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blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Iran to reveal its plan for Strait of Hormuz soon as Israel attacks Lebanon and Gaza, killing and wounding dozens.Published On 17 May 202617 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Washington — CBS News projects Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana state Treasurer John Fleming advanced to a runoff in Saturday’s Senate Republican primary, knocking out incumbent GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy. Cassidy, 68, was one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict President Trump in his impeachment trial after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021. And although he’s emphasized his cooperation with the administration in recent years, the president endorsed Letlow in January, encouraging her to challenge Cassidy for the seat. Mr. Trump took to Truth Social late Saturday night to congratulate Letlow, saying she ran “a fantastic race,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former mixed martial artist died after saving four girls from a strong current, according to reports.Medet Zheenaliev, 30, spotted four girls swimming in Lake Issyk-Kul in his home country of Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, and one of them was reportedly pulled under the current.Zheenaliev and a friend went into the water to save the girls, but the fighter never resurfaced, according to The Sun. The Octagon cage is seen during the UFC Fight Night event at Boardwalk Hall Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on March 30, 2024. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Divers found…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Julianne Moore ruffled some feathers online after saying she doesn’t like movies with “explosions and guns.”During a recent interview with Variety at the Kering Women in Motion Talk at the Cannes Film Festival, the 65-year-old actress sparked backlash when she shared the kinds of projects she is interested in acting in at this point in her career, saying she is “less and less interested in tragedy.””Particularly now at a time when things are really rough globally, it’s very difficult for me to invest in a story that I think is pretend, where…

NewsFeedHundreds of Tunisians have marched through the capital to denounce a worsening economic crisis and what they say is a widening crackdown on dissent. President Kais Saied is accused of undermining the country’s hard-won post-2011 revolution system.Published On 17 May 202617 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Five and a half years ago after he voted to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana was sent packing by Republican voters as he ran for re-election.Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming topped Cassidy in Saturday’s GOP primary, according to The Associated Press.With no candidate cracking 50% of the vote, Letlow and Fleming will advance to next month’s runoff for the Republican nomination. And Cassidy becomes the first elected Republican senator to lose renomination since Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana in…

Australia has failed to meet a target of 50 per cent of all babies being exclusively breastfed until they are six months old, prompting calls for action to lift breastfeeding rates.The 2025 target is the primary objective of the National Breastfeeding Strategy: 2019 and beyond, but most recent data, which is from 2022, put the national rate at only 38 per cent while WA lags even further behind at 30 per cent.Globally Australia has been ranked third lowest out of 100 countries for its policies and programs to improve child nutrition through optimal feeding practices, including breastfeeding.Dr Marnie Rowan, a…

COLOMBO: A surge in arrests of suspected foreign scammers in Sri Lanka has authorities concerned that the island is fast becoming a hub for online crime, following sweeping crackdowns in hotspots Cambodia and Myanmar.Officials say some scam networks forced out of countries in Southeast Asia have simply shifted to new bases, increasingly moving operations to Sri Lanka – an attractive destination due to a relaxed visa regime and reliable, high-speed internet.Since the start of the year, police have arrested more than 1,000 foreigners, mainly from China, Vietnam and India, for alleged involvement in cybercrime, spokesman Fredrick Wootler said, a jump…