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Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. accuses business advisor of pilfering $175 million in cash, gems, and jets

One year after Floyd Mayweather Jr. claimed he had “100 percent” trust in business advisor and convicted felon Jona Rechnitz, the champion prizefighter is suing him for allegedly stealing at least $175 million – the proceeds from sales of real estate, jewelry, and a Gulfstream G-IV private jet.
In a complaint filed Thursday evening in Manhattan County Supreme Court, Mayweather claims Rechnitz, a New York City real estate developer who in 2016 was brought up on federal bribery charges and later sentenced to five months in prison and five months of house arrest, fleeced him amid a “multi-year fraudulent scheme” carried out with the help of two associates.
“As they say, the gloves are off,” Mayweather’s attorney Leo Jacobs told The Independent. “The complaint speaks for itself.”
The lawsuit follows news of a court ruling ordering Mayweather to pay nearly $1 million in back child support, plus $33,000 a month, to a dancer at his Las Vegas strip club with whom he fathered a four-year-old da..

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Rubio tries to reassure Nato allies over US troop deployments

Rubio tries to reassure Nato allies over US troop deployments5 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePaulin KolaAFP via Getty ImagesNato Secretary General Mark Rutte and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to the press ahead of a meeting with foreign ministers from Nato countries on FridayUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio has tried to reassure allies over US decisions on troop deployments in Europe.
Rubio's intervention at the end of a Nato foreign ministers' meeting in Sweden came after President Donald Trump said the US would send an extra 5,000 troops to Poland.
That decision was a week after a planned deployment of 4,000 troops to the country was cancelled and days after an announcement that US troops would be pulled out of Germany.
The announcements have caused confusion among the allies of the trans-Atlantic defence organisation. However, at a news conference after the Nato meeting on Friday, Rubio said the US was constantly reevaluating its troop presence in ..

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81-year-old Minecraft streamer GrammaCrackers swatted during cancer fundraiser stream

Image Via Twitch Sue Jacquot, better known online as GrammaCrackers, was reportedly swatted while doing a long Minecraft livestream to help raise money for her grandson’s cancer treatment. The 81-year-old Twitch streamer has been live for more than fifteen days trying to beat Minecraft without ending the stream. Her challenge quickly gained attention online because many viewers were touched by her effort to help her 17-year-old grandson during his difficult health battle.Things became frightening in the early hours of May 19 when police suddenly arrived at her home after someone reportedly made a fake emergency call. According to GrammaCrackers, around five SWAT vehicles, twenty police cars, drones, and several armed officers showed up at her property. Officers entered the home and woke her up while she was sleeping. Even though the situation could have been very dangerous, GrammaCrackers later surprised viewers by saying she actually thought the experience was “kinda fun.”GrammaCracke..

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Elon Musk agrees with what Jeff Bezos says on charity: ‘If I do my job right…’

Elon Musk agrees with what Jeff Bezos says on philanthropy. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in his interview with CNBC, said his businesses do more good to the society than his charity works. Elon Musk seemed to have agreed with that. “If I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit companies will be much, much larger than the good that I do with my charitable giving,” Bezos said.”I get letters from new mothers all the time who say, 'We don't know what we'd do if we didn't have Amazon, thank you,' or what we did in the pandemic when people could actually see that what essential service we were actually providing to them. And that's how Amazon and all companies are creating jobs,” Bezos said.Elon Musk shared this clip in particular and let the Internet know that he also agrees with Bezos.Forbes estimated that Bezos has donated more than $2.4 billion to charity in his lifetime. Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez have committed $10 bi..

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Trump scraps signing AI executive order to keep ‘lead’ over China in industry

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had postponed the signing of a planned executive order on regulating artificial intelligence (AI), out of concern that it might undermine America’s leading position over China in the field.
“We’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
The signing ceremony, which was originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon, was delayed…

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UN ‘concerned’ over Taliban law that includes child marriage provision

The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage, saying the code further entrenches discrimination against women and girls.
The government rejected the accusations, saying the decree follows Islamic law and insisting the country has already banned the forced marriage of girls.
Afghanistan’s justice ministry published Decree No 18 “on judicial separation of…

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Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ appears to violate a mandate created more than a year ago: legal experts

The Trump administration’s $1.776 billion compensation fund for alleged “victims” of “weaponization” appears to violate and contradict a mandate set out by ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi last year, according to legal experts.
Recipients of the fund, announced by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche last week as part of a settlement after President Donald Trump abandoned his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, will likely remain a secret.
While Blanche — who, like Bondi is a former Trump personal attorney — has stated that Trump and his family are not eligible for the fund, the president’s donors, allies, and supporters have not been ruled out.
Now, former Justice Department officials have pointed to a February 2025 directive issued by Bondi that appears to contradict the compensation fund because it could see major payouts awarded to people or groups who are not involved in an underlying lawsuit, according to The New York Times.
The memo, titled “Reinstating the Prohibitions on Im..

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Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel as backlash over treatment grows

Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel as backlash over treatment grows 4 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMichael Sheils McNameeReutersBen Gvir posted a video of himself taunting the detained activistsHundreds of pro-Palestinian activists who were detained in Israel after their flotilla bringing symbolic aid to Gaza was intercepted have been deported, Israel has confirmed.
It follows international backlash in response to a video posted by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir showing himself taunting activists kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs.
On Thursday, the UK confirmed it had summoned Israel's top diplomat in Britain, charge d'affaires Daniela Grudsky Ekstein, over the incident.
In a statement, the UK Foreign Office said the move reflected the UK's “strong condemnation of [Ben Gvir's] conduct in taunting those involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla”.
“We are also deeply concerned by the detention conditions depic..

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Iran steps up claim to control Strait of Hormuz

Iran steps up claim to control Strait of Hormuz5 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleThomas CopelandandPaul Brown,BBC VerifyBBCIran has said it is significantly expanding the area around the Strait of Hormuz over which it claims military control in an effort to assert its sovereignty of the key trade route.
A map published by Iran's newly-created “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” claims “Iranian armed forces oversight” across more than 22,000 sq km (8,800 sq miles).
It extends into the territorial waters of Oman and the UAE. The UAE described Iran's claims of control as “nothing but fragments of dreams”.
Iran's new authority added that all transit through the strait “requires coordination with and authorization from the Persian Gulf Strait Authority”.
The US and Gulf allies have repeatedly rejected Iranian attempts to assert control over the strait. The US has told ships not to comply with Iran's rules.
The diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, Anwar Gargas..

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Will Raúl Castro’s indictment push US and Cuba closer to war?

Raúl Castro’s indictment by US over the 1996 shooting down of civilian planes has raised tensions between Washington and Havana, with some analysts warning the move could push the two Cold War rivals closer to open conflict.The charges against the 94-year-old former Cuban president were announced this week in Miami, where Cuban exile groups welcomed the decision as long-awaited justice for the deaths of four Cuban Americans killed when Cuban fighter jets shot down two planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue in 1996.But in Cuba, Raúl Castro is still viewed by supporters as one of the main symbols of the communist revolution founded alongside his revolutionary brother Fidel Castro.“He is the living embodiment of the revolution,” former US diplomat Ricardo Zúñiga told CNN.Zúñiga was involved in secret negotiations that restored diplomatic ties between the US and Cuba during the Obama administration. He warned that the indictment could close off communication between the two governments ..