That decision was made days after Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, formally indicted the 36-year-old social media star along with his brother Tristan, and two Romanian women in the same case.
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George Tickner, original guitarist and co-founder of Journey, dies at 76
Lead guitarist Neal Schon announced his bandmate’s death Tuesday on Facebook. Schon said Tickner ‘will be missed immensely!’
AP sources: U.S. will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package
U.S. officials said Thursday that the cluster munitions would be part of about $800 million in new military assistance to Ukraine.
Earth hit an unofficial record high temperature this week – and stayed there
The daily average temperature was 0.08 degrees Fahrenheit higher than any week in 44 years of record-keeping, according to data from the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer.
Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case
A valet for Donald Trump accused of helping the former president hide classified documents from federal authorities is back in a Florida court.
U.S. job openings dip to 9.8 million but remain high
Job openings fell in health care, insurance and finance. But there were more jobs available in education and government.
Russian cruise missile attack on Ukraine city of Lviv kills 5, injures dozens
The youngest of the five people who died was 21 years old and the oldest was 95, according to Maksym Kozytskyi, the governor of Lviv province.
Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia, raising questions about Kremlin’s strategy
If true, it could suggest the threat posed by Yevgeny Prigozhin has not been fully defused and the Kremlin is treading carefully.
Study finds drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets contains ‘forever chemicals’
Researchers describe the study as the first nationwide effort to test for PFAS in tap water from private sources in addition to regulated ones.
Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of rival app Threads
CEO Mark Zuckerberg says 10 million people signed up in the first seven hours.