Gardaí deployed at Citywest facility as police issue statement urging people to stay away from violent standoff Irish police were braced for fresh disturbances outside a Dublin hotel that houses asylum seekers and has become a flashpoint for anti-immigration activists. Gardaí deployed near the Citywest facility on Thursday in anticipation of another possible standoff with … Read more
Footage showing two men appears to have been filmed from nearby window in museum The slow-motion getaway of two thieves from the Louvre clutching €88m (£76m) of France’s crown jewels was captured on video, it has emerged – the latest dramatic twist to the country’s most spectacular heist in decades. The 36-second clip, which Le … Read more
At least 600 North Korean soldiers have been killed and thousands more wounded fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine North Korea has begun constructing a memorial for its soldiers killed fighting in Russia’s war on Ukraine, state media reported, as leader Kim Jong-un hailed a “historic peak” in ties with Moscow. The so-called Memorial Museum … Read more
President specifically lauds Nvidia and Salesforce CEOs and says they told him ‘the future of San Francisco is great’ Silicon Valley executives apparently leaned on Donald Trump to call off a “surge” of federal troops in San Francisco on Thursday. The president said in a social media post that “friends of mine who live in … Read more
Protesters flood streets in show of resistance, as president calls off deployment after speaking with city’s mayor and Silicon Valley leaders Donald Trump canceled plans for a deployment of federal troops to San Francisco that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protesters flooding into the streets. The Bay Area region had been … Read more
President says San Francisco mayor and Silicon Valley leaders asked him to give the city ‘a chance’ – key US politics stories from Thursday 23 October at a glance Donald Trump has cancelled plans for a deployment of federal troops to the San Francisco Bay Area that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and … Read more
Anthony Boyd, 54, says ‘I didn’t kill anybody’ as Justice Sonya Sotomayor writes excoriating dissenting opinion An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive was executed by nitrogen gas – a form of suffocation which defense lawyers have described as cruel and unusual punishment – on Thursday shortly after the US supreme … Read more
The former governor picked up the most support from upper Manhattan and Jewish enclaves in Brooklyn. NEW YORK — Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Jewish communities along with the Upper West and Upper East sides of Manhattan poured money into Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral warchest last month after the exodus of incumbent Eric Adams, an analysis of … Read more
Jack Ciattarelli affirmed his support of same-sex marriage and the Jewish community, but did not condemn the comments. An unpaid adviser to the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey advocated for a ban on same-sex marriage and insisted he personally isn’t “taking money from Jews.” Ibrar Nadeem, the Muslim relations adviser to Jack Ciattarelli, … Read more
The Democrat’s fraught history is getting in the way of his pitch to Curtis Sliwa voters. NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo is desperate for GOP votes in the New York City mayoral race — but Republican voters aren’t jumping on board to help. The scandal-scarred ex-governor’s appeals to Republicans — grounded primarily around beating his … Read more