5+ min ago (297+ words) The floods, which hit nearly a week ago, have killed 303 people " with the number expected to rise as more bodies are recovered " and displaced thousands. The deluges triggered landslides, damaged roads, cut off parts of the island, and downed communication lines. The challenging weather conditons and the lack of heavy equipment also hampered rescue efforts. Aid has been slow to reach the hardest-hit city of Sibolga and the district of Central Tapanuli district in North Sumatra. Videos on social media showed looters scrambling past crumbling barricades, flooded roads and broken glass to get their hands on food, medicine and gas. Some even waded through waist-deep floodwaters to reach damaged convenience stores. North Sumatra Police first reported looting incidents on Saturday evening, said police spokesperson, Ferry Walintukan, adding that regional police had been deployed to restore order. "The looting happened before…...

13+ min ago (484+ words) A person walks past referendum posters of political parties and associations as Swiss voters are casting ballots to decide whether women, like men, must do national service in the military, civil protection teams or in other forms, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 26, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP) Supporters of the "citizen service initiative" in the referendum ending Sunday hope it will boost social cohesion by adding jobs in areas like environmental prevention, food security and elderly care. Parliament overwhelmingly opposes the idea, mainly for cost reasons and out of concern that it could crimp the economy by taking tens of thousands of young people out of the workforce. While initial polls suggested a tight contest, a more recent survey showed the initiative was on track to fail. The vote gives an indication of how a European populace views mandatory national…...

23+ min ago (289+ words) Quinton Byfield couldn't get his shot off on a 2-on-1 break in the extra session, creating a wild scramble that saw Kevin Lankinen end up face down in his crease, allowing Kempe to shoot into an open net for his eighth goal of the season. The play stood following a review for possible goaltender interference by Byfield. Anze Kopitar also scored, and Anton Forsberg made 19 saves. The Kings are 2-0-3 in their past five games. Evander Kane scored for Vancouver, and Lankinen made 21 saves. The Canucks have lost five of their past six. The first period saw three potential goals receive video reviews, with both teams having one waived off following coach's challenges for offsides, before Kopitar finally opened the scoring with 2:41 remaining. He got his fifth goal of the season on a wrist shot from the slot off the rush,…...

37+ min ago (182+ words) Los Nuggets, candentes en el disparo, acertaron 22 de 38 triples (57.9%) "encestando diez en la primera mitad y 12 en la segunda para un flujo constante de ofensiva. Tim Hardaway Jr. anot" 23 puntos desde el banquillo y atin" siete de 11 desde detr's del arco. Jokic "quien apenas jug" en el "ltimo cuarto" emboc" sus siete tiros de campo y agreg" diez asistencias y nueve rebotes. Se qued" as" a las puertas de su und'cimo triple-doble de la temporada. Denver ampli" su ventaja a 96-85 al entrar en el cuarto periodo despu's de encestar ocho triples en el tercero. Los Suns redujeron el d'ficit a nueve al inicio del cuarto, pero los Nuggets respondieron con los siguientes 12 puntos para construir una c"moda ventaja de 110-89. Los Nuggets se recuperaron de la derrota sufrida el viernes por la noche ante los Spurs de San Antonio. Los…...

42+ min ago (953+ words) A view from the control room at Spectrum News NY1 is seen during the Republican gubernatorial debate, June 20, 2022, in New York. (Brittainy Newman/Newsday via AP, Pool, File) When they engage with the news " if they do " they hear a cacophony of voices. They don't know who to believe. Reporters are biased. They make mistakes. Besides, why would you hitch your future to a dying industry? "There is a lot of commentary " "Oh, good for you. Look what you're walking into. You're going to be screaming into the void. You're going to be useless," said Murphy, a 21-year-old graduate student at the University of Maryland's journalism school. She is undeterred. And it's also why she's not surprised by the findings of a study this fall that documented negative attitudes toward the news media among 13- to 18-year-old Americans. The press rarely fares…...

42+ min ago (953+ words) A view from the control room at Spectrum News NY1 is seen during the Republican gubernatorial debate, June 20, 2022, in New York. (Brittainy Newman/Newsday via AP, Pool, File) When they engage with the news " if they do " they hear a cacophony of voices. They don't know who to believe. Reporters are biased. They make mistakes. Besides, why would you hitch your future to a dying industry? "There is a lot of commentary " "Oh, good for you. Look what you're walking into. You're going to be screaming into the void. You're going to be useless," said Murphy, a 21-year-old graduate student at the University of Maryland's journalism school. She is undeterred. And it's also why she's not surprised by the findings of a study this fall that documented negative attitudes toward the news media among 13- to 18-year-old Americans. The press rarely fares…...

50+ min ago (530+ words) Grupos de izquierda lideraron una protesta separada en el parque principal de Manila con una demanda contundente para que todos los funcionarios gubernamentales implicados renuncien de inmediato y enfrenten el enjuiciamiento. El presidente, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ha intentado calmar la indignaci'n p'blica por la corrupci'n masiva a la que se atribuye una sucesi'n de proyectos de control de inundaciones de mala calidad, defectuosos o inexistentes en un archipi'lago propenso a inundaciones mortales y clima extremo en el tr'pico de Asia. M's de 17.000 polic'as fueron desplegados en el 'rea metropolitana de Manila para asegurar las protestas separadas. El complejo del palacio presidencial de Malaca'n en Manila cer' por seguridad, y carreteras y puentes clave fueron bloqueados por fuerzas policiales antidisturbios, camiones y barandillas de alambre de p'as. En una democracia profundamente dividida donde dos presidentes distintos han sido derrocados en los…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (613+ words) Left-wing groups led a separate protest in Manila's main park with a blunt demand for all implicated government officials to immediately resign and face prosecution. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been scrambling to quell public outrage over the massive corruption blamed for substandard, defective or non-existent flood control projects across an archipelago long prone to deadly flooding and extreme weather in tropical Asia. More than 17,000 police officers were deployed in metropolitan Manila to secure the separate protests. The Malacanang presidential palace complex in Manila was in a security lockdown with key access roads and bridges blocked by anti-riot police forces, trucks and barbed wire railings. In a deeply divided democracy where two presidents have been separately overthrown in the last 39 years partly over allegations of plunder, there have been isolated calls for the military to withdraw support from the Marcos…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (533+ words) Left-wing groups led a separate protest in Manila's main park with a blunt demand for all implicated government officials to immediately resign and face prosecution. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been scrambling to quell public outrage over the massive corruption blamed for substandard, defective or non-existent flood control projects across an archipelago long prone to deadly flooding and extreme weather in tropical Asia. More than 17,000 police officers were deployed in metropolitan Manila to secure the separate protests. The Malacanang presidential palace complex in Manila was in a security lockdown with key access roads and bridges blocked by anti-riot police forces, trucks and barbed wire railings. In a deeply divided democracy where two presidents have been separately overthrown in the last 39 years partly over allegations of plunder, there have been isolated calls for the military to withdraw support from the Marcos…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago (507+ words) West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were critically wounded in what officials described as an ambush attack on Wednesday afternoon, and Beckstrom died from her injuries the next day. Investigators are still working to establish a motive for the attack. Lakanwal, 29, has been charged with first-degree murder. In Afghanistan, Lakanwal worked in a special Afghan Army unit known as a Zero Unit. The units were backed by the CIA. He entered the U.S. in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome, a program that evacuated and resettled tens of thousands of Afghans after the U.S. withdrawal from the country, many of whom had worked alongside U.S. troops and diplomats. He resettled with his wife and their five sons, all under the age of 12, in Bellingham, Washington " but struggled, according to the community member, who shared emails that had been sent…...