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Ecuador released 158 juveniles in the first phase of an ambitious rewilding effort at the World Heritage Site. Nearly 150 years after giant tortoises vanished from Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, the species has made a long‑anticipated return. Ecuadorian authorities this week released 158 juvenile tortoises, each between 8 and 13 years old. The release is…

The political drama by Oscar nominee Ilker Catak took the top award at the Berlin International Film Festival. The Golden Bear, the Berlin International Film Festival’s top prize, was awarded on Saturday to the political drama “Yellow Letters,” by German director Ilker Catak. His previous film, “The Teachers’ Lounge” (2023) was nominated for an Oscar. Starring Tansu…

Russian authorities say divers have recovered the bodies of seven Chinese tourists and a Russian driver who died after their mini-bus plunged under the ice to the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia. Irkutsk regional Governor Igor Kobzev offered his “deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims”. He earlier said one Chinese tourist had…

Bruce Mouat’s rink were unable to end a 102-year wait for a men’s Winter Olympic curling gold – and vanquish their own disappointment from 2022 – as Canada denied Team GB a fourth gold medal of this year’s Games. Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie – plus alternate Kyle Waddell – arrived in Cortina as…

Nasa has said that its 6 March launch day for its long-awaited lunar mission is now “out of consideration”, after it spotted several last minute issues during routine checks that would prevent lift off. On Friday, the space agency said that its Artemis II mission, which would see astronauts sent to the moon for the first time…

Cat Day, which is set on Feb 22 in Japan, has exploded in recent years, with companies embracing a growing market for felines, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion. Much of Asia was celebrating the Year of the Horse this week. In Japan, which does not mark Lunar New Year, attention turns to a different animal. There…

No cases of the Nipah virus infection have been reported in Singapore in connection with the outbreak in West Bengal or the case in Bangladesh. Singapore will cease Nipah virus temperature screenings at the airport and seaports from Monday (Feb 23), progressively easing some measures as the outbreak in India stabilises. No cases of the Nipah virus…

The provincial livestock office in Chiang Mai said that testing detected the highly infectious canine distemper virus as well as bacteria affecting the respiratory system. A deadly virus and bacterial infection have killed at least 72 tigers at a private animal park in Thailand’s north in recent weeks, authorities said. The provincial livestock office in Chiang Mai…

A MAN who lived on Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch as a teenager fears the financier could have gotten away with burying girls on the property, following a disturbing email claim in recent document dumps. Ean Royal, 28, lived in a house away from the main mansion at the New Mexico estate with his father, who had worked…

ARROGANT Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor tried to talk himself out of trouble by begging, “I’m the Queen’s second son, you can’t do this to me,” as he was kicked out of Royal Lodge. The ex-prince’s desperate plea came when he was evicted from the Windsor mansion to Sandringham. A royal insider told The Sun on Sunday: “He refused to…

After siding with President Donald Trump in two dozen cases in the past year in ways that boosted his power and let him quickly transform U.S. policies on immigration, military service, federal employment and beyond, the U.S. Supreme Court finally reached its limit. The court on Friday upended one of Trump’s top priorities in his second term…

The development comes a day after the Supreme Court struck down the Republican President’s reciprocal tariffs announced shortly after he assumed his Presidency. US President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on the global tariffs issue announcing that his administration would raise reciprocal tariffs to 15 per cent, 5 per cent up from his earlier announcement. The…

President Donald Trump lashed out on Friday at the U.S. Supreme Court and the six justices who struck down his signature global tariffs – including two he appointed – in remarkably personal terms while hailing the three justices who backed him. Although previous presidents have sharply criticized Supreme Court rulings against them, Trump’s lengthy tirade to reporters…

Australia’s centre-left government on Sunday rejected a local media report that said it was working to repatriate Australians in a Syrian camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants. The 34 women and children were released on Monday from the camp in northern Syria, but returned to the detention centre due to technical reasons. The group is…

JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), told President Donald Trump and his hospitality business in February 2021 it was closing their accounts at the bank, according to new documents released Friday as part of a $5 billion lawsuit Trump has filed against the bank and CEO Jamie Dimon. Several businesses cut ties with Trump after the January 6, 2021, attack…

The U.S. men’s hockey team is one win from ending a decades-long Olympic gold-medal drought, 46 years after they delivered one of the most iconic moments in sports history at the 1980 Winter Games. The Americans throttled Slovakia 6-2 in the Milano Cortina Olympic semi-finals on Friday to book their berth in the gold-medal game where they…

As the country’s biggest political event held every five years, the congress sets policy and can bring changes in leadership roles beneath supreme commander Kim Jong Un. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began reviewing the country’s progress in the past five years that brought “great transformation” during the second day of a key party congress, state…

NEWLY released footage showed Vince McMahon swerving through traffic while driving over 100 mph before he smashed his Bentley into another vehicle. In the horrifying video, which stemmed from an accident McMahon was involved in last July, the ex-WWE boss, 80, appeared dazed and confused after a state trooper told him he caught him going about 115…

UP to 20,000 prisoners have broken out of a Syrian ISIS detention camp the size of a city. Between 15,000 and 20,000 detainees, including the families of jihadist fighters, are now at large after the mass breakout, according to US spies. The sprawling Al-Hol camp held the radicalised families of terrorists, and experts had long warned that…

DONALD Trump’s bombshell call to unseal the government’s top secret alien files will be “the biggest story of all time”, according to a former Ministry of Defence chief. Nick Pope, who led the UK government’s “UFO Desk” for three years, told The Sun: “There either is or isn’t a smoking gun in the files somewhere that will…

Reacting to court setback, Donald Trump said, “I can embargo. I can do anything I want, but I can’t charge $1.” US President Donald Trump on Friday ripped into the US Supreme Court after it struck down his administration’s reciprocal tariffs, saying the ruling meant he was “not allowed to charge even $1” to other countries. Within…

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi revealed she has stage 1 cervical cancer and may have to undergo a hysterectomy. The “Jersey Shore” alum took to TikTok Friday to announce her adenocarcinoma diagnosis after getting the results of her recent cone biopsy, a procedure where surgeons remove a cone-shaped wedge of abnormal tissue from the cervix, per the Cleveland Clinic.…

China replaces US as Germany’s top trading partner, reclaiming a position it held from 2016 to 2023. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to visit China next week. China has overtaken the US as Germany’s most important trading partner, according to figures released by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Friday. The sum of exports and imports…

Milan-Cortina 2026 has been one of the most eventful Winter Olympics in history – in sporting and political terms – so it is appropriate that the final medal event could be the most enticing of all. Canada and United States have been the two best teams in the men’s ice hockey competition, and they will duke it…

Like many wild and wacky ideas, it all started down at the pub. “I was literally looking out the window at that intersection and thought, ‘What if we put in a beach volleyball court and play a competition?’ “On a tar road. In the middle of a town 400km from the nearest beach,” Simon Sutherland, 51, says.…

Bigger, better, bolder is the message being touted about the first of this year’s London fashion weeks. As the British capital attempts to regain its status as the hottest destination for talented designers, both established names and rising stars have been showcasing their autumn and winter looks. Highlights so far have included Paul Costelloe’s perfectly tailored looks…

Four people have been arrested in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand for allegedly burning to death a woman and her 10-month-old son on suspicion of practising witchcraft earlier this week. The woman’s husband, who was also attacked, suffered severe burns and is in hospital. Police say they are searching for more people who may be involved.…

While the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday against President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs marks a clear setback for his use of trade levies as an economic weapon, analysts say it offers little immediate relief for the global economy. Instead, they expect another bout of activity-crimping confusion combined with near-certainty that Trump will seek other means…

China may be less likely to follow through on another big purchase of U.S. soybeans that President Donald Trump has been touting for several weeks in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, analysts said. Most actively traded soybeans fell slightly on Friday morning after rallying 8.49% since February 4, when Trump said…

