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Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame and World Series-winning manager, has died, the Braves announced Saturday. He was 84. Cox is most remembered for leading the Braves during their most prosperous era from the early 1990s through the mid-2000s, winning 14 straight National League East division titles from 1991-2005. The team reached the pinnacle of the baseball world…

President Trump was still waiting for Iran’s counter-offer to his latest bid to settle the war Saturday, while threatening to flex American military muscle if Tehran doesn’t agree to terms. A broader cease-fire between the US and Tehran appeared to hold, two days after the US struck two Iranian sites and the United Arab Emirates said it…

Operation Sindoor was launched last year after the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. A Pakistan military spokesperson has become a subject of jokes on social media after he asked why Indian military officers used English during a recent briefing linked to Operation Sindoor. Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry’s remarks triggered sharp reactions not…

Relative calm prevailed ​around the Strait of Hormuz early on Sunday after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran’s response ‌to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Washington expected a response within hours. But…

Millions of Americans are unknowingly financing electric grid projects before they get any benefit. Policy-makers, in an urgent bid to overhaul the nation’s aging electric grid, are increasingly letting utilities charge customers for power plants and transmission lines long before they’ve been built, boosting near-term bills in exchange for promised savings decades down the road, according to…

A series of well-timed market bets on falling oil prices totalling as much as $7 billion during March and April spread across multiple exchanges and types of fuel and derivatives just before major Iranian policy announcements by U.S. President ​Donald Trump, according to traders, market experts and Reuters analysis of exchange data. The size exceeds previously reported…

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…

As the cruise ship hit ​by a hantavirus outbreak sails towards Tenerife, World Health Organization officials are racing to draw up step-by-step guidance for what should happen ‌next for the nearly 150 passengers when they finally reach land on Sunday. The hantavirus outbreak – which has killed three people among at least eight suspected or confirmed infections…

A QUARANTINED rat virus cruise passenger has spoken out about becoming the ship’s de facto doctor after the ship’s Dutch medic and a Brit crew member fell ill. Dr Stephen Kornfeld was on holiday on the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius when he “fell into the role of becoming the ship doctor”. The Oregon doctor told CNN he jumped…

THE head of Donald Trump’s World Cup taskforce has defended Fifa’s controversial ticket prices and is convinced the American people will ultimately be the winners. In an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun, Andrew Giuliani brushed off concerns from fans worldwide about the exorbitant cost of seeing the greatest soccer players on earth, stressing there have already…

Rescuers are rushing to find missing hikers, three of whom have been declared dead after a volcanic eruption in eastern Indonesia. A rescue mission was underway on Friday in eastern Indonesia as 20 hikers went missing following a volcanic eruption. Three of the missing people, including two foreigners, are reported to have died. What do we know?…

The ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is affecting African nations particularly badly. But there are potential solutions for mitigating the drastic effects on the continent in the short, medium and long term. For more than two months, there have hardly been any merchant ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing blockade. Africa…

After years spent detained in Syria, the freedom of the Islamic State group-linked families who landed back in their homeland of Australia this week was dramatically short lived. Three of the women were swiftly arrested. The fourth was left to confront a frenzied media scrum alone, small children in tow, with the knowledge she could be next.…

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he will not quit as prime minister and “plunge the country into chaos”, as Labour reels from significant election losses. The results in England, Scotland and Wales have piled pressure on Sir Keir, with some Labour MPs calling for him to set a timetable for his departure, although his cabinet allies have…

This memo is out of this world. Mysterious sightings of ‘three to four-foot tall’ beings decked out in space suits and helmets were reported by witnesses decades ago, newly released Pentagon files reveal. The astonishing accounts were included in an internal FBI memo dated Oct. 19, 1966 with the subject line “Unidentified Flying Objects” — released to…

Zo money, Zo problems. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s hostile stance toward New York City businesses could jeopardize $12 billion in GDP — triggering a “death spiral” in the city’s finances as the young socialist blows off billionaire Ken Griffin moving jobs south, insiders warn. Dire data exclusively provided to The Post by the Partnership for New York City…

