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YANGON: Myanmar’s junta declared a new post-earthquake truce on Tuesday (May 6), days after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of violating with a continued campaign of air strikes. The Mar 28 magnitude-7.7 quake near the central city of Mandalay killed nearly 3,800 and has left tens of thousands homeless as the summer monsoon season approaches. Monitors say junta aerial bombardments breached the first truce in April – with the Britain-based Centre for Information Resilience logging 65 strikes, many in quake-hit regions. A statement from the junta information team on Tuesday said the new armistice “to continue…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Influencer Gabriela Moura turned heads at the Kentucky Derby over the weekend as she and her boyfriend, Josh Richards, attended the race at Churchill Downs on Saturday.Moura, who has more than 11 million followers on TikTok and another 3 million on Instagram, wore a revealing black dress with a big hat, but it sparked debate over whether the attire was appropriate or not. Gabriela Moura and Josh Richards attend Kentucky Derby 151 at Churchill Downs on May 3, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Jeff Schear/Getty Images for Churchill Downs)She posted a collage of…

A Ukrainian drone attack halted flights at airports across a wide swath of Russia overnight on Tuesday, Russian officials said, showing Kyiv’s ability to strike deep into Russian territory before a planned parade in Moscow to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.Air defenses responded to the drone volley in at least 11 regions, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. The attack closed 13 airports, including all four major airports serving Moscow, according to an agency regulating Russian aviation. Flights resumed Tuesday morning.The Ukrainian authorities have not commented on the strikes.It was not clear…

Canada’s Carney to meet Trump Canada’s Carney to meet Trump as tariffs battle persists 04:07 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with President Trump at the White House Tuesday for the first time since taking office in March and pledging to stand firm against the U.S. president. U.S.-Canada relations have been strained by Mr. Trump’s tariffs and his comments about making Canada the 51st state. Carney said in his victory speech that Canada’s previous relationship with the U.S., “based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over.” He also said Canadians must “fundamentally reimagine our…

Groups representing a vast range of colleges and universities joined one of the country’s foremost Jewish groups on Tuesday to urge the Trump administration to change how it is trying to combat campus antisemitism.The federal government has abruptly withdrawn billions of dollars in research funding from a handful of elite universities and threatened to go after others that it contends may not have done enough to punish discrimination. But a coalition including the American Jewish Committee argued in a joint statement on Tuesday that the government needed to follow federal law carefully and avoid hasty actions that could imperil research…

Mendoza could open new mine in a nationwide rush for the red metal under President Javier Milei

Last weekend, Warren Buffett announced that he was retiring. In tribute to the world’s greatest investor, as well as to show how downbeat he has long been on his own profession, we’re publishing an adapted, slightly ‘Alphavillainised’ version of the first chapter of Trillions, Robin’s book on passive investing.It was a slow, languid summer day in 2007 when Ted Seides settled in behind the desk in his swish corner office on the 15th floor of New York’s MoMA building. CNBC was blaring in the background, but with little else to do, he decided to work through his email inbox. There…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The massive search for two missing children continues for a fifth day in a rural area of Nova Scotia’s Pictou County. Lily and Jack Sullivan, aged six and four, were reported missing on May 2 at around 10 a.m. from their home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station, which is about 30 kilometres from New Glasgow, N.S.Since then, upwards of 160 people have been scouring the wooded area on land with search dogs and in the air with helicopters and drones.In an interview yesterday, the children’s stepfather, Daniel Martell, said he was…

Portraits of the King and Queen commissioned to mark their coronation have been unveiled by the royal couple two years after they were crowned.

BANGKOK: Rare armed clashes in Laos believed to be linked to drug smuggling have forced Thailand to close a popular mountain viewing point on the border and prompted a security warning from the United States. Thai national park officials said on Monday (May 5) that the Phu Chi Fa scenic spot, on the border with Laos in northern Chiang Rai province, has been closed until further notice. The US embassy in Vientiane urged Americans thinking of travelling to Bokeo province to reconsider after reports of “clashes between the Lao army and unidentified armed groups”. “Local officials have requested raised security levels,…