JAYAPURA, Indonesia — Two Papuan separatist leaders were killed in a shootout between security forces and their rebel group near one of the world’s largest gold mines in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, police said Sunday. Clashes Thursday between independence rebels of the Free Papua Movement and a joint police and military force near the mining … Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank says it will delay plans to auction off land at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s posh resort in an attempt to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans by the governor’s family. In a filing Friday in Greenbrier County Circuit Court, Carter Bank & Trust of … Read more
California authorities found a man illegally owning 248 guns and 1 million rounds of ammo. The state attorney general said he also had 3,000 magazines and several grenades in his home. The guns included 11 machine guns, 133 handguns, and 60 assault rifles, authorities said. A man in Richmond, California, was arrested last month with … Read more
‘I don’t have a lot of cash’: Billionaire Ron Baron says the US pays for its wars, pandemics by ‘making your money worth less’ — and he’s never owned a bond because of that. Do you agree? Markets are sensitive to geopolitical conflicts. With crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, investors are grappling with … Read more
Transformers and G.I. Joe are two of Hasbro’s largest properties, and the pair have crossed over quite a few occasions over the many years. Coming off the heels of the not too long ago launched Transformers: Rise of the Beasts film, Hasbro goes all in on mixing its two manufacturers collectively, and throwing them right … Read more