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  Actor Robert De Niro, 80, departs federal court on the second day of his trial on October 31, 2023 in New York City Robert De Niro  admitted in a Manhattan court that he ordered his former assistant to scratch his back, angrily declaring: 'You got me!'  The actor, 80, is facing accusations he discriminated against his former assistant Graham Chase Robinson, 41, in a four-year legal battle that went to trial on Monday.  His former staffer Robinson has accused the actor of  gender  discrimination while working for his company, Canal Productions. De Niro's company initially sued Robinson alleging improper spending of the company's accounts.   On the second day of the trial on Tuesday, De Niro became flustered and irate as he took to the stand to combat allegations he subjected Robinson to years of abusive language, unwanted physical advances and misogyny.  In a startling moment while on the stand, the Oscar-winning actor confronted his accuser and said before a stunned c

  In a statement, the IDF said: 'A short while ago, IDF fighter jets, acting on ISA intelligence, killed Ibrahim Biari, the Commander of Hamas' Central Jabaliya Battalion. Biari was one of the leaders responsible for sending 'Nukbha' terrorist operatives to Israel to carry out the murderous terror attack on October 7th.'  Buildings have been levelled in the densely-populated neighbourhood, opening up huge sinkholes, with residents likening it to an  earthquake  and saying that the ground began to collapse around them.  Pictures show apocalyptic scenes, with scores of distraught onlookers gathered around two vast craters which some clambered into as they desperately searched for any survivors.  Meanwhile, dozens of white body bags have filled up the nearby streets, awaiting burial at the hospital near the encampment.  A Gazan health ministry statement said: 'More than 50 martyrs and around 150 wounded and dozens under the rubble, in a heinous Israeli massacre tha

  Saudi Arabia looks set to be the host of the 2034 World Cup after the only other country to have shown an interest in hosting — Australia — made a last-minute decision not to bid. “We have reached the conclusion not to do so for the 2034 competition,” a statement from Football Australia said Tuesday, just hours before FIFA’s deadline for declarations of interest. It puts Saudi Arabia on track to host the global soccer tournament a decade from now — a move that’s likely to be seen as highly controversial. It would also make it only the second Arab Gulf country to ever host the World Cup, after Qatar did so in 2022. The selection of Qatar as host angered many human rights activists, who accused the state of abusing migrant workers, endangering the lives of the LGBT community and stifling free speech. Qatar pushed back by insisting that everyone was welcome in the country and denying reports that thousands of workers had died building the stadiums, but said that it was entitled to set i

  Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of Security Council, Russian government and law enforcement agencies in Moscow on Oct. 30, 2023. The U.S. rejected accusations by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the West and Ukraine had orchestrated an anti-Israel riot in an airport in the Russian republic of Dagestan over the weekend, calling the allegations “absurd.” In a televised meeting, Putin said the West and Ukraine had organized the “deadly chaos,” saying it is “the current ruling elites of the U.S. and their satellites who are the main beneficiaries of world instability.” John Kirby, spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council, described the claims as “classic Russian rhetoric” and said “the West had nothing to do with this. This is just hate, bigotry and intimidation, pure and simple.” People shouting antisemitic slogans at an airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, Russia, on Oct. 30, 2023. Ukraine also rejected having any role in the incident —

  Canada said Thursday it had withdrawn 41 diplomats from India — fallout from a bitter row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. New Delhi planned to revoke diplomatic immunity for all but 21 of Canada’s diplomats and their families by Friday, forcing Ottawa to pull out the others, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said. “We have facilitated their safe departure from India,” Joly added. “This means that our diplomats and their families have now left.” Relations between India and Canada have plunged since Ottawa last month publicly linked Indian intelligence to the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver in June. Nijjar advocated for a separate Sikh state carved out of India. Canada has called for India to cooperate in the investigation but New Delhi has rejected the allegations and taken countermeasures, such as shutting down visa services  Ottawa also expelled an Indian diplomat over the affair. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmany

  Canada on Monday banned popular Chinese messaging app WeChat and Russian platform Kaspersky from government smartphones and other mobile devices, citing privacy and security risks. The suite of applications would be immediately removed from government-issued devices and users will be blocked from downloading them in the future, said a statement. Treasury Board President Anita Anand, who oversees Canada’s federal public service, said the nation’s chief information officer determined the apps “present an un No breaches have been detected but the platforms’ data collection methods on mobile devices, she added, “provide considerable access to the device’s contents.” “The decision to remove and block the WeChat and the Kaspersky applications was made to ensure that government of Canada networks and data remain secure and protected and are in line with the approach of our international partners,” Anand concluded. Beijing said on Tuesday that Canada’s decision had been taken “without any ac

  A gunman who killed three people, in what US police said was a random attack, telephoned his mother and then shot himself dead Tuesday in the state of Washington. The dismaying episode came on the heels of two mass shootings in California that have left 18 people dead as the United States grapples yet again with the horror of spiraling gun violence. READ ALSO :  Two Killed In Philippines Air Crash, Another Plane Missing Police in Yakima say a man they earlier named as 21-year-old local Jarid Haddock shot people in and around a convenience store overnight, before fleeing. Officers launched an extensive manhunt throughout the city of 100,000 people, which sits 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, warning that the wanted man was armed and dangerous. “It appears to be a random situation,” Yakima Police Chief Matthew Murray said early Tuesday. “There was no apparent conflict between the parties. They just walked in and started shooting.” Hours later police received a 911 emerg

  Police were surrounding a post office in Japan late Tuesday as a suspected gunman held an unknown number of people hostage, with local media reporting two people injured in a possible shooting at a nearby hospital. It was not immediately clear whether the two incidents were related, but reports said that the suspect in the hospital case had sped away on a motorbike. Images on television showed the post office suspect, reported to be possibly in his 80s, inside the building in a baseball cap and a white shirt under a dark coat, with what looked like a gun attached to a cord around his neck. Police officers guard the area around a post office where a suspected gunman has taken an unknown number of people hostage in Warabi city, Saitama prefecture on October 31, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT / JAPAN OUT   “At approximately 2:15 pm today (0515 GMT), a person took hostages and holed up at a post office in Chuo 5-chome area of Warabi city… The perpetrator is possessing what

In the wake of four decades and the devastating toll of over 700,000 lives lost to HIV, gene-editing experts are now at the precipice of a remarkable development. Three individuals in California have recently received a groundbreaking treatment, involving the introduction of genetic material along with an enzyme known as CAS9. Early studies indicate that this innovative approach has the potential to edit the viral DNA embedded in human cells, potentially eradicating HIV altogether. Harnessing the power of CRISPR gene-editing technology, a cure for the AIDS-causing virus may be closer than ever before imagined. HIV, which was once a near-certain death sentence until the mid-90s, has since become a manageable chronic condition for those with access to antiviral medications. Despite the availability of treatment, approximately 1.2 million Americans still grapple with HIV, as even with medical intervention, there remains a risk of the virus reactivating and progressing to AIDS. Over the ye