBC News - Top Stories

2026-05-15 05:00:00 (20 hours ago)

Halifax Alehouse bouncers warned not to be physical with patrons before 2022 death

Halifax Alehouse bouncers were told to refrain from being "hands on" before one of them killed a man on Christmas Eve 2022, according to documents obtained by CBC News.

CBC News - Top Stories

2026-05-15 05:00:00 (20 hours ago)

Halifax nurse works on the same floor where she was once a patient

Tori Sabean spent years at the Halifax hospital after being diagnosed with leukemia as a child. Now she's working on the same floor where she was once a patient. The CBC's Carolyn Ray shares her story.

ABC News - International News

2026-05-15 04:54:53 (21 hours ago)

Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children