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US prosecutors want Tate brothers to remain in custody as they fight extradition to the UK
MIAMI | Prosecutors want social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate to remain in federal custody, arguing Monday that the brothers are a flight risk and a danger to the community, as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking. Three days after defense attorneys filed […]
What we know about the death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. | The hanging death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found outside an abandoned house, has shaken her family and community in Mississippi, where two other people have been found hanging from trees in less than a year. Police have not indicated whether they consider the 29-year-old Black woman’s death suspicious, saying only […]
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes
DAMASCUS, Syria | A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead. The sentences at the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus are the first against […]
As Trump Media scraps some businesses, it’s doubling down on Truth Social and the president
NEW YORK | The president’s media company has tried its hand at a half-dozen new lines of business to lift its stock, but nothing has worked. Now it’s getting back to its roots. In a conference call with investors Monday, the company behind Truth Social said it will be unwinding much of its expansion and […]
Russian attacks kill 10 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy says Moscow is getting more North Korean missiles
KYIV, Ukraine | Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with missiles, drones and glide bombs Tuesday, killing at least 10 civilians, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow is getting new military help from North Korea for its more than 4-year-old invasion. Zelenskyy said Russian forces used ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea in an overnight […]
Colombia searches for over 3,000 missing after a powerful earthquake kills more than 100
PEREIRA, Colombia | Search and rescue efforts resumed Tuesday in dozens of cities and towns in western Colombia after a powerful earthquake left over 3,000 missing, with many trapped under the debris. Mayors and governors from Cali, Pereira, Choco and Manizalez said Tuesday at least 179 people had died in those four areas; the federal […]
In rejecting Trump’s Gaza plan, Netanyahu reprises a balancing act he has mastered
It’s possibly the most important job of any Israeli prime minister: maintain good relations with the United States while pushing back on demands seen as undermining Israel’s security. No one has managed the balancing act longer than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader. But with the Iran war at a stalemate, and U.S. President […]
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Hunter Biden says his father’s prostate cancer is causing him pain even as he continues to speak out
LONDON | Former U.S. President Joe Biden ‘s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues, his son Hunter said in an interview. In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC broadcast late on Friday, Hunter Biden grew emotional […]
Count Binface, the man in a can with a plan, seeks Parliament seat in Britain’s wackiest election
LONDON | Timing is everything in comedy and, so it seems, in British politics for a perennial joke candidate who wears a garbage can on his head. Count Binface, a self-described intergalactic space warrior, has landed in the center of the U.K.’s political universe ahead of a special election Thursday that was derided as a […]