Edan Alexander, a 20 year old American-Israeli soldier held hostage by Hamas for nearly 20 months, has been released in a surprise move that may signal a shift in efforts to end the war in Gaza.
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Gérard Depardieu, one of France’s most iconic and controversial actors, has been convicted of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of Les Volets Verts in 2021. A Paris court on Tuesday handed down an 18 month suspended prison sentence and ordered that the 76 year old be placed on the national sex offender registry. Depardieu, who has starred in over 200 films and TV series, did not attend the hearing. His lawyer, Jérémie Assous, announced plans to appeal the verdict. The assaults took place on a Paris film set in September 2021. One of the victims, identified as Amélie,…
Buckingham Palace has announced that President Emmanuel Macron of France will pay a state visit to King Charles in July.
In a move raising eyebrows across political and academic circles, the Department of Justice confirmed Monday that Todd Blanche, former personal criminal attorney to President Donald Trump and current Deputy Attorney General, has been named acting Librarian of Congress. Blanche, a career prosecutor best known for representing Trump during his 2024 New York criminal trial, has no known experience in library science or information management. His surprise appointment follows the abrupt firing of Carla Hayden, the nation’s first Black and first female Librarian of Congress, who had held the role since 2016. Alongside Blanche, two other senior Justice Department officials,…
The Trump family’s growing stake in the cryptocurrency world took a major leap Monday as American Bitcoin, a mining firm co-founded by Eric Trump, announced it will go public through a merger with Gryphon Digital Mining. The all-stock deal, expected to close by the third quarter of this year, will allow American Bitcoin to be listed on the Nasdaq, further solidifying the Trump family’s influence in the digital currency arena. The company’s stated mission is to mine bitcoin “below market cost” while amassing a reserve of the high-value cryptocurrency. “Our vision for American Bitcoin is to create the most investable…
A controversial decision by U.S. President Donald Trump has ignited global debate after a group of white South Africans, known as Afrikaners, were granted refugee status and arrived in the United States this week. Met at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., by Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar, the group, numbering between 49 and 59 according to conflicting reports from Reuters and the Associated Press, was greeted with American flags and public praise from senior U.S. officials. “It is such an honour for us to receive you here today,” Landau told…
Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the explosive federal sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who stands accused of operating a criminal enterprise under the guise of his Bad Boy Records label and coercing women into drug-fueled, days-long sex acts. A jury of 12 New Yorkers, along with six alternates, is expected to be finalised and sworn in Monday morning, after which prosecutors and defence attorneys will deliver their first pitches in a case that has rocked the entertainment industry. At the centre of the trial is Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, the R&B singer, model, and…
Political violence in Mexico took a deadly turn again on Sunday when Yesenia Lara, a mayoral candidate from President Claudia Sheinbaum’s ruling Morena party, was shot and killed alongside three of her supporters during a campaign event in the eastern state of Veracruz. The ambush occurred during a daylight procession, where motorcycles and supporters bearing Morena flags marched in support of Lara’s candidacy for mayor of Texistepec. The event, meant to be a public show of unity and hope, devolved into terror when gunfire erupted. A Facebook Live broadcast captured the chaos, screams, people fleeing in panic, and the chilling crackle…
A fragile calm settled across the India-Pakistan border on Sunday, following a weekend ceasefire brokered by the United States that pulled the two nuclear-armed neighbours back from the brink of full-scale war. The truce came after days of deadly missile and drone attacks targeting major military bases, the most severe confrontation between the two nations in decades. President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire late Saturday evening, hailing the agreement as a testament to the “strength, wisdom and fortitude” of both India and Pakistan. By Sunday morning, after brief renewed shelling that threatened to shatter the deal, the border region fell…
President Donald Trump announced plans to sign an executive order Monday morning that he says will dramatically slash prescription drug prices across the United States, a move he declared would bring “FAIRNESS TO AMERICA!” In a fiery Truth Social post on Sunday night, Trump unveiled the cornerstone of his plan: a “Most Favored Nation” pricing policy that would force pharmaceutical companies to offer the U.S. the same prices they charge the lowest-paying countries in the world. According to Trump, this would reduce drug costs “almost immediately.” “I will be instituting a MOST FAVORED NATION’S POLICY whereby the United States will…
