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By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) – Don Hankey, the billionaire businessman whose company Knight Specialty Insurance provided the $175 million bond that Donald Trump posted in his New York civil fraud case, told Reuters that the fee his firm charged the former U.S. President was low. Hankey, who backed Trump as […]

Come Monday, April 8, a wide swath of the United States will witness the celestial event of the decade when a total solar eclipse in Aries will momentarily blot out the sun and render the world in eerie shades of gray. Eclipses have long been associated with fate, reversals of fortune and points of no […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — State security services in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria said Friday that a drone attacked a military unit close to the border with Ukraine, causing minor damage to a radar station but no casualties. The incident occurred in the region of Rabnita, about 6 kilometers (about 4 miles) from the […]

A Columbia police officer has been suspended after a gun incident that injured his 4-year-old son, the department announced. Peter Tidot was arrested by the North Miami Beach Police Department earlier this week and is facing charges, including child neglect causing great bodily harm and culpable negligence. Tidot’s 4-year-old son was able to get a […]

House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were dealt their latest blow this week when the CIA informed them that an allegation they pushed was false, the latest example of House Republicans citing questionable information to make a serious claim. Without the evidence or the votes to impeach the president, at this […]

Barron Trump took centre stage at Mar-a-Lago as Right-wing commentators, businessmen and an MMA fighter gathered at the Florida resort. The 6ft 7in 18-year-old, the youngest son of former US president Donald Trump, wore a dark suit and blue tie as he towered over the guests. In one photograph, he is flanked by businessmen Patrick […]

Video above: Tampa police say woman posed as home-school student, molested boy she met online (previous report) TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman accused of posing as a homeschool teenager and molesting a boy she met online was charged with additional child sex crimes. Alyssa Zinger, 23, was arrested again on Thursday, according to Hillsborough […]

UN Secretary General António Guterres has called for a fundamental change in strategy by the Israeli military following the attack that killed seven international humanitarian aid workers in the Gaza Strip. He acknowledged that Israel had admitted its responsibility for the deaths and announced some disciplinary measures. “But the essential problem is not who made […]

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Colombia has asked the International Court of Justice to allow the country to intervene in South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip, the court said Friday. In its application, Colombia called on the court to ensure “the safety and, indeed, the very existence of the Palestinian people”. […]

Claim: Albert Einstein warned that the time would come when the very rich so controlled the means of communication that it would be almost impossible for ordinary people to make informed decisions. Rating: Rating: Mixture Context: Many social media posts have paraphrased what Einstein wrote in an essay that was published by the independent socialist […]

The prevailing story of a strong US economy hasn’t changed much in the past year as economic data has persistently topped Wall Street’s expectations. Friday’s March jobs report was more of the same. The economy added 303,000 jobs during the month, nearly 100,000 more than consensus expectations. The unemployment rate fell to 3.8%, hovering near […]