Author: Justin M. Larson

A young French campaigner, who set up an association to help victims of drugs violence and took their cause to President Emmanuel Macron, has lost a second brother to suspected criminal gangs in Marseille.Amine Kessaci’s 20-year-old brother Mehdi was parking his car in the centre of the city, when a motorcycle drew up and the pillion passenger opened fire with a 9mm pistol.Their elder brother, Brahim, was murdered in 2020. He was shot and his charred body found in a burned-out car, a common method in gang killings known locally as a “barbecue”.Marseille is renowned for worsening drugs wars, with…

At least six people have been killed in a wave of Russia strikes on Kyiv, which the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned as a “heinous attack”.The BBC’s James Landale visited the scene of one attack in eastern Kyiv where a drone rammed through a block of flats and left six people dead. Several other regions were also targeted. A drone attack on a market at Chornomorsk in the south of the country killed two people. Source link

Knowing your blood type is important for things like blood transfusions, surgeries, pregnancy, and emergencies. You have several options for finding out whether your blood type is A, B, AB, or O, and whether it’s postive or negative for rhesus factor (Rh factor), a type of protein on the cells’ surface that can affect your blood’s compatibility with someone else’s. Your blood type may already be noted in your medical records if you have undergone blood tests, had surgeries, or done prenatal testing. You can ask your doctor if they have that information available, or check your previous lab test…

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is interviewed by a TV network at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 30, 2025. Kylie Cooper | ReutersThe U.S. and Switzerland have reached a trade deal, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC on Friday.Duties will be reduced to 15%, the Swiss government said in a post on X, adding that further details will be announced at 4 p.m. local time.Back in July, President Donald Trump announced Switzerland would be hit with a 39% tariff rate, which took hold when a Swiss delegation failed to secure a deal with U.S. officials during…

Palestinians see the violence, and its tolerance by right-wing Israeli officialdom, as part of a broader campaign to harass them and make life so unbearable that they will abandon their villages. Source link

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong. Source link

A nascent rebound in Chinese consumer appetite, paired with resilient U.S. spending, is reigniting the luxury sector, with Richemont , Salvatore Ferragamo , LVMH and Ralph Lauren are emerging as key names to watch. Chiara Battistini, head of European luxury and sporting goods at J.P. Morgan, said the bank continues to favor Richemont, which has been its top pick in the luxury space for the past three years. Shares in the Swiss company jumped as much as 7% in early trade on Friday after it reported group sales of 10.6 billion euros ($12.3 billion) for the six-month period to the end…

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (R) stands with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) as she is applauded after delivering her speech on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 29, 2025. Oli Scarff | Afp | Getty ImagesIf political maneuvers were a dance, Labour needs a new teacher. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Finance Minister Rachel Reeves have been waltzing with four left feet.First, Reeves hinted at breaking Labour’s manifesto pledge by raising income tax — a bold move, framed as necessary to plug a £30 billion ($39.4…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas startup Janta Power has secured $5.5 million in seed funding to expand its next-generation solar power towers, a vertical alternative to flat solar farms. The funding round was led by MaC Venture Capital with support from Collab Capital. The investment shows strong confidence in 3D solar systems that can reshape renewable energy worldwide.Why flat solar panels are no longer enoughTraditional solar panels cover large flat areas on rooftops or open fields. This approach uses a lot of land and misses much of the day’s available sunlight. The Sun moves across the…

PATNA, INDIA – OCTOBER 31: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with BJP national president J.P. Nadda, HAM party founder Jitanram Manjhi, RLM president Upendra Kushwaha and others releasing NDA manifesto (Sankalp Patra) ahead of Bihar Assembly Elections 2025Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty ImagesThe electoral victory for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in a key state is set to pave the way for New Delhi to make farm-related concessions, a central demand of U.S. trade negotiators.The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), is poised for landslide victory in Bihar with trends showing it…

Three Chinese astronauts have successfully returned to Earth from their nation’s space station after their capsule was damaged.The team deployed a red and white striped parachute as they descended, before landing at a remote site in the Gobi Desert in Asia on Friday. The astronauts – Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie – had been due to return on 5 November to end their six-month rotation at the Tiangong space station.However, their journey back was delayed by nine days because the Shenzhou-20 return capsule they were due to travel in was found to have tiny cracks.These were most likely…

Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa wrecked western Jamaica, officials are beginning to grapple with the challenge of trying to find housing for thousands of families. Source link

Monsignor Kevin Gillespie has served as Diocesan Administrator for almost two years.Bishop Coll said: “It is with deep gratitude that I return home to serve as Bishop of Raphoe – the diocese where I was born, baptised, and ordained.”To be called back to the place and people who first formed my faith is both humbling and deeply moving.”Archbishop Eamon Martin offered his “prayers and very best wishes to Bishop Niall Coll on his appointment” and described him as a “much loved pastor and shepherd in the Diocese of Ossory”.Bishop Coll, 62, and a native of Saint Johnston in east Donegal,…

Early results suggested a sweep for the ruling coalition in a state where the opposition claimed foul play over an exercise that deleted millions of voters. Source link

There’s big money in sending poor workers abroad. Here’s how the economics work. Source link

The worst rainy season in decades, caused flooding around much of the city. Fat from its many taco shops, restaurants and markets was a major reason for blocked drains, officials say. Source link

Some law enforcement officials say they think organized crime rings from South America, in particular from Colombia, are responsible for the crime sprees. Source link

A judge has ruled that a company can be held liable for a dam collapse which devastated indigenous communities in Brazil and became the country’s worst environmental catastrophe.Judge Finola O’Farrell, sitting in the High Court in London, ruled on Friday that BHP should not have continued to raise the height of the dam before its collapse, which was “a direct and immediate cause” of the disaster. BHP said immediately after the ruling that it would appeal the decision.The case was brought in British courts because mining giant BHP was listed on the London Stock Exchange at the time of the…

The company claimed that A.I. did most of the hacking with limited human input and said it was a rapid escalation of the technology’s use in cybercrime. Source link

Rachel Reeves, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, delivers a speech in London, UK, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBritish government bond yields rose sharply on Friday following reports Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is no longer planning to raise income tax rates in the Autumn Budget later this month.This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates. Source link

Three people have died and at least 26 others injured in a wave of Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say.Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko described strikes, which caused explosions and fires in residential buildings across the city, as “massive”. Kyiv’s energy infrastructure was also damaged, leaving some buildings in the north-east without heat, he said. Ukraine’s air force reported several other regions across the country were also being targeted.Russia’s defence ministry said it had downed or intercepted 216 Ukrainian drones that had targeted its industrial facilities and disrupted air travel, according to Reuters news agency. In Kyiv, residential…

Eakarat Buanoi | Istock | Getty ImagesLISBON, Portugal — Top tech executives told CNBC they’re concerned about a bubble forming in the artificial intelligence sector, underscoring growing unease within the industry over soaring valuation.In recent weeks, markets have been reckoning with the notion that too much capital is pouring into the AI boom, clouding the outlook on revenue and actual profit and putting high valuations into question.Up to now, warnings around overstretched valuations have mostly come from investors and leaders in the world of finance. Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon and Morgan Stanley’s Ted Pick have warned of potential corrections as…

Fewer women in South Korea are reporting workplace harassment, but those who do say their claims are often not taken seriously or handled sensitively. Source link

Companies are offering much-needed, but expensive, air purification systems to shelter from the smog in one of the world’s most polluted cities. Source link