World News – Page 1762 – Prologue Journal

U.S. sees record migration influx as pandemic border restrictions lift

Washington Post The Title 42 border policy used during the pandemic to quickly expel migrants who were in the U.S. illegally is set to expire May 11 at 11:59 p.m. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/11/title-42-migrants-us-mexico-border-crossings/

7 Buddhist monks in Thailand accused of embezzling donations received by a temple in $8.9 million scheme

Fox News Seven Buddhist monks are among nine suspects who are being held in pre-trial detention after being arrested for allegedly embezzling assets worth about $8.9 million from donations received by a temple in Thailand’s northeast, authorities said Thursday. The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases said the actions of the ringleaders in the…

Cyclone Mocha forming in the Bay of Bengal, with a disastrous landfall likely

Washington Post The storm should become equivalent to a major hurricane, and maybe stronger than that, given favorable conditions for rapid intensification. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/05/11/cyclonic-storm-mocha-bay-bengal-myanmar-bangladesh/

US authorities seize over a dozen web domains linked to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah

Fox News U.S. authorities have seized over a dozen website domains used by sanctioned associates, businesses, and charities of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. Washington has listed the Iran-backed group as a terrorist organization, and has slapped sanctions on its members, associates, and affiliated businesses and charities over the years.…

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A chronology

Washington Post The recent flare-up of violence between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip has brought new attention to an old problem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/13/israel-palestinians-timeline-conflict/

Wagner boss Prigozhin claims Ukrainian spring offensive has begun

Fox News Head of the Russian Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin on Thursday claimed that the long anticipated Ukrainian spring counteroffensive had begun in the area around Bakhmut. Fox News Digital could not independently verify Prigozhin’s claims and intense fighting has persisted for months around the salt mining city in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The…

Pope talks sex abuse and ‘loving the enemy’: ‘How do we talk to the abusers for whom we feel revulsion?’

Fox News Pope Francis admitted to not having a perfect answer for a Jesuit priest who asked him about the Gospel’s call to “love your enemies” in the context of sexual abusers. During his apostolic journey to Hungary last month, the pontiff met with a gathering of 32 Jesuits for a candid interview at the…

Elderly woman in London struck by police motorcycle escorting UK royal

Fox News A woman in her 80s was in critical condition after being hit by a police motorcycle that was escorting Sophie, the wife of Prince Edward, British police said Thursday. The Metropolitan Police said the motorcycle collided with a pedestrian on Wednesday afternoon at an intersection in west London. Sophie, known as the Duchess…

Explosion at German residential building injures 12, suspect detained

Fox News German police have detained a suspect in connection with an explosion at a residential building that injured at least a dozen people Thursday, some of them seriously, a senior security official said. The interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state, Herbert Reul, said 10 firefighters and two police officers were injured in the blast…

South Korea lowers crisis level for COVID-19, will no longer require infected to quarantine for 7 days

Fox News South Korea on Thursday lowered its crisis level for COVID-19 and will from June no longer require infected people to quarantine for seven days, dropping one of the country’s few remaining pandemic-related restrictions. Health authorities will still recommend five days of self-isolation for infected people but it will not be mandatory. “I am…