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Washington is incensed by a recent China-linked hack of the telephone communications of US government and presidential campaign officials, and is anxious about increasing pressure by Beijing on Taiwan and Chinese support for Russia. Lima: Joe Biden met Chinese President Xi Jinping for the last time as US president on Saturday, with the leaders’ goal of lowering…

Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election. Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris supporters without expressly asking them to cover any potential debts, enticing would-be donors instead with other…

After 10 weeks, the mass rape trial that has shocked France is moving on to the final phase of closing statements. The case focuses on a formerly married couple, Dominique and Gisèle Pelicot, pensioners who are now in their early 70s. Ms Pelicot’s legal team will give their final statements on Tuesday, and the defence will then…

It didn’t take long for Elon Musk to be accused of meddling in Italy’s domestic affairs. The tech billionaire’s declaration that “these judges need to go,” splashed across all of Italy’s front pages, came amidst increasing tension between Italy’s ruling coalition and the judiciary after a panel of Rome magistrates questioned the legality of a government initiative…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have once Donald Trump becomes US president. Zelensky said he had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their phone conversation after his victory in the US presidential election. He did not say whether Trump had made any demands…

Mpox virus variant Clade 1b was first detected in eastern Congo. Health officials say the spread of the new strain has been very limited. A case of Clade 1b mpox has been recorded in the US for the first time, health officials have said. It was detected in northern California after a person returned from eastern Africa,…

Passengers safely left the plane as it was returned to the gate at Dallas Love Field Airport. A passenger plane has been hit by a bullet near the cockpit as it was preparing to take off at an airport in Dallas. The bullet struck the right side of the Southwest Airlines jet just under the flight deck…

Jon Kenny was best known as half of the comedy duo with Pat Shortt called D’Unbelievables in the 1980s and made two guest appearances in Father Ted. Jon Kenny, an Irish comedian and actor known for D’Unbelievables and roles on Father Ted, has died aged 66. His wife Margie told local news outlet the Limerick Leader that…

Even Google appears to trust X less, with one expert telling Sky News the search engine treats X competitor Bluesky as 10 times more important than Elon Musk’s platform. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, The Guardian newspaper, and even the Clifton Suspension Bridge have joined swathes of people deserting Elon Musk’s social media site X. Millions have instead…

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to work with the incoming U.S. administration of Donald Trump as he held his final talks with outgoing President Joe Biden on conflicts from cyber crime to trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea and Russia. Biden met Xi for about two hours at a hotel where the Chinese leader was…

Greece is in talks with Israel to develop a two billion euro anti-aircraft and missile defence dome, part of a wider push to modernise its armed forces, Greek officials said on Thursday. The defences would likely mimic Israel’s Iron Dome and other systems that intercept short- and long-range missiles launched during strikes from its neighbours amid the…

A subreddit group has been set up to track the movements of Elon Musk’s private jet, with more than 200,000 members eager to keep tabs on the SpaceX CEO’s whereabouts A bizarre page has been set up to track tech billionaire Elon Musk’s every move. Ever wondered what the richest man in the world was up to…

Watch footage of the incomprehensible floating island A MYSTERIOUS spinning island shaped like a perfect circle has left explorers baffled for years. Known as “The Eye” the uninhabited patch of overgrown vegetation floats around a crystal clear lake in Argentina slowly moving each day. The bizarre natural phenomenon sits in the swampy river of Parana Delta in…

The gender divide has sundered Korean society — and now it’s coming for the U.S. When I sit down at a bar in Brooklyn with my cousin — a recent college grad from Korea who is visiting America for the first time — I have one burning question: How’s your love life? She keeps her ballcap pushed…

In the aftermath of the US election the divisions caused by the vicious battle remain. Ava from Chicago had been crying all morning. She’d woken up to the news Donald Trump would once again be occupying the White House and was distraught. Not only was the Republican candidate on course to win the presidency but he was…

The trial is expected to last between six and eight weeks with a further hearing due to be held in December. The Duke of Sussex “is one of two claimants whose claims are still live” against the publisher of The Sun over allegations of unlawful information gathering. A hearing on Friday was told that Harry and former…

Wes Streeting issues a warning to the British public to be weary of deals that seem “to good to be true”, following a number of women dying from unregulated overseas procedures. People who want to travel abroad for cosmetic surgery like Brazilian butt lifts (BBL) should be weary about offers that seem “too good to be true”,…

Liana Fricker, from Surrey, says it will no longer be “viable” to send her sons to private school after the government scraps the VAT exemption on fees. Her children are among thousands of private school pupils who could be displaced by the decision. Following the US election result, internet searches for how to move away from soon-to-be…

