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It’s happening: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to direct the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water. The health secretary has been staunchly against fluoride since his own presidential campaign, claiming that it is “an industrial waste” linked to bone cancer and IQ loss, amongst other ailments. While Kennedy can’t directly…

Prince Harry is allegedly “not overly happy” with his wife, Meghan Markle, using their kids to promote her brand, As Ever. Matt Wilkinson, a royal editor at the Sun, claimed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are not aligned when it comes to sharing photos of their children, Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3, on social…

Michelle Williams called out a flight passenger for putting their “nasty” bare foot next to her first-class seat. The Destiny’s Child alum took to Instagram Saturday to share a photo of the foot peeking out in the corner of her chair. “I PROMISE YOU BETTA GETCHO FOOT FROM ME!!!! 🚨,” she captioned the photo. “Y’all this is…

SPOILER ALERT: The article contains major spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “White Lotus,” now streaming on Max. It’s time to check out of the White Lotus — but some guests are leaving in bodybags. The Season 3 finale of HBO’s “White Lotus” finally reveals what happened in the shootout heard in the premiere and the unlucky…

A second child has died from measles as an outbreak of the highly contagious virus continues to grow in western Texas. The school-aged child was not vaccinated, had no underlying health conditions and was in hospital suffering complications from measles, Aaron Davis, the vice-president of UMC Health System, told the BBC. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy…

Sam was lying in bed one morning when her tenant in a house she owned in Margate sent her a photo of a piece of graffiti that had appeared on the wall outside. Astonishingly, it looked like a Banksy. It would turn out to be perhaps the graffiti artist’s most interesting new artwork of recent years, Valentine’s Day…

Long, flowing wigs and weave extensions have dominated the catwalks of Ivory Coast’s massively popular beauty pageants for years. Contestants in the West African nation often spend a huge amount of money on their appearance, from outfits to hairdos – with very few choosing the natural look. In more than six decades, there have only been two…

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas’ still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who was not vaccinated and died from a measles-related illness. Kennedy said in a social media post that he was working to “control the outbreak”…

President Donald Trump said Sunday evening that he is not intentionally engineering the ongoing stock market sell-off, but said little to try and dissuade it. “I don’t want anything to go down, but sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday night when asked about the markets. The…

Tech mogul Elon Musk, a close adviser to President Donald Trump, on Saturday broke with Trump’s decision to impose expansive tariffs on most foreign countries, saying he hopes to see a “zero-tariff situation” between the United States and Europe. “I hope it is agreed that both Europe and the United States should move, ideally, in my view,…

U.S. customs agents began collecting President Donald Trump’s unilateral 10% tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners due to start next week. The initial 10% “baseline” tariff paid by U.S. importers took effect at U.S. seaports, airports and customs warehouses at 12:01 a.m. ET (0401…

David and Victoria Beckham were an elegant sight to behold as they held hands at the soccer star’s milestone birthday last Sunday night. The former England captain turned sports impresario actually turns 50 on May 2, but he started celebrating early — hiring out the swanky Cipriani Downtown Miami, a favorite of his and wife Victoria’s, to…

Tension among the royal family was especially high at King Charles III’s coronation in May 2023, lip reader Jeremy Freeman revealed. Prince Harry allegedly shared some harsh words about the royal family as he sat next to his cousin, Princess Eugenie’s husband Jack Brooksbank, according to Freeman. “I’m fed up with the way they treat me.” the…

The show “Under15” attracted criticism in South Korea for encouraging children aiming to be the next K-Pop prodigy to dress, sing and perform the provocative routines of established stars. K-pop groups, like the band BLACKPINK, generally begin performing at a young age.Image: Yonhap/picture allianceFacing fierce backlash for what critics condemned as the sexualization of children in their…

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has advised taking vitamin A to fight measles. A Texas hospital is now treating children with toxic levels of the supplement in their bodies. Covenant Children’s Hospital says it has treated several children suffering from hypervitaminosis A — or vitamin A toxicity Image: Mary Conlon/picture allianceWest Texas…

