Raped and impregnated by IS fighters, thousands of Yazidi women abandon children when rescued
Yazidi captives are often too afraid to seek help, four survivors said. Rafida Naif, a 26-year-old Yazidi woman, spent 20 months at al-Hol. She said she feared she would be killed if she identified herself to guards and wasn’t immediately removed from the IS family she was with. When the family would hear a vehicle approaching their tent, she said, they would hide her in a hole and cover it with cardboard or bedding.
Trump’s health secretary pick Robert F. Kennedy sets off Big Pharma panic, triggers share plunge
Robert F. Kennedy Jr gestures during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, US, on October 27, 2024. Credit: Reuters
New research says patients with ‘persistent’ Covid have slim recovery chances
One British study suggested almost a third of those reporting symptoms at 12 weeks recovered after 12 months. Others, particularly among patients who had been hospitalized, show far lower rates of recovery.
North Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia as fears rise over military cooperation between the two
Seoul, Washington and Kyiv have said there are more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia and US officials and Ukraine’s defence minister said some of them have engaged in combat in Kursk, near the Ukraine border.
Half of China’s 1.5 billion people are overweight, government has come up region-specific diets to combat obesity crisis
Not only China but also other developing nations facing similar health and environmental challenges could benefit from the roadmap for the diet, the scientists said in the study. Brent Loken, global food lead scientist for the World Wildlife Fund, said the study provided a promising way forward for developing countries, including India and Kenya.
Source revealsk Trump has told Putin not to escalate in Ukraine but Kremlin denies they spoke
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday Biden’s top message would be his commitment to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, and he will also talk to Trump about what’s happening in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Brentford is English Premier League’s great entertainers that have mastered the art buffoonery too
It’s not all positive. They can also entertain with buffoonery, such as Sepp van den Berg inexplicably looking backwards into his own half, not seeing Bournemouth striker Evanilson and playing the ball to the Brazilian for him to make it 1-0 in the first half. They are fallible defensively, but hey, it just adds to their charm.
Manchester City’s poor run has raised concerns about club manager Pep Guardiola’s future: Is he leaving or staying?
Sources also believe that Pep Guardiola would be more likely to stay if Manchester City were found guilty and did receive a harsh punishment; as he has said, he wants the best for the club in every aspect, whether that comes to how much they spend on players or whether he considers himself to ever become a burden. By the same token, he would not want to leave them in a vulnerable position if they were, for argument’s sake, relegated or docked points.
Iranian official assured would-be Trump assassin that if the plot failed, it I’d be postponed to after election
Attorney General Merrick Garland explained the severity of the threat posed by Iran to US national security, highlighting ongoing efforts to target American officials on US soil. This plot follows previous charges against a Pakistani man with ties to Iran in a similar murder-for-hire scheme targeting US officials.
Racist texts to Black Americans: ‘Now that Trump is president, you have been selected to pick cotton at nearest plantation’
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, a Republican, said on Friday that her office is among those investigating the text messages, adding that some targets – herself included – also received emails.
