A gang of drug dealers in Peru got a nasty surprise when Santa and a merry band of elves broke down their door, cuffed them and seized their merchandise in an unusual bust announced Monday.. One of Santa's helpers brought out an enormous hammer, broke down the front door and the group forced their way inside.
Rosa Falcon has turned her Texas home into a shelter for desperate migrants crossing from Mexico, whose numbers have swelled as the United States prepares for the possible lifting of rules that have kept the border effectively shut.. In the meantime, the desperate migrants continue to cross.
For the last month, Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates have brought success and unity to their fans, in stark contrast to the country's economic woes and polarized political landscape.. The political class is the polar opposite, and not just because of the fractious relationship between the Peronist government and right-wing opposition.
Sam Bankman-Fried, wanted in the United States for fraud after the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency group, remained in a Bahamas prison Monday after an abortive court hearing that was to consider his possible extradition.. After Bankman-Fried returned to prison, the Nassau Guardian and the local Eyewitness News cited his local attorneys as saying he had agreed to be voluntarily extradited to the United States.
Expectations heading into a UN biodiversity conference in Montreal were about as low as they could be. . "Countries that destroy their biodiversity end up regretting it -- I think the Chinese probably got to that point and are now trying to put things right," said White.
Kyiv officials on Monday illuminated a Christmas tree in the city centre, refusing to let Russia "steal" the festive season from Ukrainian children.. "Russians try to steal normal life away from our citizens, but we won’t give them a chance to steal the biggest holidays –- the New Year and Christmas -- from our children," the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko said when unveiling the tree.
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia said Monday that it has resumed financial services in some towns in the war-torn region of Tigray, enabling residents to access their funds after a shutdown lasting more than a year.. The war left Tigray devastated and lacking access to basic services including banking, electricity, fuel and communications for more than a year.
Auction house Christie's on Monday announced record sales of $8.4 billion in 2022, outshining its rival Sotheby's, which also posted its best-ever result at $8 billion for the year.. Last week, Sotheby's announced a year-end total sales projection of $8 billion, as compared with $7.3 billion in 2021.
A Jewish heirloom at the centre of one of the most searing images of the Nazis' rise has returned to Germany, as political leaders pledged on Monday to combat a resurgence of anti-Semitism.. Germany in May reported a new record in the number of politically motivated crimes last year, including a nearly 29-percent jump in anti-Semitic offences to 3,027.
UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday he was pessimistic that Russia's war in Ukraine would end soon but he hoped it would be over by the end of next year.. Guterres said he "strongly" hoped that peace could be reached in 2023.
