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Judge finds ‘profound’ missteps in US probe of ex-FBI chief James Comey

A U.S. judge found on Monday there is evidence of misconduct in how a federal prosecutor closely aligned with President Donald Trump secured criminal charges against James Comey, and ordered that grand jury materials be turned over to the former FBI chief’s defense lawyers. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, in Alexandria, Virginia, found that Lindsey Halligan, the…
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Trump promises ‘prices are coming down’ in speech to owners of his beloved McDonald’s: ‘You’re so damn lucky I won’

President Trump pledged that prices will come down in a speech to owners, operators and suppliers of his beloved McDonald’s Monday. Trump’s address at the fast-food giant’s Impact Summit in Washington, DC, comes as concerns over his handling of the economy and the cost of living have mounted. “Prices are coming down,” the president claimed. “I will…
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Tear gas, batons, clashes: Bangladesh on boil after Sheikh Hasina verdict, 2 killed

Two were killed as massive clashes broke out in several parts of Bangladesh, including capital Dhaka, after the ICT’s death penalty ruling for for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity during the students’ uprising in 2024. Bangladesh was on the boil yet again as Awami League supporters clashed with their rivals and police following…
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Why is Sheikh Hasina, not Muhammad Yunus, branded as criminal: Taslima Nasreen

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has called out the International Crimes Tribunal’s death sentence for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, questioning why chief advisor Muhammad Yunus and his aides haven’t faced similar scrutiny after last year’s student uprising that toppled Hasina’s regime. Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has lashed out at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)’s ruling…
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DIDDY SHOCK Disgraced Diddy facing fresh sexual assault allegation in Los Angeles as Sheriff launches probe

COPS are investigating fresh sexual assault allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Investigators said they received a report on Friday from a police department in Florida, where the alleged victim lives, according to ABC. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau is undertaking the investigation into the new accusations. A spokesperson from the Largo police department in…
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BY THE THROAT Trump sparks health concerns with raspy voice – but insists he just ‘blew his stack’ at ‘stupid’ people in tariff feud

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has sparked renewed health concerns after he addressed reporters with a raspy voice from the White House. But when he was quizzed about how he was feeling, the 79-year-old insisted he strained his voice during a dispute over his tariffs. A reporter asked, “Your voice sounds a little rough. Are you feeling alright?” before…
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JET PANIC Horror moment private jet carrying govt minister burns after crashing off end of runway as clip captures landing bungle

THIS is the terrifying moment a slew of top government officials are forced to climb out of a burning plane after it crash lands. The private aircraft veered off the runway sparking a huge inferno as footage shows plumes of black smoke billowing from the wreckage. A huge team of officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo…
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Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap 25 students from Kebbi high school

The school’s vice president was shot dead and a security guard was injured. Authorities were combing the surrounding forests and possible escape routes in Kebbi state for the “bandits.” Gunmen kidnapped 25 female students and killed the vice principal of a secondary school in Kebbi state in northwestern Nigeria Monday, police said. Nigeria’s northwest has seen repeated…
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Bangladesh’s ex-PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death

Bangladeshi judges have found former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity for the violent repression of anti-government protests in 2024. India says it ‘noted’ the Sheikh Hasina verdict The Indian Foreign Ministry released a short statement following the sentencing, saying New Delhi “has noted the verdict announced by the ‘International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh’…
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African activists rally and challenge COP30 agenda

Away from COP30’s official talks, African activists in Belem, Brazil, joined the People’s Summit to expose climate injustices and push for reparations. DW spoke to some of the people leading this fight. Three years ago, when Nigerian activist OduduAbasi Asuquo received her invitation to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, she began preparing for…
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UN Security Council votes for international force for Gaza

Once the Palestinian Authority has carried out requested reforms and the rebuilding of Gaza is underway, “the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood”, according to the US-drafted resolution. The UN Security Council voted Monday (Nov 17) in favour of a US-drafted resolution bolstering Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan…
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‘Parasocial’ crowned Cambridge Dictionary word of 2025

New entrants to the Cambridge Dictionary, meanwhile, included “skibidi”, “delulu” and “tradwife”. Do you feel a deep bond with pop stars like Taylor Swift or Lily Allen – even though you’ve never met them? If you do, then your behaviour is “parasocial” and bang on trend according to the Cambridge Dictionary, which on Tuesday (Nov 18) unveiled…
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Thousands in Philippine capital hold second day of anti-graft protests

More than 200,000 protesters turned out on Monday (Nov 17) for the second day of an anti-graft rally in the Philippines, demanding accountability over accusations of corruption in flood-mitigation projects. The controversy, which has hammered investor confidence, is blamed by some analysts as a factor behind the third quarter’s four-year low in economic growth as public spending…
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US Border Patrol arrests 81 on first day of Charlotte immigration crackdown

