Sydney (AFP) – Spin legend Shane Warne Monday announced plans to auction the “beloved” baggy green cap he wore throughout his 145-Test cricket career to raise money for victims of bushfires raging in Australia. The “baggy green” is awarded to […]
Kaylen Ward/Getty An influencer who launched a nudes-for-donations plan to help fight the Australian bushfires says she has raised $700,000. On Saturday, Kaylen Ward, known as “The Naked Philanthropist,” tweeted that those who donated at least $10 and showed her proof would […]
The great escapist, Carlos Ghosn, the former CEO of the world’s largest automaker wanted for financial crimes, managed to flee Japan while under surveillance and make his way to Lebanon in a big, black box. So who is the man who pulled off […]
TOKYO/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn’s wife for alleged perjury, as officials stepped up efforts to bring the fugitive car industry boss back to face trial on financial misconduct charges. The former […]
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi appeared at Coptic Christmas Eve Mass on Monday and praised the links between the country’s Christian and Muslim faithful, saying they have prevented the country from descending into sectarian strife like its […]
(Bloomberg) — Want the lowdown on what’s moving European markets in your inbox every morning? Sign up here. Good morning. Tensions are still simmering between the U.S. and Iran, gold priced have surged and the U.K.’s Parliament gets back to work. […]
Donald Trump has warned he may retaliate with “disproportionate” force if Iran hits any US targets, using a Twitter post to “notify” Congress of his intentions while more bombs fell near the American embassy in Baghdad. Hinting at sanctions against […]
Since Friday, when the U.S. killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani near Iraq’s only international airport, Baghdad and Washington have, on the outside, remained locked in a bitter diplomatic feud. Iraq’s parliament voted on Sunday that U.S. troops should end their […]
These days, wages in the United States are doing something extraordinary: They’re growing faster at the bottom than at the top. In fact, recent growth for workers with low wages has outpaced that for high-wage workers by the widest margin […]
A debate over how to describe the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani reached the 2020 Democratic primary over the weekend as candidates argued whether or not the drone strike that killed him constituted an “assassination.” Soleimani, the charismatic face […]