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American rock icon Jon Bon Jovi turned a $10 million land purchase into a major Palm Beach real estate upgrade, selling his custom-built home for nearly twice what he paid for the land before buying a much larger oceanfront estate nearby. Property records and reports from The Real Deal show the singer sold his custom-built…

Pak minister’s throat-cut gesture to Afghan journalist Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif has faced criticism on social media over a threat-like gesture he made towards an Afghan woman journalist who questioned him about Pakistan’s ties with the Taliban and its response to the treatment of Afghan women.The incident took place on the sidelines of the…

In 1988, Ohio lawyer Neil McKown signed a deal to buy 155 acres of overgrown, run-down land in Shelby. When he got home that evening, he asked his family to get into the car to see what he had just bought. His wife, Pamela, was not impressed by the property. She thought it was an…

FBI Director Kash Patel/Image: AP The FBI has demoted two senior counterterrorism officials in Washington and reassigned them to bureau headquarters amid dissatisfaction over their handling of an investigation into allegedly threatening phone calls targeting Katie Miller, the wife of senior White House aide Stephen Miller, Bloomberg Law reported, citing three people.Michael Burgwald, special agent…

The mother of a 23-year-old British woman shot dead by her father in Texas is seeking a fresh investigation into her daughter’s death after a US grand jury ruled the shooting accidental.Jane Coates is travelling from England to Texas to ask the Collin County District Attorney’s Office to reconsider the case involving her daughter, Lucy…

Azerbaijani woman, 20, allegedly drugged and gang-raped in Lahore; 3 booked (AP file photo) A 20-year-old woman from Azerbaijan was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Lahore after being taken to a flat in the Defence Housing Authority area, news agency PTI cited police on Sunday.The incident allegedly took place after the woman, who came…

Barfield wants the Black community to embrace farming and see it as part of its history. Christa Barfield grew up in Germantown, Philadelphia, and once worked in healthcare. Her career changed after a 2018 trip to Martinique, where she met Black farmers and saw their work first-hand. Five days after returning home, Barfield began planning…

Police stand at a roadblock on the road to RAF Fairford after an incident, in Whelford, England (Picture credit: AP) A major incident was declared near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Sunday after several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, prompting the evacuation of homes in the nearby village of…

The storm has brought strong winds, heavy rain, coastal flooding and high surf across the Northeast. A 56-year-old man was killed after a fallen tree struck him in Brooklyn on Saturday as a powerful early-season storm, known as a nor’easter, battered the US Northeast with heavy rain and strong winds.Emergency crews were called to Euclid…

Chinese president Xi Jinping and US president Donald Trump US President Donald Trump sought to play down Taiwan as a major point of friction with China after his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying the two leaders did not discuss the issue in detail despite it being one of the most sensitive flashpoints in…