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Summary: U.S. skiing champion Lindsey Vonn, 41, was transported by helicopter from Cortina d’Ampezzo to Ca’ Foncello Hospital in Treviso after a violent crash 13 seconds into the Olympic downhill race. A source close to the matter said she underwent two operations aimed at stabilising a fractured left leg and minimising complications related to swe…
A federal grand jury has indicted 33-year-old Shannon Mathre of Toledo for allegedly threatening to kill U.S. Vice President JD Vance during a January visit to the Ohio region. Arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents, Mathre also faces separate charges after investigators say they found multiple files of child sexual abuse material while probing the…
A lawsuit filed in federal court in Texas asserts that an 18-month-old girl detained at the Dilley, Texas immigration facility was returned to custody after a life-threatening hospitalization and had prescribed respiratory medications and nutritional supplements confiscated. The family was later released after filing the suit. The complaint also ra…
Survivors of a February 3 shipwreck off the Greek island of Chios dispute the coastguard's assertion that their inflatable vessel struck a patrol boat after evasive maneuvers. Fifteen Afghan migrants died in the incident, while about two dozen people, including 11 minors, were rescued. Witness statements from survivors describe no prior warnings an…
International prosecutors at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on Monday urged judges to convict former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders of war crimes and hand down a 45-year prison term. The charges concern alleged persecution, murder, torture and enforced disappearances during and sh…
Russian forces launched a large overnight barrage of missiles and drones across Ukraine that Ukrainian officials say killed at least four civilians, including a mother and her 10-year-old son in Bohodukhiv, and left tens of thousands without power following damage to a high-voltage substation. Regional officials reported further casualties and dama…
Italy's Alpine rescue service has issued an urgent warning following 11 avalanche-related deaths over seven days, the latest being a 70-year-old hiker found dead in Veneto. With fresh snow resting on older unstable layers, rescues say avalanches can be triggered by the movement of a single skier and advise careful route planning, carrying standard …
Emails contained in a newly released batch of documents indicate that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor forwarded official British trade reports to Jeffrey Epstein in 2010 after receiving them in his capacity as a government trade envoy. The disclosure has renewed scrutiny of the former royal, prompted police reviews and intensified a political controvers…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia remains willing to cooperate with the United States but does not expect a promising future for bilateral economic relations, citing what he described as U.S. ambitions for "economic dominance" and obstacles to BRICS integration. He said Moscow will pursue alternative, protected channels for financi…
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decisive victory in Japan’s lower house has diminished domestic resistance to a tougher security agenda. With 352 of 465 seats, her government is poised to accelerate defence spending, loosen arms-export restrictions and pursue a new national security strategy, steps that have provoked strong rebukes and economic cou…
Iranian authorities have arrested several senior figures affiliated with the Reform Front, including Azar Mansouri, the secretary-general of the Islamic Iran Nation’s Union Party, as part of a wider wave of detentions and intimidation following large-scale unrest last month. State-linked media and the judiciary’s outlet have reported indictments of…
Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media entrepreneur and prominent critic of Beijing, received a 20-year prison sentence on Monday under the city’s national security law. The punishment is the harshest available under the legislation that followed the 2019 protests. Lai’s career as a self-made businessman turned media proprietor, his role funding and suppor…
Bhumjaithai secured a commanding lead in last weekend’s Thai general election, winning roughly 192 of 500 parliamentary seats from nearly 95% of polling stations and displacing expected favourites. While the party falls short of an outright majority, its seat haul gives leader Anutin Charnvirakul considerable bargaining power to assemble a governme…
China's highest court has annulled a death sentence handed to Canadian national Robert Schellenberg on drug-related charges and ordered the case returned to a provincial high court for retrial, his Beijing-based lawyer said. The development arrives amid a recent thaw in Canada-China relations following a four-day visit to China by Canadian Prime Mi…
Brenton Tarrant, the Australian-born perpetrator of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, has asked New Zealand's appellate court to set aside the guilty pleas he entered a year after the attacks. Appearing by video link, Tarrant told the court that harsh prison conditions damaged his mental health and rendered him incapable of making rational, v…
On Feb. 9, Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai received a combined 20-year prison sentence on three national security-related charges: two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials. The ruling prompted sharp condemnation from press freedom advocates, human rights groups and supporters, who desc…
Thailand’s political landscape shifted after the Bhumjaithai Party, led by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, secured a larger-than-anticipated result in a recent general election. With most votes counted, Bhumjaithai emerged well ahead of rivals and is preparing to begin coalition discussions. Voters also supported a proposal to replace the post-…
Bad Bunny converted the Super Bowl halftime stage at Levi's Stadium into an extended tribute to Puerto Rico, moving through scenes of everyday island life and performing a sequence of his and reggaeton classics. The set featured a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga, a salute from reggaeton pioneer Daddy Yankee and a guest turn from Ricky Martin. The …
Bangladesh goes to the polls in an election shift that has seen the long-ruling Awami League sidelined and opposition forces, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami and a new Gen‑Z‑led grouping, contesting a highly consequential vote. Analysts say a clear outcome is essential to restore stability after months…
Pro-Palestine demonstrators intend to rally in central Sydney to protest Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit, prompting authorities to declare the trip a major event and deploy about 3,000 police. Disagreement over the permitted protest location, the authorisation of rarely used policing powers and legal challenges by activist groups have height…
Hong Kong media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai is due to be sentenced following convictions under the national security law. Convicted in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and publishing seditious materials, Lai — who has been detained since August 2020 — faces a possible sentence ranging from a decade to life in prison. International f…
U.S. President Donald Trump did not attend the Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots in Santa Clara but issued a presidential message wishing both teams well and celebrating the game as a national tradition. He reiterated that the Super Bowl reflects American passion and perseverance, expressed displeasure about certain p…
Sinisa Karan, aligned with Bosnian Serb separatist figure Milorad Dodik, declared victory in a partial rerun of the presidential election in the Serb Republic after a November vote was annulled for irregularities. The repeat ballot covered a limited electorate of 85,000 voters across 136 polling stations. Karan's opponent conceded but accused the r…
Under clear skies at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on Feb. 8, fans arrived hours before kickoff for Super Bowl LX, where the Seattle Seahawks will face the New England Patriots. Both teams entered the season as extreme long shots yet find themselves in the NFL title game. The Seahawks arrive favored by 4-1/2 points, while the Patriots pursue a reco…
Exit polls released on Feb 8 in Lisbon show moderate Socialist Antonio José Seguro leading decisively in Portugal's presidential runoff, with forecasts placing him between 67% and 73% of the vote. His opponent, far-right challenger André Ventura, is projected at 27% to 33%, a stronger performance than the 22.8% achieved last year by his Chega party…