SYDNEY Sweeney stunned as she sported a tiny minidress while filming with supermodel Emily Ratajowski yesterday. The pair turned heads as they shot a promotional campaign for haircare brand Kerastase on the streets of New York City. Sydney Sweeney and Emily Ratajowski shot a promo campaign for a haircare brand yesterdayCredit: Getty White Lotus star Sydney looked…

The artist of the Donald Trump’s portrait in the Colorado Capitol Building is firing back at the president’s claims she distorted his image for political reasons … insisting she didn’t do that, and adding his comments have hurt her career. Sarah A. Boardman — the artist who painted the controversial portrait of the Commander-In-Chief — finally released…

The Israeli military originally claimed the vehicles did not have any headlights or emergency signals and were therefore targeted as they looked “suspicious”. IDF opens fire on Gaza paramedicsThe IDF has admitted to mistakenly identifying a convoy of aid workers as a threat – following the emergence of a video which proved their ambulances were clearly marked…

The “Hands Off!” protests were against the Trump administration’s handling of government downsizing, human rights and the economy, among other issues.   Thousands of people gathered in various cities across the US as protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk took place in all 50 states on Saturday. Around 1,200 demonstrations were planned in locations including Washington…

A new academic report warns human-human relationships could be about to suffer from the introduction of artificial intelligence and people becoming besotted by robots Akihiko Kondo married his virtual wife (Image: mainichi)People having relationships with robots could replace the need to find a human partner, scientists have warned. Psychologists say it is becoming increasingly commonplace for people…

Liking a co-worker’s photo on social media. Sending them direct messages. Checking in on Slack more often than before. Progressively interacting in this way with someone outside your relationship may be no big deal to you. To your significant other, however, it may be microcheating, which some people consider a form of infidelity because it can involve…

A social media influencer was jailed for almost three years for joking Jesus should get a haircut. The TikToker was found guilty of violating Indonesian blasphemy laws by spreading hate speech against Christianity, as well as disrupting “public order” and “religious harmony”. Ratu Thalisa, a transgender Muslim woman with nearly 450,000 followers on TikTok, was sentenced to…

Donald Trump on Thursday announced the tariff US will impose on the countries. While the move adds to economic burden of most of the countries, what caught the internet’s attention was America announcing a 10 per cent tariff on goods from uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica, which are home only to glaciers, penguins, and seals, in addition…

Concern is growing that some people who leave the US – even American citizens – won’t be allowed back in afterwards. The Trump administration has instituted a tough new regime which has led to some countries warning people to be cautious even if they’ve secured visas or green cards, Newsweek reported. Canadians are also being told to…

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States after he was accidentally sent to a notorious megajail in El Salvador. U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, Judge Paula Xinis ruled that the government must return Garcia by April 7 at 11:59 pm. Garcia, a protected legal…

Barack Obama is getting candid about his relationship with his wife Michelle Obama … and revealing some of their marital challenges. The former president was talking to students at Hamilton College on Thursday when he told the crowd he “was in a deep deficit with my wife” after 8 years in the White House. Barack added ……

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem made the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) take a lie detector test to confirm that he didn’t leak information from a private meeting. Cameron Hamilton, FEMA’s acting administrator, took the test on March 25—two weeks after meeting with Noem, who is known as “Ice Barbie” for…

COMEDIAN Russell Brand was yesterday charged with rape and sexual assaults against four women. Police posted sex assault charges to Brand at his Florida home — and he says he will return to the UK to face the claims. The comic, 49, is accused of rape, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1999-2005. The summons orders him…

  A deal to spin off the US assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated it would not approve the deal following President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Trump on Friday (Apr 4) extended by 75 days a deadline for ByteDance to sell US assets…

A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for an American academic under Thailand’s lese-majeste law that forbids insulting the monarchy. The army filed a complaint against Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in central Thailand, under lese-majeste and computer crime laws, according to his legal representation. Mr Chambers and his lawyer are due to report…

