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Brrr…we hear it’s cold in the atmosphere and what better way to keep cozy than in a chic Balenciaga faux fur coat? Cardi B, Monica and Serena Williams have all been captured rocking the electric blue $7,500 Balenciaga statement coat on different occasions. The Spanish luxury fashion house that’s headquarter in Paris is known for their fashion-forward designs, and this fur maxi coat was no exception. Turn on your JavaScript to view content Made in Italy, and 100% polyester, the coat is characterized with notched lapels, an open front, and a straight hem. Although we love a tried-and-true mink coat,…

The Omagh bombing was the single worst atrocity of the Troubles.As the journalist Shane Harrison explains, it was carried out when hopes were high in Northern Ireland that the country would never experience such violence again – four months after the signing of the Good Friday agreement in April 1998.The car bomb on 15 August killed 29 people, including Aiden Gallagher, a 21-year-old mechanic. Hannah Moore hears from his father, Michael Gallagher, about that day, and about his two-decade legal struggle since: to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice, and to persuade the government to launch a public…

Did you know that identity theft happens every 22 seconds? This means that, by the time you finish reading this sentence, someone has likely had their identity stolen. At best, identity theft will steal away your time and patience. But more often, identity theft leads to severe consequences, like losing control over your financial accounts, having your credit score affected or even losing lifelong savings.However, you don’t have to be a statistic. By understanding how identity thieves operate and implementing smart protection strategies, you can make your personal data a fortress that’s too challenging for cybercriminals to breach. Drawing from…

Brajesh UpadhyayBBC News, WashingtonReutersThe lawyers were part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s team which brought two cases against TrumpUS President Donald Trump’s administration has fired more than a dozen justice department lawyers who worked on two criminal cases against him.They were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry concluded they could not “be trusted to faithfully implement the president’s agenda because of their significant role in prosecuting the president”, a department official told the BBC’s US partner CBS News.The lawyers were part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s team which investigated Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and his…

House Republicans are calling on sanctuary city mayors to testify next month about the policy’s impact on public safety and the refusal to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Tenn., chair of the GOP-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Reform, said he was launching an investigation into sanctuary cities across the United States to determine whether they have complied with federal immigration enforcement laws. In a letter, he asked Michelle Wu, Brandon Johnson, Mike Johnston and Eric Adams, the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City, respectively, to provide documents and information related to the sanctuary policies…

The origin of On, a Swiss sportswear brand, is unusual. In 2010 Olivier Bernhard, a triathlete, stuck bits of garden hose to the bottom of his trainers for added cushioning. The idea worked so well that he and two friends decided to make a business out of it. Their shoes were a hit; last year the company made almost $2bn in sales. On November 12th it reported that its revenue in the quarter to September grew by 32%, year on year. On now has a market value of $17bn.

Sydneysiders are sweltering through a scorcher with temperatures hitting 40C in parts of the city ahead of an expected afternoon change, when temperatures could plummet 15C.The Bureau of Meteorology said New South Wales would on Tuesday bear the brunt of the pool of very hot air that sent temperatures in parts of South Australia and Victoria into the 40s on Monday.Sydney’s main Observatory Hill weather station recorded 34C by midday and it was forecast to reach 40C in the CBD. Penrith hit 40C by lunchtime and was forecast to reach 42C later in the afternoon as was Olympic Park and…

“I was okay with being a convict,” Jason Riddle told me this week, not long after learning that he was among the roughly 1,500 recipients of sweeping presidential pardons.

Palestinian Territories: Masses of displaced Palestinians streamed into the north of war-ravaged Gaza on Monday after Israel and Hamas reached a deal for the release of another six hostages.Also on Monday, the Israeli government said eight of the hostages held in Gaza who were due for release in the truce’s first phase are dead.The fragile ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is intended to bring an end to more than 15 months of war that began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.Israel had prevented Palestinians from returning to northern Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating the…

Wycliffe Muia, BBC News & Peter Mwai, BBC VerifyNairobiGetty ImagesAn ambitious initiative to vaccinate all livestock in Kenya is due to kick off this week amid fierce resistance from farmers that is being driven by misleading claims about the vaccines.It will cost farmers nothing to get their animals vaccinated as the government says it is footing the bill.But Robert Nkukuu, who keeps cattle in the Mai Mahiu area of Nakuru county – some 50km (30 miles) north-west of the capital, Nairobi, explained how it had become a toxic issue since President William Ruto announced the plan last November.”If the community…