Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris and stole priceless jewelry before escaping on motorbikes, French officials said Sunday. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called the heist a “major robbery” that “lasted seven minutes.” Speaking to France Inter, he said the thieves “entered from the outside using a basket lift” …
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The gang of thieves who robbed the Louvre Museum on Sunday and made off with some of France’s most famous crown jewels might end up melting their loot down, an ex-FBI art crime expert said. Tim Carpenter also suggested the team of robbers behind the “shocking” operation were focused on …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said he has a “proposition” for President Donald Trump to exchange drone capabilities for American high-precision long-range Tomahawk missiles. “If you want to target a military goal, you need thousands of drones,” Zelenskyy said, pointing out that a single military capability will not win …
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The U.S. military carried out another strike on a suspected drug vessel, this time in the Eastern Pacific, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday. The strike Tuesday against a boat allegedly carrying drugs is the eighth conducted by the Trump administration. The previous seven happened in the Caribbean. “Yesterday, …
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with the families of Itay Chen and Omer Neutra, two U.S. citizens whose bodies have been held hostage in Gaza since they were killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. “We will not forget the lives of …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday he supported President Donald Trump’s proposal to freeze the current front lines of the war while both sides work toward a longer-term peace agreement. Trump “proposed, ‘Stay where we stay and begin conversation,’” Zelenskyy told reporters during a brief visit to Oslo, Norway. “I …
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Israel identified the remains of a deceased hostage returned from Gaza as Sgt. Maj. Tal Haimi, the commander of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak’s rapid response team. Haimi was 41 years old at the time of his death. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Haimi was killed in combat while defending …
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Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan said Monday he was no longer under police investigation after his September arrest over social media posts drew international attention. The “Father Ted” creator, 57, shared the update on X. “The police have informed my lawyers that I face no further action in respect of …
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Paleontologists have finally solved the mystery behind an elusive “sword dragon” skeleton found on the U.K.’s Jurassic Coast. In an Oct. 10 press release from the University of Manchester, officials said the skeleton — found near Dorset’s Gold Cap in 2001 — is a newly identified species of ichthyosaur. Alive …
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Eight Americans were arrested in the Caribbean on Tuesday after authorities found “high-powered weapons” and a “substantial quantityof ammunition” on their boat, police said. The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) said in a news release that officers from the Alice Town Police Station worked with the Bahamas Customs Department to …
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