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The two-day gathering of countries in Switzerland was aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine – but Moscow was not invited and its key ally China declined to attend. Eighty countries called for Ukraine’s “territorial integrity” to be the basis of any peace deal on Sunday – but a number of nations did not join in. World…

Dramatic pictures show firefighters working overnight to contain a huge blaze about 62 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The fire has already ravaged 4,400 acres of land. Dramatic pictures have emerged showing firefighters trying to extinguish a massive blaze in Los Angeles, California, which has already forced the evacuation of 1,200 people. The blaze, named the Post…

Actor Morgan Freeman once again criticized the idea of a Black History Month. “I detest it,” the 87-year-old actor told Variety Saturday. “The mere idea of it. You are going to give me the shortest month in a year? And you are going to celebrate ‘my’ history?! This whole idea makes my teeth itch. It’s not right.”…

A play critical of “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling’s gender views is struggling to find actresses willing to fill its female roles, according to a report from The Telegraph. “This project has met some kind of resistance every step of the way, though I’ve been generally surprised by how difficult it has been for us to recruit…

‘Tis the season for emergency room visits after inappropriately using Ozempic to lose weight for the summer. “Drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy should only be used by people prescribed them for obesity or diabetes,” Stephen Powis — the national medical director of NHS England, the country’s publicly funded healthcare system — urged last week at a conference…

Swedish citizen Johan Floderus said he was in seventh heaven following his release from an Iranian prison on Saturday, in a recording published on the Swedish government’s website on Sunday. Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in the mass execution and torture…

The New Zealand defence force plane flying New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to Japan broke down on Sunday, forcing the Prime Minister to take a commercial flight, his office confirmed on Monday. Luxon is spending four days in Japan, where he is expected to meet with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and spend time promoting New…

Western powers and their allies at a summit in Switzerland denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Sunday, but they failed to persuade major non-aligned states to join their final statement, and no country came forward to host a sequel. Over 90 countries attended the two-day talks at a Swiss Alpine resort at the behest of Ukrainian President…

Thousands of women protested on Saturday against a bill advancing in Brazil’s conservative Congress that would equate abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy to homicide and establish sentences of six to 20 years in prison. The demonstrators marched along Sao Paulo’s main Paulista Avenue carrying banners rejecting the proposal, which they call the most repressive approach to…

The fatalities come as summer temperatures soared to 48C in the open, with most rituals held outdoors where there is little if any shade. At least 14 Jordanians have died and 17 are missing during the ongoing Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, authorities have said. The country’s foreign ministry previously confirmed six of the fatalities were heat…

A new documentary follows a boy living in a small town in Spain, whose family expects him to become a professional bullfighter. It may sound like an unusual career choice in an era where bullfighting is considered a cruel and outdated sport, primarily due to issues of animal welfare. Social attitudes in some parts of Castellón, however,…

Nearly 80 countries called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The way forward for diplomacy remains unclear. The joint communique capped a two-day conference marked by the absence of Russia,…

Jennifer Lopez brushed off divorce rumors while giving her husband, Ben Affleck, a special Father’s Day shout-out. “Our hero,” the “On the Floor” hitmaker wrote on her Instagram Story Sunday with a white heart emoji. “Happy Father’s Day.” Along with the sweet message, she attached a throwback photo of the “Argo” star sporting a black leather jacket.…

China Premier Li Qiang made a low-key start on Sunday to a four-day trip to Australia with visits to a South Australian winery and Adelaide Zoo, where he announced Beijing would provide two new pandas after the current pair go home later this year. Li, China’s second-highest ranked official and the first Chinese premier to visit Australia…

In a video posted on Musk-owned X, the 52-year-old billionaire was seen celebrating after the announcement of the pay package. Tesla shareholders have voted in favour of a significant compensation package for CEO Elon Musk this week, indicating strong support for his leadership at the electric vehicle maker. Vote Results According to preliminary vote results announced by…

Cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), a disease caused by a rare “flesh-eating bacteria” that can kill people within 48 hours, is spreading in Japan, a report by Bloomberg said. The nation recorded 977 cases this year, as per data recorded by the nation’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases. The government agency which tracks diseases and…

One of Switzerland’s leading art museums says it will remove five paintings from one of its exhibitions while it investigates whether they were looted by the Nazis. The works – part of a collection at the Kunsthaus Zurich museum – are by some of the world’s most acclaimed artists, including Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh. There…

The Sperminator has 165 reasons — and counting — to celebrate this Father’s Day. Ari Nagel, a 48-year-old Brooklynite, welcomed his 165th child into the world on Wednesday — but will soon retire from spreading his seed, he told The Post. “I’ll stop when I’m 50,” Nagel, who will turn 49 in August, told The Post. “Physically…

Life in the Inflated Apple got you down? According to a new study, the most affordable city in the country is barely a half day’s drive away — hours closer to home comforts than the current hotspots popular with fleeing New Yorkers. Say hello — and maybe move to — Pittsburgh. Currently boasting a median house price…

A bloodthirsty gunman opened fire on innocent kids enjoying a Michigan splash pad Saturday before being cornered by cops in a nearby home and killing himself, police said. The unidentified suspect unloaded 28 gunshots at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills around 5 p.m. on what marked the end of the first full week of…

A video has gone viral showing Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looking not too thrilled about shaking the hand of French President Emmanuel Macron during the G-7 summit in Italy. The video clip from Friday shows Macron going down a line, shaking the hands of Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter, first lady of Italy Laura…

EIGHT Israeli soldiers have been killed in a blast in the Gaza Strip as forces continue to push in and around the southern city of Rafah. The Israeli troops were all killed inside an armoured personnel carrier during an ambush by Hamas fighters, the military said. The IDF convoy was returning back from an overnight offensive on…

The Israeli military on Sunday announced a “tactical pause” in its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip to allow the deliveries of increased quantities of humanitarian aid. The army said the pause would begin in the Rafah area at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT, 1 a.m. eastern) and remain in effect until 7 p.m. (1600 GMT, noon eastern).…

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump announced Friday from behind a podium in a Detroit suburb that she and the RNC are working to raise a veritable army of “over 100,000 poll watchers and over 500 lawyers” to “deploy” at election sites across the country in November. These volunteers will have three missions:…

The ban, spearheaded by the Scottish Greens, extends to commercial flights, all SUVs including electric ones, and cruise ships. Edinburgh City Council has banned adverts for fossil fuel-powered cars and exotic holidays on council-owned spaces. The prohibition, led by the Scottish Greens, also includes a ban on advertising commercial flights, all sports utility vehicles (SUVs), even those…

Lara Trump, the co-Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and former President Trump’s daughter-in-law, promised Friday to prosecute anyone who cheats in an election, threatening “we will track you down.” “This year is the year we do it,” Lara Trump said at Turning Point USA’s Detroit convention. “We are also sending a loud and clear message…

The Prime Minister has been given a top-secret briefing after a Russian nuclear submarine was identified off the coast of Scotland. It comes as President Vladimir Putin vowed to “punish” the West for giving Ukraine long-term missiles and ­a £40billion loan using frozen Russian assets. Kazan, a state-of the art Yasen-class submarine, was detected on June 5…

The Princess of Wales looked relaxed as she and her family were cheered by crowds as they travelled along The Mall and later on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. The Princess of Wales joined the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the Trooping the Colour flypast – after making her first public appearance since…

There will be no opening statements. President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump will each have two minutes to answer questions — followed by one-minute rebuttals and responses to the rebuttals. Red lights visible to the candidates will flash when they have five seconds left, and turn solid red when time has expired. And each man’s…

