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NewsFeedRaman Kapoor, an Indian oil tanker captain stranded in the Gulf, says no vessel will attempt to exit the Strait of Hormuz without assurance of safety, despite the announcement of a US evacuation plan for ships stranded by the war.Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Washington — Justice Samuel Alito on Monday temporarily halted an appellate court order that blocked a Food and Drug Administration rule allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be prescribed online and dispensed through the mail.Alito granted temporary relief to the maker of mifepristone, Danco Laboratories, and the manufacturer of a generic version of the drug, GenBioPro. His administrative stay will remain in place until 5 p.m. on May 11. The move gives the Supreme Court more time to consider the drug companies’ requests to set aside the appellate court’s order while litigation proceeds.Danco and GenBioPro also asked the high court…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A hostage has been released after a tense eight-hour standoff involving an armed suspect barricaded inside a pickup truck alongside a rideshare passenger in California over the weekend. The incident unfolded around 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, when a rideshare driver allegedly armed with a weapon led police on a chase through Beverly Hills, according to FOX 11. The suspect was reportedly wanted by police for attempted murder of a peace officer and refused to stop for authorities, prompting a short chase. Footage from the scene shows Beverly Hills police and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies…

Health Canada has approved a second drug that can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Donanemab, sold by American drugmaker Eli Lilly under the brand name Kisunla, received Health Canada approval on Monday, the company said in a press release.It received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2024.This is the second disease-slowing drug for Alzheimer’s that has been approved in Canada, after Health Canada approved lecanemab, commercially known as “Leqembi,” in October 2025.Donanemab, like lecanamab, targets amyloids — a sticky protein that develops in the brain in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The buildup of amyloid…

Two people have been killed and several injured when a car ran into a crowd in the centre of the eastern German city of Leipzig, local broadcaster MDR reports, citing police.Leipzig police confirmed to Reuters that there were injuries from a driving car but could not give more details.A damaged Volkswagen SUV with a person on top of the vehicle was seen speeding through a pedestrian zone, local broadcaster Radio Leipzig reported.The broadcaster cited eyewitnesses as saying there were several bodies reportedly covered with sheets as well as a stabbing. 18:23 Uhr: Zur aktuellen Polizeimeldung der Polizeidirektion #Leipzig: https://t.co/54ODowhV2y— Polizei…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fernando Mendoza sky-rocketed to the top of every NFL pundit’s draft board during the course of the 2025 college football season as the Indiana Hoosiers standout won the Heisman Trophy and led the school to a national championship.Mendoza’s status stayed clean as the Las Vegas Raiders selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft. He will be tasked with returning the franchise back to glory under head coach Klint Kubiak and veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins, who is set to serve as Mendoza’s mentor.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE…

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) said on Monday (May 4) its Indonesian unit has agreed to acquire certain assets and liabilities of HSBC’s wealth and premier banking portfolio in Indonesia, expanding the Singapore lender’s presence in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.Global banks are streamlining retail operations in some markets and shifting capital toward businesses with higher returns, while Singapore lenders continue to deepen their wealth and consumer franchises across Southeast Asia.HSBC said in a separate statement that the transaction followed a strategic review of its Indonesian wealth and premier banking operations and formed part of its broader push to simplify the group.It…

For the past three years, reports of wartime atrocities and dire humanitarian crises have been making the headlines from Sudan. Now, satellite imagery shows the extent of the damage to the country’s agriculture and industrial sectors.An Al Jazeera digital investigation using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) reveals the devastating toll of the war on Sudan’s largest irrigated farming projects in the central states of Gezira, Sennar, and Khartoum.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe fertile plains of central Sudan – known as the country’s “breadbasket” – have been devastated, the images show, with the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With six months to go until this year’s midterm elections, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chair, Sen. Tim Scott, says he believes the GOP can not only hold but expand its current 53–47 majority.”There’s no doubt the climate has gotten more and more difficult by the day,” Scott acknowledged in a recent Fox News Digital interview. But he emphasized he remains “incredibly optimistic” heading into the midterms as he defends the GOP’s Senate majority.Republicans — as the party currently in power — were already up against traditional political headwinds that lead…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Pennsylvania man has been federally charged after the FBI said he made graphic death threats against a member of Congress, the member’s daughter and President Donald Trump between April 2025 and January of this year.According to a criminal complaint filed by the FBI in the Western District of Pennsylvania, Raymond Chandler III, who recently declared that he was running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat in the state in the 2028 election cycle, has been charged with influencing, impeding or retaliating against a federal official by threatening a family member and…