https://nypost.com Your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Fri, 17 May 2024 05:07:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 https://nypost.com/2024/05/17/world-news/dutch-woman-zoraya-ter-beek-granted-euthanasia-final-approval-over-her-severe-depression/#respond Fri, 17 May 2024 01:06:49 -0400 2024-05-17T01:07:01-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/17/world-news/dutch-woman-zoraya-ter-beek-granted-euthanasia-final-approval-over-her-severe-depression/ Nicholas McEntyre https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32104316 0 Zoraya ter Beek, 29, was granted approval to die by assisted suicide in the coming weeks. Ter Beek says she has thought about her decision throughout the long process, which takes several years to complete. On the day of her death, her medical team will visit her at her home and begin the process by giving her a sedative and once she is in a coma, ter Beek will be given the drugs that stop her heart. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/us-completes-humanitarian-pier-off-gaza-opening-way-for-aid/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 18:35:22 -0400 2024-05-16T18:35:35-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/us-completes-humanitarian-pier-off-gaza-opening-way-for-aid/ Caitlin Doornbos https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32096947 0 U.S. Navy personnel construct a JLOTS, which stands for "Joint Logistics Over-the Shore" temporary pier which will provide a ship-to-shore distribution system to help deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza, in an undated handout picture in the Mediterranean Sea Members of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the Israeli military put in place the Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid, on the Gaza coast, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, May 16, 2024 U.S. Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh holds a press conference at Pentagon in Washington D.C., United States on October 17, 2023 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/israeli-says-rafah-operation-will-intensify-commando-unit-deployed/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 15:25:34 -0400 2024-05-16T15:52:16-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/israeli-says-rafah-operation-will-intensify-commando-unit-deployed/ Ronny Reyes https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32093208 0 The IDF destroyed several Hamas rocket launchers in Rafah as more troops were deployed to the city in southern Gaza. The rocket launchers were used in attacks against Israel over the past seven months, the IDF said. Israeli commandos were sent into Rafah overnight to battle Hamas. Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah on Tuesday. Two boys watch over Rafah after an Israeli airstrike hit the city. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/artist-responds-as-australian-billionaire-gina-rinehart-demands-portrait-removal/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 14:50:16 -0400 2024-05-16T14:50:20-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/artist-responds-as-australian-billionaire-gina-rinehart-demands-portrait-removal/ News.com.au https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32092637 0 Vincent Namatjira poses in front of his foyer wall commission at the Museum of Contemporary Art on February 25, 2021. Vincent Namatjira. Namatjira’s work is known for his paintings that are caricatures of people in almost cartoonish like forms. Vincent Namatjira poses in front of his foyer wall commission at the Museum of Contemporary Art on February 25, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/hostages-parents-want-to-personally-negotiate-with-hamas/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 14:38:56 -0400 2024-05-16T18:21:21-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/hostages-parents-want-to-personally-negotiate-with-hamas/ Isabel Vincent https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32079413 0 2022-last-6-months-polin-79528857_200904 2022-last-6-months-polin-79528857_200904 Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin sitting side by side, with the words "Bring us into the room" on the screen. Hersh Goldberg-Polin in a Hamas propaganda video showing his severed left arm. Hersh Goldberg-Polin in a Hawaiian shirt posing in front of a tent. Hersh Goldberg-Polin shown during Oct. 7 attack in Israel. Hersh Goldberg-Polin as a young boy, wearing a baseball cap Rachel Goldberg-Polin with her arm around her son https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/dancer-26-killed-in-sex-game-gone-wrong-before-boyfriend-took-his-own-life/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 12:37:37 -0400 2024-05-16T13:10:11-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/dancer-26-killed-in-sex-game-gone-wrong-before-boyfriend-took-his-own-life/ Emily Crane https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32089491 0 Georgia Brooke, 26, died after being choked by her boyfriend Luke Cannon, 31, at his UK home after they both took GHB and cocaine in February 2022. Brooke's Samantha Beaumont had claimed during the inquest that the dancer's behavior changed when she started dating Cannon in 2021. A police probe determined the couple had an "experimental" sexual relationship and that Brooke had a particular interest in "choking." The dancer was pronounced dead at the Bradford Royal Infirmary hospital in the early hours of Feb. 2, 2022. