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Multiple people were shot Wednesday, including two police officers in the northern US city of Minneapolis, officials said. Two people were killed and the suspect is dead after a shooting in a downtown Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Three Minneapolis police officers were also injured, police Sgt. Garrett Parten said at a press conference…

Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal asserted that post-disaster aid should be treated as a matter of “moral liability”. Nepal is seeking climate-linked “justice” from “large nations” for deadly flash floods in the Bhotkoshi River that swept away villages across at least three districts in the country a week ago. So far, emergency teams have recovered more than…

The heads of Nato and the European Commission have warned Russia is growing increasingly reckless and vowed to respond to a “new normal”. “Leipzig marks a new escalation on European Union soil directly attributed to Russia,” said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a day after Germany blamed Russia for a failed drone attack on Leipzig airport.…

Saudi Arabia has condemned what it said was an Iranian attack on a Saudi-owned supertanker on Monday night that killed two Filipino sailors. The Saudi national shipping company, Bahri, confirmed on Wednesday that its vessel Sidr was “involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz”. Sidr was hit by projectiles north of Oman’s Musandam…

Tragic day is still fresh 9/11. I beg everyone’s pardon. My tears are wetting my reporting. I love the United States of America. I love New York, or what it used to be. We’re approaching 9/11. I remember that day exactly. I was awake. In bed. Reading newspapers which get delivered to me early every morning. Phone rang.…

DONALD Trump has declared he is “happy” Prince Harry and Meghan have left the US for the UK, saying he was “not a fan”. The President accused the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of treating the Royal Family with “great disrespect”. He even said that if he were a member of the Royal Family, he “would not…

THE jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has been sent home after failing to come to a unanimous decision for a second time after five days of deliberations. Jurors said on Wednesday afternoon they still could not decide Clancy’s fate after 28 hours of deliberating, prompting Judge William Sullivan to make a last resort attempt at getting…

Trump made the remarks on Wednesday after the US carried out heavy strikes on targets across Iran, killing at least 18 people. US President Donald Trump said the renewed US military campaign against Iran would not last “too long”, but warned that Washington was ready to launch another attack whenever it chose. Trump made the remarks on…

Marco Rubio said he doesn’t think India and Iran are discussing a trade deal. He noted many countries talk to Tehran, but warned against helping Iran evade sanctions. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said he did not believe India and Iran were discussing a trade deal, while warning countries against helping Tehran bypass US…

The Trump administration won backing from all G20 financial leaders ​except China’s on Tuesday to act against “non-market” policies and distortions that cause over-reliance on exports and hinder growth elsewhere. The finance ministers’ meeting clearly focused on China, while Washington ‌used a parallel G20 gathering of industry titans and commerce ministers to make the case for a…

After a summer of victories for Democratic Socialists of America-aligned candidates, the movement faces a new test: whether it can win over Black voters, a constituency central to Democrats’ hopes of regaining control of Congress in November at the U.S. Midterm Elections. Florida state Representative Angie Nixon, who could become the first Black lawmaker elected to ​represent…

The U.S. State Department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their ​children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of President Donald Trump’s latest effort to limit birthright ‌citizenship. The draft guidance, reviewed by Reuters, is the first detailed look at how the State Department could enforce Trump’s August 6…

The U.S. launched a barrage of airstrikes against ​Iran on Tuesday, prompting Iranian retaliation, in the most serious escalation in weeks in a conflict that has driven up global energy prices and weighed on President Donald Trump’s popularity ‌at home. The strikes followed a weekend exchange of fire — the first since July — and attacks on…

The renewed push comes at a time when India is looking to urgently strengthen both its air defence architecture and combat aircraft strength Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bishkek on Monday came just days before the two leaders are set to meet again in New Delhi, with Moscow preparing an aggressive…

The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician and his wife are currently detained at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, serving lengthy prison sentences in corruption and related cases. A Pakistan court has barred any further solitary confinement for the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) also directed the Adiala Jail authorities to…

The photo was taken before a session of the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and it showed the leaders of the member countries standing together. The office of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in an absurd social media stunt, shared a photo from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on Tuesday, but cropped the original photo…

