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AdvertisementUkraine warWorldRussia & Central AsiaUkraine reports multiple casualties despite Trump-backed truce with RussiaThe Russian army is ‘not even really trying’ to comply with the ceasefire, Ukraine’s President Zelensky says
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 2:01am, 11 May 2026Russian attacks wounded at least nine people in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, the second day of what was supposed to have been a three-day truce with Russia, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia also conducted assault operations on the front line, although it did not launch any “large-scale” air raids during the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address.
“On the front line, the Russian army is not complying with the ceasefire and is not even really trying to,” he added.
AdvertisementUS President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire on Friday, saying the two sides had agreed to stop all “kinetic” warfare for a three-day period starting Saturday, as well as a mutual..

AdvertisementFranceWorldEuropeFrench evacuee from hantavirus-hit ship shows ‘symptoms’, PM saysAll five passengers flown back to France have been placed in strict isolation until further notice
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 12:57am, 11 May 2026Updated: 1:18am, 11 May 2026One of five French people flown back to France on Sunday from the cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is showing symptoms of the illness, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said.
“On of them showed symptoms in the repatriation plane,” he posted on social media. “These five passengers have immediately been placed in strict isolation until further notice.
“They are getting medical treatment and will have tests and a medical check-up,” he added.
AdvertisementLecornu also said he would issue a decree later on Sunday authorising appropriate isolation measures being put in place to protect the public.
From early Sunday, passengers from the MV Hondius have been evacuated from the shi..

Chirayu Rana's attorney speaks about the allegation that he faked his father's death in 2024.
Chirayu Rana's attorney Daniel Kaiser reacted to the explosive claim that Rana, the embattled former employee of JPMorgan Chase, faked his father's death and took leave from his office in 2024, and said it was not his biological father, but a father figure who helped raise Chirayu. Chirayu Rana has become the talk of the town after he filed a lawsuit against Lorna Hajdini, bringing allegations of sexual harassment. Hajdini and JPMorgan denied the allegations and various rumors started floating after Chirayu Rana briefly withdrew the lawsuit, only to refile it with witness statements on how Hajdini invited the witness also for a threesome.The Wall Street Journal reported that JPMorgan offered Rana a $1 million settlement to make his complaint go away, but Rana chose to go public. Amid social media chatter, Kaiser told the Journal that attempts are being made to defame Chira..

Indian-origin Texas teen Reeyan Mistry takes his two grandmothers to prom.

Two grandmothers attended their first prom ever at a small private school in Addison, Texas as Reeyan Mistry, the high school senior, did not have to think twice over whom he would ask to be his prom date. It was his Ba and Ma, the two grandmothers from Africa and India. Clad in sarees, the two women posed for photos with Mistry as the school celebrated the decision to break away from the tradition, WFAA reported.The Westwood school this year had only 17 seniors in the graduating class — 12 girls and five boys. Reeyan said his decision was simple though emotional as he wanted to take his two grandmothers who shaped his life.But Mistry's mother remembered a childhood promise that Reeyan actually made. Reeyan's mother Trisha Mistry said as a child, Reeyan used to tell his grandmothers that he would take them to the prom dance.”They got their hair done, makeup, nails done. I felt like I have two daught..

AdvertisementBritainWorldEuropeHantavirus outbreak: UK to isolate cruise ship passengers in ex-Covid hospitalThere are around 24 British passengers and crew, as well as two people from Ireland, on board the MV Hondius
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 1:15am, 10 May 2026UK health authorities are gearing up to receive about 24 people from a virus-hit cruise ship, who will be isolated in a hospital once used for Covid-19 patients, NHS officials said Saturday.
They are currently on board the Dutch ship, the MV Hondius, due to anchor off Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday.
Most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home to their home countries after weeks at sea, in a carefully prepared repatriation effort.
AdvertisementAmong them are about 24 British passengers and crew, as well as two people from Ireland.
None are currently showing any symptoms of hantavirus.
Buildings at Arrowe Park Hospital are pictured in Wirral, England, on Saturday. Photo: AF..

AdvertisementHong Kong transportHong KongTransportElderly woman tries to shove younger one out of priority seating on MTR trainOlder woman pushes younger one’s face, grabs her hair and shakes her head, according to viral video clip
1-MIN READ1-MIN2 ListenAmbrose LiPublished: 12:31am, 10 May 2026An elderly woman tried to fight a younger one over priority seating inside an MTR train carriage in Hong Kong, with a clip capturing the dispute going viral on Saturday.
In the clip posted on the social media platform Threads, the elderly woman in one of two adjacent priority seats is seen forcefully trying to remove the younger woman beside her.
The older woman pushes the younger one’s face, grabs her hair and shakes her head, while using her foot to push her leg.
AdvertisementThe younger woman does not hit back or verbally engage her, according to the clip.
A fellow passenger seated next to them asks the elderly woman to let go of the younger one, but in vain.
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