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A cookbook author who claims her recipes were copied by a cupcake aficionado has won a prestigious publishing industry award for a second time.

JAISH-E-MOHAMMAD Also based in Punjab is Jaish-e-Mohammad, or Army of the Prophet Mohammad, founded by Masood Azhar on his release from prison in India in 1999. The deal was an exchange for 155 hostages held on an Indian Airlines flight hijacked to Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, the UN Security Council has said. Pakistan banned the group in 2002 after it, along with LeT, was blamed for the 2001 attack on India’s parliament. The group had links with Al-Qaeda, founded by Osama bin Laden, and the Taliban, the UN Security Council has said. JeM is believed to be based in…

The Trump administration has sought agreements allowing it to send immigrants to third countries for detention.IAuthorities in Libya, a country still divided after years of civil war, have denied reports that they will receive undocumented migrants deported by the United States. The Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday that deportation flights from the US to the North African country could begin this week, despite previous government reports raising alarm over unsafe conditions there. The National Unity government, which controls western Libya, said in a statement that it rejected the use of its territory as a destination for deporting migrants without…

FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers are re-introducing legislation to make sure parents seeking to only raise a child of their biological sex do not face extra roadblocks in the adoption and fostering process.The “SAFE Home Act” would prevent agencies that receive federal funding from rejecting those parents or placing additional hurdles or oversight on them.The legislation introduced by Sens. Jim Banks of Indiana and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, as well as House Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, would ensure that adoptive parents would not be obligated to do any “medical, surgical, or psychological treatments” that would try to make changes…

The capitals of Utah and Idaho adopted new official city flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.The state measures were seen by civil rights groups as efforts to prevent the display of flags supporting L.G.B.T.Q. people. The City Council in Salt Lake City approved three new flags: one with the rainbow colors of the Pride flag, a second with the pink and blue of the transgender Pride flag and a third with a symbol and date referring to the Juneteenth holiday that commemorates the end of slavery.…

B.C. Premier David Eby will speak live on Wednesday morning about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. It will take place at 11:45 a.m. PT and will be broadcast live.Despite the ongoing trade war, Trump and Carney appeared to get along well during their first face-to-face meeting at the White House. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. The two leaders spent about two hours together, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office before heading into private discussions.“But I want to…

The Volvo XC70 is back, but this time around it’s a not jacked high-riding wagon, but a plug-in hybrid crossover.The XC70 is the first product from Volvo to ride on the new Scalable Modular Architecture (SMA) designed primarily for “extended range plug-in hybrid” drivetrains.Newly reinstalled CEO Hakan Samuelsson says the new XC70 offers a “highly attractive alternative to customers who are not yet ready for fully electric cars”.Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.Camera IconSupplied Credit: CarExpertDrivetrain and battery details have yet to…

NEW DELHI: India struck nine “terrorist camps” in Pakistan on Wednesday (May 7) that it accused of serving as indoctrination centres, training areas, and launchpads, two weeks after an attack in Indian Kashmir that the south Asian nation linked to its neighbour. As fears mount that military conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals could escalate further, Pakistan has said six locations were hit in the strikes and none were militant camps. Here is a look at the locations India “destroyed”. MARKAZ TAIBA CAMP India says the camp, 25km from the de-facto border, was the headquarters of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which…

Wagering on papal elections is a tradition roughly as old as the Sistine Chapel, with scholars having found records of betting odds for the papacy as far back as 1503. The conclave that begins Wednesday involves a new twist: It’s the first time that major online prediction markets have turned their focus on the Vatican’s ancient selection process.And wagers are flowing in. Cardinal Pietro Parolin of Italy has emerged as a favorite to succeed Pope Francis, according to the prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi. Even a report last week that the 70-year-old cardinal had medical issues, which the Vatican denied,…

Washington — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to comply with a lower court order that requires it to transfer Tufts Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk from a detention facility in Louisiana to Vermont.The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected a bid for emergency relief sought by the Trump administration in Ozturk’s challenge to her detention. The decision came after the 2nd Circuit panel heard arguments Tuesday on the Justice Department’s request for it to pause a district court’s order that required Ozturk to be transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement…