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World-famous Christmas singer-songwriter dies at 74

Chris Rea, the singer and songwriter best known for the hit “Driving Home for Christmas,” has died at 74, his family said Monday. Rea died in the hospital following a short illness, according to a statement from his family to Britain’s Press Association news agency. Rea found fame in the… Read More

Wild elephants killed in brutal high-speed train crash

Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India’s northeastern state of Assam early Saturday, local authorities said. The train driver spotted the herd of about 100 elephants and used the emergency brakes, but… Read More

Russian general mysteriously murdered deep inside Moscow

A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in a year. Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from his injuries,… Read More

Third Venezuelan shadow fleet tanker pursued by U.S. forces

The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a third oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as part of President Donald Trump’s blockade of Venezuelan oil operations, officials confirmed late Sunday. “The United States Coast Guard is in active pursuit of a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal… Read More

American hip hop star sentenced to European jail for… what!?

American rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced by a court in Romania on Thursday to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year after he took part in a music festival in the Eastern European country. Khalifa was stopped by Romanian police in July 2024 after allegedly smoking… Read More

Tennis star smacked with 20-year suspension for what!?

The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Thursday French tennis player Quentin Folliot has been suspended for 20 years and fined $70,000 for match-fixing. The ITIA said Folliot has also been ordered to repay “corrupt payments” totaling more than $44,000 for “committing 27 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).” Folliot’s… Read More

President Trump makes sudden military move (biggest ever?)

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s dictator Nicolas Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country. Trump’s escalation comes after U.S. forces last week… Read More

U.S. to seize more illegal Iranian shadow fleet tankers

The United States seized a massive oil tanker this week off the coast of Venezuela that has been a key part of Iran’s illegal shadow fleet for years — and Trump administration officials say it’s just the beginning of an aggressive crackdown on vessels illegally transporting sanctioned oil. U.S. special… Read More