A Bank of America vice president, Erin Piacenti, was stabbed to death in a random, unprovoked attack in New York City’s Times Square. Suspect Pamela Cisneros stabbed Piacenti and a tourist within 20 seconds before refusing police orders to drop two knives. Officers shot Cisneros after a failed Taser attempt. Police ruled out a terror motive. Bank…

BELOW Deck Mediterranean star Nathan Gallagher scowled in a newly released mugshot as authorities beg the public for help to find him after he allegedly fled Australia. The shocking disappearance of the Bravo star comes amid his domestic violence case as he is accused of “strangling” baby mama, Gael Cameron. Nathan, 28, is wanted on an outstanding…

HEARTBREAKING letters from people who knew Lindsay Clancy long before her three children died reveal a woman they remembered as a devoted mom, star student and deeply caring nurse. Friends, former classmates, co-workers and even patients wrote in support of Clancy after the January 2023 killings, sharing personal memories of her childhood, career and dreams of raising…

Germany has formally accused Russia of orchestrating a drone attack at Leipzig’s airport last month, prompting the closure of a Russian consulate and tighter entry rules for Russian nationals. German officials have pinned last month’s drone attack at Leipzig’s airport squarely on Russia. On August 4, a drone loaded with explosives turned up at Leipzig/Halle Airport in…

Bangladesh plans to buy electricity from a Chinese waste-to-energy project at Tk 25 per unit amid a power crisis and objections to India’s cross-border charge. The Tarique Rahman-led government is preparing to pay a Chinese company Tk 25 per unit for electricity generated from waste, a tariff about 127% higher than the roughly Tk 11 per unit…

The Iranian strikes came hours after the US military launched a fresh wave of attacks on targets across southern Iran. Iran launched a fresh wave of ballistic missile and drone attacks targeting US military interests in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain early Wednesday, defying US President Donald Trump’s warning of a “much harder and higher” response. The Iranian…

Netanyahu made the allegation during a live Instagram interview on Tuesday, saying the attack could have been better contained had he been alerted earlier. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused security officials of deliberately not waking him on the morning of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, claiming they knew he would have ordered an immediate military…

US Vice-President JD Vance has waded into Michigan’s bitter senate race, calling Democratic newcomer Abdul El-Sayed “evil” as he backs Trump ally Mike Rogers in the closely-fought contest. At an event to support Rogers, Vance also warned El-Sayed to “keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth”, after the candidate appeared to suggest that Vance’s…

From the moment elite US troops swooped into Nicolás Maduro’s compound in Caracas to forcibly remove him from power in January, President Donald Trump made clear that securing control over Venezuela’s oil resources was a key goal of his administration. The United States would “run” Venezuela, he said at the time, and manage the sale of Venezuelan…

It’s a grand slum! VIPs may down vast quantities of champagne at Arthur Ashe Stadium, but they’ll have to pee with the beer crowd. The tennis mecca has moved its luxury suites as part of a massive renovation — and well-heeled fans arriving for this year’s event have been horrified to discover that there’s now “no bathroom…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s children are set to attend a private school in the UK — and local parents have already been warned about new strict rules surrounding the young royals. Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield exclusively told Page Six that residents in the Cotswolds — the posh countryside enclave where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex…

Tyler Robinson targeted Charlie Kirk because of his anti-LGBTQ message, which he found “repugnant” given his trans-lover lifestyle, prosecutors claimed at the Provo, Utah, courthouse on Tuesday. The prosecution laid out Robinson’s alleged motive ahead of a critical ruling on whether the 23-year-old accused assassin will stand trial and be eligible for the death penalty. “We know…

The United States’ move to welcome Russia back to a meeting of G20 countries on Monday while denying some journalists access to the gathering dismayed some finance leaders present, deflecting from its bid ​to focus talks on global economic growth. The two-day meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, comes as the global economy is being buffeted by an…

U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken to Apple about changing the name ​of “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” and the company ‌may soon alter its maps, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on Monday. Trump announced on Thursday that he ​was changing the name of the smallest ​of the five Great Lakes, part of ⁠an escalating trade feud…

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened further strikes against Iran on Monday after the first exchange of direct attacks in a month, raising tensions in a conflict ‌that had recently shifted into an economic standoff. Iran launched missiles overnight at two U.S. air bases in Jordan in response to a U.S. attack on Iran’s Larak Island, where Washington…

Crisis in American agriculture led Hallie Shoffner, an Arkansas farmer, to quit working fields her family had cultivated for over a century. Now, Shoffner’s ordeal is fueling a Democratic bid for the U.S. Senate. Reuters examines the discontent in the U.S. farm belt and its possible impact on power in Washington. A decade ago, Hallie Shoffner quit…

Tim Cook has described John Ternus as a leader with both engineering and organisational strengths. During his first year at Apple in 2001, John Patrick Ternus found himself at a supplier facility late one night, far from home, with a magnifying glass for company. He was counting grooves on the heads of screws meant to be packaged…

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, was charged with murder in connection with the 1996 shooting that killed Tupac Shakur. A Las Vegas jury on Monday found former gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of murdering hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, bringing a nearly 30-year-old case to a close. Davis, 63, was charged with murder in connection with…

Trump did not signal if the review would change the United States’ position on sovereignty, which has generally avoided taking sides since 1982. US President Donald Trump said he was reviewing the United States’ position on the Falkland Islands, the remote British-ruled archipelago in the South Atlantic. “I always review every position. That’s just one of many,”…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed the fatality, saying the attacker and one victim had died following the incident. A woman carrying multiple knives stabbed two people in New York’s Times Square on Tuesday before responding police officers deployed a Taser and opened fire, killing the alleged attacker, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. Addressing the media, Mamdani…

The Trump administration has revived a proposal to remove H-4 spouses from EAD eligibility. Here is what has changed and what it means for H-1B families. The Trump administration has revived a proposal that could end employment authorisation for certain spouses of H-1B visa holders, potentially affecting families that rely on the second income earned by an…

A maniac was shot dead by police in the heart of Times Square Monday after she stabbed two people, one fatally, and confronted cops while wildly waving two knives and threatening to kill them, the NYPD said. The caught-on-camera mayhem erupted in the Crossroads of the World after Pamela Cisneros, 49, randomly knifed a man and a…

India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal led the country’s largest-ever business delegation to Japan last week in a bid to expand trade and investment ties between the two countries. His visit came as Japan’s deepening push into Asia’s third largest economy has become increasingly more apparent. If you visit a shopping mall or a high street in Mumbai,…

The families of more than 600 workers believed to be trapped in a vast network of mud-filled tunnels along Nepal’s Trishuli River are clinging to hope their loved ones can be found alive. Rescuers continued battling to reach them on Monday, using explosives to blast into the hillside before pumping air into the Trishuli-3A site – fearing…

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation after about 18 months in the role. His departure was confirmed by CBS, the BBC’s US media partner, which reported it came after months of conflict between him and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. The youngest-ever army secretary has often been referred to as President Donald Trump’s “drone guy”.…

HE once rubbed shoulders with A-Listers and you couldn’t open your phone without seeing his face on your social media feed. But the shine appears to have come off the man known as Salt Bae – famed for his outrageously expensive golden steaks – as he is rocked by controversies and his businesses are hemorrhaging millions of…

VLADIMIR Putin is afraid that ending his relentless war on Ukraine without victory could cost him his life, insiders say. If the deranged dictator does not end his war with the fortress belt Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine, he reportedly told his inner circle he would be killed. According to The Economist, petrified Putin told Kremlin cronies…

The assault marks a fifth consecutive day of drone strikes, resulting in at least several fatalities and injuries across Ukraine Russia has launched another overnight attack on Kyiv, with Ukrainian air defences shooting down drones before ballistic missiles targeted the capital, according to journalists from the Kyiv Independent on the ground. Several large explosions were heard across…

Top American AI companies are feeding Beijing’s beast and the US military at the same time, a longtime China hawk is warning. Four major providers of data for AI models — which help collate, label and package the vast troves of info for Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and the Pentagon — are also quietly working for China’s…

