Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi told House lawmakers on Friday that convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell should “die in prison” as questions continue over the handling of files linked to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Bondi made the remarks during a four-hour transcribed interview before the House Oversight Committee, which is currently investigating the Department of […]
Western Europe reeled under an unseasonal heatwave on Tuesday as record-breaking temperatures swept across the continent.A “heat dome” carrying warm air from northern Africa and trapped under a high-pressure system over western Europe pushed temperatures far above normal May averages, according to weather agencies. In France, at least seven people died directly or indirectly due […]
A growing number of immigrants in US are abandoning their legal cases and choosing to leave the country, many while held in detention centres. This comes as voluntary departures are on a surge under Trump administration.Court data obtained by the Vera Institute of Justice shows that immigration judges issued more than 80,000 “voluntary departure” orders […]
New Yorkers are being warned they could be opening “Pandora’s box” as the state moves towards legalizing physician-assisted suicide this summer, with Canada’s experience as a cautionary tale.Debbie Fisher, a 71-year-old from Ontario, said her elderly mother narrowly avoided being euthanised after making a single remark in hospital. Her mother, 93-year-old Rita Busby, had been […]
Donald Trump (File photo) US president Donald Trump on Tuesday gave a stark warning to Iran as his ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz, saying “whole civilisation will die tonight”.“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that […]
Two firefighters were killed in a head-on crash in Pennsylvania on Monday while searching for a missing woman, officials said.Fire Chief Jeff Buck and Assistant Fire Chief Robert Shick Jr of the Walnuttown Fire Company were travelling north in a utility vehicle along Route 222 on Saturday around 6 pm when they were struck by […]
An elderly couple from Maryland who had been married for 70 years died holding hands after a car crash that left both critically injured.90-year-old Kenneth Oland and his wife, 88-year-old Marilyn Oland, were involved in a two-vehicle crash on February 24 near US Route 15 and Hessong Bridge Road in Frederick County, Maryland. Authorities said […]
Irish rock band U2 has released a surprise six-track EP titled Days of Ash, with its opening song “American Obituary” serving as a tribute to Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis mother of three who was fatally shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent last month.The EP, released on Ash Wednesday, marks the […]
An Indian-origin man in Melbourne reported racist, hateful notes scattered across the front yard of his Epping home when he was cleaning his car. ‘Go back to India’, ‘Die Nazi’ — the notes read. The man who did not want to disclose hi name posted the photos of the racist notes on a local Facebook […]
