Police in Nashville, Tennessee, praised singer Jon Bon Jovi for helping prevent a tragedy by speaking to a woman who was on the ledge of a bridge Tuesday. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Bon Jovi and his team were at the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge as a woman stood precariously over the Cumberland River. … Read more
“One Saturday morning at the end of August, I wake up here in Rio, look at my phone, and for the first time since I lived in China, where I was correspondent before I came here, I look at my phone and Twitter doesn’t work.” The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, tells Michael Safi … Read more
Malaysian authorities have rescued more than 400 children and teenagers suspected of being sexually abused at charity homes run by a prominent Islamic business organisation with links to a banned religious sect, the top police official says. Police arrested 171 adults, including “ustazs” or Islamic religious teachers, during co-ordinated raids on 20 premises across two … Read more
A Florida judge has declared Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner divorced and single, signing off on a confidential agreement reached between the two. The Miami-Dade County judge approved the agreement on Friday, one year after the 35-year-old Jonas Brothers singer filed to divorce the 28-year-old “Game of Thrones” and “X Men” actor and five years … Read more
Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi has evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters rose to a 20-year high, flooding streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country’s north, killing at least 179 people. Asia’s most powerful typhoon of 2024, Yagi brought gales and heavy rain as it moved westwards after … Read more
Donald Trump says he felt he won a combative presidential debate with Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, “by a lot”. A former prosecutor, Harris, 59, controlled Tuesday’s debate from the start, getting under her Republican rival’s skin repeatedly and prompting a visibly angry Trump, 78, to deliver a series of falsehood-filled retorts. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: … Read more
A family has been left distraught and holidaymakers horrified after a boy plunged to his death during a luxury cruise. The 12-year-old was playing with friends that he had made on the cruise when he toppled over the railing of his family’s 14th floor room, landing head-first six decks below. The tragic incident took place … Read more
MULLUMBIMBY, Australia — Australian actor and director Simon Baker, best known for his role as Patrick Jane in the CBS drama series “The Mentalist,” avoided a conviction Wednesday after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol near his rural home. The 55-year-old appeared in the Mullumbimby Local Court in New … Read more
LONDON — LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has announced plans to visit Australia and Samoa next month on a trip that will span a dozen time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment. The Oct. 18-26 tour, which Buckingham Palace outlined Tuesday, marks a watershed moment for the 75-year-old … Read more
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are set to go head-to-head on Wednesday in the pair’s first US presidential debate before the November election. The critical showdown comes as recent election polls show it is a tight race between the candidates. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: US presidential election candidates go head-to-head in first debate. Know the … Read more
