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LARA Trump’s journey to Republican darling and, at one time, Senate hopeful was anything but ordinary. The former pastry chef has now become a top advisor to President Donald Trump, even joining him on his trip to China. Thursday saw Lara join her father-in-law for dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping, wearing a traditional Chinese qipao for…

A MALDIVIAN diver has died in the search for the bodies of four Italians who were killed in a fatal cave expedition. Sergeant Major Mohammed Mahdi lost his life during the third day of recovery operations in Vaavu Atoll and was one of eight divers on the mission. The Coast Guard member reportedly fell ill on the…

A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has been crushed to death by a chest of drawers in a horrifying accident at home. Helena Cochrane from Dentons, Texas, had been climbing the open drawers to reach for a toy when the 80lb antique, more than double her weight, fell on top of her on January 8. In the month where she…

DONALD Trump has made clear his interest in expanding the United States, with Venezuela and Greenland pinpointed as contenders to become the 51st state. Earlier this year, Trump sparked controversy after posting comments linking Venezuela to the idea of becoming part of the United States after its shock victory over the United States in the World Baseball…

Bulgaria has won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest. The kitsch pop music extravaganza, the world’s biggest live music contest, has again been overshadowed by protests and a boycott over Israel’s participation. Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest final in Austria’s capital, Vienna, on Saturday night with the song “Bangaranga” amid a boycott by five countries over Israel’s…

Nigeria and the United States say they have killed a senior Islamic State (IS) leader in a joint-operation. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was described by US President Donald Trump as the “second in command of ISIS globally” and “the most active terrorist in the world”. IS has radically shifted in recent years, with around 90% of its attacks now…

Hezbollah has increased its use of small first-person view (FPV) drones to attack Israel, including systems controlled by fibre-optic cables to evade sophisticated defences. BBC Verify has geolocated 35 videos shared by the Lebanese armed group since 26 March which show strikes on Israeli soldiers, armoured vehicles and air defence systems in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.…

Bulgarian pop star Dara has won the Eurovision Song Contest with her pneumatic dance anthem Bangaranga. The 27-year-old topped both the public and the jury vote in a nail-biting conclusion, soaring ahead of Israel in second and Romania in third to score a massive 516 points. Dara was far from a front-runner going into the contest, but…

AI is coming for your job — but not in the way you think. Karen says the real shock isn’t mass replacement (yet). It’s that AI is already reshaping work into something more precarious, more fragmented, and easier to squeeze. Data annotation and “AI training” are booming – but now the growth is in skilled labour. AI…

Video of Donald Trump opening a folder at a China banquet sparks speculation he peeked at Xi Jinping’s notes, but further footage suggests the folder was Trump’s own. A brief moment from US President Donald Trump’s recent visit to China has triggered a wave of speculation online, after social media users claimed he was seen looking through…

Few could have predicted that blaming Israel and the Jews who support it would flare up in the early 21st century — and in America of all places. After all, Israel is the only consensual society in the Middle East: It holds regular elections and maintains tripartite judicial, executive and legislative checks and balances. Free speech is…

From your weight and facial expressions to your destination, cars collect a startling amount of data about you. Some of it may even raise your insurance costs. But you can take some simple steps to limit what they know about you. Cars used to mean freedom. When I first got the keys to the old family Toyota…

In the past few weeks, flowers, messages and cuddly toys have grown like a creeper on the chain link fence at the entrance of Old Timers town camp in Australia’s Northern Territory. A little girl gets out of a car with her brother and mother to add to the pile, laying a bright pink cuddly toy on…

When Donald Trump strode on to a stage at a campaign rally in Indiana in 2016, he made one thing clear: China was America’s chief economic antagonist. “We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country,” he told a crowd in Fort Wayne. “We have the cards. Don’t forget it.” The anti-China rhetoric didn’t let up…

REAL Housewives of Rhode Island star Dino Guilmette is facing life in prison after he was caught allegedly smuggling kilos of cocaine into the US from the Caribbean. In court records obtained by The U.S. Sun, the RHORI star was hit with seven felony charges stemming from an incident on November 10, 2021. Dino, best known as…

XI Jinping asked if the US would defend Taiwan in an invasion, says Donald Trump – amid fears the conflict could spark World War Three. The US president said the pair talked a lot about the fate of the island during his high-stakes diplomatic summit in Beijing. Trump said he refused to comment on Washington’s loyalties to…

A LUXURY watch release has sparked chaotic lines with collectors and savvy resellers queuing up for days amid complaints of a foul stench and medical emergencies. The atmosphere outside the Swatch flagship store in Times Square on Friday was akin to something out of The Hunger Games, with some having set up tents as early as last…

