LONDON — Gay dating app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent, a law firm said on Monday. Austen Hayes, which said the lawsuit is being filed at London’s High Court, said thousands of…
SYDNEY, Australia — Elon Musk said an Australian senator should be jailed and suggested the country’s gun laws were meant to stop resistance against its “fascist government,” escalating his battle over a court order to remove video posts of a bishop being stabbed. After Australia’s federal court told Musk’s platform X to temporarily stop showing…
Polish President Andrzej Duda discussed Ukraine and the Middle East with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a meeting in New York on Wednesday at which the former U.S. president said he was “behind Poland all the way.” Duda, whose term in office expires in 2025, was one of Trump’s preferred international partners during his 2017-2021 presidency…
LONDON — Britain’s Prince William is set to return to official royal duties on Thursday for the first time since his wife Kate, the Princess of Wales, announced she was receiving treatment for cancer. William, the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, will visit west London and the adjacent county of Surrey to…
QUITO, Ecuador — Mexico’s government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy late Friday to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president, an extraordinary use of force that shocked and mystified regional leaders and diplomats. Ecuadorian police broke through the external doors of the embassy in the capital, Quito, to arrest…
TEL AVIV — The parents of a U.S.-Canadian aid worker killed in Israeli strikes on a World Central Kitchen convoy say they do not have confidence in Israel’s military to fairly investigate and are calling for an independent probe into the attack that claimed the life of their only son. Jacob Flickinger, 33, was among…
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight. Zelenskyy dismissed top aide Serhiy Shefir from his post of first assistant, where he had served since 2019. The Ukrainian president also let go three advisers, and two presidential…
LONDON — On a crisp but sunny morning outside Buckingham Palace, the saga surrounding Kate, the Princess of Wales, had given way Saturday to a wave of warm wishes after she announced that she was undergoing treatment for cancer. “We were all very shocked,” said Sheema Riaz, a teacher who was visiting London with her…
Zelenskyy advisor speaks out about attack President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s advisor denied that Ukraine was involved in the deadly Crocus concert hall attack. “Ukraine certainly has nothing to do with the shooting/explosions in the Crocus City Hall (Moscow Region, Russia),” Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on X. “It makes no sense whatsoever.” No evidence has emerged to suggest…
The Michigan prosecutor who won convictions against the mother and father of teenage school shooter Ethan Crumbley said Friday her goal was not to ensure that the sins of other criminally convicted children are visited on their parents in court, but to prevent further gun violence. “I hope it leads to more prevention of gun…
