6 hours ago By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News Twitter/@VenteVenezuela Milciades Ávila was arrested at a house he was staying at on Wednesday morning The head of security of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been detained, members of their party say. The security chief, Milciades Ávila, was taken away from the house where he was staying […]
Special Counsel Jack Smith formally filed notice on Wednesday that he will appeal a Florida judge’s decision to dismiss the 40-count mishandling of classified documents and obstruction case against former president Donald Trump. The appeal, laying out Smith’s argument for why the case should not be dismissed, is expected to land in coming weeks in […]
Russia and China swarmed X and other social media platforms hours after the shooting at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pa., seizing on the most prominent assassination attempt of the internet era to stoke disorder, in part by blaming President Biden and other Democrats for the violence. “Biden calls Trump ‘threat to the nation,’ […]
There has been outrage in Italy after a female tourist in Florence was pictured miming a lewd act on a statue of the Roman god Bacchus. In the photos – which were shared online by the social media account Welcome To Florence – the woman can also be seen kissing the life-size statue at nighttime. […]
The White House is seen in the early morning before Inauguration Day ceremonies on Jan. 20, 2021. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP John Adams called the vice presidency “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.” Another vice president, John Nance Garner, was […]
UK inflation held steady at the Bank of England’s target of 2% in June, with the cost of living at the lowest level in nearly three years. Prices rose at 2% in the year to June, unchanged from May and partly driven by hotel prices going up, according to the latest official figures. Some experts […]
For King Charles III it will be a moment steeped in tradition and ceremony. He’ll arrive at the Houses of Parliament from his gilded horse-drawn carriage, don his crown and sit on the throne. From there he will read out the speech prepared for him by his new government listing all of the legislation it […]
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First, he sank to the ground, grimacing. Play continued for a few seconds and then came the communal gasp. Lionel Messi was down. And Lionel Messi is not a player who goes down for nothing. Argentina’s playmaker and talisman clutched his right ankle. He had fallen on his own, with no obvious kick to point […]
When it’s sweltering outside, it’s hard to ignore my living room’s heat zone. My WiFi router feels so hot to the touch that I worry it’s dangerous. My TV set, streaming TV gadget and work laptop emit noticeable heat, too. This heat isn’t just unpleasant. It’s wasted energy. When your electronics spit out heat, imagine […]