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According to his family on Thursday, John Prescott, the feisty deputy prime minister to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during his ten years in office, passed away at the age of 86 following a fight with Alzheimer's. Prescott, who worked under Blair from 1997 to 2007, was seen as a straightforward politician who helped to heal the rift between the Labour Party's modernizers and traditional left-wing. Blair told BBC radio that no one in British politics was exactly like him. To be really honest, I don't believe I've ever met anyone like John, and I still don't think I have, and I'm extremely sorry he's gone. Known as a staunch trade unionist and an old-school political bruiser, he is well-known for punching a voter during an election campaign in 2001 after the voter had been hit with an ...

Variety has revealed that Robert Pattinson is rejoining his Tenet director Christopher Nolan for the filmmaker's highly-guarded project at Universal Pictures. Together with Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Lupita Nyong o, Anne Hathaway, and Zendaya, Pattinson completes an amazing ensemble. The production of Universal and Nolan's sequel to their Oscar-winning drama Oppenheimer is expected to begin in the first half of 2025. In the coming year, Pattinson will have a lot on her plate. Warner Bros. want to film a follow-up to his 2022 smash, The Batman, in which the actor will play the DC Comics superhero once more. In addition, Pattinson is starring in A24's Primetime, a thriller that is based on the reality series To Catch a Predator and will be the first narrative movie directed by up-and-coming fi...

In the first instance of such a weapon being used during the conflict, Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile as part of an overnight offensive. A Western official refuted the claim, stating that a ballistic missile rather than an ICBM was fired. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not immediately address the accusation, instead directing inquiries to Moscow's military ministry. The Western official stated that the impact of the missile, which was aimed toward the eastern city of Dnipro, was still being evaluated but declined to provide any details. It's unclear why the Kremlin would supposedly employ an ICBM against its neighbor given that they normally have a range of at least 3,400 miles. Both nuclear and non-nuclear payloads can be carried by suc...

WashingtonDonald Trump intends to implement a series of executive actions in line with his campaign pledges within hours of becoming president, including enforcing more socially conservative health care regulations on the US military and initiating the mass deportation of individuals who are illegally present in the nation. Trump planned to take a number of swift steps to signify a major split from President Joe Biden's administration, which he believed was destroying the nation, according to more than six people familiar with transition planning who spoke to NBC News. According to a Trump campaign staffer, Americans will witness the next Trump government implement changes at a rate beyond anything they have ever witnessed. According to two people familiar with the preparations, Trump is g...

Numerous well-known names can be found at the top of the college football rankings. Oregon. Ohio University. Texas. Penn State. They attract five-star recruits and are established powerhouses that regularly contend for conference and national titles. But you might give a double take at the following name on the list. Indiana. With five national titles, including three under the renowned coach Bob Knight, this team is arguably more well-known for its accomplishments on the basketball court than the football field. Indiana is in the running for the College Football Playoffs and is having its finest season ever. Perhaps the most important game in the Hoosiers' history will take place on Saturday at noon ET when they play No. 2-ranked Ohio State. You would be right if it seemed unlikely that...

After being found guilty of years of sexually abusing patients, some of whom were kids, a urologist from New York City was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. Darius Paduch, 57, of North Bergen, New Jersey, was employed at two prestigious medical facilities in New York as a urologist. In May, he was found guilty on six charges of persuading someone to travel in order to commit illegal sexual activity and five counts of persuading a juvenile to do illegal sexual activity. From 2003 to 2023, Paduch practiced urology in New York City, specializing in male infertility and male reproductive health. From at least 2007 to 2019, he lured and coerced several victims to come to his Manhattan practice, where he would sexually abuse them, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Offi...

Australia's SydneyIn addition to proposing fines of up to $32 million for systemic violations, Australia's center-left government on Thursday filed a measure in Parliament that would outlaw social media for minors under the age of sixteen. In an effort to enforce a social media age cut-off—some of the strictest regulations implemented by any nation to date—Australia intends to test an age-verification system that might incorporate biometrics or official identification. The proposed age limit is the maximum that any nation has established, and it would not be exempt for pre-existing accounts or parental agreement. This reform is historic. In a statement, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, "We're sending a message to social media companies to clean up their act, even though we know some k...

At a well-known adventure destination in Laos, where methanol-tainted alcohol has been linked to a recent wave of poisonings, one American national passed away. According to the State Department, the U.S. national passed away in Vang Vieng, a backpacker-friendly hamlet north of the capital of the South East Asian nation. We send the family our deepest sympathies on their loss, a representative told NBC News on Thursday. To show the family respect, they did not disclose the victim's identity or the reason of death. They made their remarks when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid respects to Bianca Jones, 19, who passed away in Thailand following her evacuation from Vang Vieng for medical treatment, and her 19-year-old friend Holly Bowles. In a speech to Australia's parliament, ...

The second-richest person in India, Gautam Adani, has been charged by U.S. authorities with fraud after it was alleged that he and a number of suspected co-conspirators attempted to bribe Indian officials $250 million. The executives, the majority of whom are Indian, were charged by the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday with obtaining money from U.S. investors and other foreign lenders by making false and deceptive claims. Authorities also claim that the executives bribed Indian officials in order to secure billions of dollars in solar power contracts. In a statement released with the indictment, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace claimed that the defendants had planned a complex plot to bribe Indian government officials in order to obtain contracts valued at billions of do...

According to two lawsuits filed Wednesday by a housing nonprofit organization in Indianapolis, two sizable private-equity-backed landlords discriminated against potential renters by utilizing screening systems that provided false information about applicants' prior evictions and criminal records. Tenants and their activists filed the claims in response to complaints about the negative effects that certain private equity-backed landlords have had on locals, such as frequent evictions, reduced property maintenance, and garbage fees. The new lawsuit focuses on two landlords: Progress Residential, owned by Pretium Partners, which is managed by former Goldman Sachs executive Don Mullen, and Tricon Residential, a California-based landlord recently purchased by the Blackstone Group of New York Ci...