President Trump raged at “Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker Sunday for casting aspersions on his endorsement record — saying she should be reprimanded by the FCC. Welker said Trump had “mixed results” with his highly coveted endorsement in GOP primary elections this cycle, but Trump lashed out at the claim and urged FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has hit back at Donald Trump by installing a large sign on Canada’s shoreline with the message: “Lake Ontario. Now and Always.” The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America and has shared a series of AI-generated videos about the lake that straddles both…

At least eight people have died and 18 others are still missing after a passenger boat capsized off northern Cyprus, the head of the Turkish administration there has said. Ünal Üstel, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Turkish republic on Cyprus, said the ferry had been carrying 259 passengers and eight crew members when it began taking on…

DONALD Trump has posted an AI video of Iran’s “Forbidden Island” after reigniting his war by launching strikes for the first time in a month. “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!” the US President wrote on X, alongside a clip showing the hub, which handles about 90 percent of the country’s crude oil exports, exploding. It was…

THE fervent group of fans supporting Lindsay Clancy at her bombshell murder trial is creating a serious problem for the American justice system, a leading expert has told The U.S. Sun. As the world waits for a potential verdict in the troubling case in Massachusetts next week, veteran journalist Dave Wedge cannot shake the feeling that he…

OUSTED dictator Nicolas Maduro has shared new photos from a US jail with the ex-president smirking and flashing up peace signs. US forces seized the Venezuelan leader, 63, in a daring special ops raid earlier this year and threw him behind bars on drug trafficking charges – where he has languished ever since. His wife Cilia Flores,…

Canadian officials, including Premier Doug Ford, warned that a prolonged trade conflict could harm both economies, describing Trump’s actions as counterproductive. US President Donald Trump has told Canadian companies doing business with the US to move their headquarters and production facilities south of the border to avoid new tariffs, escalating a growing trade dispute with Canada. In…

The IRGC said the operation targeted the King Hussein and Al Azraq military bases. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it attacked US military bases in Jordan in retaliation for a US strike on Larak Island. The IRGC said the operation targeted the King Hussein and Al Azraq military bases. Iranian state media reported that the…

Figures from Nepal and from Chinese authorities in charge of Tibet put the total number of missing at 3,048, with 768 confirmed deaths. The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and Tibet exceeded 3,000 on Sunday, as rescuers searched for survivors. Here are the latest developments after…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged Muslim countries, particularly those in the Gulf, to unite against what ​he called their “real enemy” and said divisions among Muslims served ‌the interests of their adversaries. The message was published on Khamenei’s Telegram account for Islamic Unity Week, which marks the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. It called for Muslim…

Glass crackles as Liudmyla Polianychko ‌walks through her shattered home outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a Russian drone strike on an ammunition depot on Friday sparked blasts that killed 38 people and ravaged her neighbourhood. Debris littered her young daughter’s bedroom. Charred artillery shells and belts of ​ammunition lie scattered across her carefully manicured lawn. “But…

Oil prices were trading more than 2% ‌higher on Monday after the U.S. attacked an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and drew retaliation from Tehran, as conflict in the Middle East extended into its sixth month. Brent crude futures climbed $2.51, or 2.85%, to $90.61 a barrel as of 0241 ​GMT while U.S. West Texas…

NASA began a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch on Sunday of the U.S. space ​agency’s new flagship astronomical observatory, a repurposed spy satellite that will capture panoramic views of the cosmos. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a roughly $4 billion project, was carried aloft from…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he will encourage G20 members to re-examine terms of ‌trade with China to shrink global imbalances and press Beijing to rebalance its economy away from exports and toward domestic consumption. Bessent said in an interview ahead of a G20 finance leaders meeting that the current flood of exports from…

THOUSANDS of grieving Norwegians flooded Oslo to bid a heartbreaking farewell to King Harald V after the beloved monarch died aged 89. Mourners packed the streets outside the Royal Palace, where Harald’s coffin now lies in state, clutching flowers, cards, drawings and Norwegian flags. Europe’s former oldest reigning monarch died peacefully on Friday after a battle with…

