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A superyacht belonging to Igor Sechin, the powerful Russian oil oligarch who managed to earn the nickname “Darth Vader,” was seized by French authorities Thursday, March 3. France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, confirmed the seizure in a tweet: “Thank you to the French customs officers who enforce the sanctions …

Ismail Adedolapo, a 23-year-old Nigerian studying in Kyiv, Ukraine, heard explosions starting around 5 a.m. Thursday morning as Russia began its invasion. “My girlfriend and I were up all night literally watching it unfold around us,” he says. They were evacuated from his apartment and got on a train bound …

People who have had Covid-19 face a greater risk of developing opioid use disorders and other mental health issues, according to new findings published Wednesday in the journal the BMJ. Thelarge study compared the health records of 154,000 former Covid patients in the Veterans Health Administration system during the year …

Protestors continued to take to the streets of Minneapolis Saturday following the death of Amir Locke, who was shot and killed Wednesday morning by a Minnesota Police SWAT team executing a no-knock search warrant. Bodycam footage released by the city Thursday shows the SWAT team — who were carrying out …

Noom is a subscription-based wellness service that touts itself as a more ethical alternative to traditional diet apps. So it’s somewhat surprising that the app would be accused of lifting a fitness instructor’s photo without her consent to use in its Facebook ads. Candice Rivers, a fitness instructor who goes …

China will no longer allow the Chinese public to attend the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Citing the continuing threat from Covid-19, the Beijing 2022 organizing committee announced it would end ticket sales to all events “to ensure the safety of all participants and spectators.” The committee had already banned foreign …

Novak Djokovic again faces deportation from Australia after immigration authorities revoked his visa for a second time Friday, just three days before the start of the Australian Open. The unvaccinated tennis ace, whose visa was initially cancelled before being reinstated by a judge on Monday, is hoping to win his …

The judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse case has dismissed a charge of illegal gun possession against the teenager ahead of closing arguments and jury deliberation, The Chicago Tribunereports. The charge — one count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 — was a misdemeanor that carried …

Chrissie Carnell Bixler was still a teen when she visited the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre International in Los Angeles for the first time. It was 1997, and her then-boyfriend Danny Masterson led the way to the revivalist replica of a 17th-century Normandy castle straight down the hill from the …

Addison Rae, the influencer and aspiring movie star largely responsible for the mainstreaming of TikTok, was temporarily booted from the platform on Thursday night, according to a tweet she posted on her account. “Well time to get a job,” the 21-year-old influencer, who has 85 million followers, tweeted, accompanied by …