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At least one person was killed and other people were injured on Sunday night when a boat struck a ferry with dozens of passengers aboard near the Memorial Causeway Bridge in Clearwater, Fla., the authorities said.The driver of the boat that hit the Clearwater Ferry, which was carrying 45 people, fled after the crash, the Clearwater Police Department said on social media. At least two people were taken to local hospitals by helicopter, the police said.It was unclear what had led to the crash, and the police did not say how many people had been injured. There were six people…

Seven children have been rescued from abusive and exploitative environments following the arrest of an Australian man for a sweep of serious alleged drug and child sex abuse offences.Queensland Police arrested the 31-year-old Kippa Ring man from Brisbane’s outer Moreton Bay district on December 7, 2024, setting in motion an investigation that would stretch across southeast Queensland and the Philippines.“Investigations led police to execute a search warrant on a Kippa Ring home on December 7, 2024, where they seized several digital devices for forensic examination,” the police said on Monday.“The man was initially charged on December 8 with three counts…

HONG KONG: Asian stocks were mixed on Monday (Apr 28) as investors assess how the land lies on the trade war front with countries seeking to temper Donald Trump’s eye-watering tariffs. Investors were also keeping tabs on China after President Xi Jinping and other top leaders last week discussed plans to boost consumption in the world’s number two economy. After a much-needed positive run-up last week markets started Monday on a tepid note, with eyes on the upcoming earnings season, key data and central bank decisions. “We head into month-end and a risk event-heavy trading week, with a ‘cautiously optimistic’ stance…

Latest US strikes bring the death toll in Yemen since mid-March to more than 220 people.United States military strikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, have killed at least eight people and wounded several others, Houthi-affiliated media report, as the US acknowledged carrying out more than 800 attacks on targets in Yemen since mid-March, bringing the total of those killed to more than 220 people. The Al Masirah TV satellite news channel reported early on Monday that eight people were killed in a US strike targeting the ​​Bani al-Harith district north of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. The US also struck Yemen’s Amran and…

President Trump’s shake-up of the global trade system has sent tremors through the long-held view that the United States is the source of the world’s safest financial assets. That’s created an opportunity for Europe.The market tumult in which investors simultaneously sold off the U.S. dollar, American stocks and U.S. Treasury bonds eased last week as Mr. Trump backed off his threats to fire the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome H. Powell, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to reassure foreign officials that trade deals would be struck.But many European officials attending the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman had a rough outing against the New York Yankees on Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader.Gausman allowed six runs and walked five and was removed from the game in the middle of a 53-pitch third inning. As he walked back toward the dugout, Gausman was ejected from the game by home plate umpire Chris Conroy. While in the dugout, the heated veteran pitcher took a spill down the steps to the clubhouse. Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman throws during the first inning of…

First responders in Clearwater, Florida, declared a “mass casualty incident” Sunday night after a recreational ferry carrying dozens of passengers was struck by a boat, which fled the scene.The Clearwater Police Department said the Clearwater Ferry had more than 40 people onboard when it was struck by another boat near the Memorial Causeway Bridge. The exact number of injuries is unclear, but police said all injuries came from passengers on the ferry. The City of Clearwater said six patients were declared “trauma alerts.” Police described two of those as “seriously injured” and said they were taken to local hospitals by helicopter.WILD…

Roger Cook has suggested wealthy parents in Dalkeith need not apply for the next round of student assistant payments, while defending the State Government’s decision not to means test the scheme.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top court on Monday (Apr 28) granted the Attorney-General’s application to appeal a ruling giving jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak access to a document he says allows him to serve his remaining prison sentence under house arrest. Najib, imprisoned for his role in the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal, is pursuing a legal bid to compel authorities to confirm the existence of and execute a royal order that he said was issued last year as part of a pardon by the then king, entitling him to serve the remainder of his sentence at home. In a unanimous…

In March 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina gave a roughly four-minute speech at one of the closed-door meetings in the Vatican before the conclave to elect the next pope. The short remarks, envisioning a church that got out of its insular comfort zones and self-referential habits, went over big.When the cardinals voted in the Sistine Chapel days later, they picked him to lead the way forward, and he emerged as Pope Francis.On Monday, after hundreds of thousands of faithful came to Francis’ funeral and burial over the weekend, cardinals will begin a critical week of such meetings, where…