Day: May 29, 2025

East Timor said Thursday it would deport a former Filipino congressman charged with multiple murders in the Philippines and added that he was a national security threat whose presence could damage the country’s image ahead of its entry to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

A push in Texas to ban children under 18 years old from social media platforms is fading at the state Capitol.

It didn’t occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on “Karate Kid: Legends,” he’d be the franchise’s first Asian American “Kid.” And that gives him a lot of optimism.

With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to liberate an Israeli hostage held in Iraq by a different Iranian-backed militant group.

“When I actually watched them just standing in the building by themselves swinging a hammer, it was a little unnerving — it was an invasion,” one of the shop owners said.

With the Angels now swept out of the way, the Yankees can full return their attention to the World Series rematch with the Dodgers this weekend.

Mexicans will vote in the country’s first judicial elections Sunday. The fiercely debated question is whether electing judges will deepen democratic decay or purge courts of rampant corruption and impunity.