The AtmosFEAR ride, which opened in 2021, operates like a pendulum, with the capacity to swing riders completely upside down. Firefighters rescued 28 people who were stuck dangling 100ft upside down on a ride at an amusement park in Oregon. One person with a pre-existing medical condition was taken to hospital as a precaution after the AtmosFEAR…

The TV chef, 57, referred to himself as “looking like a purple potato” and warned his followers to “wear a helmet” in a message on social media for Father’s Day. Gordon Ramsay has said he is “lucky to be alive” after a “really bad accident” riding his bike in the US. The TV chef, 57, warned his…

Hamid Nouri was convicted in Stockholm in 2019 of committing war crimes over his part in 1988 mass executions in Iran. Sweden has released a convicted Iranian war criminal as part of a prisoner swap deal. Tehran and Stockholm carried out the switch, which saw a European Union diplomat and another man released in exchange for Hamid…

Pollsters say the Tories are heading for “electoral extinction” with Reform UK also rising up the ranks. Two polls spell bad news for Rishi Sunak, with one showing a drop of four points and the other that his party is on course to pick up just 72 seats. A poll by Savanta for The Sunday Telegraph showed…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declared unlawful a federal ban on “bump stock” devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, rejecting yet another firearms restriction – this time one enacted under Republican former President Donald Trump. The justices, in a 6-3 ruling authored by conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, upheld a lower court’s…

World leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at a summit this weekend to explore ways of ending the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two, but Russia isn’t invited and the event will fall short of Kyiv’s aim of isolating Moscow. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, French President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of Germany,…

Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s motorcade suffered an accident on Friday, her team said in a statement, leaving one person dead and several injured, though the car Sheinbaum was traveling in was not involved. Sheinbaum stopped to check on the injured people, who were by then being attended to by emergency teams after the crash in Monclova, a…

The G7 summit held in Italy concluded on Friday. World leaders discussed issues ranging from the war in Gaza to China’s miliary and economic actions. PM Modi, Vatican’s Pope Francis, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, leaders from Brazil and Argentina were also invited to the event hosted by Italian PM Giorgia Meloni. Top world leaders, including US President Joe…

The ANC, which lost its parliamentary majority in a May election, has agreed to enter into a government of national unity with other parties. Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected for a second five-year term as president of South Africa. The result comes after his African National Congress (ANC) party struck a late coalition deal with the centre-right…

North West celebrated another year older in the Big Apple! Kim Kardashian went all out to celebrate her eldest daughter’s upcoming birthday, flying the tween and 10 of her closest friends out to New York City on Friday. West, who turns 11 on Saturday, and her pals visited the iconic Serendipity3 in the Upper East Side, where…

Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy held that even an isolated offence of sexual harassment at workplace that is grave and has caused constant trauma and fear for the victim, must be considered as a continuing offence. In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court recently held that even an isolated offence of sexual harassment at the workplace must…

Other well-known faces given honours include Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden and singer Heather Small, while former prime minister Gordon Brown was awarded with the highest honour. The King’s Birthday Honours list has been published, with leading artist Tracey Emin, pop icon Simon Le Bon and stage and screen actress Imelda Staunton among those recognised. Other…

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus. The clandestine operation has not been previously reported. It aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other…

An Asian elephant in central Thailand has given birth to a rare set of twins, in what caretakers have described as a miracle. The mother, 36-year-old Chamchuri, was not expected to deliver twins and when she gave birth to a male calf last Friday, staff at the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal, had thought the delivery…

I generally find Elon Musk useful, in that he makes it clear which things in America are actually hard boundaries (contract law, maybe copyright law) and which are merely conventions (most everything else). You can take ketamine, smoke weed, ask your subordinates to have your babies, and run your companies like your own personal fiefdom; if you…

The Princess of Wales will make her first public appearance this year at Trooping the Colour. Kate, who has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer since late February, will ride in a carriage alongside her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Later, she is expected to join the King, her husband…

