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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Parents of transgender children in Tennessee worry they may have to move their families out of the state because of a recently passed ban on gender-affirming care for minors and policies that target transgender people. “Do we stay here?” asked the mother of a transgender child in Nashville. “It does feel like a risk, and it feels like there is not really a right answer at this point.”Global News is concealing the mother’s identity because of the risk of harassment and future legal repercussions under Tennessee law.“I am fearful of being targeted, my kids being targeted, or…

Russia says the long-range Storm Shadow missiles hit a plant producing polymers and a meat-processing factory.The Russian Ministry of Defence has said that Ukrainian aircraft struck two industrial sites in the Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine with Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles supplied by the United Kingdom. The UK on Thursday became the first country to say it had started supplying Kyiv with long-range cruise missiles, which will allow it to hit Russian troops and supply dumps far behind the front lines as it prepares a major counteroffensive. British Defence Minister Ben Wallace said the missiles could be…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given authorities 72 hours to identify and arrest all those involved in violent acts after former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest early this week sparked deadly unrest.Sharif said the cases would be tried by anti-terrorism courts.”All available resources including technological aid and intelligence are being deployed to chase down these elements. Bringing these people to justice is a test case for the government,” the premier announced on Saturday.Khan departed court premises late on Friday night and headed towards his hometown Lahore amid high security, after a court granted him bail. His arrest in a…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered authorities on Saturday (May 13) to identify and arrest all those involved in violent acts after former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest this week sparked deadly unrest. Khan departed the court premises late Friday night and headed towards his hometown Lahore amidst high security after a court granted him bail. His arrest in a land fraud case on Tuesday, which the Supreme Court ruled “invalid and unlawful” on Thursday, sparked violent protests by his supporters. They stormed military establishments, set ablaze a state broadcaster building, smashed buses, ransacked a top army official’s house…

Hugh Masekela – who passed on Jan 23, 2018 – is an integral part of South African modern history, being part of the resistance against ‘apartheid’ oppression, the social issues he addressed in his music as well as being a larger-than-life figure.’Stimela’ was first released in 1974 on the album “I am not afraid” while Bra Hugh was still in exile following the political unrest surrounding the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre. Masekela studied at London’s Guildhall School, then later on at the Manhattan School of Music. In New York he befriended Harry Belafonte, who helped him to settle in the United…

India’s opposition Congress party has won power in a key state, partial election results showed, defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP a year ahead of national polls. It removed Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party from office in Karnataka, the only southern state controlled by the Hindu nationalist grouping. With dozens of results still to come in on Saturday, Congress had already won 114 places in the 224-seat assembly, enough for an overall majority, and was leading in another 22, which would give it a comfortable cushion, the election commission website showed. Karnataka has a population of more than 60 million…

Former President Barack Obama is urging Americans to have a dialogue about gun violence as the U.S. recently surpassed 200 mass shootings so far this year, according to CBS News data.Obama discussed the challenges of reducing gun violence and how gun ownership has become an “ideological” and “partisan” issue during an exclusive sit-down interview with “CBS Mornings” co-host Nate Burleson. The full interview will air on Tuesday, May 16. “I think somehow — and there are a lot of historical reasons for this — gun ownership in this country became an ideological issue, and a partisan issue, in ways that it…

The labor market is still defying gravity — for now.Employers added 253,000 jobs in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported Friday, in a departure from the cooling trend that had marked the first quarter and was expected to continue.The unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, down from 3.5 percent in March, and matched the level in January, which was the lowest since 1969. Wages also popped slightly, growing 4.4 percent over the past year.The higher-than-forecast job gain complicates the Federal Reserve’s potential shift toward a pause in interest rate increases. Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, said…

Investors are growing nervous of a sharp fall in the prices of risky corporate bonds as credit conditions for US businesses and households grow increasingly tighter.The US Federal Reserve’s quarterly Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey this week showed that 46 per cent of US banks plan to raise their lending standards due to worries about loan losses and deposit flight.In the past, tighter lending standards have led to the spread, or gap, between yields for riskier corporate bonds and ultra-safe government bonds widening, because credit becomes riskier to own. But while lending has not evaporated as feared following the collapse…

As Bitcoin experienced a bounce-back from the $25,800 support level, investors are eagerly anticipating the next move for the leading cryptocurrency.With market sentiment shifting, experts are now examining the potential price targets and forecasting Bitcoin’s trajectory in the near future. Stay tuned to discover the latest insights on Bitcoin’s price prediction and where it may be headed next.Bitcoin is trading at 26,829, increasing by 1.88% on Saturday. After declining for 8 consecutive sessions, BTC/USD prices finally started to recover losses mainly because of price correction.Fidelity Investment’s Director Highlights Bitcoin’s Impressive RallyJurrien Timmer, the Global Macro Director of Fidelity Investments, suggests that…