Earlier the Carabinieri said the thieves had been demanding a 100-euro ($112) ransom to return the bag with the cellphone. Two plainclothes paramilitary police officers arrived at the scene of the meeting around 3 a.m. Two teenage Americans, who were staying in a luxury hotel and had plane tickets to leave on Friday night, were later arrested. The Carabinieri police corps did not immediately c... [Full Article...]
Apparently, Tinder , the popular dating app , will allow its LGBTQ + users to get a " Traveler's Alert " once they are in a place that does not have laws favourable to the community along with other features. According to the organization , there are 69 United Nations member states where same-gender sexual activity is criminalized in laws and two countries where criminalization is de facto. [Full Article...]
First, Johnson's election forced the British monarch to delay her summer vacation to Scotland. One Twitter user remarked: "I've been thinking about investing in a Dyson fan for ages but seeing that The Queen has one has basically convinced me to get one right now". [Full Article...]
The twin earthquakes struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday. An initial quake of magnitude 5.4 that struck the Batanes islands was followed shortly by an aftershock of magnitude 5.9, according to Philippine government data. [Full Article...]
The Supreme Court's ruling will allow the administration to build over 100 miles of Trump's border wall along the US southern border in Arizona , New Mexico , and California , which Bloomberg noted is Trump's "biggest step yet toward erecting his long-promised wall". [Full Article...]
According to federal prosecutors, Epstein "sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls" in NY and Florida between 2002 and 2005, maintaining a "network of minor victims" - some of whom were as young as fourteen years old. Epstein is accused of abusing dozens of underage teen girls. "He's a lot of fun to be with", he said. They say Epstein had an army of recruiters, often not mu... [Full Article...]
The Shahab-3 missile was launched in southern Iran on late Wednesday night and traveled about 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) to an area outside the capital, US officials told CNN and Fox News on late Thursday. Many in Washington want the United States to launch military strikes on Iran because they believe the prospect of a war that it would lose would force Iran into submission. [Full Article...]
Robert Jenrick is the new secretary of state for housing, communities and local government. Dominic Raab and Priti Patel return to government as foreign secretary and home secretary respectively. But he said it was a bold statement. Speaking after becoming the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson had also said that he is also an Indian son-in-law, which will help him to better the relations of Br... [Full Article...]