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The billionaire owner of adult content website OnlyFans, Leo Radvinsky, has died at the age of 43 after a battle with cancer. Radvinsky was a Ukrainian-born entrepreneur who made billions, reportedly earning up to $1.8 million a day from his adult content platform and other ventures. Citing confirmation from a spokesperson in a statement on Monday, the Daily Mail reported that the company was “deeply saddened” by his death. “Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” the spokesperson said. “His family have requested privacy at this difficult time.” An online obituary indicated that Radvinsky died in…
Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel on Tuesday, the Israeli military said, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said there had been “very good and productive” talks aiming at halting the conflict raging across the Middle East. Three senior Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Trump appeared determined to reach a deal, but that they thought it highly unlikely that Iran would agree to U.S. demands in any new round of negotiations. After Trump’s Truth Social comment on Monday, Iran said no talks had yet been held. Iran’s embassy in South Africa posted an image on X…
A Colombian military plane crashed in a takeoff disaster on Monday, killing 66 people as rescuers shuttled dozens of survivors to nearby hospitals and searched for four who were still missing, according to a top official. The Lockheed Martin-built (LMT.N), opens new tab Hercules C-130 transport plane was carrying 128 people, including 11 Air Force members, 115 army personnel and two national police officers, according to Hugo Alejandro Lopez, head of the nation’s armed forces. The death toll was nearly double that of the previous figure given by authorities, who continued search and recovery efforts at the site of the deadly crash.…
Two pilots killed in New York runway collision, Trump deploys ICE to strained US airports
Two pilots died in a runway accident that shut New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Monday and U.S. President Donald Trump deployed armed immigration agents to help ease long security lines at major airports strained by personnel shortages. The crash between an Air Canada Express (AC.TO), opens new tab jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia injured dozens of passengers and led to hundreds of flight cancellations at the start of the working week in the latest disruption for airports and carriers that have been knocked off-kilter by a weeks-long budget standoff in Congress. The crashed jet remained visible at the airport on Monday, its crushed cockpit pointing skyward.…
Europe is dangerously unprepared to tackle a growing wildfire crisis, and must overhaul its fleets of firefighting aircraft and step up investment, according to a report. The paper – commissioned by Portugal-based Avincis, which leases firefighting planes and helicopters – said the increased risk across southern Europe was down to climate change, falling rural populations and build-ups of burnable vegetation. Wildfires that typically rage from early June to mid-September were breaking out earlier and later in the year, the report drawn up by consulting firm Lead by Thought said. ‘FIRE SEASONS ARE GETTING LONGER’ Blazes were also spreading northwards, added…
A military drone which crashed in Lithuania on Monday came from Ukraine and had been aimed at Russia before losing its way, Lithuania’s prime minister said on Tuesday. The Baltic country’s army on Monday said a suspected drone had entered the country’s airspace and crashed into an ice-covered lake some 20 km (12 miles) from the border of Belarus. “This is not a local incident, this is a part of wider security picture. Russian aggression against Ukraine creates additional risks for the whole region,” Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene told a press conference on Monday. Lithuania last year asked NATO for more air defences after…
U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be determined to reach a deal with Iran aimed at ending hostilities in the Middle East, three senior Israeli officials said on Tuesday. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that they viewed it is unlikely that Iran would agree to U.S. demands in any new round of negotiations, which broke down on February 28 with the launch of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Those U.S. demands were likely to include curbs on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. Trump wrote on social media on Monday that the U.S. and Iran had held “very…
Iran arrests 466 people accused of online activity undermining national security, IRNA says
Iranian police arrested 466 people accused of online activities aimed at undermining national security, state media reported on Tuesday, in one of the biggest security sweeps since the start of the war with Israel and the United States. Iranian media have reported more than 1,000 arrests over the course of the month, pertaining to individuals accused of filming sensitive locations, sharing anti-government content online, or “cooperating with the enemy”. A police statement said the arrests followed intelligence and technical monitoring in recent days, alleging the individuals were connected to “enemy” networks seeking to create internal instability.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the start of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term marked a rupture in German foreign relations that was as profound as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and required Germany to seek more independence. “Just as I believe there will be no going back in relations with Russia before February 24, 2022, so too do I believe there will be no going back in transatlantic relations before January 20, 2025,” said Steinmeier, according to prepared remarks. Germany had to take the lessons it learned in extricating itself from “excessive dependencies” on Russia and apply them to the…
China has lodged a strong protest and made representations with the Japanese after what it described as a “forceful break-in” at its embassy in Tokyo, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday. An individual who claimed to be an active-duty officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces scaled the wall and forcibly entered the Chinese Embassy on Tuesday morning, ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular press conference. “The individual admitted that his actions were illegal and threatened to kill Chinese diplomatic personnel in the so-called name of God,” Lin said. China is “deeply shocked” by the incident, Lin said, urging…
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