Google has settled with Black employees who alleged systemic racial disparities in hiring, pay, and advancement in a lawsuit filed in 2022. April Curley, a former Google employee, had sued the tech giant for racial discrimination, saying it engages in a “pattern and practice” of unfair treatment for its Black workers. The suit claimed the company steered…

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups. In a letter provided Friday by Indigenous advocacy group NDN Collective, Rapid City-based Pete Lien & Sons told the United States Forest Service on Thursday it is withdrawing its plan of operations for a…

The ceasefire announcement comes after both sides had already floated separate pauses in fighting on different days. Zelenskyy announced a ceasefire for May 5 and 6 earlier this week, while Russia had suggested its own halt for May 8 and 9 last week. President Trump announced Friday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a three-day ceasefire…

Two New Jersey residents are being monitored after possible exposure to hantavirus linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship, though no confirmed cases have been reported in the state. Globally, the outbreak has been tied to nine confirmed or suspected cases and three deaths. Two residents of New Jersey are being monitored after they were potentially exposed…

The Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) said it was affected by the breach at Canvas, causing “inconvenience and concern” to its students and faculty. The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said on Friday (May 8) that it has contacted affected organisations to provide support and guidance on mitigation steps, after education platform Canvas was hit by…

This is the first time China has admitted that its personnel gave on-ground technical support to their Pakistani allies. China has confirmed for the first time that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during last year’s war with India, known in New Delhi as Operation Sindoor, the South China Morning Post reported. Tensions between India and…

Xuanyi Geng’s latest feat underlines relentless precision, consistency and the rapidly evolving future of competitive speedcubing. A new world record has been set in the world of speedcubing, with China’s Xuanyi Geng solving a 3x3x3 rotating puzzle cube in an average time of just 3.71 seconds. The record was achieved at the Deqing Small & Special 2026…

Asked whether he believed Iran was deliberately slowing down the process, Trump replied, “We’ll find out soon enough.” US President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States was expecting Iran’s response later in the day to Washington’s proposal aimed at ending the ongoing West Asia conflict. Speaking to reporters before departing for a dinner at his…

With their location trackers shut off to avoid Iranian attacks, the United Arab Emirates and buyers have recently sailed several tankers loaded with crude through the Strait of Hormuz ​in a bid to move oil bottled up in the Gulf by the Middle East conflict, according to industry sources and shipping data. The volumes are a fraction…

A federal judge on Friday declined to quickly approve the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s $1.5 million settlement with Elon Musk over his ​purchase of Twitter, saying she wants more information about whether ‌the accord is fair and how it was reached. The settlement would resolve an SEC lawsuit accusing Musk of waiting 11 days too long…

U.S. health department ​officials last week explored whether they could ban certain drugs in a widely prescribed class of antidepressants as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prepared to roll out a ‌plan to reduce their use, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Their interest centered on specific treatments within a class known as selective…

Health experts raced to contain a potential spread of hantavirus as two suspected cases emerged on Friday far from the luxury cruise liner where the outbreak started. The latest reports involved a man ​who fell ill after leaving the ship and a woman who became sick after sitting near an infected cruise passenger on a plane. The…

Three of the United Kingdom’s four nations are set for the first time to be governed by pro-independence parties after elections on Friday which nationalists said marked the death knell of the centuries-old union. A breakup of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is by no means imminent, ​and polling showed voters were motivated by factors other…

FIFA announced on Friday that it will hold separate opening ‌ceremonies prior to the first game in each of the three host countries for this year’s World Cup, which is being held in Mexico, Canada and the ​United States. The biggest World Cup in history kicks off on ​June 11 in Mexico City, where Grammy Award-winning Mexican…

It’s disclosure day. The White House will begin releasing the long-awaited UFO files on Friday – months after President Trump ordered top administration officials to get the ball rolling on the out-of-this-world intel, The Post has learned. The timeframe was disclosed during a West Wing meeting on Thursday attended by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), a member of…