India is a cricket-crazy nation, and it seems the AI chatbot ChatGPT hasn’t missed that fact. So, when its founder Sam Altman fed it the prompt: “Sam Altman as a cricket player in anime style”, the bot seems to have immediately generated an image of Altman wielding a bat in a bright blue India jersey. Altman shared…

American companies looking to sell into the huge Chinese market have just taken a big hit. A 34% price increase on all US goods entering the country will knock some out of here altogether. This is especially bad for US agricultural producers. They already had 10 or 15% tariffs on their produce entering China, in response to…

India is in talks with the US for a multi-sectoral trade agreement after President Trump imposed a 27 per cent reciprocal tariff on Indian imports. New Delhi said on Thursday that talks with Washington were underway for a “mutually beneficial, multi-sectoral bilateral trade agreement”, while stressing that officials were “carefully examining” the implications of US President Donald…

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for European companies to suspend planned investment in the United States after U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs on American imports. “Investments to come or investments announced in recent weeks should be suspended until things are clarified with the United States,” Macron said during a meeting with French…

A 50% reciprocal trade tariff on Lesotho, the highest levy on U.S. President Donald Trump’s long list of target economies, will kill the tiny Southern African kingdom that Trump ridiculed last month, an economic analyst there said on Thursday. Lesotho, which Trump described in March as a country “nobody has ever heard of”, is one of the…

When the Labor Party’s Jerome Laxale won the Sydney seat of Bennelong from the Liberals at the 2022 election, votes from Chinese Australians angry about then-prime minister Scott Morrison’s spat with Beijing were instrumental in his victory. Now Laxale and other politicians are using social media including Xiaohongshu, a Chinese lifestyle app also called RedNote, and other…

A deadly spring storm killed at least seven people and spawned tornadoes and drenching thunderstorms in a swath of the U.S. stretching from Texas to Ohio for a second day on Thursday, raising the risk of flooding. The powerful system is expected to stall over the country’s midsection, the National Weather Service said, fueling further deluges and…

Drama is unfolding in David Beckham’s family, with 2 of his sons beefing over a woman — not in a jealous way, but more a question of her motives. Sources connected to the family tell TMZ … Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham are not on speaking terms because Romeo is dating Kim Turnbull. We’re told Kim had a…

Tom Cruise is honoring his former film nemesis with a touching gesture … pausing for a moment of silence to recognize Val Kilmer at CinemaCon. The movie star took the stage at the convention Thursday in Las Vegas and made sure to stop and honor his late “Top Gun” costar. After the moment of silence, Tom reportedly…

The announcement of US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs caused consternation across the European Union (EU). The bloc was hit with 20% tariffs. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday decried the White House announcement, warning that “the global economy will massively suffer.” ” All businesses – big and small – will suffer from day…

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has firmly dismissed the repeated calls by President Donald Trump and his administration for the United States to take control of Greenland. “This is not only about Greenland or Denmark, this is about the world order that we have built together across the Atlantic over generations,” Mette Frederiksen said from Greenland on…

AS tariffs threaten to drive up prices of international goods, one option has emerged to save on affordable products. Chinese brands will be heavily impacted by the tariffs. E-commerce retail brands from China like Shein and Temu are among those that will be affected by new tariffs. As these tariffs begin to affect the pricing of international…

South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment over his disastrous martial law declaration, voting unanimously to strip him of office for violating the constitution. Yoon, 64, was suspended by lawmakers over his December 3 attempt to subvert civilian rule, which saw armed soldiers deployed to parliament. He was also arrested on insurrection…

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has made repeated visits to the White House as he tries to persuade US President Donald Trump to settle a major antitrust case before it goes to trial on April 14, US media reported. The case against Meta was filed in 2020 by the Federal Trade Commission and seeks to prove that the…