What began as a disturbing opinion piece by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times has now spiralled into a global debate. In his piece in the NYT, Kristof alleges the use of dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners by Israeli forces. Amid the repulsion it has triggered, experts are debating if human penetration by dogs is biologically…

On Christmas Eve 2024, Elianis Caridad Morejón Pérez, a young Cuban woman, told her mother by phone that she had put on a life jacket and was boarding a boat to travel from southern Mexico toward the United States. It was her final message from San José El Hueyate, a town in the state of Chiapas, before…

KYIV: Russia carried out its largest aerial attack over a two-day period since the start of its war in Ukraine, pounding the capital Kyiv and other cities with hundreds of drones, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday (May 14). Russia had launched 1,567 drones since the start of Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. At least 27 civilians…

Andriy Yermak resigned in November 2025, after investigators raided his home in a sweeping corruption probe. Ukraine’s anti-corruption court on Thursday ordered the pretrial detention of Andriy Yermak, a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on suspicion of money laundering, according to prosecutors. The court set bail at 140 million hryvnias ($3.19 million, €2.72 million), allowing Yermak…

As Japanese society changes, many elderly people find themselves isolated and facing a “lonely death.” Government agencies and private groups are working hard to give them a new lease on life. Japan is facing a rising number of “lonely deaths,” or people dying in isolation, despite government efforts to stem the tide. The issue has become such…

US-Iran war highlights: As the peace talks between the United States and Iran remain in limbo, former US President Barack Obama has defended the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Speaking to CBS, Obama stated that the US managed to get 97 per cent of Iran’s enriched uranium out, without triggering a regional dispute and killing thousands. “We pulled…

Twice this week, U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed interest in turning Venezuela into his country’s 51st state. The latest came via a Truth Social post Tuesday with a map showing the South American country filled with the U.S. flag. Previous statements doubting Venezuela’s sovereignty over the past 25 years have been met with immediate derision from…

PETE Davidson and Elsie Hewitt have officially split just five months after welcoming their daughter, The U.S. Sun has exclusively learned. Insiders close to the couple said the problems in their relationship began to escalate after the model, 30, gave birth to their first child, Scottie Rose, in December. A source claimed Pete‘s busy work schedule formed…

BEIJING — President Trump’s much-anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been marred by multiple physical altercations just offstage. Among the incidents that took place Thursday: A White House staffer was trampled by Chinese reporters. A Secret Service agent was kept out of official events. American journalists were prevented from joining the presidential motorcade. The chaos was all…

“Our oversight of the Strait of Hormuz will generate significant economic revenues for our country – potentially even doubling our oil income,” said a spokesperson for Iran’s military. Iran’s military spokesman said on Wednesday (May 13) that Tehran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz could generate “significant” economic revenue and strengthen the country’s international position. Iran has…

A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse has told how the late sex offender sexually abused her while he was under house arrest for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Roza, who was recruited from Uzbekistan as a teenager by Epstein’s associate and modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, spoke publicly for the first time alongside a number of victims in…

A senior diplomat tasked with implementing Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza has said Hamas could survive as a political movement after handing over power, if it rejected armed conflict and gave up its weapons and military structures. Nickolay Mladenov, high representative for Gaza to the US-led Board of Peace, speaking to journalists on a visit to…

Hundreds of people descended on a girls’ boarding school in the Indonesian village of Tlogosari, Central Java on 2 May, shouting chants and waving banners. “Women are not sexual objects” read one. Another said, simply, “The Predator”. The mob was there to accost and hurl insults at 58-year-old Kiai Ashari, the caretaker of the Ndholo Kusumo Islamic…

A hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care. It Is now called polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome instead of polycystic ovary syndrome. Researchers and supporters of the change said the old name, often shortened to PCOS, is inaccurate. It reduced a complex hormonal or endocrine…

Taiwan downplays Xi-Trump talks Taiwan said nothing surprising had emerged from the talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump. “So at this point, all we can say is that there has been no surprising information so far and we will continue to maintain close communication with the American side,” Mainland Affairs Council Deputy…

The foreign ministers meeting is taking place before the 2026 BRICS summit in India in September. A meeting of BRICS foreign ministers kicked off in the Indian capital New Delhi on Thursday, with the Iran war likely to cast a shadow on the two-day event, which coincides with United States President Donald Trump’s state visit to China.…

