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  Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s social media company last year started examining whether it violated money laundering statutes in connection with the acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company – Trump Media, which owns Trump’s Truth Social platform – initially came under criminal investigation over its preparations for a potential merger with a blank check company called Digital World that was also the subject of an earlier probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Towards the end of last year, federal prosecutors started examining two loans totaling $8m wired to Trump Media, through the Caribbean, from two obscure entities that both appear to be controlled in part by the relation of an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, the sources said.   The expanded nature of the criminal investigation, which has not been previously reported,...

  World 100m hurdles champion and record breaker, Tobi Amusan has revealed that she almost quit Athletics before becoming World Champion. Last year, the 25-year-old athlete became the first Nigerian world champion in athletics, when she won the 2022 World Championships 100m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12secs in the semi-final, followed by a 12.06secs in the final. She also won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, before retaining her Diamond League Trophy in Zurich in a new meet record of 12.29secs.   Tobi Amusan stated that prior to her record-breaking year (2022) she was always coming fourth and it felt so tiring. She stated that she feels people can still do something great when they feel it's over. In a chat with Justin Tuckey, the Ogun-born hurdler said winning the World Championships 100m hurdles gold medal at the World Championships in Oregon was a turning point in her career. She also stated that she had made u...

Kyle Chrisley, a former reality TV star has been arrested for assault in Tennessee. A spokesperson for Rutherford County Jail told Page Six that the former reality TV personality was booked for the felony charge on Tuesday, March 14.  Police officers told TMZ that the “Chrisley Knows Best” alum brandished a “fixed blade” during an altercation with his supervisor at Penske Truck Rental. His wife, Ashleigh Chrisley, however said “That’s not true.” She added;  “Kyle has a knife that he carries for work, but he did not pull it out or brandish it, nor did he use it on the person. He will plea not guilty.” Ashleigh also claimed that Kyle got into “a verbal disagreement” with a fellow employee while at work. “The other guy pushed him, turning things physical,” she claims. “It was self-defense on Kyle’s side.” After the incident, Ashleigh said Kyle “was told to leave” and that he obliged, noting that “an arrest warrant was later issued for aggravated assault.” “When ...

  Doron Merdinger , CEO of Doroni Aerospace Inc. has said that his company might be releasing flying cars in the next two years as they are already testing its flagship project in Florida. Their vehicle is aptly named the Doroni H1, a 2-seater that can travel a couple hundred feet off the ground with the use of joysticks and not a steering wheel. The futuristic whip can come in handy in a bunch of ways, according to Doron. Doron also said that he and his crew are doing everything possible to ensure the car is worth whatever price tag placed on it.    This is coming after President Joe Biden asked for a $27.2B budget for NASA last week, with some of the funds to be used to test flying cars. Doron's company is one of the many working with NASA towards a future in the skies.  

A 45-year-old man identified as Ojo Akerele, has been arrested by men of the Ondo state police command, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl in Idoani community, the Ose Local Government Area of the state,    The state Police Public Relations Officer, Funmi Odunlami, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the suspect lured the victim into an uncompleted building where he abused her and then gave her N100 to silence her.   “A case of defilement was reported against one Ojo Akerele, 45, and he was subsequently arrested by security operatives. The victim,10, was lured to an uncompleted building by the suspect where he had carnal knowledge of her after giving her N100. The suspect claimed that the girl usually comes with her friend to collect N100 from him daily and that while she was asking for the money he drew her closer and had carnal knowledge of her.” Odunlami said the suspect will be arraigned in court upon the completion of police investigation.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has stated that Mexico is a safer country than the United States, weeks after the high-profile kidnapping of four Americans drew global attention to the country’s security crisis. “Mexico is safer than the United States. There is no issue with traveling safely through Mexico. That’s something the US citizens also know, just like our fellow Mexicans that live in the US,” he said during his daily morning press briefing. The kidnapped Americans were traveling in the Mexican border city of Matamoros in early March when they came under attack by gunmen believed to be linked to the Gulf cartel. Two of the Americans and a Mexican bystander died during the attack. On Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety advised that residents avoid travel to Mexico during spring break, citing the risk of cartel violence.   Asked by a local reporter about security in Mexico on Monday, March 13, López Obrador cited his country’s popularity ...

Ukraine has accused two Russian soldiers of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl and gang raping her mother at gunpoint in front of her father, in new allegations of abuse carried out during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to a report by Reuters, Ukrainian prosecution files revealed a spree of sex crimes Russian soldiers of the 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade committed in four homes of Brovary district near the capital Kyiv in March 2022.   During Moscow's failed push to capture Kyiv after its Feb. 24 invasion, soldiers entered Brovary a few days later, looting and using sexual violence as a deliberate tactic to terrorise the population, the Ukrainian prosecutors said. "They singled out the women beforehand, coordinated their actions and their roles," said the prosecutors, whose 2022 documents were based on interviews with witnesses and survivors. Most of the alleged atrocities took place on March 13, when soldiers "in a state of al...