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Facebook Tweet Email Link A French resort town has introduced fines for people found to be walking around topless or in their swimsuits anywhere other than on the beach. Authorities in Les Sables d’Olonne, located in the Vendée region on France’s Atlantic coast, have announced fines of up to 150 euros ($175) for those walking around the town “half-naked,” according to a Facebook post from mayor Yannick Moreau, published Tuesday. Railing against topless men, Moreau criticized the “indecent behavior.” “It’s a question of respect for locals who don’t want people wandering around their town half naked,” he wrote. “It’s also…
President Donald Trump told reporters traveling with him in Turnberry, Scotland, on Monday that the US will set up “food centers” in Gaza to address the ongoing starvation and malnutrition crisis amid Israel’s aid blockade. “We’re going to set up food centers, and we’re going to do it in conjunction with some very good people, and … we’re going to spend a little money on some food, and other nations are joining us,” Trump said. “So, we’re going to set up food centers, and where the people can walk in and no boundaries; we’re not going to have fences.” Trump,…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Eastern Ukraine — US President Donald Trump has said he will slash the 50-day deadline he gave for Russia’s Vladimir Putin to reach a ceasefire with Ukraine by weeks, to just “10 or 12 days” from now. But does a shorter deadline make a difference at all, if, as Trump says, his Russian counterpart has already made up his mind to not make peace? Possibly. Ukraine is facing its most challenging moment on the front lines since the start of the war. By September 3 – when the original 50-day mark would have passed – many…
Facebook Tweet Email Link SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico AP — Three young men were killed and 10 others injured at a popular nightspot in the Turks and Caicos Islands in what authorities called the British territory’s first mass shooting in recent history. At least four suspects were involved in the shooting early Sunday on the island of Providenciales, but no one has been arrested, according to Police Commissioner Fitz Bailey, who called it “deeply disturbing.” “We are now having a gangland-type slaying, and a lot of this gang violence seems to be concentrated in our Haitian communities,” Premier Charles Washington…
Facebook Tweet Email Link For the second time in less than a month, a high-profile pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians was placed on non-disciplinary leave in relation to a sports betting probe. The Guardians said Monday that Emmanuel Clase, the Guardians’ All-Star closer who is one of baseball’s best relievers, was placed on leave as part of Major League Baseball’s ongoing gambling-related investigation. “We have been informed that no additional players or Club personnel are expected to be impacted,” the team statement read. “The Guardians are not permitted to comment further at this time and will respect the league’s confidential…
Facebook Tweet Email Link The United States and the European Union avoided the worst-case scenario: a damaging, all-out trade war between allies that threatened to raise prices on a large number of goods and slow two of the world’s largest economies. The framework delivered a sense of relief for both sides – but few are cheering the arrangement itself. The agreement, which sets a 15% tariff on most European goods entering the United States, is higher than the 10% tariff Trump put in place on April 2 and significantly higher than the average of around 1.2% from before Trump’s presidency.…
Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump made big news Monday, shortening his 50-day deadline for Russia to get serious about peace in Ukraine to “about 10 to 12 days from now.” “There’s no reason in waiting,” Trump said. “I want to be generous, but we just don’t see any progress being made.” Trump has said that Russia failing to meet this deadline would result in strong tariffs and secondary sanctions, going after countries that purchase Russian oil. What this means, practically speaking, is that Russia now has until about August 9 – instead of early September – to reach…
Facebook Tweet Email Link London — President Donald Trump may rate Sunday’s trade agreement with the European Union as the “biggest deal ever,” but for some within the 27-nation bloc, it feels a lot more like economic appeasement. French Prime Minister François Bayrou called Sunday a “dark day” for the region in a post on X. “An alliance of free peoples, gathered to assert their values and defend their interests, resolves to submission,” he wrote. The agreement, struck between Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, sets a 15% tariff on most imported goods from the…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Álvaro Uribe, president of Colombia from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty Monday of bribery in a witness tampering case. He is the first former president of the South American country to be criminally convicted. The ruling was issued by Judge Sandra Heredia of Bogotá’s 44th Criminal Court who concluded that there was sufficient evidence to convict the former president, a member of the opposition Centro Democrático party. The judge is still reading the sentence. Since the investigation against him began in 2018, Uribe has pleaded not guilty to all charges. He maintained that position throughout…
CNN — Editor’s Note: Americans have come up with a lot of incredible foods. Does this list satisfy your appetite? Or have we frankly left out one of your favorites? Let us know in the comments below. America is called a melting pot – and that’s certainly true of its food. The USA’s culinary history is that of reinvention. Waves of food influences – Native, African, British, continental European, Asian and Latin – have landed on our shores (and still do). People take those classics, mix ’n’ match ’em and then slowly (or quickly) turn them into definitive American dishes.…