By Saurabh Sharma and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, May 21 (Reuters) – A five-day-old group that channels Gen Z concerns has gone viral in India, overtaking Instagram followers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, discussing issues like politics, inflation and unemployment – with a touch of humour. The Cockroach Janta Party has amassed nearly …
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia said Thursday it has ordered TikTok to explain and address what it described as the social media platform’s failure to act swiftly against offensive, defamatory and fake content targeting the royal institution. The Communications and Multimedia Commission said the move followed the circulation of “grossly offensive, false, menacing and …
By Manya Saini and Lucy Raitano May 21 (Reuters) – SpaceX’s record-shattering IPO has given Wall Street the kind of spectacle it has craved since the pandemic-era listings boom, but the once-in-a-generation market event may offer little insight into whether the broader IPO market is truly back. The IPO is expected to capture the imagination …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for jobless aid last week as layoffs remain low despite a number of uncertainties that continue to cloud the economy. U.S. applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 16 fell by 3,000 to 209,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 213,000 new applications analysts …
CANNES, France (AP) — In Ira Sachs’ 1980s-set drama “The Man I Love,” Rami Malek finds the most well-tailored role since his Oscar-winning portrayal of Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” While Sachs’ film, which is a competition entry at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, likewise centers on a performer dying of AIDS, it’s otherwise an …
CANNES, France (AP) — As the last Thursday of the Cannes Film Festival comes around, the rich and famous decamp from the Croisette and head up the coast to Antibes, where the famous Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc hosts the annual amfAR Gala. The gala raises money for AIDS research, and this year’s extravaganza is being hosted …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa CAIRO/GAZA, May 21 (Reuters) – An Israeli drone strike killed a 13-year-old boy in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said, as residents reported a renewed pattern of Israeli warnings urging people to flee ahead of attacks — a practice that had largely subsided after an October …
TBILISI, May 21 (Reuters) – A court in Georgia sentenced a senior opposition figure to 2-1/2 years in prison on Thursday on charges of sabotage and inciting a coup at local elections last year, the Interpress news agency reported. Levan Khabeishvili, a former chair of the United National Movement (UNM), one of the South Caucasus …
Trump’s proposed Washington arch gets another review Trump’s plan to build a triumphal arch in Washington is getting a second look from a federal agency that suggested changes before it approved the concept last month. The proposed 250-foot (76 meter) arch is one of several projects the Republican president is pursuing alongside a White House …
Five Italians killed in a Maldives diving incident may have taken the wrong tunnel on their way out of an underwater cave, the head of the company that recovered their bodies said Thursday. Finnish divers working for DAN Europe found the Italians in a corridor with a dead end inside the cave complex, which sits …