ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — The undercover agents ducked into a squat brick house in a residential neighborhood. The building — secretly rented by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration — was now the headquarters of what had become one of Latin America’s most important drug-trafficking investigations. It was not going well. The handful of American and Paraguayan […]
MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump’s speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee began and ultimately ended with what were perfunctory calls for national unity. But the indisputable theme of the night was Trump himself — his recent brush with death, his family, his legal battles and his dark, aggressive vision for a second […]
23 minutes ago By Alex Moss, Tom Ingall, BBC News Double decker bus set on fire amid disorder in Harehills, Leeds. A large number of police have been deployed to Harehills in Leeds after disorder broke out in the area on Thursday. A police car was flipped over and a bus set alight during what West Yorkshire Police […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Anne Boden, the founder of Starling Bank, has stepped down from the board to pursue a venture in artificial intelligence. Boden, who founded the digital bank in 2014, now dedicates her efforts to […]
Happy Wednesday! Is it hot enough for you? Send news tips to: [email protected]. What Musk’s Trump support means for X and the election. Four years ago, then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were summoned to a barrage of congressional hearings to testify on their platforms’ handling of the […]
Omani authorities say nine members of a 16-strong Indian and Sri Lankan crew have been rescued, after going missing when their oil tanker capsized off the coast of Oman on Monday. One other has been found dead. The Indian Navy announced that eight Indians and one Sri Lankan from the Prestige Falcon had been found […]
A large dinosaur’s skeleton has fetched $44.6m (£34m) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York City – the most ever paid for a fossil. The plant-eating stegosaurus – nicknamed Apex – is 11ft (3.4m) tall and 27ft long from nose to tail, and “ranks high among the most complete skeletons ever found”, Sotheby’s said. It […]
1 hour ago By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News, @nicktriggle • Jim Reed, Health reporter, BBC News PA The failures and weaknesses in the UK’s pandemic preparations are expected to be laid out in the first report published by the Covid inquiry. Baroness Hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime. Her report will […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. DWS, a top fund company in Europe, has launched a new stablecoin as it is set to unveil Germany’s first legal cryptocurrency next year. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Stefan Hoops, shared the […]
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. […]