Month: January 2020

Kaylen Ward/Getty An influencer who launched a nudes-for-donations plan to help fight the Australian bushfires says she has raised $700,000. On Saturday, Kaylen Ward, known as “The Naked Philanthropist,” tweeted that those who donated at least $10 and showed her proof would be sent a nude photo. On Monday, the 20-year-old from Los Angeles tweeted that she…

The great escapist, Carlos Ghosn, the former CEO of the world’s largest automaker wanted for financial crimes, managed to flee Japan while under surveillance and make his way to Lebanon in a big, black box. So who is the man who pulled off such an incredible getaway? Aside from now being an international fugitive, Ghosn has served as…

TOKYO/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn’s wife for alleged perjury, as officials stepped up efforts to bring the fugitive car industry boss back to face trial on financial misconduct charges. The former Nissan Motor, and Renault chairman fled to Lebanon last month from Japan, where he has…

Elodie Piège est une maman comblée. Très heureuse de voir son fils Antoine, grandir petit à petit, elle a décidé de partager une photo de lui à sa communauté Instagram. Le petit garçon aux mains potelées y joue d’un instrument de musique… La femme de Jean-François Piège, le chef deux étoiles l’une des stars de…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi appeared at Coptic Christmas Eve Mass on Monday and praised the links between the country’s Christian and Muslim faithful, saying they have prevented the country from descending into sectarian strife like its neighbors. El-Sissi, who is a practicing Muslim, arrived at the cathedral in the middle of…

Donald Trump has warned he may retaliate with “disproportionate” force if Iran hits any US targets, using a Twitter post to “notify” Congress of his intentions while more bombs fell near the American embassy in Baghdad. Hinting at sanctions against Iraq if the country moves to enforce Sunday’s vote to expel foreign troops, he also…

Since Friday, when the U.S. killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani near Iraq’s only international airport, Baghdad and Washington have, on the outside, remained locked in a bitter diplomatic feud. Iraq’s parliament voted on Sunday that U.S. troops should end their ISIS-fighting mission in the country. Since then, President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to impose…

These days, wages in the United States are doing something extraordinary: They’re growing faster at the bottom than at the top. In fact, recent growth for workers with low wages has outpaced that for high-wage workers by the widest margin in at least 20 years. The main story here is the long economic recovery, now…

A debate over how to describe the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani reached the 2020 Democratic primary over the weekend as candidates argued whether or not the drone strike that killed him constituted an “assassination.” Soleimani, the charismatic face of Iran’s expansionist Middle East policy and head of the Quds Force — the special…

A Republican congressman who tweeted a picture of former President Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Monday defended it as making a valid point after commenters pointed out that the two had never met in person. In his original post, Paul Gosar proclaimed, “The world is a better place without these guys…