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The U.S. Department of Justice has released roughly 3 million additional documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, fulfilling a congressional mandate to make more of the case file public. Officials say the new batch—part of a larger archive estimated at more than 800,000 records—includes emails, messages and jail records, with many names of women redacted for privacy. Early reporting from outlets such as The Wall Street Journal says the files contain references to several high‑profile men, includin

Jay-Z and Pusha T have been listed in the Epstein files following the release of new documents by the United States Department of Justice. The Epstein files is a nearly 3.5 million pages of documents, images and videos detailing the activities of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. It refers to materials that allegedly name or implicate powerful people who may have had connections to Epstein or his sex-trafficking network. Part of the newly released documents,

Ray J, the US singer, has revealed that doctors have warned he may not have much time left to live. The 45-year-old hitmaker, who was hospitalised on January 6 for pneumonia and heart-related issues, disclosed the severity of his condition in a recent Instagram post and a live video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ray J (@rayj) Ray J revealed that is health “isn’t okay,” adding that “my heart’s only beating like 25%”. “I want to thank everybody for praying for me. I was i

US technology giant Amazon has confirmed it will cut 16,000 jobs - hours after it told staff about a new round of global redundancies in an email apparently sent in error. View this post on Instagram A post shared by New Dope (@newdopehq) The email, which has been seen by the BBC, was sent late on Tuesday and refers to a swathe of employees in the US, Canada and Costa Rica having been laid off as part of an effort to "strengthen the company." The message was apparently shared by mistake

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told Europe it should “keep on dreaming” if it thinks it can defend itself without the support of the United States. “If anyone thinks here again that the European Union, or Europe as a whole, can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming. You can’t. We can’t. We need each other,” Rutte said during an address to the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday. The NATO chief warned European nations they would need to increase defense spending to 10% if

The killing of a US citizen by federal immigration agents on Saturday — the second in Minneapolis this month — sparked new protests and impassioned demands by local leaders for the Trump administration to end its operation in the city. Federal agents shot dead Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, while scuffling with him on an icy roadway, less than three weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed Renee Good, also 37, in her car. The Trump administration

In a recent social media post, Nicki Minaj confirmed that she’ll be a guest speaker at an upcoming summit on behalf of President Donald Trump.  According to reports, Trump will be joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and philanthropist Michael Dell. On Saturday (Jan.24), Minaj reposted a flyer about the event from Bessent’s press secretary with a photo of her in front of an American flag. Dubbed the “Trump Accounts Summit,” the day-long event will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 28, in Wash

US federal officials struggled Friday to quell growing outrage over the detention of a five-year-old boy in a massive immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, as businesses in the city shut down in protest at the ongoing raids. The superintendent of Columbia Heights Public Schools, where Liam Conejo Ramos was a preschool student, said the child and his Ecuadoran father, Adrian Conejo Arias — both asylum seekers — were taken from their driveway as they arrived home. Ramos was then used as “bait” by

Prince Harry arrived Monday at London’s High Court for an anticipated nine-week trial into claims that a UK newspaper group unlawfully gathered information on him. In the last unresolved case after the British royal brought lawsuits against several UK newspaper publishers, Harry is jointly suing Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday tabloids. Harry, who is set to take the stand to give evidence on Thursday, entered the Royal Courts of Justice s

A high-speed train has derailed and been hit by another in southern Spain killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 120, authorities said on Monday. It said the country’s worst train crash in over a decade was “extremely strange”. This was the deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela. The crash happened on Sunday evening when a train operated by rail company Iryo

UN chief Antonio Guterres Saturday deplored a host of “powerful forces lining up to undermine global cooperation” in a London speech marking the 80th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly. Guterres, whose term as secretary-general ends on December 31 this year, delivered the warning at the Methodist Central Hall in London, where representatives from 51 countries met on January 10, 1946, for the General Assembly’s first session. They met in London because the UN headquarters in New York