U.S. investors are pulling money out of their own stock market at the fastest pace in at least 16 years as Big Tech returns fade and better-performing overseas markets look more attractive. In the last six months, U.S.-domiciled investors have pulled some $75 billion from U.S. equity products, with $52 billion flowing out since the start of…

Ukraine’s Winter Paralympics team will boycott the event’s opening ceremony next month after Russian and Belarusian athletes were invited to compete under their national flags. On Tuesday, it was announced six Russian and four Belarusian athletes will take part in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and snowboarding at the Milan-Cortina Games, which start on 6 March. Both countries had previously…

International team uncovers gene mutations that cause rare and aggressive cancer in both cats and humans. Their findings could provide a path to treatments for both species. Cat lovers have more in common with the family feline than they may realize. New research published in the journal Science suggests cats and humans develop similar cancers due to similar tumor-causing…

Tesla unveiled a cheaper Cybertruck variant in the U.S. on Thursday and slashed the price of its most-expensive model, Cyberbeast, as the electric-vehicle maker struggles to find buyers for its pickup trucks. Tesla priced the new dual-motor all-wheel-drive model at $59,990, making it the company’s “most affordable” Cybertruck yet, and lowered the Cyberbeast price to $99,990 from…

Nvidia is close to finalizing a $30 billion investment in OpenAI, as the chipmaker moves to take a stake in one of its largest customers, a person familiar with the matter said. The investment is part of a fundraising round in which OpenAI is seeking more than $100 billion, the person said. That would value the ChatGPT…

THIS is the moment a mother and her two toddlers are mown down by an allegedly drunk driver as they leave a preschool. Wild surveillance footage shows Patrice Pisani stepping out of Bloom Academy in Freehold Township around 3pm last Friday, flanked by her young boys. Seconds later, a grey SUV suddenly barrels toward them. Pisani is…

Speaking at the initial meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington, Trump repeated that tariff threats and direct calls to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif halted hostilities between India and Pakistan in May last year. United States President Donald Trump has once again claimed that he helped defuse a military conflict between India and…

Actor Eric Dane has died. The “Grey’s Anatomy” alum passed away on Thursday, 10 months after announcing his ALS diagnosis. He was 53 years old. Dane’s family shared in a statement to People, “With heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon following a courageous battle with ALS.” “Throughout his journey with ALS, Eric…

Macron noted that France hopes to see the success of the Rafale deal replicated with submarines as well. “Rafale is absolutely key,” he said. “I hope we will do it on submarines. We offered additional capacities.” French President Emmanuel Macron has a message for critics of New Delhi’s proposed move to purchase and co-produce 114 Rafale fighter…

The White House said there are many “reasons and arguments that one could make for a strike against Iran” but that diplomacy is always the first option. It comes as the US rapidly builds up a military presence near Iran. What military assets does the US have in the Middle East? The United States is sending its…

Wherever Eileen Gu goes, her fans will follow. Headlines will too. With five medals – and the opportunity for one more on Saturday – she is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history. But she is also someone who transcends her sport, a 22-year-old global superstar with a bank balance to make your eyes water.…

King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was released from police custody on Thursday evening after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor, who turned 66 on Thursday, had been questioned all day by detectives from Thames Valley Police. Earlier this month, the police force…

Charles Schwab wired about $27.7 million on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein to a realtor in Morocco as the disgraced financier tried to purchase a palace in the 10 days before his 2019 arrest, including one transfer from an account which lacked sufficient funds, files released by the U.S. Department of Justice show. Details of the transactions, reported…

President Donald Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards the U.S. has long said would ensure the kingdom does not develop nuclear weapons, according to a copy of the document sent to Congress and reviewed by Reuters. Trump, a Republican, and former President Joe…

Bill Gates pulled out of India’s AI Impact Summit hours before his scheduled keynote on Thursday, as scrutiny over his ties to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein intensified following the release of U.S. Justice Department emails. The abrupt withdrawal of Microsoft’s co-founder dealt a fresh blow to a flagship event already marred by organisational lapses,…

Satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military site and covered it in soil, experts say, advancing work at a location reportedly bombed by Israel in 2024 amid tensions with the U.S. Images also show that Iran has buried tunnel entrances at a nuclear site bombed…

Canada introduced new immigration priority categories on Wednesday to bring in skilled workers in fields ranging from research and health care to aviation, and to include certain military recruits. The new categories align with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s goals of broadly reducing the number of new permanent residents in Canada while recruiting skilled workers and scholars and…

Two days of peace talks in Geneva between Ukraine and Russia ended on Wednesday without a breakthrough as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was dissatisfied with the outcome while Washington reported “meaningful progress”. Officials from Moscow and Kyiv said the discussions in Geneva were difficult. At the conclusion, the delegations said they would meet again, without providing…

The country has not carried out capital punishment in almost three decades, despite its courts continuing to hand down death sentences. Park Chang-seon was once a top student in South Korea who dreamed of becoming president. But his life fell apart in 1974 when his father, Park Gi-rae, was arrested on charges of anti-state activities and sentenced…

CNA speaks to local leaders and businesses in Indonesia’s Batam on how Nongsa Digital Park is anchoring the city’s push to become a regional digital economy hub, even as challenges around talent and sustainability remain. Jesica Aulia Pardede moved from Medan to Batam in Indonesia’s province of Riau Islands in 2023 when she saw growing opportunities in…

A video of multiple humanoid robots skillfully performing kung fu at the China Media Group (CMG) 2026 Spring Festival Gala was shared online. The clip immediately went viral and left netizens awestruck. It’s China again– flaunting the impressive technological advancement they currently possess. China recently held a grand Spring Festival- China Media Group (CMG) 2026 Spring Festival…

The White House has been briefed that the military could be ready for an attack by the weekend. The US military is prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend; however, President Donald Trump is yet to take a final decision whether he’ll authorise such actions, sources familiar with the matter informed CNN. According to reports,…

Germany has joined the growing list of EU nations that are considering banning children from social media. Australia has banned youths from social media since December — and its example has lessons for EU governments. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz thinks that sociel media regulations could help prevent “personality deficits and problems in the social behavior of young…

The top commander overseeing U.S. forces in Latin America, General Francis Donovan, and senior Pentagon official Joseph Humire made a surprise visit to Venezuela on Wednesday for security talks, U.S. officials said. The trip is the first by a U.S. military delegation since U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an audacious raid last month and…

“Pulp Fiction” star Peter Greene died from an accidental gunshot wound, Page Six can confirm. The “Mask” star, who was found dead inside his Lower East Side apartment on Dec. 12, 2025, at the age of 60, died from the gunshot wound to the left axilla with injury to the brachial artery, the Office of the Chief…

When a US-imposed ceasefire halted the Gaza War last October, Hamas’s war for survival against Israel switched into a battle for control at home. The war had left the group’s disciplined military units shattered into guerrilla forces, and most of its leaders killed; Gaza’s buildings and infrastructure were largely destroyed, its population displaced, and its economic life…

Rescue teams combing through the backcountry of California’s Lake Tahoe region say they have found the bodies of eight skiers who went missing in an avalanche on Tuesday. The search for a final missing skier continues but that person is presumed dead, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said at a news conference on Wednesday. Officials said one…

A long-awaited ceasefire in eastern DR Congo is set to begin under the 2025 Washington Accords. Analysts remain skeptical, but US interest in Congolese resources could help propel the peace process. The increasingly unstable situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has occupied politicians and diplomats in recent days, both at the African Union summit in…

Germany’s national rail operator says it was hit with a cyberattack on its systems that disrupted ticketing and timetable information. German rail operator Deutsche Bahn on Wednesday said it had been targeted by a cyberattack that disrupted its digital services. The company said a so-called DDoS attack hit its IT systems around midday Tuesday, causing outages in…

