What happened in Lindsey Graham’s final hours? Trump call, Ukraine trip, cardiac emergency and sudden death at 71 Veteran South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has died at the age of 71 after what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness.” Graham passed away on Saturday night, just a day after returning from an … Read more
“I’ve never experienced anything like this. The images are still burned into my mind.” For Laotian tourist Kan Kutirat, the horror unfolded in minutes as flames and thick smoke engulfed a packed Bangkok pub. He managed to carry one woman to safety and later wrote on Facebook: “I could only get one person out. I … Read more
Most people quietly fear failure more than almost anything else, enough that it stops them from ever actually trying. Michael Jordan drew a sharper line than that. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying,” he wrote. It is one of his most quoted lines, and it carries weight … Read more
More than 10,000 excess deaths were recorded across Europe during the record-breaking heatwave that swept through western parts of the continent in late June, according to official mortality data cited by Reuters.Figures released by EuroMOMO, a mortality monitoring network backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization … Read more
A massive fire at a popular live music venue in Thailand’s capital late on Sunday killed at least 27 people and left 63 others injured. Officials said many victims died after becoming trapped near the pub’s bathrooms while trying to escape thick smoke. Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the blaze, which … Read more
A massive fire at a popular live music venue in Thailand’s capital late on Sunday killed at least 27 people and left 63 others injured. Officials said many victims died after becoming trapped near the pub’s bathrooms while trying to escape thick smoke. Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the blaze, which … Read more
File photo: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukrainian PM Yulia Svyrydenko stepped down Sunday as President Zelenskyy announced fresh changes to Ukraine’s govt, saying he had offered a new and important position to the former premier.Svyrydenko, who has served as Ukraine’s economy minister, was named PM in July 2025 at the age of 39 after playing … Read more
Andres Alquiga and Diana Tupiza place the paw print of their pet as a symbolic witness to their marriage QUITO: When Diana Tupiza and Andres Alquinga decided to get married, they selected a rather unusual witness for the civil wedding ceremony: Luna, their Pekingese pup who stamped her paw print on the marriage certificate.With recently … Read more
‘Write in such a way that you can be readily understood’ In 1962, a team of structural engineers faced a serious problem at the newly built international terminal of an American airport. The signs guiding passengers to baggage claim, exits, and customs were filled with complicated official language. Tourists got lost, children became separated from … Read more
‘An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep’ In May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, facing destruction from the advancing German army. By every visible measure of military equipment, battlefield position, and numbers, the Allied forces were … Read more