Talk about a Christmas miracle. Somewhere in Arkansas, one ticket just turned into a $1.8 billion surprise. And yes, it’s one of the biggest lottery wins the US has ever seen. After Monday’s Powerball draw produced no winner, the jackpot ballooned fast. By Wednesday night, fueled by last-minute hopefuls, it hit a staggering $1.817 billion.
Is the US finally turning the page on cannabis? President Donald Trump thinks so — and he’s just taken a big step to prove it. With a stroke of a pen, Trump signed an executive order directing the justice department to downgrade cannabis from a Schedule I drug — alongside heroin. It was moved to
More than a decade later, the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is set to resume on 30 December. Can we finally get answers about what happened to the Boeing 777 that vanished with 239 people on board in 2014? The renewed 55-day hunt was initially launched in March but had to be paused due
So, Donald Trump just threw his weight behind Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race — or did he? The president took to Truth Social, urging voters, “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. He is capable of it. Mamdani is not!” Cuomo, running as an Independent
How do you fund a weapons program when the world’s watching your every move? If you’re North Korea, the answer seems to be: go digital. A new report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) reveals Pyongyang has turned cryptocurrency into a lifeline. It has also turned covert IT work into one. These have become
What happens when a political standoff turns into a pink-slip parade? The Trump administration has begun laying off thousands of federal employees. Critics say it is weaponizing the government shutdown to pressure Democrats. “The RIFs have begun,” declared White House budget chief Russell Vought on X, using the bureaucratic term for “reductions in force.” His
Northern France is being battered by Storm Amy — a powerful system sweeping in from the British Isles. It’s already claimed two lives and left thousands without power. Meteo France issued an orange alert on Saturday, warning of “strong gusts of wind” hitting coastal and inland regions near the English Channel. Gusts reached a fierce
Highway 99 in California hums with big rigs. Many of those rigs are driven by turbaned Sikh men whose dashboards carry portraits of Sikh Gurus and Punjabi pop stars. Sikhs from India’s Punjab region now power a massive slice of America’s trucking industry, hauling everything from strawberries to steel. But one deadly crash in Florida
For the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Ukraine’s central government headquarters in Kyiv has been hit. A symbol of state power — the Cabinet of Ministers building — was set ablaze. An overnight wave of missiles and drones battered the capital and other cities. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko confirmed the strike, saying the
How do you heal the wounds of colonial history? For Madagascar, one step came this week with the long-awaited return of ancestral remains taken more than a century ago. On Tuesday, the country held a solemn ceremony to welcome home the skulls of three men killed by French troops 128 years ago. One is believed
What happens when the lights of a nuclear plant go out, but the debate burns brighter than ever? Taiwan just found out. Over the weekend, a referendum on restarting the Ma’anshan Nuclear Power Plant fell short. About 4.3 million voters said “yes,” while 1.5 million said “no.” But the law demands five million “yes” votes—and
Even after a ban, some British soldiers in Kenya are still paying for sex. That’s the blunt finding of a two-year army investigation into conduct at the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk). A base already dogged by controversy. The probe, ordered in late 2024 after an ITV exposé, reviewed behaviour dating back to July
