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Donald Trump has had a controversial relationship with Vladimir Putin since his 2016 campaign for president. Mr Trump’s campaign called the book “the work of a truly demented and deranged man”. Donald Trump sent Vladimir Putin COVID test machines for his personal use back in 2020, a new book has claimed. US author and famed Watergate reporter…

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau signed an order banning Omar Binladin from France and that Binladin had previously been deported. A son of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has been deported from France, where he lived for years painting landscapes in a Normandy village and barred from returning after posting comments on social media deemed to have…

As well as the western toad tadpoles, the 2024 Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award winners also feature pictures of a fight between an anaconda and a caiman, ants preparing to feast on a beetle, and a young falcon learning to hunt. A marine conservation photojournalist’s “magical” picture shining a light on the underwater world of a…

As global conflicts continue to ignite, a startling new survey reveals that 80% of Americans are worried about the possibility of World War III. The study, conducted by Talker Research, paints a sobering picture of a nation on edge as international tensions rise and an uncertain election year looms. The survey, which polled 1,000 Americans across party…

Americans are revolting against McDonald’s and fast-food chains. That’s hurting french fry suppliers like Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston, the largest producer of french fries in North America and a major supplier to fast-food chains, restaurants and grocery stores, is closing a production plant in Washington state. The company announced last week that it would lay off nearly…

In Lisa Marie’s memoir From Here to the Great Unknown she opens up about how she struggled to say goodbye to her son Benjamin Keogh after his death Lisa Marie Presley revealed in her new memoir that she kept the body of her son Benjamin Keough in her LA home for two months after his death because…

The mayor of Tampa, a city that’s in the crosshairs of Hurricane Milton, issued a grave warning to Florida residents who don’t heed calls to evacuate ahead of the monster storm. “If you choose to stay … you are going to die,” Mayor Jane Castor bluntly said on CNN while talking about the dangers of Milton, a…

No strings attached. Al Pacino’s rep clarified that he and Noor Alfallah are “just friends” and “co-parents” to their 1-year-old son after she was spotted spending time with Bill Maher over the weekend. “Al and Noor are very good friends, have been for years, and are co-parents to their son Roman,” the “Godfather” star’s rep told People…

Netflix has lined up five sponsors for its live boxing match next month pitting veteran pugilist Mike Tyson and influencer-turned-fighter Jake Paul. The streamer has inked deals with energy-drink brand Celsius, DraftKings Sportsbook, Experian, Meta Quest and beer brand Spaten (Brazil) as presenting sponsors for the fight and related programming. Magno Herran, Netflix’s VP of global marketing…

Google’s Android app store is an illegal monopoly — and now it will have to change. Today, Judge James Donato issued his final ruling in Epic v. Google, ordering Google to effectively open up the Google Play app store to competition for three whole years. Google will have to distribute rival third-party app stores within Google Play, and it must give rival third-party…

A US federal judge has ruled that Google must allow Android apps made by rival technology firms onto its Google Play app store for three years starting next month. The change was among several remedies ordered by Judge James Donato in a case brought against Google by Epic Games, the maker of the hit video game Fortnite.…

A year on from the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, a total of 97 hostages remain unaccounted for. According to Israel, 251 Israelis and foreigners were taken on 7 October 2023. Israel’s official figure for those held in Gaza is 101 – this includes four people taken hostage in 2014 and 2015. Two of these are believed to…

Taylor Swift was back at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night to see her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs play the New Orleans Saints after the pop superstar had missed the team’s previous two games on the road. Swift is in the final days of a break from her record-setting Eras Tour, which resumes with…

The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from the social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald Trump. The justices did not explain their reasoning and there were no noted dissents. The company, known as Twitter before it was purchased by billionaire Elon Musk,…

Hollywood star Keanu Reeves made his professional auto racing debut on Saturday in an event in which “The Matrix” star spun out at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Reeves spun into the grass without a collision on the exit of Turn 9 a little more than halfway through the 45-minute race. He re-entered and continued driving, signaling he…

The storm comes less than a fortnight after Hurricane Helene caused widespread damage and killed more than 200 people. A hurricane set to hit the US has strengthened into a Category 5 storm – as Florida prepares for its largest evacuation in seven years. Hurricane Milton is forecast to make landfall on Wednesday. The weather system was…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear weapons and would not rule out using them if it came under enemy attack, state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday. Kim mentioned South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol by name for the second time in a…

Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa and Hamas vowed to rise again as Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon, a year after the devastating Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war. Israelis held ceremonies and protests on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by…

Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 — are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers who found shrinking longevity increases in countries with the longest-living…

It is over 20 years since Concorde’s last flight, and since then the idea of supersonic flight has mostly been grounded. Many countries have blocked planes from travelling at such high speed due to the disturbance from noisy sonic booms when they break the sound barrier, and the technology is expensive with tickets historically out of reach…

When Melinda French Gates was running the world’s biggest philanthropy with her husband, Bill Gates, she insisted on staying on the sidelines of politics. She was half of one of America’s most celebrated couples, and she did not want to invite backlash from governments around the globe, to say nothing of getting crosswise with Washington by endorsing…

Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during an appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.” The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla who also purchased X, Musk joined Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday at the site where the former president…

The British actor, who has a genetic condition that causes tumours to grow along the nerves, is in a movie about an actor with the same illness who undergoes a medical trial that successfully removes them. Actor Adam Pearson, who has a disfiguring facial condition, wants to help others learn about such differences as he plays a…

Once Savanna Harrison accepts a “mission”, she can go as far as setting up dates with a cheating partner to prove their infidelity. “I went on Facebook to see if he would go to the extent of meeting up with me. He did… but I never went.” Savanna Harrison, 27, is a professional “checker”, using social media…

Korean-made crime-comedy-thriller “I, The Executioner,” a sequel to 2015 hit ‘Veteran,” continued its spree at the top of the South Korea weekend box office. It earned $1.68 million in its fourth full weekend session, ahead of top-ranked new release “Joker: Folie a Deux.” “I, The Executioner” saw its market share slip to 29%, according to data from…

Madonna mourned the loss of her brother Christopher Ciccone after he died from cancer at age 63 on Friday. “My brother Christopher is gone,” the “Material Girl” songstress, 66, wrote in a tribute on Instagram Sunday. “He was the closest human to me for so long. Its [sic] hard to explain our bond. “But it grew out…

A British climber who went missing in the Himalayas has spoken of her relief after surviving for two days in “brutal” conditions that put her life in danger. Fay Manners, originally from Bedfordshire, and her climbing partner, Michelle Dvorak from the United States, were stranded on Chaukhamba mountain in northern India when the rope lifting their food,…

A woman who spent 48 years wondering why an application for her dream job was never answered has finally found out why. Tizi Hodson, 70, from Gedney Hill in Lincolnshire, could not believe her eyes when she opened the post to discover her original letter applying for a job as a motorcycle stunt rider, sent in January…

“Our people respect the Russian and Ukrainian people,” says Savvo Dobrovic. “I simply haven’t noticed any bad relations.” It sounds like a recipe for tension and confrontation: tens of thousands of people from opposing sides in a bitter, protracted war descending on a small Balkan nation with its own very recent memories of conflict. But Montenegro has…

What do parasites and black holes have in common? According to astronomers, they both like to drain their host of vital resources. The James Webb Space Telescope recently observed a supermassive black hole starving its own galaxy to death. This black hole leached off so much energy from its host galaxy until it could no longer create…

Embarking on a cruise is more than just a vacation; it’s an adventure that combines luxury, exploration, and the timeless allure of the sea. From sun-kissed Caribbean islands to the majestic fjords of Norway, the world’s oceans and rivers offer an endless array of captivating destinations for cruise enthusiasts. Whether you’re a first-time sailor or a seasoned…

Two of the victims were randomly targeted and one was known to the suspect, local police claimed. A woman has been arrested in Canada after three people were killed in three consecutive days. Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, was arrested by police in Burlington, Canada, and accused of three separate murders which took place over the first three days…

Mr Ciccone appeared in his sister’s music videos, art directed her Blond Ambition World Tour and served as tour director for The Girlie Show tour. Madonna’s brother Christopher Ciccone has died aged 63, with the popstar remembering him as “the closest human to me for so long”. Mr Ciccone, who was an artist, dancer and designer, died…

“God save the Tsar!” was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday and who has been Russia’s paramount leader for nearly quarter of a century. The greeting came from ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin on his Telegram messaging channel minutes after midnight. Dugin, 62, has long advocated the…