Federal agents arrested at least 81 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend, a senior commander said on Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol official who led immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles and Chicago before he arrived in Charlotte this week, said on social media…
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Trump buys at least $82 million in bonds since late August, disclosures show

U.S. President Donald Trump bought at least $82 million in corporate and municipal bonds from late August to early October including new investments in sectors benefiting from his policies, financial disclosures made public on Saturday showed. According to the forms released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Trump carried out more than 175 financial purchases from…
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Sinner wins Alcaraz battle to retain ATP Finals title

Italy’s Jannik Sinner retained his ATP Finals title on Sunday, sending the Turin crowd wild as he battled past Spanish world number one and rival Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(4) 7-5 in the decider to the season-ending championships. Sinner, backed by a raucous Italian crowd, fell to the floor after breaking his rival’s serve in the final game before…
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Astrophotographer Captures ‘Fall Of Icarus’ Shot Of Man Skydiving Through Sun

The shot. perfectly aligned with the sun, create a stunning image dubbed ‘The Fall of Icarus’. It required immense planning and precision, said astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. An astrophotographer has captured a spectacular shot of a falling skydiver perfectly aligned with the fiery surface of the sun, making it seem like the airborne adventurer is tumbling through the…
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‘Shoot Those Who Intend To Kill’: Dhaka On High Alert Amid Unrest Ahead Of Sheikh Hasina Verdict

Bangladesh has intensified security across Dhaka after a wave of arson and crude bomb attacks ahead of Monday’s tribunal verdict against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh imposed tight security throughout Dhaka and several other regions overnight as sporadic arson attacks and crude bomb blasts stirred tension ahead of Monday’s ruling by the special tribunal trying deposed…
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‘Criminals Have Become Heroes’: Ahead Of ICT Verdict, Sheikh Hasina Says Yunus Framed False Charges

Hasina said Muhammad Yunus and those aligned with him had orchestrated a plan to “punish” her through a process that she claimed violated all legal norms. With the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) set to deliver its verdict, Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed her supporters virtually, denouncing the proceedings against her as “entirely illegal”. She alleged…
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Rabbits with ‘horns’ in Colorado are being called ‘Frankenstein bunnies.’ Here’s why

A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there’s no reason to be spooked — the furry creatures merely have a relatively common virus. The cottontails recently spotted in Fort Collins are infected with the mostly harmless Shope papillomavirus, which causes wart-like growths…
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Mutirao: Brazil’s Indigenous answer to the climate crisis

Indigenous peoples around the world are vital to protecting forests yet are often shut out of climate policy decisions. At COP30, they hope world leaders will finally respond to their concerns. When organizers of this year’s international climate conference adopted ‘mutirao’ — a Portuguese word of Indigenous origin meaning ‘collective effort’ — as the event’s official slogan,…
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Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts

No damage has been reported but ashfall is expected in parts of Kagoshima and the neighbouring Miyazaki prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A volcano in southern Japan erupted early on Sunday (Nov 16), sending a plume of ash and smoke into the sky and prompting a warning over ashfall. Sakurajima, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes,…
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HAUNTING DETAILS Netflix football coach John Beam killed in ‘very targeted attack’ as cops reveal chilling details about gunman

THE gunman who shot and killed Netflix football coach John Beam on a college campus intentionally targeted him, cops have said. Beam, who featured on the hit Netflix show Last Chance U, was shot in the head near the football field at Laney College in Oakland, California, on Thursday afternoon. Oakland Police Department announced that he died…
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FLOATING NIGHTMARE 3,000 cows trapped at sea for 58 DAYS on stinking, corpse-filled & fly-infested ship that can’t dock due to RED TAPE

THOUSANDS of pregnant cows are trapped on a hot, stinking ship that has been stuck at sea for two months after being blocked from docking. A rotten smell and swarms of flies hang over the boat, according to locals in a Turkish port, with cows dropping dead and giving birth in their own filth. Around 2,900 animals…
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COSTA NARCOS Brit hols hotspot flooded with pink cocaine by boodthirsty Venezuelan drug gang as Trump’s narco enemy hits Europe

A BLOODTHIRSTY Venezuelan gang has been flooding British holiday hotspots with pink cocaine, The Sun can reveal. US president Donald Trump made the powerful Tren de Aragua gang one of his country’s top enemies – and has ordered air strikes on drug boats operated by the narcoterrorists in international waters. Tren de Aragua – a prison gang…
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LEGEND LOST The Simpsons writer Dan McGrath dies aged 61 after penning some of the most iconic episodes from show’s golden era