Friday recorded a minimum temperature of 33.3°C – the highest it has been in the month of June in six years. While days have been unbearably hot in Delhi for nearly a month now, the respite that city residents usually enjoyed at night was also taken away on Friday as the minimum temperature soared to 33.3 degrees…

Pakistan can qualify for T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight stage even if they beat Ireland by a narrow margin in their last Group A match on Sunday, provided USA lose to the same team on Friday. A state of emergency has been declared in Fort Lauderdale due to the life-threatening flash floods in Florida. Hundreds of…

President Biden repeatedly watched his German shepherd Commander attack Secret Service members, who wished each other a “safe shift” as the number of incidents mounted — with one exasperated workplace safety professional urging the use of a muzzle, agency records show. The number of dog attacks involving Commander, who the White House said in February was given…

Some claims on social media about sun safety have grown into a major misconception that sunscreen could cause skin cancer. Hundreds of creators, many on TikTok, have posted videos arguing that the sun isn’t the culprit in causing cancer, but rather that harmful chemicals found in sunscreens are to blame. This stems from a 2021 recall of…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is hosting this year’s Group of Seven (G7) meeting, was seen doing a namaste gesture while welcoming prominent leaders for the summit. In several videos that have gone viral on social media platform X, Meloni can be seen doing a namaste gesture to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President…

From Germany and France to Poland and Spain, the far-right made inroads into the youth vote in key states in this EU election – as a generation that has grown up amid constant crises seeks new answers and follows politicians fluent in TikTok and YouTube. Young voters, traditionally perceived to be more left-wing, drove the wave of…

NATO countries have “comfortably exceeded” a target of placing 300,000 troops on high-readiness as the alliance grapples with the threat from Russia, a senior alliance official said Thursday. NATO leaders agreed in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 to massively ramp up the number of forces that alliance commanders can deploy within 30 days.…

A gym in South Korea has banned misbehaving “aunties”, reigniting a debate about discrimination against older women in the country. The gym in Incheon city near the capital Seoul put up a sign that read “off limits to ajummas” and “only cultivated and elegant women allowed”. Ajumma is a catch-all term for older women – typically late-30s…

Taylor Swift shook it off with her fans in Edinburgh last weekend when they literally shook the Scottish city itself. Swifties danced so much during the global superstar’s Eras Tour show last Friday at Murrayfield Stadium that they caused seismic activity from 6 km (or 3.7 miles) away, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS). Friday night’s…

Dozens of hikers say they fell ill during trips to a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park. Madelyn Melchiors, a 32-year-old veterinarian from Kingman, Arizona, said she was vomiting severely Monday evening and had a fever that endured for days after camping on the Havasupai…

One of the politicians involved was hurt and rushed away in a wheelchair. The scuffle was an “insult” to millions of Italians, according to one columnist. A brawl erupted in Italy’s parliament on Wednesday, resulting in one MP having to leave in a wheelchair after he was allegedly kicked and punched. Footage from Italy’s Chamber of Deputies,…

The Supreme Court is also is expected to rule by the end of June on the legality of Idaho’s strict Republican-backed abortion ban that forbids terminating a pregnancy even if necessary to protect the health of a pregnant woman facing a medical emergency. Americans will still be able to buy an abortion pill after the US Supreme…

Typically twins account for around 3% of live births in the US – no wonder headteacher Tamatha Bibbo described the event as “quite unusual”. Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a US middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade year group. The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Pollard Middle School in Needham, Massachusetts,…

Never letting go of these memories. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio may have had chemistry as Rose and Jack in “Titanic,” but their kissing scenes were pretty awkward for the British actress. According to Winslet, 48, the intimacy with DiCaprio, 49, was “not all it’s cracked up to be.” “So we kept doing this kiss and I…

MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, where he was detained, authorities said Thursday. An indictment of The Wall Street Journal reporter has been finalized and his case was filed to the Sverdlovsky Regional…