Argentine police arrested a man in Buenos Aires who possessed a large number of vintage Nazi weapons decorated with Third Reich symbols from Adolf Hitler’s infamous regime, officials said on Friday. Police seized over 60 firearms from the man’s home, including 43 rifles emblazoned with Nazi eagle markings, 15 pistols, five bayonets and a machine gun, according…

Reports that billionaire Elon Musk has held multiple calls with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, should be investigated by the Pentagon and law-enforcement agencies on national-security grounds, two senior Democratic senators said in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday. Musk, who has been appointed to a senior government role by Republican President-elect Donald Trump, oversees…

The chatbot accused Musk of “promoting or endorsing misinformation.” Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, has seemingly turned on its creator after it told an X user that the source of most misinformation on the platform is its owner. “Based on various analyses, social media sentiment, and reports, Elon Musk has been identified as one of the most…

A college student in Michigan received a threatening response during a chat with Google’s AI chatbot Gemini. In a back-and-forth conversation about the challenges and solutions for aging adults, Google’s Gemini responded with this threatening message: “This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not…

Mike Tyson jumped the gun with Jake Paul … slapping his boxing opponent in the face at the final face-off before their big fight … and it’s all on video. Iron Mike and Jake got face to face after Thursday’s weigh-in … with Tyson slapping Jake across the check. Mike landed a right-hand slap flush on Jake’s…

A grandmother in rural Zambia has become an accidental style icon and internet sensation – after agreeing to play dress-up and swapping outfits with her fashionista granddaughter. Margret Chola, who is in her mid-80s, is known to the world as “Legendary Glamma” – and adored by 225,000 Instagram followers for her striking and playful fashion photographs. “I…

Donald Trump has announced that he will appoint Karoline Leavitt, his campaign spokeswoman, to serve as White House press secretary in his next administration. At 27, Leavitt will be the youngest White House press secretary in US history. The president-elect said in a statement that he was confident the onetime candidate for Congress – who also served…

Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a week-long diplomatic blitz of South America on Thursday by inaugurating a massive deep-water port in Peru, a $1.3 billion investment by Beijing as it seeks to expand trade and influence on the continent. With China’s demand for agricultural goods and metals from Latin America growing, Xi will participate in the Asia-Pacific…

Robert F Kennedy Jr abandoned his own independent presidential campaign to endorse the president-elect and, as promised, he’s being rewarded with a top job – overseeing an area he has controversial views about. Donald Trump has chosen vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as his new health secretary. The news was announced by Donald Trump Jr on…

Among those featured in new documentary is Vanessa, who was heavily pregnant during her migrant journey on a train nicknamed The Beast, who says she endured multiple attacks, including electric shocks to her stomach from immigration authorities. A new documentary will tell the story of The Beast – or The Train of Death – an infamous freight…

The UN’s climate talks have made significant progress in recent years, despite the fact that unanimous agreement is needed among almost 200 countries to take action. The Paris climate agreement, signed in 2015, outlines a long-term plan to rein in rising temperatures, as countries strive to keep that rise under 1.5C this century. They have also agreed…

A Chinese influencer, with a huge global following and the approval of the Communist Party, has returned to the internet after a three-year hiatus. Famous for idyllic videos of life with her grandmother in a village in Sichuan province, the 34-year-old has released three videos since Tuesday – and they have millions of views already. Li first…

The Pentagon’s latest report on UFOs has revealed hundreds of new reports of unidentified and unexplained aerial phenomena but no indications suggesting an extraterrestrial origin. The review includes hundreds of cases of misidentified balloons, birds and satellites as well as some that defy easy explanation, such as a near-miss between a commercial airliner and a mysterious object…

Social media platform Bluesky is adding millions of users as people flee X after Donald Trump was elected U.S. President and as an upcoming change to the terms of service threatens to complicate legal challenges for the Elon Musk-owned platform. Bluesky has gained about 2.5 million new users in the past week, raising its total users to…

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief has sent shockwaves through the national security establishment, adding to concerns that the sprawling intelligence community will become increasingly politicized. Trump’s nomination of Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman who lacks deep intelligence experience and is seen as soft on Russia and Syria, is among several high-level…

E.coli linked to slivered onions on some McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers in America has caused 104 people to become ill, according to US health officials. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an update on Wednesday that 34 people had been hospitalised in connection to the outbreak and that one man had died in October.…

Nearly 40 years after making his professional debut, and 19 years after being battered into retirement, a 58-year-old Mike Tyson will climb back into the ring on Friday for a Netflix-backed bout that has drawn widespread condemnation across the boxing world. Tyson, who terrorised the heavyweight division during an imperious reign in the late 1980s, is lacing…