A Florida doctor accused of removing the wrong organ from a patient, killing him, offered a shocking explanation for why the surgery went so terribly awry. Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky said his 70-year-old patient William Bryan started to bleed out from an unknown area in the body during a planned laparoscopic splenectomy and the doctor “couldn’t tell the…

President Trump on Thursday brushed off Iran’s attack Thursday on three US Navy ships as the White House clung to what’s left of an increasingly challenged cease-fire and burgeoning framework for peace talks. “Three World Class American Destroyers just transited, very successfully, out of the Strait of Hormuz, under fire,” he posted to Truth Social. “There was…

From Maracaná Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, just in time for the FIFA World Cup, emerges a familiar global superstar: Shakira. The Colombian singer shared a minute-long teaser clip on Thursday of a new song, writing on social media, “From Maracaná Stadium, here is “Dai Dai,” the FIFA World Cup Official Song 2026.” She also included a…

Health authorities across four continents Thursday were tracking down and monitoring passengers who disembarked a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship before its deadly outbreak was detected, and trying to trace others who may have come into contact with them since then. In Argentina, a team of investigators has yet to leave for the southern town where they suspect the…

A note Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claimed he found after the millionaire sex offender’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was made public Wednesday, years after being sealed and locked in a courthouse vault as part of an unrelated legal dispute. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, New York, ordered the release of the note after…

A viral video shows a Pakistani Army officer questioning why Indian Army officials used English during a military-level briefing marking the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor. He suggests it was intentional narrative-building. The remark sparked strong online reactions, with users debating India’s use of English as a neutral communication language and broader India–Pakistan comparisons. A video showing…

A DEAD NASA-linked scientist was allegedly blasted by a secret Pentagon “beam” after threatening to expose theories on UFOs and anti-gravity technology. The bombshell claims have resurfaced after the Department of War publicly confirmed it uses futuristic “directed energy weapons” – or DEWs – in military operations. The Department’s chief technology officer Emil Michael revealed the tech…

Ireland’s media regulator is investigating Facebook and Instagram on suspicion that so-called dark patterns are used to manipulate users. As internet users, do we still control what content we see on Facebook or Instagram? Or are we being deliberately steered toward personalized feeds or algorithms that collect more data about us and keep us on the platform…

Micro-fluctuations in the time between heartbeats are proving a helpful indicator of mental health, stress levels and exercise capacity. They could even provide insight into how well you are ageing. Artem Kirillov is not, by nature, the kind of person to take it easy. “I prefer to push myself further, even if I feel a bit off,”…

The confrontational painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon has been both widely despised and loved, and over the decades has remained contentious. A century after it was created by Picasso, acclaimed US artist Henry Taylor reinterpreted and challenged the piece – and his version is now at the centre of a major exhibition at the Musée Picasso in Paris.…

It was 3am and Adam Hourican was sitting at his kitchen table, a knife, hammer and phone laid out in front of him. He was waiting for a van full of people he thought were coming to get him. “I’m telling you, they will kill you if you don’t act now,” a woman’s voice told him from…

Back in February, an otherwise dry senate hearing took an unexpected turn when a flustered treasury official confirmed a little known fact: Australia gets more tax from beer than gas exports. “How do we live in a country, one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, and we’re getting more tax from beer?” independent Senator David…

On a Tokyo street corner, in the pouring rain, a swelling crowd gathered with drenched placards and sodden flags. On one of them was written just two words, in big bold Japanese kanji characters: “No War”. It’s a sentiment that is gaining more and more volume in Japan, which is currently witnessing its largest anti-war protests in…

The United ​States and Iran exchanged fire on Thursday in the most serious test yet of their month-long ceasefire, but Iran said the situation returned to normal ‌while the U.S. said it did not want to escalate. The renewed hostilities broke out as Washington was awaiting Iran’s response to a U.S. proposal that would stop the fighting…

The US military on Thursday carried out strikes on Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas, a Fox News reporter said in a post on X, citing a senior US official.   The US military on Thursday carried out strikes on Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas, a Fox News reporter said in a post on X, citing…