Europe is grappling with a surge in ‘dengue fever’ cases, as an invasive mosquito species has been found in 13 EU countries. Dengue fever can be deadly in severe instances, although it often presents mild or no symptoms. The World Health Organisation (WHO) warns that about half of the global population is now at risk of dengue,…

The actor admits making some mistakes, and pushes back on Dakota Johnson’s ‘Madame Web’ comments: “You’re telling me you signed up for a universe for cartoon characters and didn’t get enough pathos?” Russell Crowe is acknowledging some of his missteps, and defending the superhero movie process in the wake of Dakota Johnson’s Madame Web comments. The 60-year-old…

A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, pulled into the waters near the U.S. base in Cuba on Thursday, just a day after…

The United States and Australia expressed concern on Friday (Jun 14) over Hong Kong’s invoking of a national security law to cancel the passports of six democracy activists, adding to a growing chorus of Western condemnation. The Chinese finance hub in March passed the security law, colloquially known as Article 23, which expanded government powers beyond those…

Celebrated as a groundbreaking creation, ‘Kalki 2898 AD’s fifth hero and futuristic vehicle, ‘Bujji’ has amassed a massive fandom, winning audiences worldwide. The life-size futuristic vehicle, which plays the crucial role of Prabhas’s character Bhairava’s trusted best friend in the film, ‘Bujji’ came to life after Director Nag Ashwin reached out to Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra.…

A Group of Seven summit is opening Thursday with agreement on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral, giving Kyiv a strong show of support even as Europe’s political chessboard shifts to the right. Diplomats confirmed that an agreement had been reached on the deal before the…

Nearly 200 people were living in the building and officials most deaths were caused due to inhalation of smoke in sleep. The bodies of some of the Indians killed in the fire in Kuwait are charred beyond recognition and DNA testing is on to confirm the victims’ identities, Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh has said. The Gonda…

PM Modi will reach Italy on Thursday for his fifth consecutive participation in the summit of the world’s most economically advanced nations PM Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are likely to meet at the G7 Summit in Italy on Friday. The Indian government emphasised that its primary concern with Canada is the political platform…

Miley Cyrus is looking for “quality, not quantity” when it comes to her celebrity relationships. The “Flowers” singer revealed she doesn’t play a “very active” role in celebrity circles these days in her latest interview with David Letterman on his “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” series. “I am not very active or a very active part…

In 2022, Kate Winslet went to the London home of director Stephen Frears to discuss HBO’s political satire “The Regime.” She’d been cast in the role of Elena Vernham, a narcissistic European autocrat, and Frears had been pinpointed by the production as a potential director. “I was offered a cup of tea, which I then ended up…

Riot police in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters outside Congress, before lawmakers gave an initial approval to budget-slashing reforms in the country’s Senate on Wednesday. Demonstrators – who say the measures will hurt millions of Argentines – threw petrol bombs and stones, setting one car alight. A number of…

At least 40 Indians are among 49 people killed in a fire at a residential building in the Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, India’s foreign ministry said. Video shared on social media showed flames engulfing the lower part of the building and thick black smoke billowing from the upper floors. Authorities said many of the casualties are from…

Chinese electric cars may become pricier in the European Union (EU) after politicians called them a threat to its own industry. It has “provisionally concluded” that Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers will face tariffs from 4 July “should discussions with Chinese authorities not lead to an effective solution”. The EU’s announcement comes as it continues an investigation…

At least nine people have been killed and 29 injured in a Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s southern city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials say. Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office says five children are among the injured after a residential building was hit on Wednesday. Earlier, four people were reported missing. Emergency services, police and volunteers are now…

San Francisco recognized Pride Month differently this year — by declaring itself a sanctuary for transgender and gender non-conforming people. The city’s Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday in favor of the sanctuary status, making San Francisco one of the first major cities in the nation to do so. The resolution symbolically indicates those identifying as transgender,…

The hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence has long focused on scanning the skies for signs of life light years away. But what if the aliens are already here, living in secret bases deep underground or beneath the ocean waves? As outlandish as it sounds, that’s the startling possibility explored in a fascinating new paper. While the authors, Tim…

