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According to attorneys for influencer Andrew Tate, a Romanian court on Friday prolonged his and his brother Tristan's arrest, meaning they will stay in police custody until the 27th of February. Allegations of rape and human trafficking have been made against the brothers, who are the subject of an investigation. Authorities in Romania have said that search warrants were executed at a total of five residences and that a total of four individuals, two Romanians and two Britons, were taken into

Six new offshore wind farms on the Crown Estate are expected to generate $1 billion in earnings, and King Charles has requested that these funds be used for the "wider public benefit" as opposed to the Royal Family. The public financing for the Royal Household is based on 25% of Crown Estate earnings. However, King Charles wishes to lower this proportion so that the Treasury has more funds available for public expenditure. In his Christmas message, the King discussed the strains of rising liv

Charges of involuntary manslaughter may be brought against actor Alec Baldwin for shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a movie set with a toy gun. In October 2021, Mr. Baldwin was preparing a scene for the Western film Rust on a ranch outside of Sante Fe, New Mexico. Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the movie's armorer, will also be charged. Attorneys for both sides said that they intended to challenge the accusations in court. District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies of Santa Fe made

On Thursday, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said that the world would end if the West tried to attack Russia, while a Putin loyalist warned NATO that a Russian triumph in Ukraine may trigger a nuclear confrontation. Such apocalyptic rhetoric is intended to deter the NATO military alliance, which is headed by the United States, from becoming further involved in the war on the eve of a summit of Ukraine's allies to discuss giving Kyiv more weapons. The unambiguous acknowledgment that Ru

Authorities reported that the search and rescue effort in the wreckage of the apartment building hit by a Russian missile on Saturday in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro has been finished. Oleksiy Arestovych, a presidential adviser for Ukraine, has submitted his resignation in response to criticism of remarks he made that implied Ukraine had shot down the Russian missile that attacked the Dnipro building. According to the Ukrainian air force, a Russian Kh-22 missile that Kyiv cannot shoot down str

Iran's judiciary reports that a man who decapitated his 17-year-old wife has been given an eight-year jail sentence. Following the so-called "honor killing" last year, pictures of Sajjad Heydari carrying Mona's severed head in Ahvaz sparked fury among the public. According to a judicial spokeswoman, Mona's parents "pardoned" him for the murder rather than pursuing retaliation, which is why the punishment was so lenient. Her father had earlier claimed that he had not authorized the assassinati

Zelensky declared in a recent statement that the Dnipro rescue operation had been concluded and that 79 individuals had been hurt or injured as a result of a Russian strike. He also said that there were 45 Ukrainians on the list of the deceased, including six children, one of whom was just 11 months old, and that children and civilians are Russia's adversaries. He continued by saying that this was only possible because Russia has turned into the enemy of all humanity. He also thanked everyone

On January 12 and 13, gunmen reportedly kidnapped 50 women in the Soum area of northern Burkina Faso, according to the official report. The ladies were abducted by armed men while collecting wild fruit west of the town of Aribinda, some 15 kilometers (9.32 miles) from the hamlet of Liki. Lieutenant-Colonel Rodolphe Sorgho, the governor of the Sahel area, stated in a statement on Monday that attempts to locate all of these innocent victims safely and unharmed "were begun as soon as their absenc

Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary-General of NATO, applauded recent Western allies' agreements to provide Ukraine with heavy weapons and predicted that further deliveries would come "shortly." The commander of the transatlantic military alliance made the remarks on Sunday, one day after a slew of Russian assaults throughout Ukraine once again targeted vital infrastructure and claimed at least 30 lives when a residential building in the east-central city of Dnipro was struck. A day after the rema

As additional victims are discovered in the wreckage of one of the bloodiest assaults since Russia's invasion of Ukraine got underway 11 months ago, the death toll from a catastrophic missile strike in Dnipro has increased. On Monday, locals came to witness cranes take apart the Soviet-style apartment complex that had been blasted apart by the strike in central Ukraine two days before. Emergency services in Ukraine said that 34 people were still missing and that 40 individuals, including three

A last series of storms has reached California, delivering additional rain and snow to a state that is already in mourning after the deaths of at least 19 people who were caused by the weather. In some regions of the state, precipitation in the form of rain and snow was forecasted for Monday night and into early Tuesday morning. Despite forecasts calling for an improvement in the weather this week, several locations remain in danger of flooding and landslides. In recent weeks, storms have pum

On Sunday morning, a passenger plane crashed in Nepal, killing at least 66 people. The plane was traveling from Kathmandu, the nation's capital, to Pokhara when it crashed. Pokhara, a thriving tourism attraction, is situated 200 kilometers (124 miles) west of Kathmandu. According to airline spokeswoman Sudarshan Bartaula, there were four employees among the 72 passengers that boarded the twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines. According to a Nepal police spokesperson, 6