PoliticsHuffPostPence Berates DOJ For Indicting Trump Over Handling Of Top-Secret Documents
The former vice president appeared at a North Carolina Republican Party convention just hours before his coup-attempting ex-boss was set to speak.
NewsAFP News'Unabomber,' whose attacks terrorized US, dies in prison
Ted Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber," who terrorized Americans from 1978 to 1995 with his sporadic, anonymous bombing campaign, has died in prison, US authorities said.Upon reading it, his estranged brother David thought he might know the author, and alerted to FBI to his suspicions that Ted Kaczynski might be the man they were looking for.
NewsHuffPost'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski Found Dead In Prison Cell
Kaczynski set off 16 bombs that killed three people and injured 23 others in various parts of the country between 1978 and 1995. He was arrested in 1996.
NewsHuffPostSergeant, 5 Officers Broke Department Policy In Fatal 2022 Shooting: LAPD Chief
The officers opened fire last year on an armed man who refused to follow officers' commands, killing him.
NewsHuffPostMan Who Told Jurors He Had 'Fun' At Capitol Riot Is Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison
Markus Maly testified at his trial that the Capitol riot was "fun" for him. He's been sentenced to six years in prison for attacking police.
NewsAFP NewsZelensky says counteroffensive 'taking place' as Trudeau visits Kyiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that counteroffensive action was underway as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Kyiv and accused Russia over flooding from the breached Kakhovka dam.Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the dam, while Moscow says Kyiv fired on it.
NewsAFP NewsMexican and Russian oil shipments ease Cuban fuel crisis
With oil tankers docking from Mexico and Russia in recent days, Cuba could see its severe fuel shortage ease for the near future.It only produces a third of the fuel it needs each day, while residents navigate blackouts and food shortages.
PoliticsHuffPostGeorge Conway Breaks Down 'Powerful' Evidence In Unsealed Trump Indictment
"You could just take one-tenth of this and you have a case that’s airtight," said Conway, a conservative attorney and longtime Trump critic, of the indictment.
NewsAFP NewsRow erupts in Germany over restitution of Benin bronzes
In a move that many hailed as a salve for the historic wounds between Europe and Africa, Germany last December returned 22 artefacts, looted during the colonial era, to what is now Nigeria.Saxony's Grassi museum was among five museums that handed over the 22 bronzes in December and other museums in the state still hold 262 pieces.
HealthHuffPostMy Partner Helped Me Survive A Mystery Disease. I Had No Idea What He Was Secretly Dealing With.
“It would be months before I knew the truth of what Andy actually went through during my nights of life-threatening fevers."
BusinessReutersNigeria regulator says local Binance operations 'illegal'
Nigeria's markets regulator has ordered the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to halt its operations in the country, saying a local unit that courted Nigerian investors through a website was illegal. "Binance Nigeria Limited is hereby directed to immediately stop soliciting Nigerian investors in any form whatsoever," the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a statement dated June 9. Binance could not be immediately reached for comment.
NewsAFP NewsUkraine coal propped up by miners who fled Russian occupation
Ukraine's energy sector is under attack. The mines are run by DTEK, Ukraine's biggest private power industry player owned by Donetsk-born billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, reputedly Ukraine's richest man.
NewsAFP NewsThe 40-day Colombian jungle search for four missing children
For 40 days after their plane crashed, four Indigenous children were lost in the Colombian Amazon rainforest.- Doomed flight - On the morning of May 1, a Cessna 206 plane run by Avianline Charters left a jungle area known as Araracuara to head for San Jose del Guaviare, one of the main towns in the Colombian Amazon.
SportAFP NewsUK hobbyist stuns maths world with 'amazing' new shapes
David Smith, a retired print technician from the north of England, was pursuing his hobby of looking for interesting shapes when he stumbled onto one unlike any other in November. He said that Smith, a retired print technician who lives in Yorkshire's East Riding, emailed him "out of the blue" in November.
NewsAFP NewsUK politics reels from shock of ex-PM Johnson's departure
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson's angry departure from parliament over Covid lockdown-breaking parties sparked fevered speculation Saturday over his and the current government's future, with allies and enemies trading barbs.- 'Good riddance' - Johnson loyalist Nadine Dorries also quit as an MP, meaning current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whom Johnson partly blames for his downfall, faces two by-elections as his party languishes in the polls.
NewsAFP NewsTaiwan's armed forces hold coastal drills
Patrol boats circled and officers descended by rope from a helicopter during a staged hostage crisis in the southern city of Kaohsiung, as Taiwan's armed forces held drills on Saturday.Smaller patrol boats surrounded the ship while a helicopter hovered overhead.
PoliticsHuffPostGOP Governor Grills Republican Candidates Over Not Campaigning Off Trump Indictment
"You almost look like you're defending him at this point," New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said of Trump's rivals for the presidential nomination.
NewsAFP NewsWomen rule on the Greek island of Karpathos
"Here it is women who command!" In contrast to most of patriarchal Greece, the women of Olympos play a commanding role in village life.
NewsAFP NewsOn Lampedusa, Red Cross takes over grim migrant hub
The reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa is for many migrants their first taste of Europe after crossing the Mediterranean Sea, and for those arriving, it is a grim, desperate place. On June 1, the government brought in the Italian Red Cross, which has vowed to provide a more dignified welcome to the tens of thousands who arrive each year from North Africa, hoping for a new life in Europe.
NewsAFP NewsFrench court sentences man to 18 years for burning alive pregnant teenager
A court in France sentenced a man to 18 years in prison on Friday for stabbing and then burning alive his 15-year-old girlfriend.Shaina's murder was particularly shocking, not only because of her young age, but also because two years earlier she had been the victim of sexual assault, for which four other young people were given suspended sentences ranging from six months to two years in prison.
NewsAFP NewsChildren lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive
The four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest after a small plane crash have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday.Petro had announced that the children had been found alive 17 days after they disappeared, but retracted the announcement a day later, saying he had been given false information.
PoliticsAFP NewsHow Trump indictment could impact White House race
The latest twist in Donald Trump's attritional war with US law enforcement, as with so much else in the former president's story, throws the United States into unprecedented territory.The figures are 28 percent and 42 percent respectively among Republicans -- a gap that suggests Trump's latest scandal could mark a turning point in his primary campaign.
PoliticsHuffPostDeSantis Opts Not To Take On Trump Over Secret Documents Indictment
Trump’s closest GOP rival never mentioned the coup-attempting former president by name but suggested the prosecution against him was politically motivated.
NewsHuffPostWhat Happened To Natalee Holloway? Federal Case Begins Against Joran Van Der Sloot.
Holloway’s parents said they hope the extortion case will finally lead to answers in the 18-year-old's 2005 disappearance.
NewsHuffPostA 24-Year-Old Gay Woman Was Fatally Shot In What Her Family Calls A Hate Crime
Akira Ross was shot and killed on the second day of Pride month at a Circle K in Cedar Park, a suburb of Austin, Texas.
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