Her death was announced by her son who wrote on social media “Mum is gone” alongside a picture of the two of them. French singer-songwriter Francoise Hardy, who inspired Bob Dylan and Sir Mick Jagger, has died at the age of 80. The musician was a fixture of pop culture in the 1960s and also modelled for…

An excessive heat warning has been issued by Greece’s weather service from Wednesday morning to 8pm on Thursday, with forecasts saying Athens will see conditions just below 40C (104F). Greece has shuttered tourist hotspots and schools across Athens as the first heatwave of the summer strikes. Temperatures were tipped to hit highs up 43C (109F) on Wednesday…

Some audience members left the Town Hall in Grimsby still undecided but agreed the Battle for Number Ten had challenged both leaders. The prime minister seemed “defeated” to audience members in Grimsby after Sky’s Battle For Number Ten. Some also questioned whether Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had fully answered the questions they asked. The 90-minute TV…

Elon Musk on Tuesday withdrew his lawsuit against OpenAI and two of the company’s co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, in California state court. Musk’s decision to file to dismiss the suit came just one day after he publicly criticized OpenAI and its new partnership with Apple. The case was dismissed without prejudice, according to a court…

Oprah Winfrey is recovering after being admitted to a hospital for “very serious” stomach problems. Gayle King shared details about her good friend’s medical emergency during the Tuesday, June 11, episode of CBS Mornings. “She had some kind of stomach thing — stomach flu — where stuff was coming out of both ends. I won’t get too…

Hamas formally responded on Tuesday to a U.S. ceasefire proposal for the eight-month-old war in the Gaza Strip, and Israel said the response was tantamount to a rejection while a Hamas official said the Palestinian group merely reiterated longstanding demands not met by the current plan. Egypt and Qatar said they had received Hamas’ response to a…

Four American instructors from a small Iowa university were wounded in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China’s Jilin province on Monday, prompting an investigation into the attacker’s motive, Chinese officials said. The alleged assaults occurred shortly before noon on Monday at a park in Jilin City, police said. A 55-year-old local man, identified…

“I feel like crying, but there are no tears,” one shop owner said, fearing that all her fish were dead. More than 1,000 exotic animals have perished after a fire ripped through a famous market in Thailand. Snakes, puppies and Siamese fighting fish were among the pets and other animals killed as the blaze ravaged around 1,300…

Marcin Banot, dressed in an Argentine football jersey, was intercepted after climbing 25 floors of the Globant building as onlookers gathered below. A Polish daredevil was arrested in Buenos Aires Tuesday as he tried to scale a 30-story building without ropes, only to be removed by firefighters. Marcin Banot, dressed in an Argentine football jersey, was intercepted…

Warning about the far-right Project 2025 agenda for a Donald Trump White House, a group of House Democrats has launched a task force to start fighting the proposal and stop it from taking hold if the Republican former president returns to power. Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman of California is unveiling The Stop Project 2025 Task Force on…

X is rolling out private likes as soon as today, according to a source at the company. That means what users like on the platform will be hidden by default, which is already an option for X’s Premium subscribers. Following the publication of this story, X owner Elon Musk reshared a screenshot of it, saying it’s “important…

The monarch’s face was covered with a poster of the animated character Wallace, with a speech bubble reading: “No cheese Gromit. Look at all this cruelty on RSPCA farms.” Animal rights activists have targeted a portrait of the King, pasting over his face with a picture of the animated character Wallace. A speech bubble, reading, “No cheese…

President Joe Biden’s son is found guilty of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun. Joe Biden’s son has been found guilty of illegally buying a gun after hiding his drug use. Hunter Biden, 54, was convicted of three firearm charges in the first criminal prosecution of a sitting US president’s offspring. Prosecutors said…

Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Hunter Biden, 54, stared straight ahead and showed little emotion as the verdict was read…