The disaster is linked to climate change, with experts noting the region's vulnerability to extreme weather. (Image credit: Niranjan Shrestha)
At least 14 babies at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences died in nursery fire Wednesday, while one infant was rescued, according to hospital officials. The blaze at the major government hospital in capital Islamabad broke out at about 6:45 a.m. after an air conditioning unit compressor exploded, hospital and rescue officials said. The fire was contained to the nursery in the hospital's gynecology ward and did not affect any other hospital wards. "One baby was rescued by a doctor," hospit
Three U.S. Secret Service officials were placed on administrative leave on Tuesday pending an internal investigation into potential misconduct. The agency's Office of Professional Responsibility was just beginning its review on Tuesday and did not offer details about what the three officials were being investigated for. The Secret Service public information office noted that the three officials were not working in law enforcement roles at the agency. SECRET SERVICE AGENT ON JD VANCE'S DETAIL INV
Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon said during an interview Monday that billionaires want to defund public schools to fuel the "school-to-prison pipeline" and exploit prison labor. While speaking with " Democracy Now! ," Nixon discussed her affordability platform, which led to her remarking on the importance of affordable childcare. "I support universal childcare," Nixon said. "I know that for every dollar we put into childcare, we get $3 back in the economy, because that allows paren
The man accused of terrorizing pedestrians in downtown Philadelphia while wearing a "Chucky"-style mask was arrested in Las Vegas after a multi-state search, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Zymire Hughes, 22, was taken into custody by The U.S. Marshals Service’s Philadelphia office and the Nevada Violent Offender Task Force, according to the agency. He is currently at the Clark County Detention Center pending extradition to Pennsylvania. Hughes allegedly fled the Philadelphia area on Aug. 19, fl
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Eswatini is one of 12 countries, and the only one in Africa, that has diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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EXCLUSIVE : A 60-day FBI operation targeting cybercriminals, online fraud, and illicit digital infrastructure resulted in numerous arrests and disrupted vast global criminal networks that preyed on Americans and laundered millions in proceeds, Fox News Digital has learned. Operation Riptide was launched in June to combat cybercrime, which defrauded Americans out of more than $20 billion last year, according to the FBI. With assistance from international law enforcement, the bureau seized million
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Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a 1,500-year-old Christian amulet containing a paper-thin sheet of gold — and experts believe it may contain a biblical passage. The discovery, made at the Türkmen Karahöyük archaeological site in Konya, central Turkey, was reported by Turkish state media outlet Anadolu Agency (AA) earlier this summer. An international team of roughly 60 researchers from 13 countries was excavating the site when the amulet was discovered. ANCIENT CLUE CRACKS OPEN A 2,000-Y
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On a winding road tucked away behind forests in the Appalachian foothills of southern Ohio is where OpenAI, Nvidia and Japanese investors are set to spend $500bn on one of the largest artificial intelligence datacenters on the planet. Last March, the energy secretary, Chris Wright, the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick and a host of Japanese and other dignitaries briefly descended on Piketon to enthusiastically break ground on a project to build 8GW worth of AI computing power. But locally, the
