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PARIS: A Frenchman sentenced to death in China in 2010 for drug trafficking has been executed, France’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday (Apr 4), expressing its “consternation”.Chan Thao Phoumy, a 62-year-old Frenchman born in Laos, was executed, “despite the efforts of the French authorities, including efforts to obtain a pardon on humanitarian grounds for our compatriot”, said a ministry statement.His defence team did not get access to the final court hearing, in violations of his rights, the ministry added. The sentence was carried out in Guangzhou, in the south of the country.The ministry reaffirmed France’s opposition to the death penalty…

Fuel leaks at Primorsk, and ⁠NORSI oil refinery catches fire, Russian authorities say.Published On 5 Apr 20265 Apr 2026Ukrainian drones have struck Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Primorsk and the NORSI oil refinery in the central Nizhny Novgorod region, according to Ukrainian drone ‌forces commander Robert Brovdi.The overnight attacks were first reported by Russian officials on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAlexander Drozdenko, governor of Russia’s northwestern Leningrad region initially said a pipeline was damaged at Primorsk, one of Russia’s main oil exporting outlets. He later said in a post on Telegram that a fuel reservoir in the…

Ousted Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Randy George, told Pentagon officials in an outgoing email that U.S. soldiers deserve “courageous leaders of character,” after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to step down and take immediate retirement.CBS News exclusively reported earlier this week on the general’s ousting, with one source saying Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement his and President Trump’s vision for the Army.An outgoing email, attributed to George and confirmed as authentic by CBS News on Saturday, circulated online after his ousting. A U.S. official told CBS News that George sent the email to Driscoll, the undersecretary and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission are more than halfway to the moon after launching Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center, but a familiar problem has surfaced.For the second time since launch, Orion’s toilet is malfunctioning.”During the night, we tried to vent the wastewater tank that’s attached to the toilet. We had problems with that, due to suspected blockage we think probably due to ice. So we directed the crew overnight to use their collapsible contingency urine devices,” Judd Frieling, the Artemis II flight director, explained during a news conference Saturday.The…

Newly minted NBL championship series MVP Kendric Davis has promised if he is not in the NBA next season, he will return to the Sydney Kings.Davis won the Larry Sengstock Trophy for his role guiding the Kings to a 3-2 championship series defeat of Adelaide, sealed by Sunday’s manic 113-101 overtime win in game five.After finishing with 35 points and 14 assists, the Texan point guard said the Kings had helped him fall in love with basketball again following a messy split with the 36ers over the off-season.His award, decided by compiling 3-2-1 votes from a judging panel across the…

Bahrain and the UAE also reported attacks resulting in fires, which were put out quickly.Kuwait has said Iranian drone attacks damaged two power and water desalination plants and sparked a fire at an oil complex, without causing injuries.Gulf countries have borne the brunt of Tehran’s response to the US and Israeli strikes on Iran since February 28.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFatima Abbas Johar Hayat, a spokesperson for Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy, said on Sunday the “criminal aggression” caused “serious material damage” overnight to the two plants and the outage of two electricity-generating units.The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The State Department has added business formal dress code guidance to its internal policy manual for the first time, establishing department-wide standards for employee attire.The changes, implemented in recent days in the Foreign Affairs Manual — the department’s central repository for policies — mark the first time the agency has formally codified expectations for how diplomats and staff should dress in official settings.”Representing the United States of America is an honor — and this new policy ensures our diplomats project credibility, respect, and the dignity of the nation we…

Alabama native Drayton Farley was working at a local auto plant and making bedroom recordings just a few years ago. Now he’s being compared to Americana greats like Tyler Childers and Jason Isbell. His new album, “A Heavy Duty Heart,” is out now. Here’s Drayton Farley performing “It’s Called Doubt.”

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LeBron James on Saturday doubled down on his comments about his dislike for playing in the cities of Memphis and Milwaukee and threw Cleveland into the mix as well.The Los Angeles Lakers star appeared on “Bob Does Sports” and criticized Memphis. He said the league would be better off if the team moved to Nashville, a city that already has the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and the NHL’s Nashville Predators playing there with hopes of a future MLB team. Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden dribbles as Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James defends during…

The WTI crude oil price will be in the spotlight this week as the US war against Iran escalates. It ended the week at $112.08, up by over 104% from its lowest level this year. Futures on Hyperliquid quoted the price at $112.15, with its open interest rising to $575 million.WTI crude oil in focus as Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Iran nears Crude oil prices continued rising last week after Trump’s speech to calm down the market backfired. In a statement, the president said that the war would wrap up soon, while maintaining that the US would hit Iran hard, taking…