Since Elon Musk was pictured next to Donald Trump’s family in a group photo, hilarious memes are circulating social media trolling the tech billionaire and depicting him as First Lady Bizarre memes of Elon Musk as the First Lady are doing the rounds on social media. The AI generated images depict the Space X boss as President-elect…

Artists fear artificial intelligence is becoming so powerful it can replace people in creative jobs PEOPLE prefer poems written by artificial intelligence to works by famous writers like Shakespeare and Lord Byron, a study has found. Readers rated virtual verse as more emotional, creative and beautiful — until they found it was churned out by a bot.…

This Is Not The Onion: Alex Jones’ Infowars Bought by The Onion and Sandy Hook Families at Bankruptcy Auction Far-right radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones announced in a video shared to X Thursday morning that The Onion, a satirical publication, and the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings’ families have bought Infowars during a “competitive” bankruptcy…

Scientists say increase from 1990 to 2022 was largest in low- and middle-income countries and lack of treatment ‘concerning’ The number of people with diabetes has doubled over the past 30 years to more than 800 million worldwide, according to a groundbreaking international study. Global analysis published in the Lancet found that rates of diabetes in adults…

“Most Americans aren’t so lucky,” the actress said of her choice to leave. Eva Longoria revealed this week that she and her family have moved out of the “dystopian” United States, now splitting time between Mexico and Spain. “I had my whole adult life here,” Longoria told Marie Claire of the U.S. “But even before [the pandemic],…

India’s city dwellers are cutting spending on everything from cookies to fast food as persistently high inflation squeezes middle class budgets, threatening the country’s brisk economic growth. Slowing urban spending over the past three to four months has not only hurt the earnings of largest consumer goods firms, it has raised questions about the structural nature of…

Harvey’s book Orbital takes place over a 24-hour time frame as astronauts orbit the Earth 16 times. It was described by the judges as having “beauty and ambition”. British author Samantha Harvey has won this year’s Booker Prize with her book Orbital. The novel, which is about astronauts on the International Space Station as they orbit the…

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev kicked off the climate conference with a wide-ranging speech in which he hit out at critics of his country’s fossil fuel industries. The president of Azerbaijan, who is hosting climate summit COP29, has hailed oil and gas as “a gift from God” as he lambasted Western media and climate activists. President Ilham Aliyev…

Five passengers and six crew members suffered minor injuries after the Boeing 747-8, which was travelling from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt, experienced severe turbulence. Eleven people have been left injured after a Lufthansa flight was hit with severe turbulence while en route from Argentina to Germany. The Boeing 747-8 was travelling from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt when…

John Krasinski has been named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2024. The big announcement was made during Tuesday’s episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The “Jack Ryan” star confessed he thought he was “being punked” when he learned he won the title. “Just immediate blackout, actually. Zero thoughts,” he told the magazine in his…

YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul had to wait an extra four months for his high-profile match with 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. The delay from the original plan for July was caused by Tyson having a medical episode on a plane and needing time to recover from a stomach ulcer. The rescheduled bout is set for Friday night…

Members of the public paid their respects Wednesday to people killed by a driver who rammed into people exercising a sports complex in southern China, as the country mourned, but little information was available about the suspect or the victims in the attack. The crash Monday night in Zhuhai killed 35 people and severely injured 43 others,…

Volkswagen Group (VW) and Tesla rival Rivian have launched a joint venture, with the German car giant increasing its investment in the partnership. The two companies say the deal is now worth $5.8bn (£4.55bn) – up from an initial pledge from VW of $5bn. Shares in the US electric vehicle (EV) maker jumped more than 9% in…

Before the east and west coast rap beef of the 1990s boiled over with the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG, legendary producer Quincy Jones called a secret meeting at which he appealed for an end to the violence. As hip-hop rose from the streets to the mainstream in the 90s, the rappers and hustlers that…

Fixing LED strip lights to the bottom of surfboards could deter attacks by great white sharks, Australian scientists say. A study conducted in Mossel Bay, South Africa involved towing seal-shaped boards fitted with different configurations of lights behind a boat to see which attracted the most attention. The researchers from Macquarie University in New South Wales say…

“Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk said money was his main motivation for making Season 2 of the hit Netflix series, despite losing “eight or nine” teeth from stress while filming the show’s debut. In a June 2022 interview with Variety after the roaring success of “Squid Game” Season 1, Hwang revealed that six of his teeth fell…

