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DJ Khaled has joined Def Jam Recordings as he looks to take his career to the “next level”. The 47-year-old DJ feels “blessed” after bringing his We the Best imprint to the record label, following his eight-year stint at Epic Records, and he cannot wait to “achieve greater heights”. He said: “This new chapter marks […]

The prospect of rescuing more people in Turkey and Syria trapped under the rubble of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake are dwindling, but Friday, four days after the tremblor, several survivors were pulled from the ruins in Hatay province in Turkey’s south. Officials say the death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck the border region […]

Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person with direct knowledge of the event. The subpoena to Pence as part of the investigation by special counsel Jack […]

WASHINGTON — Anger and disgust over China’s decision to violate the sovereign airspace of dozens of countries and scour the globe with a fleet of surveillance balloons is giving way in Washington to larger concerns about Beijing’s behavior — behavior that could bode ill for future incidents. At the Pentagon, in particular, senior U.S. defense officials […]

European Union leaders welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a standing ovation Thursday as he pleaded for fighter jets to fend off Russia’s nearly year-long invasion and pushed for European Union membership for his war-torn country. “A Ukraine that is winning is going to be member of the European Union,” Zelenskyy told the European Parliament […]

LONDON/WASHINGTON — A global ransomware outbreak has scrambled servers belonging to the U.S. state of Florida’s Supreme Court and several universities in the United States and Central Europe, according to a Reuters analysis of ransom notes posted online to stricken servers. Those organizations are among more than 3,800 victims of a fast-spreading digital extortion campaign that […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden followed up his State of the Union address with a trip Wednesday to the Midwestern state of Wisconsin to herald what he sees as the country’s economic advance on his watch. Opposition Republicans, meanwhile, were calling for an end to what they call runaway government spending that Biden has sanctioned […]

Jay-Z believes his wife Beyoncé should have won Album of the Year at the 2023 Grammy Awards on Sunday. Before the awards, the 53-year-old rap icon gave an interview for his music platform Tidal about the awards show and their wins and losses over years. He also revealed why he believed Renaissance deserved the award […]

Rescue crews in Turkey and Syria raced against time and the cold Wednesday to find survivors buried in the rubble of buildings toppled by powerful earthquakes that struck the region Monday and left more than 11,000 people dead. The rescue effort in Turkey involved 96,000 personnel, the country’s emergency management agency said Wednesday. Search sites […]

BERLIN — A lawsuit against BMW BMWG.DE by German climate NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe demanding the carmaker tighten its carbon emission reduction targets was unfounded, Munich’s district court said on Tuesday, but the NGO said it planned to appeal. The heads of Deutsche Umwelthilfe called in their lawsuit on BMW to end production of combustion engine cars […]