THE author of a children’s book about grief who was convicted of killing her husband has been handed a life sentence after addressing her sons in court who begged the judge to lock her up. Kouri Richins, 35, became emotional as she admitted to making mistakes in the past, including during her marriage, as she spoke during…

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr Kazem Gharibabadi, told CNN-News18 that the Hormuz Crisis and the resultant fuel price increase were because of USA As US President Donald Trump touches down in Beijing, Iran expresses hope that Xi Jinping will push for a solution to the Hormuz crisis. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr Kazem Gharibabadi, told CNN-News18 during…

Israel claimed Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the UAE during the Iran war and held breakthrough talks with the Emirati president. The UAE publicly denied the visit, calling reports of secret meetings or Israeli military delegations “baseless.” Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli Prime Minister secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Israel-Iran war, but the UAE…

Fifteen years after leaving the Federal Reserve in opposition to an expansive bond-buying program that has since saddled it with a $6.7 trillion portfolio, Kevin Warsh is returning to the U.S. central bank as its leader with an extensive reform agenda that may be tough to translate into quick changes. The U.S. Senate on ​Wednesday confirmed Warsh…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Americans’ financial struggles are not a factor in his decision-making as he seeks to negotiate an end to the Iran war, saying ​that preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon is his top priority. Asked by a reporter ‌to what extent Americans’ financial situations were motivating him to strike…

Saudi fighter jets bombed targets linked to powerful Tehran-backed Shi’ite militias in Iraq during the Iran war, while retaliatory strikes were also launched from Kuwait into ​Iraq, multiple sources familiar with the matter said. The strikes are part of a broader pattern of military responses around the Gulf that remained largely hidden during a conflict ‌that began…

The Trump administration will block new home healthcare and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare for at least the next six months, according ​to a government, statement, opens new tab posted on Wednesday, citing concerns about widespread fraud. The moratorium will temporarily bar new providers in those categories from signing up for reimbursement from Medicare, a U.S.…

Russia unleashed a massive daytime drone attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting critical infrastructure in the west, killing at ​least six people and prompting NATO-member Poland to scramble fighter jets, officials said. Hungary, now led by a government more in line with the ‌European mainstream, condemned the strikes on areas of Ukraine with ethnic Hungarian communities and…

The posts came as Trump travelled to China for high-stakes talks with Xi Jinping and days after he floated the idea of Venezuela becoming a US state. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared a graphic depicting Venezuela as the “51st State” of the United States, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio was spotted aboard Air Force…

President Trump reiterated his strong stance on Iran while en route to a summit with China’s Xi Jinping, asserting that Iran is under control and emphasizing the US’s commitment to preventing its nuclear armament. US President Donald Trump issued a fresh warning to Iran as he heads to China for a two-day summit with President Xi Jinping.…

Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter and two Iranian officials said. The Saudi attacks, not previously reported, mark the first time that the ​kingdom is known to have directly carried out military action on…

Both Iraq and Pakistan have cut deals with Iran to ship oil and liquefied natural gas from the Gulf, according to five sources with knowledge of the matter, in a demonstration of ​Tehran’s ability to control energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has slashed energy exports from a region that normally…

Extensive testing, contact tracing, and quarantine procedures are still needed to contain the outbreak, WHO says. However, it has stressed that the current outbreak is vastly different to the COVID-19 pandemic. The push to contain the recent hantavirus outbreak “is not over” yet, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday. Tedros’ comments came…

The ShinyHunters hacking group stole student data from the popular education platform Canvas last week. Parent company Instructure apologized for the hack and said Canvas “remains safe to use.” The US parent company of online learning system Canvas said Monday that it has reached a deal with a hacking group which stole student and school data on…

On a visit to Indonesia, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan also thanked the search and rescue personnel who retrieved the bodies of victims, including two Singaporeans, who died on Mount Dukono on May 8. Indonesia and Singapore want to deepen ties and collaboration as they commemorate 60 years of bilateral relations next year, said the foreign ministers…

The Russian leader had said, without elaborating, that he believed the war was “heading to an end”. The Kremlin said Tuesday (May 12) there was no concrete plan to end the Ukraine war, days after Russian leader Vladimir Putin suggested Europe’s worst conflict since WWII could be winding down. Moscow and Kyiv resumed attacks overnight after the…

The Democratic primary for a key U.S. House seat in Nebraska was too early to call late Tuesday, as two candidates were separated by a narrow margin in a contest that could decide the fate of the state’s “blue dot” — a small, but significant factor in presidential politics. Political activist Denise Powell had a lead of…