Kim Jong Un said the new weapons system was a gift for the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party — a landmark meeting set to begin soon. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony to unveil huge, multiple rocket launchers capable of firing nuclear warheads, state media reported on Thursday. At the ceremony, Kim…

Police said a man died after the car he was driving was trapped in flood waters near the North Island’s Otorohanga. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed New Zealand in recent days, killing one man, flooding large areas and cutting off several communities, authorities said. The severe storm since last Friday (Feb 13) has prompted a…

Om Birla represented India at Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in in Dhaka, delivered Narendra Modi’s invitation, and discussed regional cooperation with leaders from Maldives and Bhutan. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla represented India at the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, where he handed over an invitation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an official visit to…

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s sister Dr Uzma Khan said he explicitly told her during a recent meeting: “These people will kill me; they have made a plan to kill me” In a series of explosive claims, former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s sisters said the “Asim Munir regime” wants to “kill” the jailed cricketer-turned-politician, and that…

A luminous outline of Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores loomed over Caracas against the night sky in January. The steady light of hundreds of drones in a show put on by the government in Venezuela, suspended their image in front of the clouds, before rearranging to call for their return: “El pueblo los reclama,” they…

American bobsleigh veteran Elana Meyers Taylor had won everything there is to win in the sport – except for Olympic gold. That was until Monday when, on her fifth attempt, she finally added that missing piece to her extraordinary collection. The 41-year-old triumphed in the women’s monobob to become the oldest individual Olympic champion at a Winter…

Iran has said it has reached an understanding with the US on the main “guiding principles” to resolve their dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Speaking after indirect talks in Geneva, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi added that work still needed to be done. The US said “progress was made”. Badr Albusaidi, foreign minister of mediator Oman, said…

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson died aged 84 on Tuesday morning surrounded by relatives, according to a statement released by his family. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Civil Rights leader and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Honorable Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr,” the family said, adding he died…

Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ new right-wing populist government wants to bring the Czech public broadcaster under its control. One of its reforms is to abolish licensing fees. Czech Television and Czech Radio currently have the highest audience and listener numbers in the Czech Republic, with licensing fees generating €450 million ($532 million) annually. For three decades, the…

Ukrainian and Russian officials are meeting in Geneva for another round of talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. The talks come just days before the 4-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. Tuesday’s negotiations in Geneva come to a close Talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators in Geneva have ended for the day. “After…

Even for a U.S. president long fixated on deal-making, Donald Trump’s assignment of his favorite envoys to juggle two sets of negotiations – the Iranian nuclear standoff and Russia’s war in Ukraine – in a single day in Geneva has left many in the foreign policy world scratching their heads. The shuttle diplomacy on Tuesday by U.S.…

New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women. A bipartisan committee will seek testimony from survivors of alleged sexual abuse at the ranch, located…

Scotiabank’s 1832 Asset Management subsidiary has dissolved its stake in Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems (ESLT.TA), regulatory filings showed, after the Canadian bank faced sharp criticism for the investment. Activists angered over Elbit’s role in supplying military equipment used by Israel during its war in Gaza had pressured the Scotiabank (BNS.TO), investment arm, which at one point…

U.S. stocks dipped in early trade on Tuesday, while gold slid as investors continue to wrestle with the pros and cons of the artificial intelligence boom and nuclear talks progressed between the United States and Iran. The three main U.S. stock indexes reversed earlier tentative gains, while the dollar gained strength and gold slipped to a one-week…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would be involved “indirectly” in high-stakes talks between Iran and the U.S. over Tehran’s nuclear program set for Tuesday in Geneva, adding he believed Tehran wanted to make a deal. “I’ll be involved in those talks, indirectly. And they’ll be very important,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force…

Authorities have likely ruled out Nancy Guthrie’s family as suspects in her kidnapping through alibis, cell phone data and other methods. The Pima County Sheriff’s Office officially cleared the Guthrie family — including “all siblings and spouses” — of the kidnapping in a statement to Page Six on Monday, as the search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom…

