American officials said on Wednesday that residents in three states were being monitored for potential hantavirus infections after being aboard a Dutch cruise ship where there was a deadly outbreak of the virus. None of the people being monitored have shown signs of illness, the officials said. Since April 11, three passengers who were aboard…
The price of gasoline has gone up around 50 percent in the United States since the war in Iran began, but that average can mask big differences across the country. A gallon of regular fuel cost $4.54 on Wednesday, according to the AAA motor club. But in California, gas averaged $6.16, while it was just…
Across India, a recent round of state legislative elections has set up a gargantuan political test. The results on Monday will set the landscape ahead of national elections in 2029; reshape the balance of power in Parliament’s upper chamber; and test the limits of the Hindu nationalist expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata…
Another assassination attempt on Donald Trump reveals mistrust in the media and conspiracy theories fill the gap. An assassination attempt at the White House correspondents’ dinner underscored the spectacle, chaos and violence that have defined Donald Trump’s second presidency. As journalists rushed to report what had happened, a parallel narrative of conspiracy was already taking…
Mariska Hargitay‘s Joyful Heart Foundation has achieved a milestone more than a decade in the making. On Friday, it was announced that after 16 years, the End the Backlog campaign has successfully driven rape kit reform legislation in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Maine became the final state to enact at least…
Every morning, when I awake, I push my way through a smog of dread. I reach for my phone, fumble for my glasses, open my email. Headlines filled with doom bombard me. I read on until I can’t anymore: the ongoing U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza, the destruction of the West Bank by the Israeli government…
As most Western communities expect to grapple with water shortages this summer and fall, one is looking to share its unlikely surplus. San Diego County in California spent nearly $1 billion on a desalination plant after a 1990s drought left it with scarce supply. Now, with the seawater-to-tap water plant running at just one-third of…
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Shorouk Express The fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP4) to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products closed with new commitments to strengthen co-operation. Representatives of 60 parties agreed on concrete measures to fight against the illicit trade in tobacco. “The decisions we have taken during this MOP strengthen the…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 13. The first-ever Solidarity Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) member countries will be held from November 23 to 26, 2025. The official opening of the forum will take place on November 24 at the Gulustan Palace in Baku, the Agency for State Support of…
