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ISLAMABAD: Father-of-eight Abdullah Khan has spent two decades running a dry fruit and grocery stall in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, where he is the sole breadwinner of his family.But as Eid al-Adha approaches next week, typically one of the busiest shopping periods of the year, he said business has dropped to its lowest level in years.Rising fuel and food prices, coupled with economic uncertainty linked to tensions in the Middle East, are keeping customers away.“Everything has become expensive because of petrol prices, and things have become out of reach. We only have this source of income,” he told CNA.“This market only opens…

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New York Knicks use an explosive third quarter to take a 2-0 lead over Cleveland in the NBA Eastern Conference finals.Published On 22 May 202622 May 2026Josh Hart scored a playoff career-high 26 points, Jalen Brunson had 19 points and 14 assists, and the New York Knicks moved halfway to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93.Mikal Bridges also scored 19 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 18 points and 13 rebounds to help the Knicks win their ninth straight game on Thursday night.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThat is the NBA’s longest…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Democrats unanimously rebelled against legislation Thursday directing the construction of a new women’s history museum on the National Mall.Democrats sought to defeat the bill after Republicans limited the institution to biological women and excluded transgender individuals. The measure came up short in a vote of 204-216 after a handful of conservative GOP lawmakers joined Democrats in tanking the legislation that would secure a site for the forthcoming Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the grounds of the Mall. The defecting Republicans objected to the measure over concerns about whether a women’s history museum…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than three decades after Kentucky woman Anna Lee Manning disappeared, authorities have arrested her husband and his mother in connection with what investigators now believe was her murder.Anthony Blaine Manning, 59, of Harrodsburg, was indicted May 18 on charges of murder, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse, according to Boyle County court records and the Boyle County Sheriff’s Office.His mother, Barbara Ann Manning, 76, was also indicted on charges of complicity to murder, complicity to tampering with physical evidence and complicity to abuse a corpse.Jail records show both…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than a dozen celebrities made surprise appearances on Stephen Colbert’s second-to-last “Late Show” episode Wednesday night, with two of them taking swipes at President Donald Trump.Vocal Trump critic Robert De Niro, who came on the show to ask a question as part of the “Colbert Questionert” asked the host, “What number were you thinking of?” which was a standard question Cobert asked guests during the questionnaire. De Niro joked, “OK. Cause I thought it would’ve been two million point five, or two and a half million. That’s the number of Epstein files…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There was no doubt Matthew Stafford would be returning for the 2026 season after saying so during his 2025 MVP Award acceptance speech, but the Los Angeles Rams officially reached an agreement on an extension with their starting quarterback on Thursday.Stafford and the Rams agreed to a one-year extension, the team announced on Thursday. The extension is worth $55 million, and it can go as high as $60 million with incentives, according to ESPN.He now has two years and up to $105 million remaining on his contract with the Rams. Los Angeles…

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size People in downtown Edmonton this upcoming Saturday afternoon can expect to see a military helicopter flying over the city. A CH-146 Griffon helicopter from the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is taking part in a memorial event at the Alberta legislature.The third annual Alberta Fallen Paramedic Memorial ceremony is talking place on the south lawn of the legislature grounds (10800 97 Ave.), at the conclusion of National Paramedic Services Week.The gathering begins at noon on May 23 and the ceremony starts at 1 p.m., and the Canadian Armed Forces…

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Early Wednesday, about a dozen people from the local law enforcement and public security bureaus arrived at Chen’s home, he said, before they escorted him and his parents away and confiscated his phone.Chen said he saw dozens more people around his house as he was taken to a local government office, where he was kept until late in the evening. LEGAL BATTLEAuthorities razed most of Chen’s home village of Xingyi, in Guizhou province, in 2018. Their goal was to build a lucrative tourist resort in a region known for its spectacular rice paddies and otherworldly mountain landscapes.Chen refused to leave, and after…

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