VLADIMIR Putin is plotting a terrifying final gambit to crush Ukraine as the tyrant ramps up his blistering threats towards the UK. As tensions between Moscow and Europe reach boiling point, the dictator is preparing to unleash a 300,000-troop “hammer blow” and crank up sabotage attacks on Nato. Putin’s last roll of the dice could be an…

HOWARD Stern has scored a juicy HBO Max deal for his SiriusXM show, which is undergoing some new, top-secret changes. Multiple sources confirmed to The U.S. Sun that Stern has quietly landed a major deal with the streamer to take video from his new episodes to use in a weekly TV show. The plan, however, means Stern’s…

Argentina ended the Netherlands’ 16-year unbeaten run to lift the 2026 Women’s Hockey World Cup title for the third time in their history. They won the summit clash in a penalty shootout. Argentina won the 2026 Women’s Hockey World Cup to stun the odds as the Netherlands’ dominance came to an end on home soil on Saturday…

At least 626 bodies have been recovered so far, while around 2,500 people remain missing. More than 300 Indians are among those reported missing. A 97-year-old woman rescued from beneath the rubble of a care home after devastating floods in Nepal is recovering in hospital, according to her doctors. Guna Maya Bohara was trapped under debris after…

Amid the flood, Nepal officials have clarified that the country remains open and operational for foreign travellers and tourists outside the primary flood-affected districts. Nepal’s Bhote Koshi River floods have triggered a massive search, rescue and relief operation, with 626 bodies recovered and around 2,400 people still missing. More than 4,450 people have been rescued, including over…

The foreign-registered haulage truck was overtaking another vehicle when it collided with the minibus, which was carrying worshippers to a conference. A minibus carrying churchgoers collided head-on with a truck in central Zimbabwe, killing at least 27 people, police said Saturday, in the latest deadly road crash to hit the country. The crash occurred at around 1830…

A glacier came off a ridge on the Nepal-China border and travelled 100 km down multiple rivers, the longest part of the run being in the Trishuli. Before ice, rock, mud and water hurtled down one river after another, partly in Tibet (China) and mostly in Nepal, a seismic event occurred where the two countries’ borders meet,…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has hit back at Donald Trump by installing a large sign on Canada’s shoreline with the message: “Lake Ontario. Now and Always.” The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America and has shared a series of AI-generated videos about the lake that straddles both…

A former White House teleprompter operator has been ordered to pay more than $172,000 (£127,000) for using inside information to bet on Donald Trump’s speeches. Gabriel Perez was found to have made trades concerning what the US president would say during addresses between December 2025 and February 2026 on Kalshi – a prediction markets platform where users…

Two NYC Democratic Socialists of America leaders have been caught living the ultimate capitalist dream, with one quietly collecting millions in real estate flips and another nesting in a sleek $500,000 Brooklyn apartment, The Post has learned. Labor Coordinator Olivia Gonzalez Killingsworth sold a luxe Upper West Side triplex in a brownstone building for $2.4 million on…

Whatta racket. At the US Open, the score is love-bling — with players glamming it up in their gems of choice. The tennis world’s best wear high-priced jewelry to express personal style and fulfill lucrative brand ambassador contracts, with prices ranging from a paltry $45 to over $150,000 for bespoke on-court pieces, according to media reports. Major…

Radical Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s racially charged swipe at Second Lady Usha Vance is badly backfiring, threatening to alienate Michigan’s 130,000 Indian-Americans and crucial female voters, insiders told The Post. The unprovoked jab at the second lady exposed El-Sayed’s own insecurities said one GOP insider, who accused the anti-Israel Democrat of victimizing women to look tough when…

Dolly Parton’s niece, Lainey Mae Parton, wrote an emotional Instagram post Saturday confirming that her aunt was “laid to rest” on Friday, August 28. “This is a really hard post for me to make,” Lainey wrote on her account, captioning a slideshow of pictures showing the superstar with various family members. “I wanted to wait until after…

Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the U.S., with the supreme leader urging the government to ​address the hardship and the president saying foreign trade has shrunk by a third due to the American sanctions and blockade. Yet Tehran signalled no retreat on Saturday, ‌vowing to withstand U.S. pressure, pursue diplomacy and maintain…

