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BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters) – Shi Yongxin, former abbot of China’s Shaolin Temple was sentenced to 24 years in prison for crimes including embezzlement and bribery, state media reported Friday. Shi, 60, was charged in March this year after being placed under investigation in July last year. A court in the central Chinese province of …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — An already-approved MS drug can significantly slow progression in people with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS), according to a new study. Patients treated with an IV infusion of ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) were less likely to have progression of their disability, researchers report in The Lancet. …
SINGAPORE, May 29 (Reuters) – New Zealand is aiming for “smooth and steady” rises in defence expenditure to meet its target of spending 2% of GDP on the military within 8 years, its new defence minister said on Friday. Chris Penk said there might be peaks and troughs amid the acquisition of new weapons and …
Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest peak, the National Park Service said Thursday. The climbers’ conditions weren’t immediately known following the fall, which was reported to Denali National Park and Preserve rangers overnight, and rangers were seeking a weather window to allow them to reach …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The number of people suffering with long COVID could be double current estimates, a new study suggests. An AI tool found that about 16% of nearly 460,000 patients with COVID-19 had developed long COVID, researchers reported May 27 in JAMA Network Open. Applied across …
BOGOTA, May 29 (Reuters) – Colombians are set to vote on Sunday in what is likely the first round of a presidential election, amid deep polarization between those seeking continuity with the leftist government and those pushing for a shift to restore security and economic growth. Ivan Cepeda, the candidate for the leftist Historic Pact …
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police arrested eight female students on suspicion of arson, authorities said Friday, after a fire destroyed a dormitory at a boarding school, killing 16 children and injuring dozens of others. The motive remains under investigation. The girls were arrested for planning and carrying out a suspected arson attack at Utumishi …
AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, is set to hold concerts in the Netherlands next month, after its migration minister said there were no legal grounds to deny him entry. Dutch lawmakers had urged the government to bar …
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A facility deep in rural Missouri promises relief for desperate parents whose adopted kids are struggling — a lakeside, summer camp-like academy where kids can heal by bonding with golden retrievers, and where caring employees “create joy.” The company that operates the place known as Calo Programs says it exists …
Montgomery, Ala. — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that execution by nitrogen gas doesn’t violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate’s claim that it causes excessive suffering. The ruling came after the first bench trial in the country to examine the constitutionality of the execution method that has …