The arrival of more than half a million school-age children since 2022 has strained school budgets and left teachers grappling with language barriers, a Reuters survey found. Dana Smith had been teaching first grade at the public school in the small Pennsylvania town of Charleroi for more than 16 years when she found herself confronting a new…

Florida prepared on Sunday for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward the U.S. state’s western coast, coming on the heels of the devastating Hurricane Helene. Milton, which strengthened from a tropical storm to hurricane on Sunday, was projected to make landfall on Wednesday as a…

Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks that sparked its war, as Israel’s defence minister declared all options were open for retaliation against arch-enemy Iran. Hezbollah rockets launched late on Sunday got past Israeli air defence systems and landed in Haifa, Israel’s third-largest…

A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday. Manawanui, the navy’s specialist dive and hydrographic vessel, ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu on Saturday night as it was conducting a…

The Mirror goes behind the scenes at Shropshire-based cloning lab Gemini Genetics, thought to be the only firm in Europe helping pet owners create genetic duplicates of their animals Bereaved pet lovers have been cloning their favourite animals after death to give them a new life through a UK lab which is ‘Europe’s only one of its…

As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump begin the final 30-day push for the White House, they are locked in a neck-and-neck race from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt. With polling averages showing all seven battleground states nearly tied, many Democrats believe their biggest advantage may be an extensive ground game…

In the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the United States this week, a new storm emerged on social media – false rumors about how disaster funds have been used, and even claims that officials control the weather. Local and national government officials say they are trying to combat the rumors, including one spread by…

Donald Trump returned on Saturday to the Pennsylvania fairgrounds where he was nearly assassinated in July, urging a large crowd to deliver an Election Day victory that he tied to his survival of the shooting. The former president and Republican nominee picked up where he left off in July when a gunman’s bullet struck his ear. He…

U.S. job gains increased by the most in six months in September and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, pointing to a resilient economy that likely does not need the Federal Reserve to deliver large interest rate cuts for the rest of this year. In addition to the bigger-than-expected increase in nonfarm payrolls reported by the Labor…

The debate over AI’s impact on art is hitting dance floors in Berlin, where DJ veteran Christian Becker keeps the crowd grooving at a trendy bar, manually transitioning between indie throwbacks and electronic tracks. Within the city’s iconic and diverse club scene — best known globally for its techno culture and industrial raves — the reception and…

Could the secret to maintaining a youthful, sharp mind be as simple as watching our sugar intake? A new study from Stanford Medicine suggests that glucose plays a surprising role in the aging brain’s ability to produce new neurons. As we age, our brains become less adept at producing new neurons, a process known as neurogenesis. This…

The king’s health crisis has forced the royals and their servants to consider what the change of reign will look like—and what they want to get done before it happens. It’s hard to understand almost anything that has happened in the royal story since February 5, 2024—the day King Charles announced to the world he had cancer—unless…

Israel said it had targeted the intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut and was assessing the damage on Friday after a series of strikes on senior figures in the group that Iran’s Supreme Leader dismissed as counterproductive. Israel has been weighing options in its response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Tuesday, which Iran had carried out…

The Biden administration will not renew a temporary humanitarian entry program for hundreds of thousands of migrants with U.S. sponsors who arrived in recent years, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. Some 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have entered the U.S. by air since October 2022 and received two-year grants under…

Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to flee, causing widespread shock even in a country grown accustomed to outbreaks of violence. More people were severely injured in the attack in the early hours of Thursday at Pont-Sonde, in the agricultural region…

A Ukrainian security source has shared drone footage with Sky News which shows strikes on troops in the Donetsk region – where Russian forces have claimed a series of towns and villages in recent weeks. Ukrainian aircraft fired British-French cruise missiles at Russian troops attempting to advance towards a key city in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian security…

The fates of nearly 100 hostages taken by Hamas during the brutal attack on 7 October last year is still unknown. As Israel marks the anniversary of the Hamas attack, it’s thought that 97 hostages are still yet to return home. While some have been killed, rescued by IDF forces, or returned home in an exchange, many…

As cannabis use continues to rise, a new study is warning about its effects on children still in the womb. International researchers have discovered a connection between pregnant women exposing their unborn children and changes in DNA methylation — a process that can influence gene activity — in genes crucial for brain development. These changes persisted into…