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/lone-wolf-charged-in-slovak-prime-minister-assassination-attempt/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 11:50:05 -0400 2024-05-16T11:50:16-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/lone-wolf-charged-in-slovak-prime-minister-assassination-attempt/ Associated Press https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32090837 0 image-taken-video-footage-shows-81902089 image-taken-video-footage-shows-81902089 Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico gesturing during a press conference at Carmelita monastery in Budapest Slovak Police Corps Vice presidents Ivan Hapstak and Rastislav Polakovic with President Lubomir Solak at a press conference about an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico Police officers detaining a person after a shooting incident involving Slovak PM Robert Fico in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/wild-caught-on-camera-machete-fight-ends-with-man-calmly-picking-up-severed-hand-off-ground/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 08:39:50 -0400 2024-05-16T10:03:29-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/wild-caught-on-camera-machete-fight-ends-with-man-calmly-picking-up-severed-hand-off-ground/ Isabel Keane https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32087183 0 fight fight fight man picking up severed hand man holding his severed hand The man walked away from the scene holding his severed hand. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/airline-worker-tumbles-from-plane-after-not-realizing-that-coworkers-moved-ladder/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 08:16:08 -0400 2024-05-16T09:30:45-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/airline-worker-tumbles-from-plane-after-not-realizing-that-coworkers-moved-ladder/ Olivia Land https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32087305 0 a320-somewhere-indonesia-ground-worker-81964623 a320-somewhere-indonesia-ground-worker-81964623 The ladder moving away and the man falling. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/flames-shoot-from-boeing-jets-engine/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 06:59:09 -0400 2024-05-16T09:22:27-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/flames-shoot-from-boeing-jets-engine/ Emily Crane https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32087050 0 The Garuda Indonesia jet had taken off from the Indonesian city of Makassar when the engine caught fire Wednesday. A group of people standing next to a plane that made an emergency landing due to engine fire A close up of a broken airplane engine after catching fire, resulting in an emergency landing https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/germany-building-fire-leaves-3-people-dead-2-with-life-threatening-injuries/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 05:59:49 -0400 2024-05-16T06:00:01-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/germany-building-fire-leaves-3-people-dead-2-with-life-threatening-injuries/ Associated Press https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32086956 0 Firefighters stand in front of a residential building where a fire raged in Duesseldorf, Germany, Thursday May 16, 2024. A general view shows the scene after an overnight explosion inside a kiosk killed three people and injured sixteen others in the western German city of Duesseldorf, Germany, May 16, 2024. Three people were killed in the fire in Duesseldorf, Germany on May 16, 2024. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/chinese-president-xi-lauds-china-russia-ties-as-putin-lands-in-beijing/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 02:10:10 -0400 2024-05-16T02:10:21-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/world-news/chinese-president-xi-lauds-china-russia-ties-as-putin-lands-in-beijing/ Reuters https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32086561 0 China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin review a military honor guard during Putin's visit to Beijing on May 16, 2024. China and Russia declared a "no limits" partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing just days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, triggering the deadliest land war in Europe since World War Two. Putin's first international trip since his reelection is sending a message to the world about his priorities and the strength of his personal ties with Xi. A Russian and Chinese flag are displayed in front of Tiananmen Gate next to Tiananmen Square on May 16, 2024. https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/teen-kidnapped-26-years-ago-rescued-from-neighbors-cellar-just-100-meters-from-home/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 21:48:16 -0400 2024-05-16T08:10:30-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/teen-kidnapped-26-years-ago-rescued-from-neighbors-cellar-just-100-meters-from-home/ Allie Griffin https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32083541 0 Omar Bin Omran in hole in floor surrounded by hay Omar Bin Omran with dog as a teen Omar Bin Omran Omar Bin Omran holding baby as a teen https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/australias-richest-woman-gina-rinehart-demands-national-gallery-remove-her-portrait/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 20:33:45 -0400 2024-05-15T20:33:48-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/australias-richest-woman-gina-rinehart-demands-national-gallery-remove-her-portrait/ News.com.au https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32082087 0 Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart has reportedly asked a portrait of her by artist Vincent Namatjira be removed from display. Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart Ms Rinehart’s painting is featured in an exhibition of artist Vincent Namatjira’s work at the National Gallery of Australia which was previously at the Art Gallery of South Australia. https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/youngkin-shapiro-stitt-request-turks-amp-caicos-release-us-tourists-held-on-ammo-charges/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 20:32:34 -0400 2024-05-15T20:32:47-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/youngkin-shapiro-stitt-request-turks-amp-caicos-release-us-tourists-held-on-ammo-charges/ David Propper https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32082654 0 Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a rally. Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City. Ryan Watson https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/slovakian-prime-minister-robert-fico-shooting-politically-motivated-as-new-video-revealed/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 15:21:30 -0400 2024-05-15T18:56:04-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/slovakian-prime-minister-robert-fico-shooting-politically-motivated-as-new-video-revealed/ Alex Oliveira https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32076339 0 Video shows a crowd of people mob a gunman after he shot Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in Handlova on May 15, 2024. Fico was rushed into a car by his security guards after getting shot. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico speaking at a podium during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, at his first visit since becoming prime minister Fico was evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Banská Bystrica. Slovakia's interior minister Matúš Šutaj-Eštok claimed the shooting was politically motivated. Fico was shot five times including at least once in the stomach. Police detaining a suspect after the shooting. https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/ukraine-says-it-has-no-reserves-as-putin-amasses-half-million-troops-for-summer-offensive-report/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 15:09:18 -0400 2024-05-15T17:47:10-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/ukraine-says-it-has-no-reserves-as-putin-amasses-half-million-troops-for-summer-offensive-report/ Steve Janoski https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32074814 0 Emergency services fight a fire following a Russian air strike on May 14 near Kharkiv, Ukraine. Vladimir Putin Firefighters try to put out a fire after a Russian strike. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken when the American cabinet member made a surprise visit to Ukraine this week. A woman watches a fire after a Russian strike. People who have fled from different areas of the Kharkiv region wait in line to be registered at an evacuation point in Kharkiv, on May 14, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/woman-horrified-as-uber-driver-masturbates-in-front-of-her-during-rush-hour-traffic/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 14:06:14 -0400 2024-05-15T14:06:18-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/woman-horrified-as-uber-driver-masturbates-in-front-of-her-during-rush-hour-traffic/ News.com.au https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32075018 0 Tayla Pimlott saw her Uber driver masturbating behind the wheel. Uber says it permanently banned the driver from the platform. Adelaide Uber driver who masturbated in front of a terrified female passenger while driving her home from the CBD has escaped jail time over the incident. Ms Pimlott was travelling home from the Adelaide CBD. https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/horrifying-moment-when-tree-crashes-through-roof-and-lands-on-9-month-olds-cot-caught-on-baby-monitor/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 11:31:44 -0400 2024-05-15T11:31:48-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/horrifying-moment-when-tree-crashes-through-roof-and-lands-on-9-month-olds-cot-caught-on-baby-monitor/ News.com.au https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32072047 0 The family say it’s a miracle they all walked out with only a few scratches. The tree crashed through the roof of a the child’s bedroom and onto the cot where their baby was sleeping. 9-month-old Ned Furguson was trapped under the debris. Ned's mom was horrified when she could not see her son under the rubble. https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot-during-government-meeting-report/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 09:43:46 -0400 2024-05-15T13:12:00-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/world-news/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot-during-government-meeting-report/ Associated Press https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32070945 0 Security personnel carrying Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico towards a vehicle after shooting incident on May 15, 2024 Rescue workers in orange uniforms assisting the Slovak Prime Minister A group of men detaining a person after a shooting incident involving Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024 Generating... Security officers moving injured Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in a car after a shooting incident in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024 Robert Fico, The Slovak Prime Minister.