Kuwait said on Tuesday that Iran launched a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Gulf Arab country. The accusation came just hours before U.S. President Donald Trump was to depart for Beijing on a high-stakes visit over the Iran war and other issues. Trump said he…

On a rainy, cold morning Masooda makes her way to a hillside cemetery in north-west Kabul to visit the grave of her younger brother Mirwais. But she doesn’t know exactly where he was buried after he was killed in a Pakistani airstrike two months ago. Instead, she stands at the edge of a mass grave, neatly covered…

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is to meet Health Secretary Wes Streeting, one of his potential leadership challengers, this morning, as his government faces an attempt by Labour MPs to oust him from the top job. The meeting comes after four ministers resigned, including prominent MP Jess Phillips who quit as safeguarding minister, and Streeting ally Zubir…

James Van Der Beek’s wife, Kimberly, shared a heartbreaking life update three months after the actor tragically died from cancer. “To say I’m heartbroken is a severe understatement,” the film producer wrote via Instagram Tuesday alongside photos of Van Der Beek and their kids. “Words just don’t capture what grief is. The comforts of shock have worn…

Mal Anderson, the first unseeded player to win the US Open men’s singles title, has died aged 91, Tennis Australia said on Monday. Mal Anderson, the first unseeded player to win the US Open men’s singles title, has died aged 91, Tennis Australia said on Monday. Anderson’s career started on a dirt court on a farm and…

The United States government on Monday (May 11) announced sanctions against three people and nine companies, including four based in Hong Kong and four in the United Arab Emirates, for aiding Iran’s shipment of oil to China. The ninth company is based in Oman. The Treasury move follows sanctions announced on Friday on individuals and companies aiding…

Passengers on the ill-fated cruise from several European countries, including Germany, are returning home and will be screened by health authorities. One French woman developed symptoms on the return flight. Thanks for joining us We’re going to bring these updates to a halt now, after several days keeping an eye on the MV Hondius and its passengers.…

A Ukrainian initiative to repatriate abducted Ukrainian children reports that at least 20,000 girls and boys are being held by Russian families and authorities. Can these children ever find their way home? In March, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine of the UN Human Rights Council found that Russia had systematically deported and forcibly transferred…

A Palestinian family has described how Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank forced them to exhume the newly buried grave of an older relative, claiming it was too close to a settlement recently authorized by Israel’s government. Mohammed Asasa said his family had coordinated the burial of his 80-year-old father, Hussein, with the Israeli military. He…

His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day teach a robot to do the same. The hotel chain is…

A THIRD rat virus cruise passenger has tested positive for hantavirus with the ship leaving Tenerife with just crew on board. A Spanish guest tested positive for the deadly virus and is said to be asymptomatic as medics quickly took them to quarantine in Madrid. Three cruise passengers have already died, with two of them confirmed to…

The cabinet is to meet formally this morning amid splits at the top of government over the future of the prime minister, with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood among a number of ministers calling for Sir Keir Starmer to set out a timetable for his resignation. It is understood Mahmood is in the minority in the cabinet over…

The United Arab Emirates quietly carried out military counter-strikes against a key Iranian oil refinery just as President Trump declared a cease-fire last month, according to a new report. After suffering repeated bombardments from Iran, the UAE fired a series of retaliatory attacks against the Islamic republic, with one of the known strikes hitting the Lavan Island…

A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump predicted that towering trade tariffs would bring America’s main economic rival to heel. He heads to China this week with that ambition blunted by court rulings, narrowing his goals to a ​few deals on beans, beef and Boeing (BA.N), jets, and enlisting China’s help to resolve his unpopular Iran war,…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would discuss the topic of arms sales to Taiwan ‌and the case of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week. “I’m going to have that discussion with President Xi,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about Washington’s longstanding support…

Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, with one American testing positive and a French traveler developing symptoms for the pathogen aboard their separate aircraft. One the 17 American passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius tested positive for the hantavirus…

An apparent trespasser who was fatally struck by a Frontier Airlines plane at a Colorado airport on Saturday was seen calmly walking across the runway while the aircraft barreled toward them, according to new surveillance footage. The victim, who has not been publicly identified, was sucked into one of the engines of the Airbus A321neo mid-takeoff at…

Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday where she will defend her country’s claim to a mineral- and oil-rich region in western Guyana before the United Nations highest court in a dispute that has spanned decades. The International Court of Justice in The Hague is holding a series of hearings with the…

Netflix drama Adolescence was the big winner at the Bafta Television Awards on Sunday, while The Celebrity Traitors and Last One Laughing also scooped a share of the glory. The Celebrity Traitors and Last One Laughing won two prizes each, while Adolescence took four – breaking the record for the most wins at the Bafta TV Awards…