US President Donald Trump has threatened to place tariffs on nations that do not go along with his ambitions to annex Greenland. Trump said at a White House meeting that he "may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland", which is a self-governing territory controlled by Denmark.  He did not say which countries might be hit with new tariffs, or what authority he would invoke to use such import taxes in pursuit of his goal. Along with Denmark and Greenland, other countrie

The BBC has filed papers in a US federal court in Florida seeking to dismiss a $10 billion lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump over a documentary broadcast by the British broadcaster. Trump’s suit, filed last year, concerns a BBC programme that edited his January 6, 2021 speech during the US Capitol certification of Joe Biden’s election victory.  The documentary spliced together two parts of the speech in a manner that, according to Trump, made it appear he had directly encouraged suppor

Sean “Diddy” Combs has formally petitioned President Donald Trump for clemency through a written letter, The New York Times reports. In a recent two-hour interview, Trump confirmed he received the correspondence. However, he indicated he does not intend to grant the pardon. While rumors of such a request had circulated, Thursday’s acknowledgment marks the first official confirmation. Diddy, 56, is currently serving a 50-month sentence related to prostitution charges. The appeal has sparked publ

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been extracted from Venezuela by US forces and would be taken to New York to face federal charges, as governments around the world condemned or expressed concern over Washington’s military action. Speaking in a telephone interview with Fox News from West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said Maduro and his wife were removed by helicopter and transferred to a ship. “They’re on a ship bu

US President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that American forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following air strikes on Caracas and other cities, marking a dramatic escalation in a months-long confrontation between Washington and the Caracas government. In a rapidly unfolding sequence of events, residents of the Venezuelan capital were jolted awake by explosions and the sound of attack helicopters at about 2:00 am local time (0600 GMT). AFP journalists reported that the str

US President Donald Trump has said he is withdrawing National Guard troops from several US cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, after a Supreme Court ruling last week undermined his authority to use troops for policing.  "We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again," Trump wrote on Truth Social on New Year's Eve. Earlier on Tuesday, the Trump administration withdrew its legal attempts to keep control of troops deployed in LA. Last wee

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida on Monday, an Israeli official said, in what is seen as a crucial visit for the next steps of the fragile Gaza truce plan. It will be Netanyahu’s fifth visit to see key ally Trump in the United States this year. His trip comes as the Trump administration and regional mediators push to proceed to the second stage of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli official on Satur

Vince Zampella, the co-creator of video game series Call of Duty, has died at age 55. Zampella passed away on Sunday following a severe single-vehicle crash on a Los Angeles highway in California. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), for reasons still under investigation, the Ferrari he was in veered off the roadway, struck a concrete barrier, and became fully engulfed in flames. A viral video from the scene showed the fiery aftermath of the collision. The CHP reported that two o

TikTok has reached an agreement that would give it a new set of owners in the US as part of a joint-venture agreement. Larry Ellison's Oracle, Abu Dhabi investment firm MGX, and private-equity firm Silver Lake are all coming on as managing investors in the US spin-off. But how much influence will these investors have over the money-making side of the business? Not much, according to an internal memo TikTok CEO Shou Chew sent to employees on Thursday, viewed by Business Insider. The new investo

A Delaware appeals court cleared the way Friday for Elon Musk to receive a long-contested $56 billion Tesla pay package, reversing an earlier judgment in the protracted case. The decision by the Delaware Supreme Court rejects a pair of judgments by Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the state’s Court of Chancery and sets the stage for the world’s richest person to get another windfall. In a pair of 2024 rulings, McCormick invalidated the 2018 package, which once loomed as historically large but

TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. business to three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States. The deal is expected to close on Jan. 22, according to an internal memo seen by The Associated Press. CEO Shou Zi Chew said in the memo that ByteDance and TikTok have signed binding agreements with the three investors. The new TikTok U.S. joint venture will be 50% held by a consortium of new invest

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a statement Tuesday after a federal judge blocked efforts by the Trump administration to impose fines on states tied to their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program operations. “Our most vulnerable residents rely on SNAP to put food on the table. Despite the federal government’s best efforts to make it more difficult for food assistance to reach those in need, today’s decision ensures New York’s SNAP program can continue running without interrup