Gang members were said to have set fire to at least 45 homes and 34 vehicles, forcing residents to flee. At least 70 people have been killed in a gang massacre in Haiti, the UN has said. Armed gunmen belonging to the Gran Grif gang passed through the town of Pont-Sonde with automatic rifles, shooting at residents…

On The Trail Of The Golden Owl, a book of riddles published in 1993, contained 11 clues, and a hidden 12th one, leading treasure hunters to search for the long sought after prize. A 31-year-long treasure hunt for a golden owl has come to an end this week after the clues were finally solved. On The Trail…

Mark Cuban had an unconventional test to see if his wife Tiffany Stewart was the one. The “Shark Tank” star admitted he once put Stewart to the test to prove her love for him by making her go to White Castle for a greasy slider before they walked down the aisle. “That was the test before we…

Thailand is a country in shock: three days ago, 20 children and three teachers were killed when their bus was engulfed in flames. It was one of the South East Asian country’s worst road accidents, and investigators have uncovered a series of safety failures which some have suggested effectively turned the vehicle into a “bomb on wheels”.…

In the year 1939, as German tanks and soldiers invaded Poland, a famous Polish artist and his film-star wife pawned off their jewellery and fled the country. Stefan Norblin and Lena left behind their dream home, which they were in the process of building, and their entire artistic legacy in exchange for safety. The couple aimed to…

Paul Pogba says his “nightmare is over” after a four-year ban for a doping offence was reduced to 18 months following a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). Sources close to the 31-year-old Juventus midfielder told BBC Sport he can resume training in January 2025 and will be eligible to play again from…

Boris Johnson claimed a listening device was discovered in his personal bathroom at the Foreign Office in his new book titled ‘Unleashed’. Boris Johnson has claimed that a listening device was discovered in his personal bathroom at the Foreign Office following a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017. In his new book, Unleashed, the…

Sorry, the video player failed to load.(Error Code: 101102) A Mexican national was gunned down in broad daylight near a luxurious Cancun resort by two suspects who fled on jetskis as tourists huddled inside during the scary scene, according to reports. The fatal shooting happened around noon Wednesday in what authorities believe was a targeted attack behind…

The US Justice Department and Microsoft said Thursday that they seized 107 internet domains used by hackers linked to Russian intelligence to target US government employees, defense contractors, and civil society organizations. Federal investigators said hackers associated with an element of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) used 41 domains in a spear phishing campaign targeting US-based companies…

Attorney Tony Buzbee expects to increase the number of civil lawsuits he is filing against Sean “Diddy” Combs after receiving a new wave of calls from alleged victims. During a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 1, Buzbee said he and co-counsel — Andrew Van Arsdale of the AVA Law Group — planned to file 120 lawsuits after…

A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq a decade ago was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation months in the making that involved Israel, the United States and Iraq, officials said. The woman is a member of the ancient Yazidi religious minority mostly found in Iraq and Syria which saw more…

At least 78 people drowned when a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, a provincial governor said. Relatives sobbed on shore as victims were placed in body bags and carried away, a Reuters witness said, and video footage shared widely online showed a packed multi-deck vessel listing…

Terryon Thomas – who is known under the name Mr Prada – has multiple accounts on TikTok, one of which has 4.3 million followers and over 500 million likes. A 20-year-old TikTok personality has been charged with murder after the body of a therapist was discovered wrapped in a tarpaulin on a motorway. Terryon Thomas, best known…

The former first lady released a video statement on Thursday following reports that she will publicly clash with her husband’s stance over the issue in her new memoir. Melania Trump has spoken out following reports that her upcoming memoir will include a defence of abortion rights. Speaking in a video uploaded to social media on Thursday, the…

Mauritius and the UK have been in dispute over the Indian Ocean islands for the past 50 years. The deal includes ensuring the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a strategically key military base, remains under US and UK jurisdiction for the next 99 years. The UK will hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands…

Garth Brooks has been accused of raping and battering a woman who claims she worked as his hairstylist and makeup artist. The woman — identified as “Jane Roe” — is suing the country star, 62, for sexual assault and battery, according to CNN. Per the complaint, which was filed Thursday in California and obtained by the outlet,…

