The Pentagon on Friday released an initial group of previously secret files documenting reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) — a move sought for decades by some. “These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation — and it’s time the American people see it fo
‘GROSS NEGLIGENCE?’ Despite a spleen typically being significantly smaller than a liver, the surgeon said he believed Bryan’s spleen was ‘double the size of what is normal’
A Florida surgeon who is facing criminal charges after allegedly removing a patient’s liver instead of his spleen has said he is “forever traumatized” by that person’s death. In a deposition from November last year that was recently obtained by NBC, 44-year-old Thomas Shaknovsky described the death
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was to arrive in the Spanish island of Tenerife yesterday to help coordinate the evacuation of passengers hit by the hantavirus, the Spanish Ministry of Health sources said. Ghebreyesus would accompany Spain’s health and interior ministers to a command
A flurry of new schemes to launch Europe-based social networks faces a steep, rocky road to seduce users away from US and Asian giants in the sector. Founders nevertheless see opportunity in the disillusionment and distrust of major platforms that have spiked alongside transatlantic tensions under U
Pope Leo XIV, left, holds a pizza as he poses for a photograph with a man while traveling in the popemobile in Naples, Italy, on Friday, the first anniversary of his election.
SHAKY CEASEFIRE: US President Donald Trump played down an exchange of fire between Iran and the US Navy, calling the retaliatory strikes ‘just a love tap’
The Iran war’s shaky ceasefire was further strained yesterday as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) responded to a missile and drone attack hours after the US said it thwarted attacks on three US Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and retaliated against Iranian military facilities.There were no immediat
Former Chinese ministers of national defense Wei Fenghe(魏鳳和) and Li Shangfu (李尚福) were both sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over graft charges, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday, underscoring the severity of the purge in the military.The armed forces have been one of the main
Japan yesterday confirmed the first fatal bear attack of the year after a record 13 deaths last year, with reports pointing to a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation.A spate of bear encounters including at hot spring resorts and in supermarkets last year sparked alarm, wit
MOLOTOV COCKTAILS: Mohamed Soliman, 46, also faces federal hate crime charges in Colorado, for which the Egyptian could be sentenced to death
A man who launched a Molotov cocktail attack on Jewish protesters in Colorado last year that killed one person and injured more than a dozen others was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday, US media said.Mohamed Soliman, a 46-year-old Egyptian, admitted a raft of charges, including first degre
A cross-party delegation of British lawmakers is to visit China this month for the first time since 2019, two sources familiar with the preparations said, in a sign of warming ties since a visit in January by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.The five-day trip by 12 Labour and Conservative lawmake
An Australian mother and daughter “kept a female slave” after traveling to Syria in 2014 to support the Islamic State (ISIS) group, police said yesterday as the pair faced charges in Melbourne.The women returned to Australia on Thursday after years spent in a Syrian detention camp, where they were s
A member of a veterans’ association stands with a wreath of flowers as he prepares to lay it at the Arc de Triomphe for a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, which commemorates the end of the World War II in Europe, in Paris yesterday.
‘EYE FOR AN EYE’: A Ukrainian officer said Russian infantry raids continued on the front lines, and as Moscow did not comply with Kyiv’s ceasefire, his unit responded ‘in kind’
The Russian Ministry of Defense yesterday said that its forces had destroyed 347 Ukrainian drones overnight, days before Moscow holds World War II commemorations and amid competing calls from both sides for a temporary ceasefire.The drone strikes came a day after Russia warned in a note to foreign d
By miming children juggling ammunition found on the ground or driven mad by fear, four acrobats hope to express what is too painful for words: how their native Burkina Faso’s conflict has ruined countless childhoods.Titled Souffle (Breath), the Dafra Cirque’s latest performance “is about life ... an
The Philippine Coast Guard yesterday said it deployed aircraft to issue radio warnings to a Chinese research ship in a disputed area of the South China Sea “swarming” with vessels from Beijing’s so-called maritime militia.The research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 33 (向陽紅33), which is capable of supporting
New Zealand is open to expanding its frigate fleet beyond its current two vessels, with New Zealand Minister of Defence Chris Penk saying “no options are off the table” as the government weighs buying new warships from Japan or the UK.The government yesterday said it is looking to replace its two ag
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele yesterday lost power in a no-confidence vote in the South Pacific nation’s parliament, ending months of political uncertainty.Parliament was adjourned to allow the governor-general to make arrangements for the election of a new prime minister.Ahead of t
MAJOR ELECTORAL TEST: Starmer, one of the most unpopular prime ministers ever, has failed to deliver on his promise to spur economic growth, an academic said
British polling stations opened yesterday in local elections set to heap more pressure on beleaguered British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and showcase the rise of hard-right and left-wing populists.Polls opened at 7am across Scotland, England and Wales in the ballot that is Starmer’s biggest elector
A US federal judge on Wednesday released a document described as a suicide note purportedly written by the late Jeffrey Epstein and including the line: “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.”Epstein, the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker, was found dead in his Ma
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