With the Tesla CEO’s current net worth at $850 billion, the tech giant is expected to cross the threshold soon. Elon Musk may just become the world’s first trillionaire in 2026. With the Tesla CEO’s current net worth at $850 billion, the tech giant is expected to cross the threshold soon. As of February 2026, Musk became…

Indonesia has been preparing up to 8,000 troops for possible deployment as part of the Gaza International Stabilisation Force, a UN-authorised multinational peacekeeping force outlined in the Gaza peace plan. Any deployment of the Indonesian military to Gaza will be strictly for humanitarian purposes and not combat operations, the government said as it gears up to send…

The special defence budget will be “treated as a top legislative priority” after the Chinese New Year holiday, says a spokesperson for Taiwan’s parliament. Taiwan’s parliament will prioritise the review of a US$40 billion special defence budget when it resumes work after the week-long Chinese New Year holiday, its speaker said on Monday (Feb 16) following concern…

Launched after the deadly December 13 Palmyra ambush that killed two US soldiers and an interpreter, the campaign has eliminated over 50 terrorists and 100 sites in two months. The United States has hammered the Islamic State with a relentless barrage, conducting 10 precision strikes on more than 30 terrorist targets across Syria in just the past…

Naureen Niazi, sister of Imran Khan, alleges that her brother, imprisoned since 2023 on multiple charges, faces deteriorating health due to inadequate medical care while in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail. Niazi asserts that the government continues to detain him because of his public support and previous assassination attempts. Pakistan former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sister Naureen Niazi has…

In his speech, Yunus leaned heavily on nationalist rhetoric, repeatedly asserting that Bangladesh had reclaimed its “sovereignty, dignity, and independence” in foreign policy and was “no longer guided by others’ directives.” Facing sustained criticism at home for failing to fully restore democratic normalcy and protect vulnerable minorities, Bangladesh’s outgoing Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus used his farewell address to project…

Last month at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, after receiving thousands of tearful goodbyes from Japanese fans, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei were put on a plane bound for China – the latest symbols of the deteriorating relationship between China and Japan. The two giant Chinese pandas had to return home after Beijing announced it was taking them back,…

This is Kim Jong Un’s latest effort to glorify North Korean soldiers who have died fighting alongside Russian troops against Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inaugurated a new housing district in Pyongyang for the families of troops who died in overseas military operations, state news agency KCNA reported on Monday. The new district symbolizes “spirit…

Prosecutors in Austria have filed terrorism charges against a 21-year-old who was allegedly plotting to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024. Austrian prosecutors on Monday filed terrorism charges against a now 21-year-old man accused of plotting an attack on Taylor Swift’s August 2024 concert in Vienna. According to the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office, the…

Robert Duvall won an Oscar for “Tender Mercies” and earned nominations for classics including “The Godfather,” “Apocalypse Now,” and “The Great Santini.” Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning American actor known for landmark films including “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now”, has died. He was 95. His death was announced in a statement posted by his wife, Luciana Duvall, on…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese refused help for Australians linked to suspected IS fighters who are trying to return home from Syria’s Roj detention camp. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his ‌government wouldn’t ⁠repatriate Australian citizens held for years in a Syrian camp. Roj detention camp in northeastern Syria holds families of militants suspected of having links…

When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva learned that a samba school in Rio de Janeiro would base its carnival parade this year on his journey from factory worker to president, he broke into tears and then smiled for pictures holding the school’s flag. But, as Rio’s world‑famous carnival parade approached, the tribute became a political…

The Democratic Party is willing to spend tens of millions on a Virginia redistricting effort that could gain the party four more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the chamber’s top Democrat said on Sunday. Democrats will do “whatever it takes” to ensure a Virginia ballot initiative succeeds in an April voter referendum, House Minority Leader…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reflected a feeling of profound change among European leaders at this weekend’s Munich Security Conference when she said: “Some lines have been crossed that cannot be uncrossed anymore”. Transatlantic ties have already been strained over the past year by Donald Trump’s return to the White House. But the U.S. president’s…