Eight people were found guilty by a court in Paris on Friday in connection with a brazen robbery against Kim Kardashian nearly a decade ago. Ms. Kardashian, 44, a reality TV star and entrepreneur, was gagged, bound with zip ties and robbed at gunpoint of jewelry worth millions of dollars at a luxury residence she […]
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Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater says all workers are safe and have been provided with food as they await rescue. Rescue efforts were under way in South Africa on Friday as more than 200 miners were trapped at a gold mine for a second day. Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday that the miners were trapped after
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The US will cut exports to Sudan and lines of government credit after determining banned weapons were used in the conflict between government forces and the RSF. The United States will impose sanctions on Sudan after determining that the country’s military used chemical weapons last year while fighting against paramilitary forces. “The United States calls
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Newspaper headlines: ‘Chagos surrender’ and ‘Shipshape Kate’ BBC UK signs Chagos deal with Mauritius to seal future of US-UK air base Reuters UK plan to transfer Chagos Islands goes ahead despite last-minute legal injunction CNN UK signs £3.4bn deal to cede sovereignty over Chagos Islands to Mauritius The Guardian The U.K. hands Chagos Islands over to Mauritius but says
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US president says system will shield country from missile threats, including from space. US President Donald Trump announces his latest defence plan: The Golden Dome. Estimated at a cost of $175bn, it is designed to shoot down advanced missiles headed towards the United States. Using both ground and space to detect incoming projectiles, it will
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says move is response to university’s refusal to comply with Trump demands. US President Donald Trump’s administration has blocked Harvard University’s ability to enrol international students, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In a post on X on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Trump administration was
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Ukraine fired hundreds of exploding drones at Russia beginning on Tuesday night and continuing into Thursday morning, in one of the largest attacks in more than three years of war, Russian authorities said. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 485 drones were shot down, 63 of them over the Moscow region. In total, 10
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Decision comes after two British nationals born on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the archipelago, claimed the islands should remain under UK control. A British High Court judge has temporarily blocked the government from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The last-minute injunction on Thursday morning came hours before the agreement was
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London CNN — Britain’s government has been temporarily blocked from concluding its deal to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, PA Media reported, after an 11th-hour injunction by a High Court judge. Prime Minister Keir Starmer intends to return the islands to the African country, while maintaining control of the US-UK Diego Garcia military base,
The UK pauses trade talks as the EU threatens to review ties with Israel. Israel is facing condemnation from some of its strongest allies over its increasing aggression in Gaza. The UK is cancelling new trade talks and the EU is reviewing old agreements, while both are imposing sanctions on Israeli settlers in the occupied
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