A sales engineer from Paris won a Pablo Picasso painting worth at least $1 million in a raffle this week, which he’d entered with just a $117 raffle ticket. Ari Hodara, 58, described himself as an amateur art enthusiast and fan of Picasso’s work. He said he’d bought a ticket just days earlier for the …
ANKARA, April 15 (Reuters) – Four people were killed and 20 others were wounded when a middle school student opened fire at a school in the Turkey’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras on Wednesday, Governor Mukerrem Unluer told reporters. Unluer said a teacher was among those killed, and added the shooter was a student who used …
BEIRUT, April 15 (Reuters) – Hezbollah said on Wednesday the Lebanese government’s decision to hold talks with Israel was “a national sin” that would widen divisions in Lebanon, underlining deep polarisation in the country as the Iran-backed group wages war with Israel. Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said Tuesday’s U.S.-mediated meeting between Lebanon’s Washington ambassador and …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents of New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District will have a representative in Congress for the first time this year after a special election on Thursday to fill the U.S. House seat most recently held by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill. A Democratic victory in the Democratic-leaning district would further narrow the slim majority …
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona on Wednesday. Organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla say that more than 70 boats and 1,000 people from around the world will participate, with campaigners saying it’s the biggest civilian-led mobilization …
ANKARA, April 15 (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and six people were wounded in a shooting at a middle school in the southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaras on Wednesday, broadcaster NTV reported citing the local governor, marking the second such attack in as many days. No other details were immediately available. School shootings …
WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that if current Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell does not leave the bank after a new Fed chair is installed, he will have to fire him. (Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Andrew Heavens) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
April 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine regained control of nearly 50 sq km (19 sq miles) of its territory from Russia in March, its army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Wednesday, building on its gains since the start of the year. He added that with the change of weather conditions, Moscow’s forces have stepped up their …
April 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s security aide Sebastian Gorka is seeking to become the next head of the National Counterterrorism Center, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, nearly a month after the center’s previous head quit due to differences over the war in Iran. Joe Kent, who previously headed the center, had …
The Audi Q5 and BMW X3 are among the most popular options for shoppers interested in a small luxury SUV. Each one offers a practical size, a classy cabin, and a relatively affordable way to get an SUV with a luxury badge. Notably, the Q5 and the X3 also received full redesigns last year. The …