Iran said on Wednesday it was reviewing a U.S. peace proposal that sources said would formally end ​the war while leaving unresolved the key U.S. demands that Iran suspend its nuclear program and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson cited by Iran’s ‌ISNA news agency said Tehran would convey its response. U.S. President…

Israel struck Beirut on Wednesday for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire ​with Hezbollah last month, with Israel saying it targeted a commander of the militant group’s elite Radwan force in the city’s ‌southern suburbs. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the action in a joint statement. Israeli media reported…

France on Wednesday deployed its carrier strike ​group to the Red Sea as part of planning for a potential mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, urging Washington ‌and Tehran to consider the proposal given the global economic impact of their competing blockades. Fresh exchanges of fire on Monday underscored the stakes as the U.S. and Iran…

A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to breach the American blockade of Iran’s ports, U.S. Central Command said in a social media post The U.S. military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday (May 6, 2026) as U.S. President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran…

Tensions involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz have disrupted energy supply chains, raising fresh risks for Southeast Asia. Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to gather in Cebu this week for a summit already being shaped by the ongoing Middle East conflict, as concerns mount over energy security and economic stability…

As the region braces for volatile times, it should “not let a good crisis go to waste” and seize opportunities to enhance resilience, said Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu. Southeast Asia is facing a “perfect storm” caused by a double whammy of geopolitical tensions and climate change, which has underscored how sustainability measures can…

Three people have already succumbed to the Hantavirus infection since it was first reported on April 11. The number of Hantavirus cases has increased to eight after the outbreak was first reported aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean early this week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. As global health authorities…

Pope Leo XIV has addressed accusations from US President Donald Trump regarding the Vatican’s stance on Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Trump suggested the pope’s statements indicated support for Iran’s nuclear ambitions Pope Leo XIV has responded after US President Donald Trump accused him of supporting Iran’s nuclear weapons programme, a claim the Vatican has not endorsed. Trump…

Ted Turner could never be defined by just one role. He was a media mogul, philanthropist and conservationist. A yachtsman who won boating’s most famous race and owner of a baseball team that captured the World Series trophy. The brash television pioneer who died Wednesday made his greatest mark on the news business when he launched CNN…

President Donald Trump’s lawyer, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, has asked a federal appeals court in New York to temporarily block a longtime columnist from collecting an $83 million defamation award. The lawyer, Justin D. Smith, told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing Tuesday to stay its decision supporting the award…

As the world’s richest man, with a net-worth of over three-quarters of a trillion dollars, Elon Musk’s resources and connections often make it easy for him bend Silicon Valley to his will. But that’s not always the case, as evidenced by his $150bn (£110bn) lawsuit against OpenAI, currently playing out in a California court. Musk co-founded the…

A former OpenAI board member has explained how her unconventional personal relationship with Elon Musk evolved into having four of his children. Shivon Zilis testified in a federal courtroom in Oakland, California for hours on Wednesday as part of Musk’s lawsuit trying to reverse OpenAI’s change to a for-profit company. The focus of Zilis’s appearance was her…

A group of four Australian women and nine children related to the “Islamic State” group have booked their flights from Syria to Australia. Some of them will face charges on arrival. Authorities in Australia said on Wednesday that 13 Australians linked to alleged members of the extremist “Islamic State” (IS) group plan to return home from Syria.…

The Russian strikes came just hours before a unilaterally proposed Ukrainian ceasefire and days before Russia itself intends to observe a ceasefire. Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned “cynical, vile” attacks by Russia. Ukraine said on Wednesday that Russia had violated a unilateral ceasefire called by Kyiv by attacking Ukrainian cities overnight with more than 100 combat drones and three…

North Korea has rewritten its constitution to erase any goal of reunification with the South. The move locks in Pyongyang leader Kim Jong Un’s shift toward treating Seoul as a permanent adversary. North Korea has removed all references to reunification with South Korea from its constitution, according to a document circulating on Wednesday. The revision marks a…

President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, potentially complicating a fence-mending visit that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to make this week to the Vatican. In an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, Trump said the first American-born pontiff is helping Iran and also making the world less safe with his comments…

