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May 8, 2025 - World

Lawyers say they’re ‘still in dark’ about government’s efforts to free the man who was wrongly deported to El SalvadorThe Trump administration is invoking the “state secrets privilege ” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge’s questions about its erroneous deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García to El Salvador.US district judge Paula Xinis disclosed the government’s position in a two-page order on Wednesday. She set a Monday deadline for attorneys to file briefs on the issue and how it could affect Ábrego García’s case. Xinis also scheduled a 16 May hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, to address the matter. Continue reading...

May 8, 2025 - World

Researchers link suspected cases in New Brunswick to known diseases, suggesting ‘misdiagnosis and misinformation’A new peer-reviewed scientific study has found no evidence of a mystery brain disease in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, suggesting instead a troubling combination of “misdiagnosis and misinformation”.The research comes as the Maritime province prepares its own assessment of more than 220 suspected cases in the hope of giving families some answers to a medical mystery that has gripped the region for years. Continue reading...

May 8, 2025 - World

Chinese leader describes talks as ‘friendly and fruitful’ during visit for Victory Day commemorationsXi Jinping and Vladimir Putin exchanged warm words in the Kremlin on Thursday during a grand ceremony welcoming the Chinese leader for his 11th visit to Russia, ahead of a military parade to mark 80 years since the end of the second world war.After nearly four hours of talks, Xi described his meeting with his Russian counterpart as “in-depth, friendly and fruitful”. Continue reading...

May 8, 2025 - World

Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) said he is “heart sick” to know Vice President J.D. Vance and President Donald Trump still have no idea “Putin is playing them.”The comments came on MSNBC’s Morning Joe in reaction to comments made by Vance and Trump. Anchor Mika Brzezinski first played Vance’s candid assessment of where negotiations stand between Russia and Ukraine from Wednesday morning. ALSO READ: ‘Pain. Grief. Anger’: Families heartbroken as Trump backlash smashes adoption dreamsThe Vice President, in part, said, “I wouldn't say that the Russians are uninterested in bringing this thing to a resolution. What I would say is right now, the Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions, in order to end the conflict. We think they're asking for too much. There's a big gulf, predictably, between where the Russians and the Ukrainians are, and we think the next step in the negotiation is to try to close that gulf. We think it's probably impossible for us to mediate this entirely without at least some direct negotiation between the two, and so that's what we focus on."Brzezinski said, “Hours later, President Trump was asked about Vance's comments.” “When did he say that?” Trump asked a reporter. “Earlier this morning,” the reporter replied.“Well, it's possible that he's right,” Trump said.“He may know some things because I've been dealing with this and some other things, but we are getting to a point where some decisions are going to have to be made. I'm not happy about it. I'm not happy about it.”“All right, senator, I don't even know what to make of that answer, actually,” Brzezinski said. “I am so worried. My guess is the US is turning its back on Ukraine.”ALSO READ: 'Dictatorship, not a town hall': Families 'distraught' as MTG disruptors tased and jailed“Well, Mika. If Vice President Vance is waking up to the idea that Russia under Putin is an aggressor, that's a good thing,” Coons said. “But it is just– it makes me heartsick on the 80th anniversary of our victory in Europe over aggression and fascism that it's so hard for President Trump and Vice President Pence to see clearly that Putin has been playing them for months. That [Putin] has no intention of coming to the table in good faith and negotiating a peace agreement.”He added, “Only by standing up to Putin, only by doubling down on our support for Ukraine, is there any hope of a just peace in the ongoing war.”Watch below or click the link right here. - YouTube youtu.be

May 8, 2025 - World

South Korean skincare retailers want to capitalise on viral sales of beauty ranges by opening stores across the UKKorean beauty products are moving from phone screens to UK high streets as social media drives sales of skincare with the help of eye-catching ingredients such as snail slime and salmon sperm.Retailers are looking to capitalise on the TikTok and Instagram trend for skincare and makeup ranges from South Korea – known as K-beauty – by opening physical stores and launching brands in a push to get consumers to pick up products that havegone viral online. Continue reading...