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world’s richest man who donated millions of dollars to helping Trump get elected. Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will co-lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency, an entity…

An enormous, rancid-smelling, 52-foot sperm whale has lain beached on the shoreline of the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake, since Monday. It’s a jarring sight; no sperm whales live in this vast body of water. Many of the people who gathered to see the giant marine mammal on the coast of Azerbaijan’s capital Baku have never seen…

The message that was transmitted from Mars had travelled for 16 minutes through space before being received by three observatories in the US and Italy. A confusing alien-like signal was beamed from Mars in May last year. It featured an underlying message which was sent by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, a spacecraft of the European Space…

Bernard Arnault’s French newspapers claim they are due payment from social media site Europe’s richest man is suing Elon Musk’s social media network X, claiming the platform is using his newspapers’ content without paying for it. Bernard Arnault is taking the social media site to court as part of legal proceedings jointly brought by Le Parisien and…

The American Meteor Society received 36 reports of a fireball in the skies over four states. An expert says it was probably a Starlink satellite disintegrating in the atmosphere A dazzling fireball that lit up the sky over four US states is thought to be caused by the fiery reentry of a SpaceX Starlink satellite. Dozens of…

A man has said he can’t believe his wife was ready to “throw away our entire life” after filing for divorce over his vote for Donald Trump. The distraught husband wrote on social media that he has been left without words that the marriage could fall apart over politics – and that the divorce papers could be…

An ally of Vladimir Putin has accused the U.S. and the U.K. of intending to sabotage underwater internet cables and planning to destabilize the maritime energy trade. In reporting the comments by Nikolai Patrushev, the Telegram channel Crimean Wind posted, “it would be funny, but such statements often sound like a cover for their own intentions.” When…

The issue has come to the fore again amid campaigning by Dame Esther Rantzen and while some countries already have assisted dying legislation, the issue is deeply divisive with strong opinions on both sides. Details have been revealed of a planned assisted dying law that supporters say would offer the toughest safeguards in the world. It could…

A Russian navy warship equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles has conducted drills in the English Channel, Russian news agencies have reported. The ship – the Project 22350 frigate Admiral Golovko – passed through the channel to carry out tasks in the Atlantic Ocean, according to state news agency TASS. It is reportedly equipped with Zircon hypersonic anti-ship…

Washington deliciously steals every scene in this rousing heir to the Oscar-winning classic, with director Ridley Scott doing some of the best work of his storied career. Ridley Scott may never stop making movies, and on the basis of Gladiator II, that’s a very good thing. Following two imposing historical epics (The Last Duel, Napoleon), the prolific…

The title for Tom Cruise‘s eighth “Mission: Impossible” movie has finally been revealed, along with the first trailer. “The Final Reckoning” is now the official title for “Mission: Impossible 8,” which was originally slated to be the “Part Two” to 2023’s “Dead Reckoning.” It’s scheduled to be released on May 23, 2025. The film originally was set…

A FRESH push to scrap Shakespeare from schools has been slapped down by the Education Secretary. Bridget Phillipson blasted a top teacher’s suggestion that the Bard be replaced with works Gen Z pupils can relate with – like studying Instagram posts. Freddie Baveystock, the head of English at Harris Westminster, said “our obsession with Shakespeare needs discussion”…

It comes as tensions between the two countries soar, with the North flying thousands of trash balloons into the South in recent months. South Korea has accused North Korea of disrupting GPS signals from border areas, affecting dozens of flights and ship operations. North Korea’s GPS signal jamming took place on Friday and Saturday and was detected…

Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam. France and Israel are playing in a UEFA Nations League match on Thursday that French President Emmanuel…

The company also named it’s two-year package “Mid-Term Selection”, referring to the upcoming 2026 midterm elections Just days after President-elect Donald Trump emerged victorious in the 2024 elections, a cruise line company is offering a four-year package that would allow customers to “Skip Forward”. “Residents have the flexibility to join their customized journey at any port during…

Police said the fire was quickly extinguished, and riot officers cleared the square, though it was not clear who started the unrest or whether it was related to last week’s violence. Riots broke out on Monday evening in one of the suburbs of Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, with protesters destroying public infrastructure. The riot in Nieuw-West comes…

The incident occurred on Friday (November 8) onboard flight KE658, traveling from Bangkok, Thailand to Seoul in South Korea. The passengers were in a state of panic as the passenger tried to open the emergency exit mid-air. : A video has recently gone viral on social media in which it can be seen that a male passenger attempted…

Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations climate conference that starts next week, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time they have attended since the former insurgents took power in 2021. The COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku will be among the highest-profile multilateral events attended by Taliban administration officials since…

