The wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the imprisoned former leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, was arrested on Monday over her alleged involvement in international drug trafficking, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, a regular attendee at her husband’s trial two years ago, was arrested at Dulles International Airport in… Read More Wife of Mexican drug cartel kingpin El Chapo arrested in Virginia
Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation on Monday making New Jersey the latest U.S. state to legalize marijuana for recreational use, but it is expected to take up to a year before dispensaries will begin selling cannabis to the public. The Democratic governor signed a package of three bills after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question… Read More New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signs law legalizing recreational marijuana
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday Iran might enrich uranium up to 60% purity if the country needed it and would never yield to U.S. pressure over its nuclear activity, state television reported. Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with six powers, which it has been breaching since the United States withdrew in 2018, caps… Read More Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says nation may enrich uranium to 60% purity if needed
Spotify said on Monday it would launch in 85 new markets in the next few days which will make the music streaming service available to more than a billion people around the world, sending its shares up 6% to a record high. The company, which started its service more than a decade ago, is currently… Read More Spotify to launch in 85 new markets making service available to over a billion listeners
Delegations from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar met in Kuwait on Monday for the first time since an agreement last month to end a rift of more than three years, the UAE state news agency WAM said. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January at a summit in Saudi’s al-Ula to… Read More UAE, Qatar hold first meeting since resolution of Arab Gulf dispute
Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and two other people were killed on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in eastern Congo, Italy’s foreign ministry and park authorities said. The convoy was attacked at around 10:15 a.m. (0815 GMT)during an attempted kidnap by assailants near the town of Kanyamahoro, a… Read More Italian envoy, two others dead following attack on UN convoy in Congo
The digital content distribution company, Publiseer, has now secured new distribution partners for its eBooks and audiobooks. From next week, the digital aggregator will start distributing its eBooks and audiobooks on Flamingo Fiction. Flamingo Fiction, a Media365 platform, is a new mobile reading application that is specifically targeted at readers of serialized romantic fiction stories.… Read More Publiseer gets new distribution partner for eBooks and audiobooks
NASA scientists on Friday presented striking early images from the picture-perfect landing of the Mars rover Perseverance, including a selfie of the six-wheeled vehicle dangling just above the surface of the Red Planet moments before touchdown. The color photograph, likely to become an instant classic among memorable images from the history of spaceflight, was snapped… Read More Mars rover Perseverance sends images from moment before touchdown
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