Former mixed martial arts fighter Phil Baroni has been arrested in Mexico for allegedly killing his girlfriend, the prosecutors' office in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit said Wednesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive, even as Moscow was facing some of its biggest internal criticism of the war over a strike that killed scores of fresh conscripts.
William (Rick) Singer, the mastermind behind the U.S. college admissions fraud scandal that ensnared celebrities, prominent businesspeople and other parents who used their wealth and privilege to buy their kids' way into top-tier schools was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday.
Iran released a prominent actor from jail nearly three weeks after she was detained for criticizing a crackdown on anti-government protests, local reports said.
Beijing's abrupt axing of "zero COVID" curbs last month has unleashed the virus on China's 1.4 billion people who have little immunity after being shielded since the virus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan three years ago.
The two stars of 1968's Romeo and Juliet sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million US on Tuesday over a nude scene in the film shot when they were teens.