President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, betting that American companies can revive ​the OPEC nation’s battered energy industry while delivering a new source of crude to help bring down U.S. fuel prices. Trump provided few details about the agreement, saying only ‌that…

Since the United States went to war with Iran six months ago, Courtney Sanders has been helping soldiers’ families fill the gaps left by their loved ones. There are school ​pickups to coordinate, lost incomes to supplement — and the ever-present separation anxiety. “It’s like being on pins and needles all of the time,” Sanders said. She…

Mutinous soldiers in Niger attacked the airport and the presidency in the capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, ​triggering hours of gunfire and explosions and briefly knocking state television and radio off air. By late morning, Niger’s defence ministry said the armed forces were gradually ‌retaking sites seized in the overnight attack, but security sources said mutineers were…

At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone attack ‌on a Kyiv-area ammunition depot sparked a detonation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, vowing to punish suspected negligence in the second such incident in two months. The deadliest Russian strike in the Kyiv area this year came as Moscow’s air attacks on the Ukrainian capital…

The provision also applies to several other categories, including E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B1, L-1, O-1 and TN visa holders, as well as their dependants. A Trump administration proposal to eliminate the 60-day grace period available to certain foreign workers after they lose their jobs has cleared a key White House regulatory review, moving the measure closer to…

These teams will assist in searching for and rescuing people trapped inside tunnels, as well as in identifying bodies through DNA testing and forensic investigations. The Nepal government on Friday decided to accept foreign assistance for relief and rescue operations following the devastating floods, taking a U-turn from its earlier stance of refusing help from foreign teams.…

JURORS are reviewing harrowing pieces of evidence and emotional testimony to determine whether Lindsay Clancy is guilty of murdering her three young children. Deliberations continued into Friday where the nine women and three men asked to see the prescription pills prescribed to Lindsay and the bloody knife she used to try to end her life as they…

A WOMAN has been arrested after allegedly smashing through a gate near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate before leading cops on a wild chase. The bizarre standoff ended with Alexa Rae Scharf, 29, being dragged from her SUV – and her pet dog shot dead after police said it attacked an officer. Scharf, of Loxahatchee, Florida, allegedly…

Holly Ratchford still cannot believe that the man who moved into the residential complex she once managed would go on to be accused of involvement in the darkest day in recent US history. “It’s almost impossible for me to wrap my head around who he said he was, and who he really is. I still struggle with…

Norwegians are grieving the death of the beloved King Harald V, as a period of national mourning begins and his son Haakon VIII assumes the throne. After Harald’s death was announced early on Friday, crowds amassed at the royal palace in Oslo, laying flowers and flags, some mourners visibly in tears. The 53-year-old new king held an…

For Elizabeth Cardner, a mother of two girls in Houston, Texas, Meta’s new limits on how teenagers can use its platforms are a welcome sign that more people are aware of social media’s potential dangers. But, she tells the BBC, they probably won’t help much in the long-term. “It will save a few arguments at home, but…

The shoulder-fired Javelin system features an automatic guidance mechanism that allows the missile to track its target after launch, enabling the operator to take cover and avoid counterfire. India is planning to buy the battle-tested Javelin single-man-portable, ‘fire-and-forget’, medium-range anti-tank weapon system, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said. The US State Department approved the sale of…

Howard Stern’s Howard 101 SiriusXM channel has been dropped after a dozen staffers were laid off earlier this summer. According to a channel lineup announcement from the broadcasting platform, “notable changes” include Andy Cohen’s Radio Andy moving from channel 102 to channel 101, “while Howard 101 leaves the lineup.” Howard 100 will remain on channel 100. A…

It’s snowing in August. Police executed the “largest cocaine seizure” in decades this week when they seized 580 pounds of the cartel-tied drugs stashed in a Long Island City storage unit, officials announced Friday. Nelson Salcedo, of Englewood, New Jersey, was arrested in the middle of moving the alleged $10 million in coke Wednesday in what cops…

Former BBC producer Gareth Davies — who has worked with some of the biggest female pop singers in music history — says Shania Twain was “one of the biggest divas” he met during his time in the industry. “With Shania Twain, as soon as she was asked to come on stage at ‘Top of the Pops,’ there…