BUCHAREST, Romania – Britain’s Prince Charles is visiting Transylvania, the wooded region in northwest Romania where he owns several properties. Charles met President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest in Bucharest on Sunday before traveling to the remote village of Valea Zalanului where he owns a country retreat. Iohannis and Charles discussed …
Read More »UN chief uses 65th anniversary of UN Palestinian refugee agency to appeal for new peace talks
UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used the 65th anniversary of the United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees to appeal for an immediate resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and an end to unilateral actions “that erode trust.” Ban told a U.N. conference Tuesday marking the anniversary of the U.N. …
Read More »Veteran police officer, 61, retires to focus on frisky online modeling career
A 61-year-old Canadian woman, who ditched her job in law enforcement to become a bikini and OnlyFans model, said she is raking in nearly $2,000 a week and has built a massive following online. “I was very good at my job as a cop,” said social media influencer and model …
Read More »Browns' Myles Garrett sets off alarms as he finds himself with Steelers helmet again
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett appeared to scare Pittsburgh Steelers players on Sunday as he ended up with a black and gold helmet in his hands after a play. As the Steelers tried to get a first down, Garrett got in on the run. When he got back up, …
Read More »NFL legend Barry Sanders pushes back on Tom Brady's critical assessment of league
NFL legend Barry Sanders pushed back on Tom Brady’s assessment of today’s football. The former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers star quarterback made a harsh assessment of the NFL on a podcast earlier in the week, saying there was a lot of “mediocrity” in the league. Sanders, a …
Read More »Hamas terrorists use Israeli hostage release in game of psychological warfare
JERUSALEM – On Sunday evening, when Israeli newscasters announced that 4-year-old Avigail Idan was among the third batch of hostages being released by Hamas from Gaza, it seemed as if the entire Jewish state breathed a collective sigh of relief. The curly-haired toddler, an American citizen whose parents were both …
Read More »Israel-Hamas war: Names revealed of latest Israeli hostages released amid extended cease-fire
Israeli forces and Hamas held another round of prisoner exchanges Tuesday as both sides entered the fifth day of a cease-fire. Ten Israeli hostages – including nine women and a 17-year-old girl – as well as two Thai nationals were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza and transported …
Read More »North Korea closes additional embassies amid suspected financial issues
North Korea is closing more embassies in Africa and South Asia — the latest in a string of diplomatic missions to be recently shuttered. The dictatorship’s embassies in Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected to cease operations, according to reports. These follow last week’s close of …
Read More »New Dutch parliament sworn in following right-wing firebrand Wilders' stunning electoral win
A new lower house of the Dutch parliament was sworn in Wednesday, two weeks after the far-right party of lawmaker Geert Wilders won a general election in a seismic shift that reverberated through Europe. While the newly configured Second Chamber is now installed, talks to form a new ruling coalition …
Read More »Philippines accuses China of blasting navy supply boat with water cannon
A Chinese coast guard ship blasted a Philippines navy-operated supply boat with a water cannon and harassed the vessel in the contested South China Sea for the second day in a row on Sunday, the head of the Philippine military said. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said he was aboard the …
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