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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.…
Facebook Tweet Email Link If his latest remarks are anything to go by, US President Donald Trump’s loss of patience with the Kremlin appears to be gathering pace. Speaking from his golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump unexpectedly shortened his own 50-day deadline on Moscow, imposed two weeks ago, to agree a peace deal with Ukraine or face tough new economic sanctions. “Yeah, I’m going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today,” Trump told reporters on Monday. “There’s no reason in waiting. I want to be generous but…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Days of heavy rain have killed at least 30 people in the mountainous northern outskirts of Beijing, state media reported Tuesday. Intense rainstorms have battered northern China in recent days, triggering flooding and landslides. A landslide in Hebei province, which neighbors Beijing, killed four people, with eight others still missing, according to state media. The rains intensified around the Chinese capital on Monday, killing 28 people in Miyun, an outlying mountainous district in the northeast; another two were killed in Yangqing, another northern district, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported. The downpours have also damanged dozens of…
CNN — Nick Hogan, the son of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, posted an emotional tribute to his father over the weekend. The elder Hogan died last week at the age of 71 and his son began his post Saturday thanking everyone “who has reached out to me and comforted me over the last few days.” “It truly means a lot,” Nick Hogan wrote in the caption of a series of photos showing him with his father over the years. “I’m sorry to everyone I have not responded to yet. This has been overwhelming and extremely difficult.” The younger Hogan added,…