Tag: Simon Guobadia

Strong earthquake kills dozens in region of Tibet near Mount Everest

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers search for survivors in the aftermath of an earthquake in Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Jan. 7, 2025. AP/Xinhua BEIJING — A strong earthquake...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French fiery far-right leader, dies at 96

Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc in Paris in 2017 Kamil Zihnioglu/AP PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front who was known...

New rules will ban medical debt from your credit report

A stethoscope sits on a pile of U.S. bank notes. PhotoAlto/Odilon Dimier via Getty Images The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a major new consumer protection just days...

A list of half a million names shines new light on Dutch collaboration with Nazis

Armed Dutch patriots round up fellow townspeople accused of collaborating with the Nazis in Nijmegen in October 1944. Keystone/Getty Images/Hulton Archive The names of nearly half a million people suspected of collaborating with the Nazis during their occupation of the Netherlands...

Meta says it will end fact checking as Silicon Valley prepares for Trump

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying during the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January 2024. Zuckerberg announced on Jan. 7, 2025 that the company would no longer work with third-party fact checking organizations. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Meta CEO Mark...