Crypto boss eats banana art he bought for $6.2 million

Agence France Presse 11/29/2024

HONG KONG, China — Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall — by eating the fruit. At one of…

Israel conducts first strike on Lebanon since ceasefire

Agence France Presse 11/29/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israel said it conducted an air strike on a Hezbollah weapons facility on Thursday, the first since a ceasefire in the war in Lebanon took effect. The truce, which came into force on Wednesday,…

Australia passes landmark social media ban for under 16s

Agence France Presse 11/29/2024

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X. The legislation ordering social media…

Russia launches massive aerial attack on Ukraine’s energy sector

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s army on Thursday launched a massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, forcing emergency power outages as temperatures dropped to freezing across the country. Ukraine’s energy grid has been heavily targeted since Russia invaded…

Ukraine sees influx of Western war tourists

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

IRPIN, Ukraine — Spanish traveller Alberto Blasco Ventas looked out at Ukraine’s destroyed Irpin brige, blown up to stop Russian troops in 2022 and now a hotspot for thrill-seeking tourists visiting the country. Russian forces had planned…

Tesla Cybertruck crashes, killing 3 and injuring 1 in California

Associated Press 11/28/2024

Three people were killed and one seriously injured early Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck crashed and caught fire in Northern California, officials said. Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers said speed was likely a factor in the single-vehicle…

Seoul, South Korea hit by record snowfall

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

South Korea’s capital was blanketed Wednesday by the heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago, the weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration said 16.5 centimetres (6.5 inches) of snow fell by 7:00 am…

‘Safer, kinder’: Assisted dying would help terminally ill

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

[Trigger warning: Mentions of self-harm, suicide] Ian Douglas, a London engineer and economist suffering from multiple sclerosis, secretly took his own life in February 2019, with his illness at an advanced stage. His son Anil, who has…

US to Ukraine: Draft 18-year-olds to fight Russia

Associated Press 11/28/2024

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18.…

Five key points on the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal

Agence France Presse 11/27/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — After two months of all-out war between Israel and Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States and France is meant to end the devastating conflict. The ceasefire…

British man captured by Russia while fighting for Ukraine

Agence France Presse 11/26/2024

A British man has said his son has been captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine, after unconfirmed reports that a foreign fighter had been detained. Scott Anderson, 41, told the Daily Mail that he had…

France’s Gisele Pelicot says ‘macho’ society must change attitude on rape

Agence France Presse 11/24/2024

Gisele Pelicot, the French woman drugged by her ex-husband so she could be raped and sexually abused by him and dozens of strangers, said that it was time for a “macho” society to change its attitude on…

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