Month: June 2023

Islamabad, Pakistan — It’s a feature of Pakistani urban life that bemuses many Western visitors to the country: Stores and malls stay open late, and typically stay busy well into the evening. Need a hand-woven carpet at 9:30 p.m.? Not a problem. A bespoke three-piece suit at 10? The local tailor is still whirring away on…

Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte’s government that have left 47 people dead since they began a month ago spread through the south of the Andean country on Wednesday with new clashes reported in the tourist city of Cusco. Health officials in Cusco said 16 civilians and six police officers were injured after protesters tried…

PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN — Moose the dog is now a permanent memory in the park he loved. A memorial tree for Moose — who died after an attack by a crazed man — was planted in a ceremony Friday outside Prospect Park’s Third Street Playground that drew a crowd of friends, strangers and, of course,…

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The Tuscaloosa County District Attorney’s Office has issued two subpoenas ahead of the May 24 hearing for former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and Maryland native Michael Davis, who are both accused of capital murder in the Jan. 15 shooting death of Jamea Harris. Click here to subscribe to our free daily…

Canadian police have identified the Toronto man who was fatally stabbed last month, allegedly by a group of eight teenage girls. Toronto Police named him as 59-year-old Ken Lee and released few other details. Police previously said the man had moved into the city’s shelter system in recent months. Police said Lee died in hospital…

Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves was arrested Friday after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Spain. The alleged act took place on Dec. 31 at a night club in Barcelona, police told The Associated Press. Alves was taken into custody after he answered a police summons. He will appear before a judge, who…

BANNING, CA — A fire that broke out Wednesday night in a Banning commercial building remained under investigation, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The blaze was reported at 7:02 p.m. in the 1100 block of W. Ramsey Street. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found the single-story building “well involved with fire,”…

Depuis son coup d’Etat de 2021, la junte birmane a importé pour un milliard de dollars d’armes qu’elle a utilisées “pour commettre des atrocités”, dénonce le rapporteur spécial de l’ONU pour les droits humains en Birmanie, dans un rapport publié mercredi 17 mai. Les militaires ont tué “au minimum 3 500 civils” depuis le putsch et incarcéré plus…

Partenaires dans "Renfield", Nicolas Cage et Nicholas Hoult évoquent cette comédie d'horreur dans laquelle le premier réalise l'un de ses rêves : jouer Dracula au cinéma. Au gré des interviews données au long de sa carrière, Nicolas Cage a révélé avoir trois rôles dont il rêvait : Superman, le Capitaine Nemo et Dracula. Si le…

Par endroits, certaines maisons semblent totalement isolées, sans autre solution que l’évacuation par hélicoptère. Les précipitations record ont fait déborder les rivières. Dans le village de Molinella (Italie), le pont n’a pas résisté. Dans la soirée, une trentaine de communes du nord de l’Italie sont touchées. À Cesena (Italie), les rues se sont emplies d’eau…