FBI Offered Up to $1 Million for Allegations on Trump

New court testimony reveals Tuesday that the FBI allegedly offered former British spy Christopher Steele up to $1 million if he could substantiate claims made in his infamous dossier to politically smear Donald Trump before the 2016 presidential election.

Children killed in Thai day care massacre prepared for funeral rites

The bodies of the many of the young victims whose lives were snuffed out in last week’s massacre at a day care center in rural northeastern Thailand were dressed Tuesday as doctors, soldiers or astronauts — what they wanted to be when they grew up — before they were to be cremated in the evening […]

Historic child sex abuse at Portuguese Catholic Church was ‘truly endemic’

The head of a lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Tuesday the problem in the past had been “widespread” and on some occasions reached “truly endemic” proportions. Pedro Strecht, a psychiatrist who heads Portugal’s Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, said […]

South Korea says it has ability to intercept North’s missiles

South Korea’s military said Tuesday it’s capable of detecting and intercepting the variety of missiles North Korea launched in a barrage of recent simulated nuclear attacks on its rivals, though it maintains the North’s advancing nuclear program poses a grave security threat. North Korea said Monday its two weeks of firing drills involved nuclear-capable ballistic […]

King Charles coronation at Westminster Abbey scheduled for May 2023

The coronation ceremony for King Charles III will be held a little less than seven months from now on May 6, 2023, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday. The ceremony, which will officially install Charles as King, will be held Westminster Abbey, London, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. KING CHARLES IS ‘DEVASTATED’ BY […]

Israel announces maritime border deal with Lebanon

Israel’s prime minister said Tuesday that the country has reached a “historic agreement” with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered negotiations. The agreement, coming after several years of U.S.-mediated talks, would mark a major breakthrough in relations with the two countries, which formally have been at war since Israel’s establishment […]

Mkhwebane fails in court bid to return to work

Read More Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Photo: Leila Dougan/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images The Western Cape high court on Tuesday dismissed an urgent application by Busisiwe Mkhwebane for the immediate execution of its earlier ruling that the decision by President Cyril Ramaphosa to suspend her as public protector pending the outcome of a parliamentary impeachment […]