Eminem is in his “grandpa” era. The rapper subtly revealed that his daughter Hailie Jade Mathers is pregnant with her first baby in the new music video for his song “Temporary,” which dropped on Thursday. In the video – which is dedicated to 28-year-old Mathers – the “Just a Little Shady” podcast host can be seen handing…

As always, the Australian Grand Prix in 2006 was an eclectic buffet of fame and power – with everyone from actress Amanda Bynes to the Dutch Prime Minister, a 70s pop star, and the original Blue Wiggle treading pit lane. Unnoticed in a corner, making small talk with Italian driver Jarno Trulli and former Miss Universe Jennifer…

As China prepared to celebrate its Golden Week holiday and mark the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic, the ruling Communist Party rolled out a raft of measures aimed at boosting its ailing economy. The plans included help for the country’s crisis-hit property industry, support for the stock market, cash handouts for the poor and more government…

Rescue crews and volunteers facing obstacles at every turn in North Carolina’s remote mountains paddled canoes across swollen rivers and steered horses past mudslides in the rush to reach those stranded or missing by Hurricane Helene’s rampage that killed more than 200 throughout the Southeast. Now a week since the storm first roared onto Florida’s Gulf Coast,…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, state media reported Friday, after the South’s leader warned that Kim’s regime would collapse if he attempted to use nuclear arms. The exchange of such rhetoric between the rival Koreas is nothing new, but the latest comments come during…

Dr Mark Chavez is one of five people who have been charged over the Friends star’s death – and the third to plead guilty. A doctor charged in connection with the death of Friends star Matthew Perry has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to distribute the drug ketamine. Dr Mark Chavez appeared in a Los…

A new study found adults in the US were more likely to have high cholesterol and high blood pressure than Britons but 18% of adults in the UK reported their health as poor compared to 12% of American adults. Britons are healthier than Americans but are more likely than their stateside counterparts to think their health is…

A court approved plans for the relocation on “humanitarian and emotional” grounds. The World Cup winner was laid to rest in a private cemetery following his death in November 2020. The remains of Diego Maradona are to be reburied in a new location after the plans were approved by a court in Argentina. It comes after the…

Popular suggestions included Blunty McBluntface, Blames Junt and even James Corden, after the presenter and Gavin & Stacey star. Singer James Blunt has promised to legally change his name to the most popular suggestion from the public – but there’s a catch. The 50-year-old musician vowed that if the re-release of his debut album Back to Bedlam…

R. Kelly’s daughter Joanne Kelly, who appears in the upcoming documentary “R Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey,” revealed she has no interest in introducing her future son to his grandfather. “If my son asks questions, I’m going to be as truthful as possible. And I will not be taking my son to prison to meet his grandfather,”…

Sean “Diddy” Combs “stopped inviting” Prince William and Prince Harry to his now-infamous parties once the brothers started settling down, according to a royal expert. “The King” author Christopher Andersen made the claim after the resurfacing of a 2011 interview in which the embattled music mogul chatted about wanting the royals to attend his blowout bashes. “Diddy…

For several years, Masato Kanda hardly slept. “Three hours a night is an exaggeration,” he laughs as he speaks to the BBC from Tokyo. “I slept for three hours consecutively before being woken up but I then went back to bed, so if you add them up, I got a bit more.” So why was this 59…

Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president. The filing…

An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights, Japanese officials said. No one was hurt, and there were no aircraft nearby when the bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan, Land…

Forty-five migrants have died after two ships wrecked sank off the coast of the East African nation of Djibouti with many still missing, a spokesperson for the United Nations migration agency said, opens new tab on Tuesday. The boats left Yemen with 310 people and so far, 32 survivors were rescued, the International Organization for Migration said…

A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in the first jailing of an ex-cabinet member in a city-state famous for its clean governance. S. Iswaran, who was a cabinet member for 13 years and has held the trade, communications…

Israel bombed central Beirut early on Thursday, killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes with Iran-backed Hezbollah. Israel said it conducted a precise air strike on Beirut. Reuters witnesses reported hearing a massive blast, and a security source said it targeted a building…

Elon Musk secretly funded a conservative political group in recent years, according to four people familiar with his donations, illustrating quiet financial support for right-wing causes even before the billionaire entrepreneur in July endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid for re-election. Two of the people familiar with the donations told Reuters that Musk’s contributions to the organization,…