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A 90-year-old woman with Parkinson’s disease was cheered on by three generations of her family as she competed in an over-70s weightlifting competition in Taipei, Taiwan. In the three-round competition, Cheng Chen Chin-Mei lifted 35, 40 and 45 kg. “I…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul was heavily attacked on social media Sunday after she said how safe New York’s subway system has become thanks to her efforts — just hours after a woman was set on fire and burned to…

I’ve covered Syria for years, from the start – when anti-regime protests began in March 2011. We were in Deraa, southern Syria. It was a Friday and people called it the “Day of Dignity”. They took to the streets to…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. J.David Ake/AP hide caption toggle caption J.David Ake/AP Approximately 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks. The money will…

“The Threshold of Reverie”, work produced by Botto. Bang Generative artificial intelligence is making huge waves in industry and services from finance to human resources and spend on technology growing rapidly. And the art world is no different – some…

The Louisiana prison system routinely holds inmates weeks or months after they should have been released from custody after serving their sentences, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a lawsuit filed Friday. The lawsuit against the state comes after…

The year 2024 saw the global economy stabilize following the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as growth in many countries lagged pre-2020 levels. Amid a patchy recovery, more than 2 billion people were eligible to vote this year, and…