[ad_1] Robbie Knievel, the American stuntman who set a motorcycle record for daring jumps following his father’s thrill-seeking tire track – including at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 1989 and the Grand Canyon a decade later – has died…
[ad_1] Bank of America owned by Royal Bank of Canada has agreed to pay more than $31 million US for systematically foreclosing on mortgages in Black and Latino communities in Los Angeles. The US Department of Justice has accused City…
[ad_1] A Russian court found figure skater Kamila Valieva “no fault or negligence” in the doping case that rocked last year’s Winter Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday. The Russian skater won Olympic gold in the team competition…
[ad_1] Scientists with oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil made highly accurate predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements contradicting the scientists’ own conclusions, a new study finds. A study published in the journal Science found…
[ad_1] Donald Trump’s company was fined US$1.6 million on Friday as punishment for a scheme in which the former US president’s top executives avoided personal income taxes on lavish work benefits – a symbolic, almost crippling blow to the company…
[ad_1] Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty in a London court on Friday to seven charges of sexual misconduct, denying several alleged sexual assaults on one person between 2001 and 2004. Spacey, 63, appeared at Southwark Crown Court by…
[ad_1] Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the salt mining town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine overnight after days of relentless fighting, conceding Moscow’s first major military advantage after half a year of military setbacks.…
[ad_1] Japanese prosecutors have formally charged a suspect in the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe with murder, ordering him to stand trial, a court said on Friday. Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a…
[ad_1] The United Arab Emirates has nominated the head of its state oil company to be president of the United Nations climate summit, COP28, in Dubai, raising concerns about conflicts of interest.. Sultan al-Jaber, who also oversees Abu Dhabi’s renewable…
[ad_1] A giant storm system that ripped through the southern U.S. spawned tornadoes on Thursday that damaged walls, toppled roofs and felled trees in Selma, Ala., a city steeped in the history of the civil rights movement. Brick buildings collapsed,…