Speaking on stage at the MTV Europe Awards in Manchester, host Rita Ora described Liam Payne as “one of the kindest people” she ever knew. The pair collaborated on For You, a song from the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack, in 2018. MTV Awards host Rita Ora paid a poignant tribute to her friend Liam Payne on stage…

Barbora Krejcikova hit out at Jon Wertheim for what she called “coverage that focused on my appearance rather than my performance”. A tennis analyst has been taken off air after making “deeply regrettable comments” about Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova’s appearance. The Czech player, 28, called out Jon Wertheim for what she called “coverage that focused on my…

Foreign leaders are looking at the US to see how the upcoming change of administration will affect America’s stance on Israel and Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu says he and Donald Trump “see eye to eye” on Iran. Israel’s prime minister said he has spoken to the US president-elect three times since the election with the aim of tightening…

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting that marred homecoming week at Tuskegee University. One person has been killed and 16 others were injured in a shooting at a US university. Homecoming week at Tuskegee University, in Alabama, was marred early on Sunday by the attack on campus. An 18-year-old man died in…

Leonardo DiCaprio celebrated his 50th birthday on Saturday night with a star-studded, private party. A spy told Page Six: “The night kicked off with an intimate dinner catered by Nobu,” and that, “the scene was nothing short of star-studded” with lots of the star’s longtime collaborators. Guests spotted at the celebration, we hear, included DiCaprio’s “Catch Me…

At the risk of stating the obvious, AI is absolutely everywhere lately. There’s AI in your car, AI in your messaging app, AI in your glasses. I’ve gotten pretty desensitized to it all as a hazard of the job, but it was Spotify’s AI DJ that actually got my attention. I’ve listened to a top 40 radio…

The last time Chaw Su saw her husband was in March, when he was forcibly conscripted to fight for the army in Myanmar’s civil war. Four months later, she found out he had been killed at the frontline. “We were always poor and struggled,” she says. “But life was much more bearable with him.” The 25-year-old widow,…

When dairy farmer Patrick Holden sat down at his kitchen table to read his emails one day in July, he couldn’t believe his luck. A buyer, who claimed to represent a French supermarket chain, wanted to buy 22 tonnes of Hafod, his specialist cheddar. “It was the biggest order for our cheese we’ve ever received,” he recalls,…

More than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a compound in South Carolina last week have now been recovered unharmed, officials said Sunday. Twenty-four monkeys were captured on Sunday, a day after another of the 43 escaped monkeys was recovered. A “sizeable group” remains active along the compound’s fence line and bedded…

A children’s book written by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been withdrawn from sale after it was criticized for causing offense to Indigenous Australians. The Guardian newspaper reported Saturday that the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation blasted “Billy And The Epic Escape,” which was published earlier this year, for employing a series of…

Coco Gauff pays attention to what people say about her online and occasionally takes pleasure in clapping back, so it should not be a surprise that she took to social media to type out a message after wrapping up 2024 by winning the WTA Finals and the $4.8 million check that came with it. “lol safe to…

Authorities have urged Israeli fans to skip Thursday’s (Nov 7) France-Israel football match in Paris, after violence in Amsterdam following a match between an Israeli team and a local one. The Paris fixture will take place one week after the clashes – condemned as “anti-Semitic” by Israeli, Dutch and European leaders – followed a game between Israeli…

The alleged plot against Donald Trump is a clear casus belli Since Donald Trump was re-elected as US president, the Left in the US and Europe have gone into meltdown. But nobody will feel a greater sense of foreboding than the leadership of the West’s enemies in Moscow, Beijing and Tehran. Most immediately, the return of Trump…

The cryptocurrency climbed as much as 4.3 per cent to an unprecedented $79,771 on Sunday and remained near $79,000 as of 2:05 pm in Singapore. Smaller tokens like Cardano and meme-crowd favorite Dogecoin also rallied. Trump vowed on the campaign trail to put the US at the center of the digital-asset industry, including creating a strategic Bitcoin…

Russia and Ukraine both launched record drone attacks on each other overnight, as the Kremlin said it saw “positive signals” from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over his desire to strike a deal to end the conflict. Trump’s election to the White House has the potential to upend the almost three-year conflict and has thrown into question Washington’s…

The arrested individual goes by the name Inderjeet Gosal. He is reportedly ‘the coordinator for SFJ in Canada’. SFJ or Sikhs for Justice is a terrorist organisation which seeks to carve out Khalistan from Indian territory. Canada’s Peel Regional Police have made a fifth arrest in connection to the Brampton temple attack case that took place on…