The man who dumped a five-year-old girl in the Everglades – leaving her to be killed by alligators – had his life spared by a jury on Friday afternoon in a Miami-Dade courtroom. Harrel Braddy, 76, sat quietly when the verdict was read, briefly putting down his head before looking up at the ceiling. His…
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with Khalaf Khalafov, the special representative of Azerbaijan’s President, at the PM House in Islamabad on Saturday.During the meeting, PM Shehbaz emphasized the fraternal bonds between Pakistan and Azerbaijan, expressing his commitment to strengthen bilateral relations across all sectors. He conveyed warm greetings to President Ilham Aliyev and praised…
The US is poised to avoid a major shutdown after senators agreed on Friday to separate a controversial bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from a package that also includes funding for the State Department and the Pentagon. The House, which is out of session this week, will still need to approve the…
The Senate voted on Friday evening to pass the federal budget, funding everything except for one entity: the Department of Homeland Security, which was given a two-week funding extension in order to negotiate new guardrails around Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). If no agreement is reached, DHS funding will lapse and the department will face…
“Making Tax Digital is the biggest tax change since self assessment and, with just over two months to go, time is running out to get ready,” said Victoria Todd, of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, which has produced a guide for those unsure of the changes.
China is expected to look for ways to protect its maritime interests in the face of increasingly assertive efforts by the United States to seize foreign ships it accuses of breaching sanctions on countries such as Iran and Venezuela. In November, a cargo ship travelling to Iran from China was reportedly raided by a US…
Following last night’s premiere in Washington D.C. attended by President Donald Trump and packed with his acolytes, the First Lady’s documentary Melania is on course to open to a better-than-expected $8 million or more at the North American box office, according to early Friday returns. That would mark the best opening in a decade or…
Global pop groups are rising in popularity, but Japan-based XG is a pioneer in the space. The seven-member group was formed as part of a joint venture titled XGALX (a partnership between Japanese entertainment conglomerate Avex and producer Jakops) and hit the worldstage in 2022. XG’s members were all from, trained and based in Japan,…
Former Google software engineer Ding Linwei was convicted by a federal jury in San Francisco on Thursday of stealing AI trade secrets from the US tech giant to benefit two Chinese companies he was secretly working for, the US Department of Justice said on Thursday. Ding, a 38-year-old Chinese national, was found guilty after an…
Jan 30, 2026, 07:26 PM ET Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein connected New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch with numerous women, according to scores of emails among the more than 3 million documents released by the Justice Department on Friday. Tisch’s name appears at least 440 times among the documents released so far. The emails,…
