A 38-year-old woman has been charged with complicity in organized theft and criminal conspiracy over the €88m jewel heist at the Louvre last month, and was remanded in custody after appearing before a magistrate. Arrested with four others around Paris, she wept in court and confirmed she lives in La...
Nine months into his second term, President Donald Trump is pursuing a Reagan-tinged “peace through strength” agenda marked by tariffs, military moves and nuclear testing hints. During an Asia trip, he canceled Canada trade talks, added a 10% tariff, the Navy struck suspected Pacific drug boats, and the USS Ford...
Californians are weighing Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to replace independent congressional maps with districts drawn by legislators to advantage Democrats through 2030. Democrats frame it as a temporary counter to Texas moves encouraged by President Trump. Experts say federal courts won’t hear partisan gerrymandering claims, and state challenges...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he urged Ontario Premier Doug Ford not to run a U.S. TV ad attacking tariffs, a spot that offended President Donald Trump and prompted him to end trade talks and plan an extra 10% tariff on Canadian imports. Carney said he apologized to Trump...
As the shutdown entered a second month, Washington’s stalemate squeezed basic needs nationwide. Federal judges blocked the Trump administration’s plan to freeze SNAP payments, but loading delays still threaten grocery budgets for millions. With Congress absent—the House idle for weeks and the Senate closed for the weekend—air travel slowdowns and...
Rep. Nancy Mace allegedly berated police assigned to escort her at Charleston International Airport, calling them 'expletive' incompetent, a report says. Officers waited from 6:30 a.m. for a white BMW they never saw; surveillance video shows Mace arriving around 6:50 in a dark sedan and reaching a TSA entrance, where...
At Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays’ ninth-inning rally in World Series Game 6 unraveled when Addison Barger was doubled off second on Andrés Giménez’s looper to left, sealing the Dodgers’ 3-1 win. Moments earlier, Barger’s gap shot stuck under the wall for a ground-rule double, wiping away a would-be run...
During the shutdown, San Antonio Labor Department employee Imelda Avila-Thomas has spent two weeks trying to secure unemployment aid, uploading income documents yet flagged as ineligible because wages can’t be verified. She and thousands of furloughed federal workers are navigating state systems with varying benefits, delayed verification, and unclear work...
Yale researchers say satellite images indicate mass killings are likely continuing in and around El-Fasher, days after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city following an 18-month siege. The Humanitarian Research Lab identified at least 31 clusters consistent with human bodies and observed RSF activity as reports of executions, sexual...
Maldives has begun enforcing a generational smoking ban, making it the only country to bar tobacco for those born on or after 1 January 2007, the health ministry said. Initiated by President Mohamed Muizzu, the measure took effect on 1 November, applies to visitors and requires retailers to verify ages....
