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PoliticsHuffPostSenate Goes On Recess With Faint Promise Of Bipartisan Path On Guns
Yet another bipartisan working group has emerged in the wake of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas.
NewsHuffPostParents Plead For Uvalde Cops To Rescue Trapped Kids In Heart-Wrenching Video
Law enforcement officers are facing scrutiny over whether they could have saved more people by rushing into Robb Elementary School sooner.
NewsHuffPostWoman Wanted In Cyclist's Killing May Have Flown To NYC After Shooting
Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, who's wanted in the killing of professional athlete Anna “Mo” Wilson, is believed to have fled Texas days after the May 11th shooting.
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Firearm deaths have surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death among American youngsters, with official data showing a strong rise in gun-related homicides such as the killing of 19 children in a Texas school rampage.
NewsHuffPostTed Cruz Stops Interview Rather Than Answer Why America Has So Many Mass Shootings
“You know, I’m sorry you think American exceptionalism is awful. You’ve got your political agenda. God love you…” the Texas Republican told Sky News.
NewsHuffPostUvalde First Responder Shares Agonizing Moment He Learned His Child Was Killed
The father of Amerie Jo Garza, who fellow students say was trying to call 911 when she was shot, found out while he was helping her friend.
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NewsHuffPostChihuahua Puppy In Recovery After Being Shot Through The Neck With Arrow
A startling photo shows the dog with an arrow sticking out of both sides of her neck, where it somehow missed vital arteries.
NewsAFP News'Do something now:' mourners demand action after US school shooting
A distraught Texas grandmother of a girl killed in the massacre in Uvalde pleaded Thursday for urgent action by US authorities to prevent future school shootings, as the country plunges again into the roiling debate over guns.
NewsHuffPostHerschel Walker Gives Incoherent Solution To Gun Violence On Fox News
The football star turned GOP Senate primary winner just fumbled on his way to November.
NewsHuffPostUvalde Residents Take Solace In Faith And One Another After Texas School Shooting
"Why this little town?" asked a school district worker after a gunman killed 19 elementary school students and their two teachers.
NewsHuffPostHow Brad Raffensperger Bucked Trump And Beat Back The ‘Big Lie’
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BusinessReutersCD Projekt's first-quarter profit more than doubles
"The next-gen version of Cyberpunk, released together with a major update...had a positive effect on the game's perception and sales figures, particularly on console," the company's chief executive Adam Kicinski said in a statement on Thursday. CD Projekt has been working to fix Cyberpunk ever since its bug-ridden debut in late 2020 and it has released several patches and fixes for the game. Net profit jumped 112% to 68.9 million zlotys ($16.06 million), slightly above the 67 million expected by analysts polled by Reuters.
NewsHuffPostTexas Fourth Grader Recalls 'Hiding Hard' Under Table As Gunman Shot Classmates
The boy said he survived the mass shooting at his Texas school by ducking under a table with four other kids.
NewsReutersIndia asks power producers to seek weekly payments to manage pricey coal imports
India has asked power producers to bill electricity buyers every week to ensure adequate cash flow as costs surge due to higher imports of expensive coal, according to a federal power ministry letter seen by Reuters. A scorching heatwave and the lowest fuel inventories at power plants in years have forced India to reverse a policy to slash coal imports. The move could put further pressure on power distribution companies that are saddled with debt and already owe billions of dollars to generators.
BusinessReutersIndia's ONGC to boost exploration with $4 billion investment over 3 years
India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp will invest 310 billion rupees ($4 billion) in the fiscal years 2022-2025, a growth of 50% over the last three year period, to intensify its exploration efforts, it said in a stock exchange filing. "ONGC also plans to leverage international collaborations with reputed global majors for this, for which talks are in an advanced stage," it said. ONGC is also offering a stake to global oil companies to help develop its challenging fields off the country's east coast.
NewsHuffPostKevin Spacey Charged With 4 Counts Of Sexual Assault In U.K.
Spacey, a 62-year-old double Academy Award winner, was questioned by British police in 2019 about claims by several men that he had assaulted them.
NewsAFP NewsWHO assembly slams Russian attacks on Ukraine health facilities
WHO member states strongly condemned Russia's war in Ukraine and attacks on healthcare facilities in a resolution overwhelmingly adopted on Thursday, further isolating Moscow on the international stage.
BusinessReutersIndia's ONGC to sell stake, seeks global help to develop fields
India's top explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is offering a stake to global oil companies to help develop challenging fields off the country's east coast, according to a tender document. The company did not say how big a stake it was offering to a potential partner. ONGC is hoping to lure interest from global companies with the "requisite technical expertise and financial strength" to support it in developing its Deen Dayal West field in the Bay of Bengal and ultra-deep discoveries in Krishna Godavari Basin.
CelebrityHuffPostHow Competing In Beauty Pageants Has Helped Me To Navigate My Asian Identity
"Pageantry is an outlet for our voices to be heard, and to make space in a world that perceives us to be silent and small."
BusinessAFP NewsAlibaba profit slumps nearly 60% as tech crackdown, Covid bite
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday its profit fell 59 percent in the last fiscal year, joining other tech firms that reported lacklustre results while grappling with Covid-19 restrictions and a sector crackdown.
BusinessReutersMastercard focuses on Southeast Asia, LatAm after India ban, Russia exit
Southeast Asia and Latin America are strong growth regions for Mastercard after its withdrawal from Russia in March and India's 2021 ban on it from issuing new cards, the company's co-president for international markets said. "Southeast Asia is exciting (due to) the right demographics, the adoption of technology and digitisation, and governments' focus on financial inclusion," Ling Hai told the Reuters Global Markets Forum, adding that countries in the region would also benefit as supply chains shift away from China. India's central bank banned Mastercard after declaring it "non-compliant" with the country's 2018 rules that required foreign card networks to store Indian payments data locally for "unfettered supervisory access".
NewsAFP NewsRussian shelling kills nine in Kharkiv: regional governor
Nine people were killed in fresh Russian shelling on Ukraine's second city Kharkiv Thursday, a regional official said, where many have returned after Russia's attempts to capture the eastern city were repelled.
NewsAFP NewsParty or not? Couples in Ukraine face wedding quandary
As wedding season gets under way in Ukraine despite months of war, couples are faced with a difficult choice -- celebrate their unions in style or stay discreet so as not to upset anyone.
NewsAFP NewsCritically endangered elephant, unborn baby suspected poisoned in Indonesia
A critically endangered Sumatran elephant and its unborn baby were found dead from suspected poisoning in western Indonesia, a conservation official said on Thursday.
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