Romanian prosecutors on Friday indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on charges of trafficking minors, sex with a minor, and money laundering. Tate, 39, and his brother Tristan Tate, 38, were first arrested in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, in late 2022. Tristan is indicted with complicity in the case, according to DIICOT, Romania’s anti-organized crime agency….
31m ago Trump posts AI-generated video he says shows Kharg Island attack President Trump shared an AI-generated video on his Truth Social platform late Sunday depicting what he said was Iran’s strategic oil hub of Kharg Island under attack. “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!” Mr. Trump wrote in his post accompanying the video….
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the country’s authorities had opened an investigation and were looking into possible official “negligence” after a Russian drone strike on a warehouse near Kyiv triggered a large detonation and killed at least 27 people. “There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential…
A wildfire that sparked near Ross in Palo Pinto County on Monday afternoon has grown to at least 50,000 acres and was 12% contained as of Tuesday, forcing evacuations in neighboring Jack County and affecting local schools, officials in North Texas said. How big is the Ross Fire and where is it burning? The Ross…
The rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl in Nepal has sparked widespread outrage and protests in the Himalayan country, with activists and politicians demanding tougher laws on rape, including calls for the death penalty to be imposed for the crime. The little girl went missing from her home in Bara, about 80 miles south…
A tornado tore through a village in southwestern France on Monday, injuring 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes, authorities said. French authorities had placed swaths of the country’s southwest on orange alert for storms, and numerous areas were hit with power outages and the disruption of transportation. In the Aude region, officials canceled the…
A fast-growing wildfire spread from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno early Sunday, forcing nearly 14,000 homes to be evacuated. The “GO NOW” zone reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus as the Hawk Fire grew to more than 10,500 acres. As of Sunday morning, it was 0% contained. Smoke rises…
President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. will waive higher tariffs on ground beef imports, a bid to lower prices for consumers who are facing historically high beef costs. Mr. Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef into the country for the next 90…
The national debt topped $40 trillion, according to Treasury Department data released on Wednesday, representing a fiscal milestone that underscores the federal government’s mounting borrowing and interest costs. The Treasury Department’s daily financial report shows that the nation’s debt reached $40.05 trillion on August 18, more than double its level in 2017. The federal debt has…
Rep. Byron Donalds won the Republican primary for governor and former Rep. David Jolly won the Democratic primary, The Associated Press projects, setting up the general election match to control the nation’s third-largest state. Donalds defeated several primary challengers, including far-right online provocateur James Fishback. Fishback had garnered attention during the campaign for his support…