Thousands of people gathered outside Downing Street on Sunday for a protest against antisemitism. The rally, which was led by the main Jewish community organisations, was told that there was “an epidemic of anti-Jewish hate”. There have been a string of attacks at synagogues and other Jewish sites in recent months, including the stabbing of two Jewish…

A passenger of a cruise ship that was struck by an outbreak of hantavirus has shown symptoms of the disease while being repatriated to France, the country’s prime minister has said. Sébastien Lecornu said the French national developed symptoms while on a chartered flight from Tenerife to Paris, and so all five evacuated from the MV Hondius…

Trump’s repudiation of Iran’s response to his latest peace proposal raised the likelihood of further violence and disruptions to oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Monday (May 11) after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s terms for ending the war in the Middle East, while stocks were mixed. Trump’s…

A week ago, Seoul reported a blast and fire aboard the vessel – the HMM Namu – in the strait, while it was anchored near the United Arab Emirates. The stern of a bulk carrier operated by South Korean shipper HMM was struck by an unidentified object on May 4 while stranded in the Strait of Hormuz,…

In an interview aired on Sunday, US President Donald Trump claimed that American forces could strike “every single target” in Iran within just two weeks, while declaring that the Islamic Republic has already been “militarily defeated.” In an interview with investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson, recorded last week, Trump also slammed NATO as a “paper tiger” and accused…

HOLLYWOOD’S hottest moms are getting spoiled in decadent over-the-top fashion this Mother’s Day. From luxury skin-tightening treatments to custom home renovations, stars like Mandy Moore, Megan Fox, Alexandra Daddario, and more are being showered with a jaw-dropping $15,000 swag bag from the team behind the Oscars’ famous freebies. Celebrity gifting guru Lash Fary and his company Distinctive…

HOLLYWOOD blonde tresses, bejewelled earrings and a pastel-coloured princess Versace gown to boot, Blake Lively reminded everyone of her Met Gala royalty status as she stepped out for one of the starriest nights in the fashion calendar. But this year’s arrival came with extra attention, as details of the movie star’s settlement with her It Ends With…

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the former German chancellor serve as a mediator in Russia-Ukraine peace talks. Gerhard Schröder’s office on Sunday refused to comment after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would like the former German chancellor as a possible European mediator in peace talks to end the Ukraine war. Putin told reporters on Saturday:…

Martin Short emotionally addressed the sudden death of his daughter, Katherine. “It’s been a nightmare for the family,” the “Only Murders in the Building” star told “CBS Sunday Morning.” “But the understanding [is] that mental health and cancer, like my wife’s, are both diseases, and sometimes with diseases they are terminal,” he added, referring to his late…

Occupants of the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius started flying home in carefully coordinated stages after the outbreak triggered global concern. Two Indian nationals aboard the luxury cruise ship MV Hondius that was hit by a deadly strain of hantavirus are reportedly “healthy and asymptomatic”, the Indian embassy in Madrid confirmed, after the ship arrived off Spain’s Canary Islands.…

President Donald Trump’s swift rejection of Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal ​sent oil prices surging higher on Monday amid concerns the 10-week-old conflict will drag on, keeping shipping through the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed. Days ‌after the U.S. floated an offer in the hopes of re-opening negotiations, Iran on Sunday released a response focused on…

Thailand’s billionaire former ​premier Thaksin Shinawatra was released from jail on parole and met by cheering crowds on Monday, eight months after ‌a court ordered him to do the prison time he tried to dodge with a prolonged stay in hospital. The 76-year-old tycoon remade and dominated Thai politics for a quarter-century, but his influence has waned…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on ​Saturday that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow’s most ‌scaled-back Victory Day parade in years. “I think that the matter is coming to an end,” Putin told reporters of the Russia-Ukraine war, Europe’s…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to discuss Iran, Taiwan, artificial ​intelligence and nuclear weapons as they weigh extending a critical minerals deal, according to U.S. officials previewing Trump’s two-day visit to China this week. The leaders of ‌the world’s two largest economies will hold their first face-to-face talks in more than…

FOUR-foot figures were reportedly seen stepping out of UFOs in one of the most startling claims buried in newly released FBI files. The records also describe mysterious wreckage made from unknown metal and packed with microscopic spheres. The claims appear in FBI files released Friday as part of President Donald Trump’s UFO transparency push. One memo details…

A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, airport authorities said. The collision sparked an engine fire and forced passengers to evacuate. The plane, on route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff…