A barrister accused of forging his mother’s signature to cut his younger brother out of his inheritance has lost a court fight over the £1.2 million fortune in the UK. Robert Grierson, 56, who specialises in tax and will disputes, was sued by his 55-year-old brother Duncan, who was left with just £10,000. Robert…
US President-elect Donald Trump has escalated tensions with the BRICS bloc by threatening to impose 100% tariffs on imports from member countries if they proceed with creating a new currency to rival the US dollar. In a statement posted on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, November 30, Trump declared, “The idea that the…
France has initiated the return of approximately 3,500 archaeological artefacts to Ethiopia, decades after they were taken to Paris for study. The handover began on Saturday, November 30, with a ceremonial transfer of three prehistoric tools at the National Museum in Addis Ababa. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot presented two prehistoric stone axes, known…
The United States has approved the sale of spare parts for fighter jets, radar systems, and tactical communications equipment to Taiwan in deals valued at $385 million, according to a statement released by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Friday. Although Washington does not have formal diplomatic relations with Taipei, it remains Taiwan’s…
Several nominees for Donald Trump’s cabinet and White House team have been targeted by bomb threats and swatting incidents, according to law enforcement and the Trump transition team. The FBI confirmed it is investigating “numerous bomb threats” alongside “swatting incidents,” where hoax calls prompt an armed police response to the victim’s home. The wave…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News on Tuesday, Nov. 19, that Ukraine “will lose” its war against Russia if the United States cuts military funding to Kyiv. “If they cut, we will — I think we will lose,” Zelensky said in an interview with the US television network. “We will fight. We have our…
Brazilian police have arrested four soldiers in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate then-President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of a 2022 coup attempt. The arrests took place on Tuesday, November 19, in Rio, where the soldiers were participating in the security operation for the G20 summit. Along with the soldiers, a…
The Swedish government has started sending out five million pamphlets to residents urging them to prepare for the possibility of war as fears grow of a conflict between Russia and NATO. The booklet ‘If Crisis or War Comes’, sent out by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), contains information about how to prepare for emergencies…
US President-elect, Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he would declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission. On Monday morning, Trump responded to a social media post from Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton, who said earlier this month there are…
A court in Uganda has convicted a 21-year-old Tiktoker for calling for the public flogging of President Yoweri Museveni on TikTok. Emmanuel Nabugodi, who created a video depicting a mock Museveni trial, faces up to seven years in prison for “spreading hate speech” against the head of state. He pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Nov. 13,…
