A helicopter drops water as the Palisades Fire grows in Pacific Palisades, Calif., in Jan. 2025.
A woman walks past a building damaged during an earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026.
Charles and Camilla to remain at Clarence House and are said to want the public to have more access to ‘monarchy HQ’ King Charles’s tax bill: what did we learn and what is still in the dark? Crown estate makes more than £1bn profit for third year running King Charles and Queen Camilla will not move into Buckingham Palace when £369m of buildings works to update it finish next year, preferring to remain at Clarence House, their London home nearby. The announcement came as it was revealed the king
Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers say prosecutors are trying to turn his next courtroom appearance into a spectacle. The convicted former Lowcountry lawyer had asked to appear unshackled and in civilian clothes at trial and in televised pretrial hearings as he awaits a new murder trial in the killings of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. But after prosecutors accused him of seeking special treatment, Murdaugh’s defense team withdrew the request, saying they would not waste court time arguing over "the opti
Welcome to the latest edition of True Romance . We've caught World Cup fever, sort of. What we've actually caught is the "a soccer president is allegedly caught up in an affair scandal" fever. It's a slightly different fever, and I'd argue a more entertaining one. I don’t think there's any debate about that. There's no running around all afternoon without any scoring with steamy affair allegations. What we have is a married president of a soccer organization accused of using funds to allegedly f
Guardian - World · Oct 8
We know the monarch paid £24.6m in tax over the last two years, but we still don’t know how wealthy he actually is Crown estate makes more than £1bn profit for third year running King Charles has become Britain’s first monarch in modern times to reveal how much tax he pays on his private income: £24.6m over the last two years. It’s a move celebrated by some as heralding an era of greater transparency from the monarchy. But just how open has it been? Continue reading...
Guardian - World · Oct 8
King Charles’s property management firm rakes in £1.2bn as it continues to benefit from offshore windfarm boom King Charles’s tax bill: what did we learn and what is still in the dark? King Charles’s property management company has made more than £1bn for the third consecutive year thanks to the boom in offshore windfarms paid for through energy bills. The crown estate, the royals’ portfolio of land and property , reported £1.2bn in profit for the last financial year, almost three times the amou
NBC News · Oct 8
Democratic gubernatorial candidate and state Rep. Francesca Hong, D-Wis., during the 2026 Wisconsin Democratic Convention in Madison, Wis., on June 14, 2026.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Network says it was ‘no longer possible’ for Stefanovic to host Today, days after Today host interviewed far-right activist on independent podcast Karl Stefanovic is leaving Nine immediately, the network said in a statement on Friday. It was presented as a joint decision by the broadcaster and network, however it follows days of controversy after the highly-paid Today presenter used his independent podcast series to interview British far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Continue reading...