Internet users and experts are accusing the Trump administration of using ChatGPT to determine the percentages in the tariff plan he presented during the “Make America Wealthy” event on Wednesday. The theory was first floated by Destiny, a popular political commentator. He accused the administration of using ChatGPT to calculate the tariffs the U.S. is charged by…

Stars like Jennifer Lopez, Uma Thurman and Kaia Gerber walked the red carpet at the opening night of Broadway’s ‘Good Night, and Good Luck,’ held at Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. See all the celebrity fashion below. Source : https://pagesix.com/2025/04/03/photos/good-night-and-good-luck-opening-night-on-broadway-draws-jennifer-lopez-uma-thurman-and-more-to-red-carpet/#7

April Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year. She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performance and burlesque artist has been approved for assisted dying under Canada’s increasingly liberal laws. Warning: This article contains details and descriptions some readers may find disturbing She is speaking to BBC News from…

The former president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, says his US visa has been revoked. Arias, a Nobel laureate, said he was informed of the decision weeks after he had publicly criticised Donald Trump, comparing the behaviour of the US president to that of a Roman emperor. The 84-year-old, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for…

Technology stocks plummeted Thursday for their worst session since the Covid pandemic after President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies sparked widespread market panic. Apple led the declines among the so-called “Magnificent Seven” group, dropping more than 9% for its worst drop since 2020. The iPhone maker makes its devices in China and other Asian countries. Suppliers such…

The White House pushed back on critics who have pointed out President Donald Trump conspicuously missed Russia from sweeping new round of global tariffs issued Wednesday. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Axios the omission was by design, explaining that existing sanctions against Moscow already “preclude any meaningful trade.” But that explanation raised more questions than…

Elon Musk is no stranger to a wild idea, but his latest remarks have sparked concern – as he thinks robots could soon outnumber humans. The billionaire, who is also the mastermind behind the Tesla Bot (AKA Optimus), took to X to share his thoughts on the direction in which the robot revolution could be heading, and…

A trio of secretive Russian satellites launched earlier this year has released a mysterious object into orbit, sparking interest among space trackers and analysts. The three satellites, designated Kosmos 2581, 2582 and 2583, launched on a Soyuz-2.1V rocket from Plesetsk cosmodrome early on Feb. 2 (GMT). Since then, the satellites, whose purpose is unknown, have displayed interesting…

It looks like someone finally turned in his homework on time. James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Water,” the third and only installment in the saga that hasn’t been plagued by endless release date delays, unveiled the very first trailer on Thursday afternoon at CinemaCon, the annual gathering of movie theater owners in Las Vegas. (To be fair, Cameron…

The latest round of new tariffs unleashed by Donald Trump will hit almost every industry across the globe, setting an unprecedented challenge for businesses already grappling with weak demand and inflationary pressures. Industry executives warn the biggest victim will be US consumers who will be paying more to buy everything from Adidas trainers to Modelo, the country’s…

As the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches, bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up. Amazon(AMZN.O), and, separately, a consortium led by OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely are the latest to throw their hats into the ring for TikTok. The site faces an April 5 deadline to reach a deal to find…

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose a 10% tariff on its ally was “not the act of a friend,” but ruled out reciprocal tariffs against the United States. In comments outside the White House, Trump singled out Australian beef, which saw a surge in exports to…

US President Donald Trump ignited a potentially ruinous trade war Wednesday as he slapped sweeping 10 percent tariffs on imports from around the world and harsh additional levies on key trading partners. Speaking in the White House Rose Garden against a backdrop of US flags, Trump unveiled particularly stinging tariffs on China and the European Union on…

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has triumphantly deemed Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs a “reordering of fair trade” as tensions with global allies reach a peak. Lutnick predicted countries will “stop picking on” the US after the European Union plotted its response to Trump’s fiery “Liberation Day” announcement. In an interview with CNBC, Lutnick said the tariffs would…

Polyakov set out from Kurma Dera Beach at about 1 AM on March 29, taking a boat with a coconut and a can of cola as “offerings for the Sentinelese”. A man from the United States was arrested in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly entering the restricted area of North Sentinel Island. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov,…