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening he was pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to allow time for a deal to end the Iran war, but that the American forces’ blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place. Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with his Chinese…

A hateful mob of keffiyeh-clad anti-Israel protesters flooded the streets near a historic Manhattan synagogue Tuesday night — clashing with cops as they repeatedly shouted “Israel should not exist.” About 100 agitators waving Palestinian flags and banging drums swarmed about a half-block from Park East Synagogue, chanting “Palestine will never die” and “Stop the sale of stolen…

In November 2022, a photo emerged of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a smartly-dressed young girl by his side – his daughter Ju Ae. Strolling alongside her father in front of a towering intercontinental ballistic missile, she wore black trousers and a white padded jacket with her long hair tied back. Making her debut in…

Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno vowed to eradicate Boko Haram after the “cowardly” attack. Boko Haram is one of several armed groups operating around Lake Chad. Boko Haram militants killed at least 23 security personnel in an attack on a military base, officials from Chad said on Tuesday. The attack took place on Monday night against…

A blast at a fireworks factory in China has killed 26 people and wounded 61 others. President Xi Jinping has called for a thorough probe. An explosion ripped through a fireworks plant in the central Chinese province of Hunan, leaving at least 26 people dead, state media reported Tuesday. A total of 61 people are reported to…

China is hoping to secure new allies for a future multipolar world order as the partnership between the US and the European powers slides into a crisis. “These days, Europe is losing its significance in global politics and the economy,” a law student shouted from the audience during a recent political TV talk show broadcast on Shanghai…

FBI Director Kash Patel has slammed the sheriff’s department leading the investigation into the abduction of Nancy Guthrie. Patel did not hold back as he called out the Pima County Sheriff’s Department for locking out federal investigators during the first few and crucial days of the search. Patel claimed Sheriff Chris Nanos turned down help from the…

Amid these tensions, President Trump announced a temporary halt to US operations in the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to finalize an agreement with Iran. Control over the Strait remains contested, complicating the situation further. A cargo ship in the Gulf was struck by a suspected land-attack cruise missile, injuring several crew members, according to two US officials.…

A school shooting in Brazil’s Acre state left two staff members dead, with a 13-year-old student taken into custody. Two others were injured, and authorities say the weapon belonged to the suspect’s legal guardian. A tragic school shooting in Acre in northern Brazil left two people dead and two others injured on Tuesday, according to authorities. The…

Recent Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine resulted in at least 26 fatalities and over 80 injuries, occurring just before a ceasefire was set to start. At least 26 people have been killed and more than 80 injured in a wave of Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine, officials say, hours before a planned ceasefire…

Trump said he was pausing the ‘Project Freedom’ for a short period to give space for US efforts to finalise a settlement with Iran. US President Donald Trump has paused ‘Project Freedom’, the American military’s effort to guide stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, so that Washington could finalise a deal with Iran. The American…

The flight tracking data show the plane flew in a circular pattern in the air for a while, before it begun its descent for landing. A Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, which acts as a flying gas Station for US military planes, issued a “7700” distress signal, declaring an in-flight emergency while flying over the Persian Gulf off Iran…

From London to New York and Islamabad to Dhaka, publications also gave prominent space to Tamil superstar Joseph Vijay’s surprise victory in Tamil Nadu. The pages in international publications were painted in orange hues as they reported the results of assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory. Most reports in foreign media focused primarily on…

U.S. President Donald Trump ​said on Tuesday he would briefly pause an operation to help escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing “great progress” toward a comprehensive agreement with Iran. Hours earlier, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had ‌outlined the effort that began on Monday to escort stranded tankers out of the Gulf. The strait…

U.S. intelligence assessments indicate that the time Iran would ​need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer, when analysts estimated that a U.S.-Israeli attack had pushed back the timeline to up to a year, according to three sources familiar ‌with the matter. The assessments of Tehran’s nuclear program remain broadly unchanged even after…

OpenAI’s president testified on Tuesday that Elon Musk supported transforming the ​artificial intelligence startup into a for-profit company, but wanted full control in part to help him raise $80 billion to colonize Mars. The testimony ‌by Greg Brockman came in the second week of a trial in California that could determine the future of OpenAI, which sparked…

