Dominican authorities on Friday ordered the arrest of a Dominican soldier accused of raping a 14-year-old Haitian girl while searching for immigrants in the country illegally near the upscale resort town of Punta Cana. The soldier, identified as Paulino de la Cruz, is one of 15 members of the Dominican …
The jury consists of seven men and five women, mostly employed in white-collar professions (File) The jury for Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was completed on Friday, clearing the way for prosecutors and defense attorneys to make opening statements next week in a case stemming from hush money paid to …
The US will vote against a UN Security Council resolution later on Thursday that would grant a Palestinian state full UN membership, killing a move proposed by Algeria. “The United States is voting no on this proposed security council resolution,” state department spokesperson Vedant Patel said, adding that Washington saw …
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mysterious wreckages photographed in Iraq have given the clearest indication yet of how Israel might have launched its counterstrike against Iran. The pictures, scoured by military analysts and open-source intelligence …
The late Queen Elizabeth II’s first cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, has accrued an estimated net worth of £32million, according to Yahoo Finance, despite being a non-working royal and staying relatively under-the-radar in the UK. Prince Michael of Kent was born on July 4, 1942, to Prince George and Princess …
On Friday, UGI Corporation (NYSE:) came into the spotlight following a report that Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is evaluating the purchase of a stake in its subsidiary, AmeriGas. The Bloomberg article that sparked the discussion was published earlier in the day, suggesting that ADNOC’s investment could value the …
Back when mortgage rates and home prices were more reasonable and manageable, homeowners invested in fixer-upper properties and made them their own. Now these types of projects aren’t as popular. But in the early-to-mid-2010s, HGTV shows including Fixer Upper, Love It or List It, and Flip It to Win It …
Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman had to apologise to Romesh Ranganathan, who is taking over her BBC Radio 2 show after the star decided to leave the station, for a very bizarre reason. While sending the comedian and TV star her best wishes live on BBC One, Claudia admitted …
Ford has confirmed price cuts for most 2024 F-150 Lightning grades, and has started shipping trucks from its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center manufacturing facility near Detroit to dealerships. The biggest price cut goes to the Flash Extended Range, which now starts at $70,090 with the mandatory $2,095 destination charge. That’s …
This Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday of 4/20. The prevailing explanation for the origin of 4/20 is that it started in the 1970s with a group of friends in California who called themselves ‘the Waldos.’ Today, recreational marijuana is legal in 24 states, and 14 more states allow it …
Since Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel last week, Benjamin Netanyahu has faced the highest-stakes decision of his career: how to respond to Tehran’s first direct strike on Israel without sparking an all-out war between the Middle East’s two most powerful militaries. On Friday, the result …
The shocking development came shortly after jury selection for Trump trial was completed (File) A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was taking place, witnesses said. A witness on the scene said he first heard the man throwing …