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London CNN  —  A man has been convicted of stealing nearly 200,000 chocolate eggs, worth around £40,000 ($48,000), in what British police have dubbed an “eggs-travagent theft.” Joby Pool, 32, pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday to criminal damage and theft, West Mercia Police said in a statement. Tens of…

CNN  —  Lady Gaga looks to be off the deep end with her new character. The singer/actress is believed to be playing Harley Quinn in the “Joker” sequel, “Joker: Folie à deux.” Gaga shared a photo of herself in character, along with Joaquin Phoenix reprising his hit role as the…

CNN  —  Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is expected to say that not enough Americans feel proud of their country and that it’s time for a new generation of leadership when she makes her opening pitch for the Republican nomination for president Wednesday, according to a person familiar with…

London CNN  —  Two schoolchildren have been charged with murder following the death of a 16-year-old transgender girl in an English village. A boy and a girl, both aged 15, have been charged with the murder of Brianna Ghey, who was found dead in a park in Warrington in the…

London CNN  —  Duangphet Phromthep, one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded Thai cave after a weekslong operation that drew global attention in 2018, has died in the UK, British and Thai officials announced Wednesday. Phromthep, who was enrolled in a soccer academy in Leicestershire, England, died after…

CNN  —  Nicola Sturgeon, the figurehead of the faltering Scottish independence movement, dramatically announced on Wednesday that she would resign after eight years as Scotland’s first minister. The Scottish National Party leader made the surprise announcement at a press conference in Edinburgh. She will stay in office until a new…

London CNN  —  The European Union is setting up a working group to examine whether frozen Russian assets can be used to rebuild Ukraine. The group will carry out a “legal, financial, economic and political analysis” to assess this possibility, the Swedish government said in a statement Tuesday. Sweden currently…

CNN  —  More than nine days after a powerful quake shook Turkey and Syria, rescuers were still pulling people from the rubble, defying predictions that the time for survival had passed. On Wednesday, Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense released video showing rescuers extricating a 77-year-old woman from debris in the…

CNN  —  New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay is known for its fine wine, but many of the region’s vineyards are now under water, along with homes and roads in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. The weather system didn’t make landfall in New Zealand, but it caused widespread destruction, killing at least…

Tokyo CNN  —  Japan said Tuesday it “strongly” suspects three Chinese spy balloons entered its airspace between 2019 and 2021. Three “balloon-shaped flying objects” were detected between November 2019 and September 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said, adding that these were “strongly presumed” to be “unmanned reconnaissance” aircraft flown…

Russia is trying to deprive Ukrainians of access to water supplies — with dangerous implications for water storage facilities needed to operate nuclear power plants — Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday.  “We are losing thousands of cubic meters of water due to the Kakhovka HPP [Hydroelectric Power Plant]…

Written by ReutersMargate, UK British street artist Banksy confirmed a new mural showing a 1950s housewife with a swollen eye apparently pushing a man into an abandoned chest freezer was his work early on Valentine’s Day, just hours before the appliance was removed. The artwork, which Banksy titled “Valentine’s day…

CNN  —  As police share new details about the gunman in the Michigan State University mass shooting that left three people dead and five others wounded, authorities say many questions remain, including what motivated the violence. The suspect – a 43-year-old man named Anthony Dwayne McRae who was not affiliated…

Gen. David Petraeus: How the war in Ukraine will end Source link

Story highlights Putin signs off on new law banning swearing in music, film and books Under the law, individuals and businesses can be fined for using foul language It covers live arts and entertainment performances, including plays and concerts New films containing swear words won’t get a distribution certificate CNN…

Inside a Chinese factory that made high-tech balloons in 2015 CNN’s Selina Wang visits a possible former site of one of the six Chinese entities the Biden administration has blacklisted in response to the suspected Chinese spy balloon that traveled across US. Source link

Story highlights Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas, 25, break up after two year relationship Source close to couple calls split “amicable,” says pair remain “best of friends” Bonas, who works in marketing, looking to pursue own career Harry reportedly heading to Memphis this weekend for friend’s wedding London CNN  — …

White House says leading theory is objects shot down were 'benign' balloons Source link

A photograph shows buildings In Bakhmut on February 9. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) The head of Russia’s Wagner private military company on Tuesday warned that the capture of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was far from imminent. “Bakhmut will not be taken tomorrow, because there is heavy resistance and grinding,…

CNN  —  Alexandria Verner was kind, positive and “everything you’d want your daughter or friend to be,” a family friend said. “Her kindness was on display every single second you were around her,” Clawson Public Schools Superintendent Billy Shellenbarger told CNN. He is friends with the Verner family and has…

Erin Brockovich reacts to EPA response in Ohio train spills The EPA has tried to reassure the public in East Palestine, Ohio, that any immediate danger has passed after a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed on February 3rd, but residents are still questioning the air and water quality. Consumer advocate…

China expert on where unidentified objects came from The Lead Link Copied! Author and Gatestone Institute Senior Fellow, Gordon Chang, discusses why he believes Russia and China may be involved in the objects shot down over North America. 01:18 – Source: CNN Source link

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CNN  —  A football match in the Colombian first division was suspended on Sunday after a fan ran onto the pitch and attacked a player, who then chased the offending supporter and knocked him to the ground. Just after the referee had blown his whistle to begin the game between…