Movie Filming Outside Trump Grand Jury Court Buildings
If the drama happening inside the court buildings in lower Manhattan where a grand jury is pondering possible charges against former President Donald Trump isn’t enough, there’s going to be some outside as well this weekend – the filming of some movie scenes.
British Museum faces pressure to return Parthenon artifacts to Greece
Greece on Friday welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago. Culture Minister Lina Mendoni led a ceremony Friday for the repatriation of three sculpture fragments — […]
New Iranian rocket attacks injure more US forces in Syria
U.S. forces in Syria were injured Friday from Iranian rocket attacks targeted American outposts, Fox News has learned. The attacks occurred in Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria. A senior U.S. defense official said there were two separate attacks carried out by Iranian proxy forces targeting two U.S. bases. One was a rocket attack and the […]
Algerian ambassador returning to France after diplomatic spat
Algeria’s ambassador to France, recalled home in February, will be returning to his post in the coming days, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Friday in a sign that the latest diplomatic spat between the two countries has been resolved. Ambassador Said Moussi was recalled after a well-known Algerian militant was whisked to France from Tunisia […]
Number of US Students Studying in China Drops to 20-year Low; Chinese Students Remain Largest Group of International Students in US
Read More China’s strict “zero-COVID” policies and control measures in recent years have brought the number of American college students studying in China to its lowest point in more than two decades. Meanwhile, Chinese scholars continue to be the largest group of international students studying in the United States. According to data published by The […]
Emmanuel Macron takes off ‘luxury’ watch during pensions TV interview
Read More Emmanuel Macron has sparked social media outrage after eagle-eyed television viewers spotted him removing his “luxury” watch midway through an interview over his fiercely contested pension changes. The television appearance on Wednesday came one day before more than 1 million protesters – 3 million according to unions – demonstrated around France to oppose […]
Gwyneth Paltrow denies ‘risky behavior’ on slopes in ski crash trial
Read More Gwyneth Paltrow began testifying on Friday afternoon in her trialover a 2016 ski collision at a Utah mountain resort, in which a man claims that the movie star’s recklessness caused him lasting physical injuries, while she says the clash on the slopes was his responsibility. The Oscar-winning actor took the stand about 5pm […]
Massachusetts House speaker rejects legislative audit
Democratic House Speaker Ronald Mariano said Friday that the House won’t meet with state Auditor Diana DiZoglio about an audit DiZoglio has launched into the Legislature. DiZoglio, a Democrat who served as both a state representative and senator, said she is forging ahead anyway, She has described the audit as the first such review in […]
New York judge rules state can’t force parents to remove kids from religious schools
Parents cannot be required to pull their children from private schools in New York that fail to meet state-designated standards, a judge decided, striking down a key provision of rules recently passed to strengthen oversight of such schools, including those specializing in religious education. The ruling in a state trial court in Albany came in […]
Nancy Pelosi calls out San Francisco archbishop who barred her from communion: ‘His problem, not mine’
Rep. Nancy Pelosi this week publicly called out San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone after he barred her from communion in the churches he oversees. “I have a problem with my archbishop – well, the archbishop of the city that I represent – but I figure that’s his problem, not mine,” the former speaker of the […]