Val Kilmer’s health had seriously deteriorated near the end of his life … leaving him unable to get out of bed for years before his death, TMZ has learned. Family sources tell TMZ … Val had a lack of energy related to his cancer treatment — and, as a result, he was bed-bound for a long time.…

The emotional moment a woman who had a double hand transplant hugged her donor’s twin sister has been revealed in a newly released video. Corinne Hutton is seen holding hands with Deborah Gosling – who agreed for her sister Julie Wild’s limbs to be donated after she died from a sudden brain bleed in 2019. As they…

The beachside town of Balneario Camboriu, dubbed the “Dubai of Brazil” for having the country’s tallest buildings and most expensive real estate, is now taking aim at the title of world’s highest all-residential tower. The Senna Tower project, inspired by the late Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, is being developed by FG Empreendimentos and will include investments…

Jean-Claude Van Damme has been accused of having sex with multiple Romanian women he knew were trafficked. CNN affiliate Antena 3 reported Wednesday that a criminal complaint was filed with the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), alleging that the married martial artist-turned-actor, 64, engaged in sexual relations with five women trafficked by a…

An Indian court is due to hear a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s social media company X, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of misusing the law to censor content on its platform. Last month, X sued the government saying a new website – Sahyog – launched by the federal home ministry last year, was being used…

Donald Trump’s decision to impose new tariffs on all goods entering the US is a “major blow to the world economy”, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has said. Her comments echo those of a number of other countries, including China, which has expressed its opposition to the move and has warned it will take “resolute…

U.S. stock futures and the dollar tumbled on Wednesday after President Donald Trump unveiled “liberation day” tariffs that were larger than investors had expected. President Trump strode up to the lectern in the White House’s Rose Garden shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern time to the sound of trumpets and applause from the audience. The initial market reaction…

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered no new details Wednesday about his massive restructuring of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the day after thousands of layoffs ricocheted through its agencies, hollowing out entire offices around the country in some cases. Kennedy’s silence is prompting questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike, with a bipartisan…

Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s “The Doors” and starred as a tubercular Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles. His daughter Mercedes told The New York Times the cause was pneumonia. He was 65. He had been battling throat cancer for several years. Kilmer’s reps…

Which American cities are leading the way in fostering wellness for their residents? According to WalletHub’s annual “Healthiest & Unhealthiest Cities in America” report, San Francisco claims the top spot as the nation’s healthiest metropolitan area, followed by Honolulu and Seattle. The elaborate study examines factors ranging from healthcare access to green space availability to obesity rates.…

Nike (NKE.N), could soon face another blow in its effort to revive its brand and reverse a long decline in sales: U.S. tariffs on imports from Vietnam. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce which countries and products he will target with a new round of tariffs aimed at encouraging domestic production and coaxing…

Lionel Messi’s bodyguard Yassine Cheuko said he has been banned from protecting the Argentine forward from the touchline during Inter Miami matches. Cheuko gained widespread recognition after social media videos showed him closely watching the crowd to stop potential pitch invaders from harming the eight-times Ballon d’Or winner. “They don’t allow me to be on the field…

Thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest on Tuesday against a law that aims to ban the annual Pride march by LGBTQ+ groups, and which is seen by critics as part of a wider crackdown on democratic freedoms ahead of a 2026 parliamentary election. Right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who faces a strong challenge from a surging opposition…

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group’s (UNH.N), insurance division, in New York last year. In a statement, Mangione’s lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo called the decision to seek the death penalty “barbaric.” “While claiming…

Here’s an embarrassing history lesson for Rep. Lauren Boebert … as she tries to grill director Oliver Stone about something President Trump’s ally Roger Stone actually did! The Congresswoman from Colorado made the mix-up Tuesday during a congressional hearing about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination — confusing Oliver’s Oscar winning film “JFK” with Roger’s theory on the…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday there will be no “eye for an eye” approach as the country braces for new US import tariffs kicking in this week. The leader of the United States’ biggest trading partner spoke on the eve of President Donald Trump’s expected announcement of “reciprocal” tariffs, with 25 percent levies on imported cars…

