Killing of Gambino underboss gave the mob something it did not want — attention
When word got out that a Gambino gangster had been shot dead outside his New York City home, Mayor Bill de Blasio reacted with surprise. «We thought those days were…
Read more Killing of Gambino underboss gave the mob something it did not want — attentionRare first-edition copy of U.S. Constitution up for auction
An official first printing of the U.S. Constitution is set to go up for auction next month, New York-based auction house Sotheby’s announced Tuesday. The historic document will be put…
Read more Rare first-edition copy of U.S. Constitution up for auctionEU proposes new law to combat ‘gag orders’ against journalists and activists
The European Commission has presented a draft law to curb the rise of «gagging procedures» on journalists and human rights activists. The new legislation will help prevent governments or businesses…
Read more EU proposes new law to combat ‘gag orders’ against journalists and activistsMyanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five more years in prison for corruption
Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption. Suu Kyi was found guilty of accepting gold bars and large sums of…
Read more Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five more years in prison for corruptionNASA launches new independent study of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UFOs
A team of scientists and experts on Monday began a new study into unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), formerly known as UFOs, NASA announced. The nine-month study will «lay the groundwork…
Read more NASA launches new independent study of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UFOsOrionid meteor shower expected to peak Friday morning
Sky gazers could get quite the treat in the early morning hours Friday, when the Orionid meteor shower is expected to peak, sending streaks of light across the dark skies.…
Read more Orionid meteor shower expected to peak Friday morningNikola Gruevski: Former Prime Minister of North Macedonia convicted of money laundering
North Macedonia’s former prime minister Nikola Gruevski has been found guilty of money laundering party funds. The Criminal Court in Skopje ruled that Gruevski had unlawfully acquired over €1.3 million…
Read more Nikola Gruevski: Former Prime Minister of North Macedonia convicted of money launderingFormer Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico faces criminal charges
Slovakia’s former prime minister Robert Fico is facing charges for creating an organised criminal group, police have said. Fico and his former interior minister Robert Kalinak were charged on Wednesday…
Read more Former Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico faces criminal chargesFighter jets scrambled over alleged drone incursion at Serbia-Kosovo border
Unmarked drones appeared on the Kosovo-Serbia border «observing the barracks and the positions» of the Serbian army, Belgrade authorities claimed, prompting Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to order the country’s fighter…
Read more Fighter jets scrambled over alleged drone incursion at Serbia-Kosovo borderPoland begins building new wall along border with Russia’s Kaliningrad
Poland’s government has authorised the construction of a new barrier along the 210-kilometre border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Wednesday the frontier needs to…
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