A climate activist who allegedly smeared paint on a case surrounding 19th century French artist Edgar Degas’ “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery of Art was charged. Joanna Smith, 54, of Brooklyn, N.Y., got 60 days of prison
Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson said Friday, twice as many as were reported earlier this week. The East African country has seen weeks of heavy rains and severe flooding in
The Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte was in Turkey on Friday, seeking support from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the Dutch official’s bid for the position of NATO secretary general. Incumbent NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister
Thousands of Spanish journalists came out Friday in support of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife following Sánchez’s announcement that he was considering his future as premier after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption allegations. Sánchez,
First Minister Humza Yousaf has refused to resign amid growing pressure over his decision to end a three-year power-sharing agreement. First Minister Humza Yousaf said Friday that he “absolutely” will fight a no-confidence vote that has been tabled against him. A defeat
A court in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, has ruled that a trial can proceed for Andrew Tate. Tate is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. Tate, 37, was arrested in December 2022 near Bucharest with
Authorities in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre say a fire at a small hotel has killed at least 10 people and injured 11. The fire brigade of the Rio Grande do Sul state says the fire broke out in the early
Dylan Earl, a 20-year-old British man, has been charged with conducting hostile activities to benefit Russia. Earl is allegedly connected to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, declared a banned terrorist organization by the U.K. government. He is accused of paying others to burn
Sergei Mingazov, a journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, has been detained in Khabarovsk on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military. Mingazov’s social media posts about the Ukrainian city of Bucha led to his detention. He faces
The disgraced former Paralympian track star Oscar Pistorius was spotted for the first time in eight years following his release from prison for the murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, now 37, served nine years of a 13-year prison sentence
South Korean police on Friday conducted a search of the office of Lim Hyun-taek, the incoming leader of the Korean Medical Association. Police also searched Lim’s residence, confiscating his mobile phone and other unspecified materials. Lim’s office criticized the raid as politically