The FBI said on Tuesday it thwarted a planned attack on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts event on the White House lawn on the weekend, taking five people into custody, according to court documents. The plot involved using explosive-laden drones to strike the north side of the White House with the aim […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Vietnam seized more than 400 cats in a major bust of a cat meat crime ring in Ho Chi Minh City, according to animal welfare groups and local media reports. More than 40 of the rescued cats were reunited with their owners following the multiday operation last week, but around 100 have died […]
Continue ReadingA large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine has killed five rescuers in Kharkiv and left at least 20 people injured in the capital Kyiv. Strikes set apartment buildings ablaze and sparked a fire at one of the country’s most significant religious landmarks. Officials said substantial damage was caused to the Unesco-listed Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, or Monastery of […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump has said a deal to end the nearly four-month war with Iran “is now complete”, with the Strait of Hormuz oil and gas shipping route to be reopened. The US president wrote on his Truth Social platform: “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. “Congratulations to all! “I hereby […]
Continue ReadingPolice have said there “must be no repeat of the disorder” seen in Glasgow earlier in the week, ahead of an anti-racism demonstration in the city on Saturday. Large numbers are expected at the protest, which has been organised by Stand Up To Racism Scotland in response to events in the city on Tuesday. Two […]
Continue ReadingOpenAI is planning to launch its shares on the US stock market, hot on the heels of rival AI giant Anthropic as the industry’s race to go public enters full swing. The company behind the chatbot ChatGPT announced that it had filed paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an expected initial public […]
Continue ReadingIran has said its attacks on Israel have been halted after the two sides exchanged fire for the first time since the April truce, threatening to plunge the Middle East back into full-scale war. Earlier, Donald Trump, whose call for restraint from Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu in response to the Iranian strikes appeared to have been […]
Continue ReadingPope Leo XIV acknowledged as he headed to Spain that he is competing with another VIP in Madrid this weekend – Puerto Rican sensation Bad Bunny is performing two shows of his 10-concert Spanish tour in the capital. Speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane, Leo acknowledged the Bad Bunny draw when he referred to […]
Continue ReadingAstronauts aboard the International Space Station were ordered by NASA to shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for potential evacuation on Friday as a Russian crew attempts to fix a worsening leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said. The four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-12 mission on the station – two […]
Continue ReadingMore than 100,000 live cockroaches which are illegal to keep in Australia have been confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates, officials said. The haul of Madagascar hissing cockroaches and dubia cockroaches, worth 200,000 Australian dollars (£106,000), was seized in May from a commercial breeder in the city of […]
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