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Internet personality and former kickboxer Andrew Tate and his brother were detained by police in Romania on Thursday on suspicion of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized crime group, according to reports. Reuters reported that Romanian prosecutors confirmed that Tate and his brother Tristan Tate were detained and will …

The exodus of people fleeing Cuba for the United States hit an all-time high this year as the Caribbean country intensifies its brutal crackdown on citizens, and the United States’ southern border crisis continues to spiral.  Border authorities recorded more than 227,000 Cubans attempting to enter into the United States …

The United Nations condemned the decision by the Taliban this week to bar women from working with humanitarian aid groups or attending university and threatened to suspend critical aid programs. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Thursday demanded the ban be reversed l a called it a “grave …

Amazing images have been captured of homes along a waterfront Canadian community near Buffalo, New York completely frozen over following the massive winter storm that swept through the region earlier this week.  The photos emerging out of the Crystal Beach area of Fort Erie show properties encased in ice after …

A freight truck collided with a bus on a highway near the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday, causing a fire that killed at least five people and injured 37 others, officials said. It wasn’t immediately known what caused the collision and fire, nor what cargo the truck was carrying. …

The world population is projected to be 7.9 billion people on New Year’s Day 2023, with 73.7 million people added since New Year’s Day 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. That marks a 0.9% increase in the world population over the past year. During January 2023, 4.3 births and …

All travelers arriving in Italy from China will be tested for COVID-19 after an alarming number of passengers who landed in Milan were found to have had the illness, the Italian Health Ministry announced. The declaration, from Health Minister Orazio Schillaci, came after nearly half of the passengers on two …

A Chinese military airplane flew within 10 feet of a U.S. aircraft earlier this month, according to officials. The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) released the statement Thursday, stating the incident occurred on Dec. 21 in the South China Sea. “On Dec. 21 (China Standard Time), a People’s Liberation Army …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday claimed that Moscow supports the U.S. and its Western allies in finding a nuclear deal with Iran and warned against the threat of an “irreversible” arms race.  “The JCPOA has no reasonable alternative,” he said in an interview with state owned media outlet …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday put the kibosh on a proposed “peace formula” offered by Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing Zelenskyy of being a puppet of western countries.  “Obviously, Kyiv is not ready for dialogue,” Lavrov told the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.  “Putting forward all sorts …