‘I cannot understand’: Jair Bolsonaro questions Brazil election defeat

Miami: Only a few weeks after his supporters stormed the seat of his country’s government, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro expressed bafflement at how he could have lost October’s election, then smiled silently as a crowd of supporters cried, “Fraud!” He did not directly address the January 8 assault on the buildings housing Brazil’s Congress […]

Israel questions legality of U.S. returning artifact to Palestinians

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — An ivory spoon dating back 2,700 years that was recently repatriated to the Palestinian Authority from the United States has sparked a dispute with Israel's new far-right government over the cultural heritage in the occupied West Bank. The clash brings into focus the political sensitivities surrounding archaeology in the Middle […]

Judge tells neighbour to drop 'obsessive' 20-year boundary dispute

Judge tells widow, 73, to drop ‘obsessive’ 20-year boundary dispute with her neighbours which has run up more than £100,000 in court bills Norma Yozin-Smith claimed fence between them strayed into her garden Judge Alan Johns has thrown out the main part of Mrs Yozin-Smith’s case A judge has begged an elderly widow to give […]

NBC is closing down 'The Blacklist' after decade on the air

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBC series “The Blacklist” is closing down. NBC said Wednesday that the James Spader drama will end after its upcoming season, its 10th on the air. It will return for its final run of episodes on Feb. 26. Spader has played the character Raymond Reddington, an FBI informant on old […]