The Swiss government has frozen any assets held in Switzerland by Nicolas Maduro and people close to the Venezuelan president. The order is to ensure that potentially illegally acquired assets cannot be transferred out of Switzerland, the government said in a statement on Monday. The freeze comes into force with immediate effect and will remain valid for four years, until further notice. A total of 37 people are currently affected by the freeze, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said in an emailed reply to questions. It declined to given any indication…
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Donald Trump has again proposed annexing Greenland, after Denmark’s leader urged him to “stop the threats” over the island. Speaking to reporters, the US president said “we need Greenland from the standpoint of national security”. Trump has repeatedly raised the prospect of the semi-autonomous Danish territory becoming an annexed part of the US, citing its strategic location for defence purposes and mineral wealth. Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen responded by saying “that’s enough now” and described the notion of US control over the island as a “fantasy”. He said:…
President Trump returned to the White House with pledges to address the housing shortage and affordability crisis. But his moves to crack downon trade policy, immigration and the size of the federal government threaten to compound the strain on homeowners he has vowed to ease. Though the Trump administration has stressed home ownership as “a ticket to the American dream” as it attempts to herald in “the golden age of America,” housing has appeared to take somewhat of a backseat to the issues of foreign policy and the border in…
Bonnie Blue reveals her plans to break another world record this Sunday – but viewers ask ‘how has she not been jailed?’ BONNIE Blue has revealed her ‘gross’ plans to break yet another world record later this week. And the controversial OnlyFans model, 25, has left viewers disgusted once again, as many questioned ‘how has she not been jailed?’. Posting on Instagram, Bonnie, who was recently in Cancún where she bedded hundreds of young freshers, shared the plan for her next sex stunt in a short clip which she uploaded with the caption ‘Another record about to be broken…
Donald Trump imposed 10 per cent ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on the UK last night – but hit the rest of the world even harder as he vowed to stop the US being ‘pillaged’, ‘raped’ and ‘brutalised’. The president also confirmed there will be a 25 per cent tariff on all foreign-made cars, in another blow for Britain that experts have warned could cost 25,000 jobs. But Downing Street was breathing a sigh of relief as other countries facing even harsher punishment, with 10 per cent the ‘baseline’ level. Now, all eyes will be…
At least six people are feared dead after a tourist submarine sank off the coast of Egypt. A further nine have been left injured in the incident, with four in critical condition, according to local reports. The tourist submarine, named Sindbad, had been carrying 44 passengers at the time of the sinking on Thursday, as it sailed off the coast of Hurghada. Rescue services have so far managed to save 29 people, reports Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm. The Red Sea Security Directorate received a report of the tourist submarine sinking,…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that Vladimir Putin ‘will die soon’ amid rumours that the Russian leader is battling poor health. He said: ‘He (Putin) will die soon, and that’s a fact, and it will come to an end.’ Despite his attempts to project an image of hypermasculinity, Putin has long faced rumours that he suffers from health issues. In recent years the 72-year-old has appeared to have a puffy face, a twitching leg and blood-shot eyes only fuelling the speculation further. One particular famous incident in 2022 saw the president slouching in…
With distinctive two-fingered claws, the remains of a previously unknown species of dinosaur suggest it looked like a bizarre mix of sloth, giraffe and cult movie hero Edward Scissorhands, according to new research. Paleontologists unearthed the fossil in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, and the find is unique because the sheath of one of the digits is intact. Made of keratin (the same material as fingernails), the sheath reveals that the claw itself was much longer than the underlying bones. It is the largest claw of its kind found fully preserved in…
Eating at Imperial Treasure’s new Huaiyang restaurant is a bit like meeting relatives you never knew you had in your ancestral village in China. Or rather, relatives you never bothered to look for in the first place. Because if you did, you feared they might serve you their version of yak tea and ask for money and your iPhone. But, by chance, you do meet them and, surprisingly, they turn out to be worldly sophisticates much more gastronomically cultured than you. And their top-of-the-line Xiaomis are way cooler than your…
srael’s military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, urging Palestinians to flee an offensive in Rafah city nearly a week into a renewed assault on the Hamas-ruled territory. The latest evacuation warning follows a deadly flare-up in Lebanon and missiles fired from Yemen, while Israeli troops are again deploying to parts of Gaza despite calls to revive a January truce. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Sunday that the war, triggered by the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, has killed at least 50,021 people…