US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 200% tariff on any wine or spirits coming from the EU to the US if the EU does not lift its tariffs on American whiskey. This comes after the EU said it would impose a tax on US-made whiskey as part of its counter-tariffs in response…
Police in Switzerland made several arrests after reports of a man taking his own life using a so-called suicide pod, apparently the first of its kind. Police in the Schaffhausen region said they had arrested several people on suspicion of aiding and abetting suicide after someone was reported to have died using a pod made…
Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as the 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka. After counting the preferential votes, the Election Commission announced that Anura Kumara Dissanayake got 5,740,179 votes and the percentage is 42.31%. His opponent, Sajith Premadasa secured 4,530,902 votes which is 32.76%. Ranil Wickramasinghe, who came in third place, got 2,299,767 votes…
After Typhoon Yagi, a bridge collapsed in North Vietnam and 10 cars and 2 scooters rolled into the Red River, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phok said. Mr. Ho said that at least 03 people have been rescued so far and 13 people are missing after the collapse of the Phong Chau bridge in Phu…
Canadian and American investigators have arrested a man accused of trying to enter the United States illegally to carry out a terrorist attack against Jewish communities in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State group. 20-year-old Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, aka Shahzeb Jadoon, was detained Wednesday in Ormstown, Quebec, 12 miles from the US…
After former US President Donald Trump opened fire at a rally in Pennsylvania, he walked off stage in an assassination attempt. Trump had just begun addressing his supporters in Butler, Pennsylvania, when the shooting began.Trump had multiple blasts as he talked about his successor, President Joe Biden, and his administration. Several supporters behind Trump, holding…
Local authorities said that 71 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on a humanitarian area targeting senior leaders of Hamas. According to the statement of the Ministry of Health, more than 289 people were injured. The attack reportedly took place in Al-Mawazi area near Khan Yunis, which the Israeli army has designated as a…
Singer Justin Timberlake was arrested in New York for driving under the influence, local authorities said. The pop star was arrested and formally charged Tuesday morning, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Timberlake, 43, was in Sag Harbor, an affluent village in the Hamptons, a popular summer destination for celebrities on…
North Korea sent about 3,500 balloons of various sizes across the border between May 28 and June 2, Vice Minister of National Security Kim Kang Il said in a statement carried by the North’s state media. South Korean officials say about 260 balloons floated across the border in one day when the balloon business began….
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others were killed Monday morning after their helicopter crashed in dense fog in a mountainous area in the country’s northwest, state media reported. It was initially reported that the helicopter carrying the men and their entourage made a hard landing in foggy conditions. The crash site…