Before venturing into Gaza as an aid worker, Lalzawmi (Zomi) Frankcom, 43, who was born to an Australian father and an Indian mother, said her purpose was to “provide relief and warm food” to those affected by the conflict in the Palestinian enclave, her family members have recalled. Lalzawmi’s mission, …
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Lord Jacob Rothschild, a financier and member of the Rothschild banking family, has died at the age of 87, his family announced on Monday, according to media reports. The British peer, who was also well-known in the arts and chaired the National Heritage Memorial Fund, started his career in the …
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Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira has died in a Ukrainian prison, his family said on Friday. Lira, 55 at the time of his death, lived in Kharkov and blogged as ‘CoachRedPill,’ but switched to YouTube commentary after the conflict with Russia escalated in February 2022. He was arrested by the Security Service …
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Republican lawmakers announced on Thursday that they would probe whether US President Joe Biden had been “swayed by foreign dollars or influence” through his son, Hunter Biden. President Biden met with more than a dozen of Hunter’s foreign associates, including the executive of a Ukrainian energy firm that employed the …
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia has sent condolences to the mother and to the wife of the late Shinzo Abe, a former prime minister of Japan, who was killed by a gunman on Friday. Putin’s message called Abe “an exceptional statesman, who … did a lot for good neighborly relations” …
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North Korea’s (DPRK) nuclear missile program remains a major headache for the United States, and much of the wider world. Its development would not have been possible, however, without Pyongyang’s access to Soviet technology, specifically nuclear-capable hardware that remained in Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR. This article delves into …
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Canada has joined the US in personalising punishments against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, by imposing new sanctions on President Vladimir Putin’s immediate family members Ottawa’s latest sanctions target 14 individuals connected to the “Russian regime,” including Katerina and Maria, the president’s adult daughters. Both women are in their 30s and …
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The US State Department on Tuesday announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrests of Christy Kinahan and his sons Daniel Kinahan and Christopher Kinahan Jr. The trio are accused of conspiring to participate in “transnational organized crime,” including drug and arms trafficking, murder, and money laundering. …
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The brother of convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell said he and the rest of the family fear for her safety after suspected Jeffrey Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel was found dead in his jail cell in France on Saturday. Following news of Brunel’s death, Ian Maxwell told the New York …
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President Joe Biden has doubled down on earlier reports that Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi detonated a suicide device as US forces closed in on him, killing several family members in the process. However, other accounts blame the US for civilian deaths. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi …
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