At the first Shield of the Americas summit held in Florida on Saturday, President Trump announced the creation of a new regional security alliance aimed at defeating drug cartels across the Western Hemisphere. The initiative, called the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, will bring together Latin American and Caribbean nations to coordinate military and intelligence efforts against powerful trafficking organizations. Speaking at the Trump National Doral Miami resort, Preside

Beate Uhse, a German businesswoman who built a controversial but highly profitable retail empire selling erotic products across Europe, died Monday in a hospital in Switzerland at the age of 81. Her company, Beate Uhse A.G., based in Flensburg, Germany, said the cause of death was pneumonia. Over the course of her life, Uhse became one of the most recognizable figures associated with Europe’s shifting social attitudes during the late 20th century. Her business began in the d