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In a surprise announcement on Saturday, President Joe Biden declared his decision to withdraw from the presidential race, citing the best interests of his party and the country. Biden, who has previously stated his intention to run for re-election, stressed that stepping down would allow him to focus fully on his duties as president for the remainder of his term. …

  Airlines, healthcare, shipping and finance services came back online on Friday after a flaw in a security software update caused hours-long outages in global computer systems, another incident that highlights the vulnerability of the world’s interconnected technologies. After the outage was resolved, companies found themselves dealing with flight delays and cancellations, doctor visits, lost orders and other issues that …

One person was killed and eight others injured in an explosion near the United States in Tel Aviv early Friday. Israel’s rescue service, Magen David Adom, confirmed the incident on platform X. The injured have been taken to hospital while surrounding buildings were damaged by the blast. READ ALSO: Israeli forces rescue four hostages from Gaza after 246 days The …

Bangladesh has announced a curfew and the use of military force after police failed to quell days of deadly unrest that spread across the country. This week’s clashes between student protesters and police have left at least 105 people dead, according to hospital casualty counts reported by AFP news agency, and pose a major challenge to the autocratic government of …

At least two women were killed and several others injured by Russian artillery fire that crossed the Dnipro River and hit a village in southern Ukraine. One of those injured was a doctor. The military governor of the Kherson region, Olexander Prokudin, revealed this on Telegram on Friday. READ ALSO: Russian missile kills 4 in Ukraine He said Russian forces …

Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for black Americans for decades, has died. She was 74. “Today, with incredible sorrow for our loss but profound gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas’ 18th Congressional District,” her family said in …

  President Joe Biden is more isolated than ever, and many senior White House and campaign officials now privately believe he should abandon his second-term campaign — and soon. “The next 72 hours are important,” a Democratic governor in close contact with party officials told aides Thursday. “This can’t go on much longer.” In interviews with CNN, more than two …

A drone strike by Israeli forces has killed a commander of the Lebanese Islamist group al-Jamaa al-Islamiya (Islamic Assembly), in the east of the country. Security sources told reporters that Muhammad Hamid Jabara from the town of Qaraoun was killed at 06:30 local time (03:30 GMT) on Thursday in an attack targeting his truck. In June, the Israeli army said …

United States President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that the president tested positive for COVID-19 during a campaign trip to Las Vegas on Wednesday. This is the third time Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus. He first tested positive for the infectious disease on July 21, 2022, and …

A 56-year-old woman poisoned five other Vietnamese tourists with cyanide served in a cup before drinking the poison herself at a luxury hotel in Thailand. The bodies of three men and three women were found Tuesday night by staff in a suite at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in central Bangkok. Initial examination of the scene revealed no signs of …