CNN — Xi Jinping has landed in Moscow for meetings with Vladimir Putin, the first time China’s leader has visited his neighbor and close strategic partner since Russia began its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Xi’s visit comes days after the International Criminal Court in the Hague accused Putin of committing […]
Russia’s former president today threatened to target the Hague with hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over war crimes in Ukraine. A ranting Dmitry Medvedev warned the ICC’s judges to ‘look carefully to the sky’ as he threatened to unleash the […]
The body of rugby league star Bryn Hargreaves has been found more than a year after he vanished in the US. The ex-St Helens player, 37, was reported missing after he did not turn up for work last January, sparking a major police hunt. When officers arrived at his apartment in Morgantown […]
For single people, dating fatigue is a universal phenomenon. Hours of swiping left can lead to despair at the potential matches in your area. One city in Jiangxi, a province in eastern China, reckons that it has come up with a solution for the lovelorn or love-weary: a state-sponsored matchmaking […]
The captain of a United Airlines flight scheduled to take off the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, is convinced his plane was intended to be part of the coordinated terrorist attack. “There is a good chance that somebody was plotting to try to use our airplane as a weapon of mass […]
Credit Suisse U.S. shares tank after buyout by UBS First Republic Bank shares slump Bed Bath & Beyond drop on reverse stock split plan Futures up: Dow 0.03%, S&P 0.09%, Nasdaq 0.10% March 20 (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures struggled for direction on Monday as investors weighed a state-backed […]
Nursery school children have reportedly been poisoned at a local pool in Northern Italy by a toxic cloud of chlorine gas The incident is believed to have taken place at a leisure centre in Bosco Chiesanuova, in the Italian province of Verona, with 25 people reported to have taken ill. Around […]
A former Olivet College student has been charged with attempted murder and felony assault after he allegedly shot one of the school’s baseball players after a game, authorities and school officials said Sunday. Olivet College said in a statement Saturday, that the player, who has yet to be identified, was […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police on Monday arrested scores more supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan for attacking officers over the weekend outside an Islamabad court where the ousted premier was to appear on graft charges, officials said. The arrests were the latest amid legal cases facing Khan, now […]
Signs for UBS and Credit Suisse banks are seen in Zurich, Switzerland, on March 18. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images) Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this […]
China’s President Xi Jinping has landed in Moscow where he is set to meet Vladimir Putin in a show of support for the isolated Russian despot after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him over war crimes in Ukraine. During his visit, Xi will present China as a global peacemaker […]
An OnlyFans model in Florida is suing her ex-boyfriend for $6.3 billion for allegedly posting sexually explicit content from her social media accounts without her consent. Mikayla Saravia, 25, alleges that Nicholas Hunter, 27, changed the passwords on her accounts and posted the graphic photos and videos after they broke up […]
Banking shares fell in London and across Europe on Monday after the emergency rescue of Credit Suisse by rival Swiss bank UBS failed to calm markets. In the UK, the FTSE 100 was down 1.5% or more than 110 points, dragged down by London-listed banks. Natwest, Barclays and Standard Chartered […]
It ain’t over ’til it’s over. Even when the game has been decided. Damion Baugh’s 3-pointer at the buzzer for TCU on Sunday night didn’t beat Gonzaga but it did cost a plenty of bettors by making the final score 84-81. Of vital importance to the gambling world, Gonzaga were […]
SINGAPORE, March 20 (Reuters) – A Singapore shoe recycling project will be subject to surprise inspections following a Reuters investigation that found footwear it donated to the scheme was not recycled, Singapore’s minister of culture said on Monday. U.S. petrochemicals giant Dow Inc (DOW.N) and Sport Singapore, a government agency, […]
Poland’s ambassador to France has cautioned there may be a scenario where Poland would need to enter the war in Ukraine which would bring Russian forces into direct conflict with NATO. In an interview for the French TV channel LCI, Jan Emeryk Rościszewski asserted that Kyiv must continue to defend […]
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Authorities searched Sunday for two boaters who were missing and believed drowned in an accident on a central Florida lake near the Legoland theme park. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference that the two men had jumped into Lake Eloise to save a […]
HONG KONG — Frustrated by what it sees as the United States’ determination to thwart its rise as a global superpower, China is pushing ahead with efforts to promote a new international order that has Beijing at its center. In recent weeks, China has spoken more robustly about the prospect […]
CNN — Officials in Hawaii seized a motorboat that had been floating just feet away from a sacred site on Maui known as the Hauola Stone. The officials told the boat owner they are taking control of the 56-foot grounded motorboat, named Kuuipo, in order “to avoid damaging a culturally […]
Multimillionaires behind sneaker store Culture Kings announce they are stepping back from the business – after opening a shop in Las Vegas First US store opened just over four months ago on November 5 Tahnee and Simon Beard to focus on family and new ventures By Padraig Collins For Daily […]