A 96-year-old federal judge is barred from hearing cases in a bitter fight over her mental fitness
A 96-year-old U.S. federal appeals court judge has been barred from hearing cases for a year after a judicial panel said she refused to undergo medical testing over concerns she's no longer mentally fit to serve on the bench
2023-09-21 03:59
Ukraine, Russia and the tense U.N. encounter that almost happened — but didn't
It was a moment the diplomatic world was watching for — but didn’t get
2023-09-21 02:51
Gates Foundation commits $200 million to pay for medical supplies, contraception
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million to help save the lives of mothers and children during child birth
2023-09-21 01:50
Supermodel Linda Evangelista accuses ex-husband Gerald Marie of abuse
Supermodel Linda Evangelista has claimed she was abused by her ex-husband, French former modelling agent Gerald Marie. Evangelista, 58, was married to Marie from 1987 until 1993, during his time as head of the European division of Elite Models. In an interview for a new Apple TV+ documentary, The Super Models, Evangelista described her five-year marriage to Marie as an “abusive relationship”. “It’s easier said than done to leave an abusive relationship,” she said in the programme released on Wednesday 20 September. “I understand that concept, because I lived it. If it was just a matter of saying, ‘I want a divorce, see ya’... it doesn’t work that way.” She added: “He knew not to touch my face, not to touch the money-maker, you know?” The Independent has contacted representatives of Marie for comment. In a statement provided to Apple TV+, and obtained by The Telegraph, the 73-year-old denied the abuse allegations, and said he “has never committed the slightest act of violence”. Marie was accused of rape and sexual assault by multiple women during the 1980s and 1990s. He denied all of the allegations. In 2021, French prosecutors decided to close their investigation since the allegations exceeded the country’s statute of limitations for reporting sex crimes. Read More ‘I had to endure the abuse in order to continue working’: Ex-model Carré Sutton accuses former agency boss of sexual assault Former model ‘raped by Linda Evangelista’s ex’ says fashion industry ‘complicit’ in widespread abuse Cindy Crawford calls out Oprah Winfrey for treating her like ‘chattel’ in old interview: ‘Seen and not heard’
2023-09-21 01:26
Grain spat drags Ukraine's ties with ally Poland to lowest point since start of Russian invasion
A dispute about whether Ukrainian grain should be allowed to enter the domestic markets of Poland and other European Union countries has pushed the tight relationship between Kyiv and Warsaw to its lowest point since Russia invaded Ukraine last year
2023-09-21 00:28
As writers and studios resume negotiations, here are the key players in the Hollywood strikes
Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios resume Wednesday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt
2023-09-21 00:28
MohBad: Nigerian fans demand justice after Afrobeats star's death
Demonstrators want to know how popular 27-year-old singer MohBad died last week.
2023-09-21 00:20
As UN Security Council takes up Ukraine, a potentially dramatic meeting may be at hand
All eyes will be on Ukraine’s president and Russia’s top diplomat at a U.N. Security Council meeting Wednesday on the 19-month war in Ukraine: Will they clash
2023-09-20 23:53
Biden offers Netanyahu a warm welcome ahead of talks on 'hard issues'
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaned into their four-decade friendship and highlighted areas of common ground Wednesday at a long-anticipated meeting in New York, marking the first time the two leaders have met one-on-one since the prime minister returned to office last December.
2023-09-20 23:46
Thai king's estranged son urges open discussion of monarchy, in rejection of anti-defamation law
An estranged son of Thailand’s king who has spent almost all his adult life away from his homeland has unexpectedly gone public with his belief that open discussions about the country's monarchy should be allowed, in a rejection of a harsh royal anti-defamation law
2023-09-20 22:52
US appeals judge, 96, suspended in rare clash over fitness
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Wednesday suspended Judge Pauline
2023-09-20 22:25
Quavo steps up advocacy against gun violence after his nephew Takeoff's shooting death
The trauma Migos rapper Quavo suffered after witnessing his nephew Takeoff being gunned down last year is a disturbing experience he says he doesn’t want anyone else to endure
2023-09-20 22:22