The Justice Department inadvertently named Julian Assange in a court filing in an unrelated case that suggests prosecutors have prepared charges against the WikiLeaks founder under seal. Assange’s name appears twice in an August court filing from a federal prosecutor in Virginia, who was attempting to keep sealed a separate… Read More
Brexit in jeopardy? British PM appeals to voters
British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed directly to voters to back her Brexit plan Friday as she braced for a potential leadership challenge from rivals within her party. May answered questions from callers on a radio phone-in, the day after she vowed to stay in office and see through Britain’s… Read More
Prince Charles rings in his 70th birthday with a big celebration
Prince Charles turns 70 Wednesday and is still heir to the throne — a role he has served since he was a young child. According to reports, the Prince of Wales will celebrate his birthday on Wednesday evening with the Queen’s reception and dinner in the State Rooms of Buckingham… Read More
Man seeks to have his legal age changed to 20 years younger
Self-styled positivity guru Emile Ratelband thinks age is just a number. And his is a number the Dutchman wants changed. The 69-year-old TV personality has asked a court in the Netherlands to approve his request for a new birthday that officially would make him 49. Ratelband says his legal appeal… Read More
North Korea cancels nuclear talks with Mike Pompeo
South Korea’s foreign minister said Thursday that U.S. officials told Seoul that it was North Korea that canceled nuclear talks this week between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior North Korean official. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha provided no reason, aside from “busy schedules,” for why North Korea… Read More
Flooding and storms kill 12 people in Sicily
Storm-related floods killed at least 12 people in Sicily, Italian authorities said Sunday, including nine members of two families who were spending a long weekend together when water and mud from a swollen river overran their rented villa. After surveying the stricken Mediterranean island by helicopter, Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte… Read More
WINNING! Trump boots out Boston Marathon bomber pal
Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you! President Donald Trump’s immigration office says a college friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been deported to his native Kazakhstan after he was convicted of concealing evidence in the case. How to restore your memory in… Read More
Island bans sun screen in effort to save coral reefs
In an attempt to protect the coral reefs that divers so admire they have dubbed them the underwater Serengeti, the Pacific nation of Palau will soon ban many types of sunscreen. President Tommy Remengesau Jr. last week signed legislation that bans “reef-toxic” sunscreen from 2020. Banned sunscreens will be confiscated… Read More
Chilling video shows moments before plane crashed with 189 on board
Like untold numbers of spontaneously shot smartphone videos, Paul Ferdinand Ayorbaba’s most recent was not a work of art, full of the backs of heads and the constant bobbing and disorientating pans and zooms that are a signature of mass digital culture. But its mundane details have been transformed by… Read More
Airplane crashes into sea with 189 on board, survivors unlikely
A Lion Air plane crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Monday, likely killing all 189 people on board. The accident was a blow to the country’s aviation safety record after the lifting of bans on its airlines by the European Union and U.S…. Read More
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