Day: August 23, 2023

Thousands of migrants stranded in Niger following coup that led to border closures

2:15 pm August 23, 2023

After three months of crossing the desert and then watching other migrants die at sea in his failed attempt to reach Europe, Sahr John Yambasu gave up on getting across the Mediterranean and decided to go back home. The 29-year-old from Sierra Leone reached Niger in June on his return journey, but United Nations officials […]

Washington authorities release names of 3 Seattle hookah lounge shooting victims

2:15 pm August 23, 2023

Authorities have released the names of three people who were shot to death over the weekend outside a hookah lounge in Seattle. Nadia Kassa, 30, Jonathan Bishu, 22, and Trevis Bellard, 32, all died from multiple gunshot wounds on Sunday, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. The Medical Examiner’s Office listed Bellard’s first […]

Twenty-six sickened in 11 states in salmonella outbreak linked to small turtles: CDC

1:11 pm August 23, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning the American public that more than two dozen people have been sickened across 11 states as part of a salmonella outbreak linked to small turtles. Out of the 26 illnesses reported in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri and […]

Thailand’s ex-PM transferred from prison to hospital in less than a day after returning from exile

1:10 pm August 23, 2023

Thailand’s divisive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was transferred from prison to a hospital early Wednesday, less than a day after he returned from an extended exile and started serving an 8-year sentence. He had returned to Thailand after 15 years abroad on the same day a party linked to him won a parliamentary vote […]

Viral country sensation Oliver Anthony releases new music video: ‘Brink of the next world war’

1:01 pm August 23, 2023

Country music sensation Oliver Anthony released a new video for his song, “I Want To Go Home,” on Tuesday. Anthony, a red-bearded Virginia farmer and musician, and dog owner, rose from relative obscurity to ranking #1 on Billboard Hot 100 for a song he recorded in the American wilderness, “Rich Men North of Richmond.” Anthony’s […]