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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The political rivals of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced details of a power-sharing agreement late Tuesday, naming Shehbaz Sharif as their joint candidate for prime minister. The much-awaited announcement followed days of talks among the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League, or PML, the Pakistan People’s Party, or PPP, […]

Social media users are claiming a KFC social media promotion mocked Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war. This is false; the US fast-food chain said its since-deleted posts, which used the hashtag “NoTentsJustChicken,” referenced online chatter about a government agency’s missing tent in Antigua and Barbuda, a Caribbean nation — not the conflict in Gaza. […]

The United Nations’s World Food Program (WFP) said Tuesday it is pausing deliveries to northern Gaza due to the inability to ensure the safety and security of its staff, a move likely to compound starvation amid Israel’s war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza […]

Ukraine managed to return 11 more children deported or illegally held by Russia, including in the occupied territories, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets announced on Feb. 20. Six girls, including two two-year-old twin sisters and five boys, were brought back to Ukraine with the help of Qatar and UNICEF. The youngest child in the group was two […]

(Bloomberg) — The Canadian government will provide up to C$2 billion ($1.5 billion) in low-cost financing to accelerate homebuilding for middle-income families in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday. Most Read from Bloomberg The investment adds to the province’s commitment to provide C$2 billion in loans and C$950 million in spending as part […]

(Bloomberg) — The Group of 20 nations is so split on the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine that they may be forced to reduce the forum’s scope and avoid geopolitical issues altogether this year, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg Removing all sensitive political topics from G-20 statements would diminish […]

A group of green-skinned creatures gathered at the edges of a pond-like body of water on a mountain in China. They began calling out, in search of a mate. Little did the creatures know: They were being watched. Researchers were exploring Mopan Mountain in Yunnan, searching for tree frogs. That’s where they collected nine frogs […]

Technology giant Google went to German federal court on Tuesday trying to protect its business secrets after Germany’s Cartel Office said it should disclose its practices to two competitors. The authority is investigating whether Google is exploiting its market power in connection with infotainment systems for vehicles. It now wants to share part of its […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president acknowledged Tuesday that the armed forces have taken over yet another civilian role: fixing the nation’s highways. Filling potholes has now been added to a long list of projects ranging from planes, trains and policing that the armed forces now control. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said highway maintenance […]

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa will hold its national election on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday. Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress, the party once led by Nelson Mandela, is expected to face a stern test to retain its majority in South Africa’s seventh fully democratic national election since the […]

Feb. 20 (UPI) — An electrical engineering student in Germany took a toy car designed for a child to ride and modified it to reach a speed of 92.24 mph. Marcel Paul, an electrical engineering student at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, said he spent 10 months conducting research and modifying the toy car into […]

Polish Agriculture Minister Czesław Siekierski has warned protesters that the blockade of the border with Ukraine could lead to significant job losses. Source: Siekierski in an open letter to the protesters Details: “The complete closure of the border could lead to the suspension of Polish agricultural exports to Ukraine, which could lead to the loss […]