Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel‘s chimney on the first day of the papal conclave, signalling that no new pope had been chosen. The smoke indicated an unsuccessful first ballot by the cardinals gathered in Vatican City to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church.The smoke rose at 9 pm, local time on […]
US vice president JD Vanceon Wednesday said Russia was “asking for too much” in return for ending its 38-month invasion of Ukraine, in one of the Trump administration’s strongest rebukes of Moscow to date.His remarks came during a side event hosted by organisers of theMunich Security Conference. “I wouldn’t say the Russians are uninterested in […]
Donald Trump says India and Pakistan should stop now. US President Donald TrumpWednesday said he wants to see India and Pakistan stop the ongoing tension. “It’s so terrible. My position is that I get along with both. I know both very well and I want to see them work it out.I want to see them […]
Barack Obama told Michelle she’s up next after her mother passed away in 2024. Michelle Obamahas revealed a strange comment that her husband former president Barack Obama made when she lost her mother. “Well, you’re next up,” Barack told Michelle jokingly. “I was like, ‘I’m not really ready to be next up,’ ” Michelle Obama […]
Representative Photo (Photo: AP) ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA: An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter. The attack happened Tuesday afternoon near the mouth of Tiger Creek into Lake Kissimmee, south of Orlando, the Florida Fish and Wildlife […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) Six Bulgarians, members of a sophisticated spy network dubbed “The Minions”, were before court Wednesday for sentencing, facing up to 14 years in prison for spying for Russia.The four men and two women either pled guilty or had been convicted of charges of conspiracy to spy at Russia’s behest with their sentences […]
FBI staff calls Kash Patel-nightclub claims false, says he sees Patel every day at the FBI office. FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson slammed former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi for claiming that Kash Patel is seen more at night clubs than in the office, and said Figliuzzi has made up everything he said. The comment came at […]
Starting Wednesday, Americans will need a REAL ID or another federally accepted form of identification to board domestic flights or enter certain federal buildings. The REAL ID programme has affected millions of travellers. According to the DHS website, “Beginning May 7, 2025 every state and territory resident will need to present a REAL ID-compliant license/ID, […]
Kash Patel announces Operation Restore Justice under which over 200 child sex predators have been arrested. FBI director Kash Patel Wednesday announced US administration’s Operation Restore Justice in which over 200 alleged child sex predators were arrested in the last week. “For the last week, the FBI and DOJ have been quietly surging operations across […]
VATICAN CITY: With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history. Two by two, the cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel chanting the meditative “Litany […]
