Buenos Aires: Argentine police on Friday arrested one of the two men accused of supplying drugs to British singer Liam Payne before he fell to his death from the third floor of his hotel room in Buenos Aires. Braian Paiz, who is accused of having supplied cocaine to Payne, is one of five defendants indicted in…
London: A senior British government minister on Friday criticised Elon Musk’s latest intervention in the country’s politics as “misjudged and certainly misinformed”. The tech billionaire accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer a day earlier of failing to bring “rape gangs” to justice when he was director of public prosecutions. In a string of posts on his X…
Washington: A U.S. Army veteran who flew a black Islamic State flag on a truck that he rammed into New Year’s revelers in New Orleans shows how the extremist group still retains the ability to inspire violence despite suffering years of losses to a U.S.-led military coalition. At the height of its power from 2014-2017,…
US President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced in the hush money case on January 10, days before his planned return to the White House, a New York judge ruled on Saturday. In an 18-page decision, Judge Juan Merchant said that a conditional discharge would be imposed on Mr Trump – meaning the case would be…
In a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, an orca who made headlines in 2018 after it carried her dead calf for more than two weeks, has once again lost her baby, according to a report in The Guardian. The mother whale, known as J35 aka Tahlequah, was seen with the new calf on December 20 but on Wednesday…
Paris: French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo is set to publish a special God-mocking edition next week to mark 10 years since an attack on its offices by jihadist gunmen that left eight staff members dead. The anniversary of the shocking attack on freedom of expression is being used by the atheist publication to send a…
Seoul: South Korean investigators called off their attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence Friday over a failed martial law bid, citing safety concerns after a standoff with his security team. Yoon, who has already been suspended from duty by lawmakers, would become the first sitting president in South Korean history…
San Francisco: Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing its digital assistant Siri of listening in on users’ private conversations. The proposed settlement detailed in a court filing accessed on Thursday came with Apple holding firm that it did nothing wrong. “Apple has at all times denied and continues to deny…
China is witnessing a surge in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases, sparking concerns of another health crisis after COVID-19 pandemic. Reports and social media posts show overcrowded hospitals, with some users also suggesting the presence of multiple viruses such as HMPV, influenza A, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and even COVID-19. HMPV causes flu-like symptoms and can lead to…
Astana: Azerbaijani and US officials believe a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the deadly crash of an Azerbaijani passenger jet, media reports and a US official said Thursday, as the Kremlin cautioned against “hypotheses” over the disaster. The Azerbaijan Airlines jet crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau, an oil and gas hub, on Wednesday after…