TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during live stream in Mexico
Valeria Marquez was addressing her TikTok followers in a livestream from her beauty salon in Zapopan, Mexico, when someone arrived at her door to deliver a small parcel. “He’s a…
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Inside the Bayesian’s final moments: extreme winds sank superyacht, interim report finds
Sudden, hurricane-force winds toppled the luxury Bayesian superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily last August, according to an interim report into the disaster, which found the boat had…
At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old insurgency
Indian police have killed 31 suspected Maoist rebels in what is being described as the “biggest ever operation” against the long-running insurgency. Security forces spent 21 days attempting to capture…
More than 1,000 US kids were named ‘King’ last year. But in New Zealand, that name is banned
It seems some parents in New Zealand just can’t get the message. Once again, King has topped the list of baby names rejected by the country’s Registrar General. The royal…
US YouTuber MrBeast sparks controversy by filming at Mexico’s archaeological sites
Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is at the center of another controversy, and this time it directly involves Mexico. MrBeast, who is by far the YouTuber with the most…
Severe wildfires in Russia’s Siberia region rage through 600,000 hectares of forest
Severe wildfires raging in a Siberian region of Russia have engulfed more than 600,000 hectares of forest, local authorities have warned. In the Eastern Siberian territory of Zabaykalsky Krai, a…
Trump’s embrace of Syria and its jihadist-turned-president could shake up the Middle East
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his head. Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, once…
Russia and Ukraine are due to meet – but who’ll show up? Here’s what we know
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky might meet Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday – if the Russian leader decides to show up for a summit that he himself suggested.…
Toddler held in US after parents’ deportation has been returned to Venezuela
A Venezuelan toddler who had been kept in US government custody after her parents were deported has been returned to Venezuela. Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal arrived at the Simón Bolívar…
Daughter of crypto boss escapes Paris kidnap attempt in latest in series of attacks
Armed assailants tried to kidnap the daughter and grandson of a French cryptocurrency boss in Paris, police said, in a brazen daytime attack that was caught on camera. Tuesday morning’s…