China urged Washington on Tuesday to immediately end its embargo and ​sanctions on Cuba, saying the expanded ‌measures were “illegal” and “seriously violated” the norms of international relations. U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking to put more pressure ​on Havana after ousting Venezuela’s leader, ​signed an executive order on Friday broadening U.S. ⁠sanctions against the Cuban government, two…

  The U.S. has evacuated 22 crew members held aboard an Iranian container vessel ​to Pakistan and will hand them over to ‌Iranian authorities on Monday, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said, calling the move a “confidence-building measure”. Here are some details. Iranian-flagged Touska, part of the Islamic ​Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) that has ​been hit with…

President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a ​two-day ceasefire in the conflict with Ukraine on May 8-9 to mark Russia’s World War Two victory, but Ukrainian President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskiy countered with his own proposed pause in fighting starting earlier, on the night of May 5‑6. Putin had first spoken of a possible ceasefire coinciding with commemorations of…

Governments in Asia, the top oil importing region, are scrambling to find alternatives and insulate their economies from the worst of the energy crisis triggered by the Iran war, but the ​pain is getting increasingly costly. The disruption spurred the Asian Development Bank to cut its growth forecast for developing Asia and the Pacific to 4.7% this…

The U.S. and Iran launched new attacks in the Gulf on ​Monday as they wrestled for control over the Strait of Hormuz with duelling maritime blockades, shaking a fragile truce. The fresh volleys of missiles and drones came after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a new effort to ‌get stranded tankers and other ships through the strait,…

Earlier in the day, UAE authorities issued mobile phone alerts in Dubai and Abu Dhabi warning of the possibility of missile attacks. Three Indians were injured after a drone attack from Iran caused a fire to break out at a major UAE oil industry zone on Monday. The attack is the first time the calm in the…

BLAKE Lively and Justin Baldoni have agreed to settle in their two-year legal battle, just days before going to trial. The It Ends With Us actress has agreed on a deal with her co-star’s production company, Wayfarer Studios, as well as his PR company, amid claims of retaliation and breach of contract. According to TMZ, both sides…

THE Met Gala showcased a night of glamour and bold fashion choices as stars like Beyonce, Blake Lively, Kim Kardashian, and more walked the coveted red carpet. Fans were eager to see the A-list attendees’ lavish ensembles for this year’s dress code, Fashion Is Art, and the stars did not disappoint. One jaw-dropping look seen on the…

A significant fire erupted at Fosnaught’s Auto Parts scrapyard in North Canton, Ohio, prompting a swift response from multiple fire departments. A major fire broke out in North Canton, Ohio, on Monday, sending thick black smoke high into the sky and triggering a large-scale emergency response from multiple fire departments in the region. The blaze occurred at…

Two people were injured in a shooting near RiverCentre in Saint Paul, with victims suffering gunshot wounds to the face and leg. Police are investigating the incident, but no suspects or exact details about where it began have been confirmed yet. Gunfire broke out near Saint Paul RiverCentre in downtown Saint Paul on Monday evening, leaving two…

Britney Spears pleaded guilty through her lawyer Monday to a lesser charge that will allow her to avoid jail time after California prosecutors accused her of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The 44-year-old pop star, who recently completed a stint at a rehabilitation facility, didn’t appear in Ventura County court. But her lawyer, Michael…

Donald Trump once again loomed large over the European Union’s latest attempts to demonstrate unity, despite leaders not specifically mentioning the US president by name. Increasing US indifference to European security is “the elephant in the room”, French President Macron told the European Political Community (EPC) summit on Monday. Europe has an “over-reliance on the US security…

A blast at a fireworks factory in China’s Hunan province has killed 21 people and left 61 wounded, according to state media. The explosion at the Huasheng Fireworks plant happened at around 16:40 local time (08:40 GMT) on Monday, in the city of Liuyang, leading rescuers to evacuate everyone within a 3km (1.9mi) radius of the plant.…