Jason Kelce and his wife, Kylie, are officially parents to four girls! Kylie announced the birth of their fourth child, a baby girl named Finnley “Finn” Anne Kelce, on Instagram Tuesday night with a sweet carousel of her newborn, including one precious snap of Jason cradling her in his arms. Finn was born on March 30, the…

Conservative TV company Newsmax has seen its stock market valuation surge by more than 2,200% since its debut in New York on Monday. The US firm’s shares, which were originally priced at $10 (£7.75) each, stood at $233 at the end of Tuesday’s trading session. That means it has a market value of almost $30bn, which surpasses…

As the call to prayer rang out in Sagaing last Friday, hundreds of Muslims hurried to the five mosques in the city in central Myanmar. They were eager to hold their last Friday prayers for Ramadan, just days away from the festive period of Eid that would mark the end of the holy month. Then, at 12:51…

Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan have been confirmed as part of the all-star line-up who will play members of the Beatles in four major new films about the band. Normal People and Gladiator II actor Mescal will portray Sir Paul McCartney, while Saltburn star Keoghan will step into Ringo Starr’s shoes. The acting supergroup will also feature…

Another 23 female potential victims have reported that they may have been raped by Zhenhao Zou – the Chinese PhD student detectives believe may be one of the country’s most prolific sex offenders. The Metropolitan Police launched an international appeal after Zou, 28, was convicted of drugging and raping 10 women following a trial at the Inner…

Virginia Giuffre has said she is “overwhelmed with gratitude” for the support she received after saying she had days to live. The woman – who accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault – said in a post on Instagram on Monday she was told she had “four days to live” after her vehicle was hit by a school…

Prosecutors are being urged to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting the chief executive of a major healthcare company last year. In February, Mangione pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder following the killing of 50-year-old Brian Thompson outside a midtown Manhattan hotel in New York in December. Mr…

French hotel group Accor SA has warned that forward bookings from Europe to the US are down 25% this summer as travelers that feel put off by US President Donald Trump’s ’s crackdown on immigration divert to other locations. The company is seeing a “pretty strong deceleration” across the Atlantic, Chief Executive Officer Sébastien Bazin said on…

Thousands of people took to the streets in Budapest on Tuesday night to protest against a recently adopted bill aimed at banning the annual Pride march. The legislation is the latest in a series of measures under Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, which critics say curtail the rights of the EU country’s LGBTQ community. The adopted…

Conservative media outlet Newsmax Inc. is having a meme-stock moment, with shares surging 1,160% since its debut as a public company on Monday. The stock opened up another 51% at $125.98 apiece on Tuesday, building on a 735% surge in its debut session which saw the shares halted multiple times. The gains give the company a market…

Sweden has announced a £7.7million plan to modernise its civil defence bunkers after warning Swedes to prepare for the risk of war. The Scandinavian country which shares a border with Russia has 64,000 such bunkers. Space is said to be sufficient enough for seven million people, almost three quarters of Sweden’s 10.5 million population. The country’s Civil…

Germany has launched its first deployment abroad since World War II. The country’s parliament said troops will be sent to eastern Lithuania, which is NATO’s eastern flank. The unit is to be fully operational by 2027. It will be the first time German troops have been serving abroad permanently since the Second World War. Brigadier General Christoph…

A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North and South poles. Chun Wang, a Chinese-born entrepreneur, hurtled into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket steered southward over the Atlantic, putting the space tourists…

A Maryland man with protected legal status was sent to the notorious prison in El Salvador following an “administrative error,” a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official admitted in a sworn declaration on Monday. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia who has a U.S. citizen wife and 5-year-old child is currently at CECOT, the notorious prison in El…