To everyone’s surprise, Elon Musk has been nominated for the European Union’s freedom of thought award by far-right groups. The tech-giant and the owner of X, formerly Twitter, is nominated for the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by two far-right groups in the European Parliament. French lawmaker Thierry Mariani and the Europe of
A live televised debate for the São Paulo mayoral election took a violent turn Sunday when candidate José Luiz Datena, 67, struck his opponent Pablo Marçal, 37, with a chair. The fight occurred during an exchange aired on TV Cultura and covered by major news outlets, including CNN, NBC, and The Washington Post. Datena, a
American singer Jon Bon Jovi was praised by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department for his role in talking off a suicidal woman off the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge. The police said the American singer helped a distressed woman who was standing on the ledge of the bridge and looking at the water. Video showed Bon
A beluga whale previously accused of being a Russian spy was found dead in Norway. Animal rights groups have raised concerns over the death of Hvaldimir, the whale, who became a celebrity in 2019. The whale, first spotted off Norway’s coast in 2019 with a harness marked “Equipment St. Petersburg,” was found dead on the
A man from New York Ade Salim Lilly has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for making over 12,000 harassing and threatening calls to US lawmakers. Lilly, 35, pleaded guilty in May 2023 to charges of interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure and making repeated telephone calls. Lilly Called 54 Members
Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule is now emitting strange noises coming from a speaker, NASA astronaut said. A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Butch Wilmore, reported hearing a “strange noise” coming from the Boeing Starliner days before its departure. The Starliner is set to return to Earth on autopilot, landing in the New
A man with Pakistani origin and links to the Iranian regime was charged with attempting political assassination on US soil. Asif Merchant from Pakistan was charged for hiring a hitman in the US to carry out an assassination for the murder of an Iranian military commander in 2020. The court documents didn’t reveal the name
A funeral home in Colorado was ordered to pay $950 million to victim families after 190 decaying dead bodies were found inside the building. The prosecutors claimed that the funeral home gave fake ashes to the relatives of those who thought their loved ones were cremated. But the victim’s families allege that they expect nothing
The leader of Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in the Iranian capital of Tehran, causing concerns about the escalation of conflict. According to Iranian state TV, Haniyeh was in Iran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s new President. The Palestinian leader was assassinated by a missile strike that hit a a
Environmental activists have alleged on Wednesday that several tons of fish have died along a major river in Brazil due to illegal dumping of industrial waste. An initial analysis suggests that between 10 and 20 tons of fish have died in the Piracicaba River in southeastern Brazil, according to Sao Paulo prosecutors. Discharged Water Crossed
Saudi Arabia has approved the granting of citizenship to scientists, doctors, researchers, entrepreneurs, and other individuals with rare skills and specializations, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
An eight years-old Pekingese dog has been crowned as the world’s ugliest dog in the ugliest dog competition held in California.
