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Top New York lawmaker confesses Thursday to $1,300 theft

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded not guilty to charges in the U.S. on Wednesday, and he saw his troubles only grow from there. On Thursday, Santos signed an agreement with public prosecutors in Brazil to avoid prosecution for forging two stolen checks in 2008. Sponsored: Can marijuana help with pain?… Read More

Pope joins Italy’s conservative PM for this message

Pope Francis joined Italy’s conservative premier on Friday in encouraging Italians to have more children, denouncing the financial precariousness facing young couples and “selfish, egotistical” choices that have led to a record low birth rate that is threatening the country’s economic future. Francis urged concrete political action to invert the… Read More

Zelenskyy barred from addressing ‘nonpolitical’ Eurovision

This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest will have Ukrainian flags, Ukrainian musicians and Ukrainian fans — but not the country’s wartime leader. Organizers say they rejected a request from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a video address to the final of t he pan-continental music competition on Saturday. He was expected… Read More

[Watch] Insane scenes from U.S.-Mexico border

Shocking and sickening video has emerged from the U.S.-Mexico border as thousands — perhaps tens of thousands — of illegal immigrants surged across the border after President Joe Biden let Title 42 expire on Thursday. With a midnight deadline looming, illegal immigrants in Mexico shed clothing before descending a steep… Read More

Topless protester briefly disrupts VW annual meeting

Volkswagen’s annual shareholder meeting was briefly disrupted Wednesday by protests over the company’s factory in China’s Xinjiang province, with a shouting, topless activist interrupting the speech by CEO Oliver Blume before she was hustled away by security personnel. Additionally a cake-like object was thrown during a speech by board chairman… Read More

U.K. baby is born with the DNA of three people

Britain’s fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the U.K.’s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people, an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority said fewer than five babies have been born this way… Read More

UK tabloid admits to data hacking against the prince

The publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mirror has acknowledged and apologized for unlawfully gathering information about Prince Harry in its reporting, and said it warrants compensation, at the outset of the prince’s first phone hacking trial Wednesday. The admission was made in court filings outlining Mirror Group Newspapers’ defense…. Read More

Ukraine, Sudan conflicts fuel alarming surge in tuberculosis

Top U.N. officials, health industry leaders and activists demanded Monday that the world invest more to develop new vaccines and tackle a surge in tuberculosis fueled by the impact of COVID-19 and conflicts including Ukraine and Sudan. At a crowded meeting punctuated by activists chanting “End TB Now,” there were… Read More

Bitter Vlad Putin at Russia’s ‘Victory Day’ celebrations

President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that the West has unleashed “a real war” against Russia, reprising a familiar refrain at an embarrassingly small Victory Day celebrations that may reflect the massive toll the Ukraine conflict is taking on his forces. Putin’s remarks came just hours after Moscow fired its latest… Read More