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A shooting involving a white livestreamer known for filming himself provoking people with racist words that left a Black man wounded has reignited debate over freedom of speech and content creators who monetize hate-filled interactions. As more users of livestreaming social media platforms find being performative with bigoted language can draw big bucks, the line …
KATHMANDU, May 21 (Reuters) – A record number of 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, a hiking official said, the highest number ever to reach the world’s tallest peak on the same day from the Nepali side. The 8,849-metre (29,032 feet) Everest straddles the border between Nepal and the Tibet region of China and can …
Inflation, rising health care costs and fears of outliving savings are fueling new financial anxieties among retirees, with one in five saying they are struggling financially, according to new research. The rising cost of living is retirees’ top concern, with about 90% saying they worry inflation will erode the value of their assets, according to …
MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a regular breifing on Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was pursuing escalation of the conflict between the two countries. (Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Hugh Lawson) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – April 2026
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has regained control of two towns near the country’s borders with India and Thailand, marking a significant advance in the civil war as it seeks to reassert control of regions long held by resistance forces. A report in the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper on Thursday said Tonzang, …
May 21 (Reuters) – Syria will attend the G7 summit in France next month as a guest nation and be represented by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, three sources familiar with the matter said, marking Syria’s first participation in a summit of the group since the forum was founded in 1975. An invitation to Sharaa to attend …
WARSAW, May 21 (Reuters) – Ukraine must be very precise when using drones to avoid Russia interfering with their flight path, the Polish defence minister said on Thursday, after a series of airspace violations in the Baltic states. “Ukraine must be more precise here, of course, to avoid giving rise to Russian provocations,” Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz …
BRUSSELS, May 21 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed giving Ukraine a direct role in European Union structures as an interim step to EU membership that he said could help facilitate a deal to end the war triggered by Russia’s invasion. In a letter to EU leaders seen by Reuters, Merz suggested Ukraine …
WASHINGTON, England (AP) — Loud. Broken. Baffling. Ask Brits what they think of their former colonies in 2026, and they note these long-held views of America and Americans. But after 250 years of independence from Britain, the country’s former rulers cannot discuss the United States without mentioning President Donald Trump, almost always before listing the …
ADELAIDE, May 21 (Reuters) – Australian populist party Pauline Hanson’s One Nation said it wanted to create a Norway-style sovereign wealth fund and for the government to take a share of offshore production licences in federal waters as it unveiled its energy policy at the Australian Energy Producers conference in Adelaide on Thursday. One Nation …