LEGENDARY The Simpsons writer Dan McGrath has died at the age of 61, his family announced. The award-winning comedy writer, who also worked on Saturday Night Live, died following a stroke, his sister said. Gail Garabadian wrote on Facebook: “We lost my incredible brother Danny yesterday. He was a special man, one of a kind. “An incredible…
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At least 32 killed after Bridge collapses at Congo copper mine

Roy Kaumba, Lualaba’s provincial interior minister, said in a televised briefing that 32 deaths had been confirmed. Rescue efforts continued into Sunday as authorities worked to verify the final number of casualties. At least 32 people were killed on Saturday after a bridge collapsed at a semi-industrial copper mine in southeastern Congo, authorities said, in one of…
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Cities and states are turning to AI to improve road safety

As America’s aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first. Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 dashboard cameras as they try to reverse a recent spike in traffic fatalities. The cameras will use AI to…
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Japanese Woman Creates AI Boyfriend Using ChatGPT, Marries Him After He ‘Proposes’

32-year-old Kano married her digital boyfriend Klaus, an AI persona she created using ChatGPT in a unique and lavish wedding ceremony. A 32-year-old woman from Japan, Kano, has drawn international attention after she formalised what is being increasingly known as “AI-lationship” by marrying her digital boyfriend Klaus, an AI persona she created using ChatGPT. To mark the…
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UN Security Council to vote on Trump Gaza plan on Monday

The UN Security Council will vote on Monday (Nov 17) on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, diplomats said. Last week, the Americans officially launched negotiations within the 15-member Security Council on a text that would follow up on a ceasefire in the two-year war between Israel and Hamas and endorse Trump’s plan.…
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Death toll from Indonesia landslide rises to 11

A landslide on Indonesia’s Java island has killed at least 11 people, an official said on Saturday (Nov 15), updating a previous tally as rescuers scrambled to find 12 others who are still missing. The landslide, caused by heavy rainfall, hit three villages in Central Java province on Thursday, burying some houses and damaging others. “As of…
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COP30: Environmental activists stage mass protest in Belem

Activists held the first mass protest at the UN’s COP conference since 2021, demanding greater environmental protection and more action against climate change. Thousands marched in the Brazilian city of Belem on Saturday, as the UN’s COP30 climate conference marks its halfway point. Organizers dubbed the event the “Great People’s March.” The mass mobilization comes after two…
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Pope returns dozens of Indigenous artifacts to Canada

An Inuit kayak, war clubs and masks were among the items handed over to Canadian bishops, who vowed to transfer them to Indigenous groups. But some have criticized the “church-to-church” restitution process. The Vatican returned 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada on Saturday. The items included an Inuit kayak, wampum belts, war clubs and masks, many of which…
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91-Year-Old Man Works 12-Hour Shift In Singapore, His Dedication Leaves Actor R Madhavan Inspired | VIDEO

A viral video of a 91-year-old Singaporean man who works 12-hour shifts has moved millions online, even catching Bollywood actor R Madhavan’s attention. A heartwarming video featuring a 91-year-old man’s unwavering work ethic has been winning hearts online and even caught the attention of actor R Madhavan. The viral clip, originally posted by an Australian vlogger in…
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Green card boost for Indians as EB-1, EB-2 dates advance in December visa bulletin

The US December 2025 Visa Bulletin brought encouraging progress for Indian employment-based green card applicants, while family-based categories remain largely unchanged. This update offered renewed hope for skilled Indian workers awaiting their green cards. The US State Department’s December 2025 Visa Bulletin delivers a rare month of forward movement for Indian employment-based green card applicants, even as…
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Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility

Nearly two dozen people were arrested as faith leaders protested on Friday outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago, authorities said, the latest sign of tensions over the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement push. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that 21 people had been detained outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing…
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US jury says Apple must pay Masimo $634 million in smartwatch patent case

A federal jury in California said on Friday that Apple owes medical-monitoring technology company Masimo $634 million for infringing a patent covering blood-oxygen reading technology. The jury agreed with Masimo that the Apple Watch’s workout mode and heart rate notification features violated Masimo’s patent rights, a Masimo spokesperson confirmed. An Apple spokesperson said that the company disagrees…
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The fossil fuel showdown looming at COP30

Dozens of nations are pushing for a roadmap to phase out oil, coal and gas at the UN climate summit in Brazil. But a bloc of powerful oil-producing countries and industry lobbyists are putting up a fight. UN climate talks in Belem, Brazil, are heading toward a showdown over which countries are willing to make real progress…
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Bondi directs SDNY Attorney Clayton to investigate Epstein’s links to Bill Clinton and Democrats after Trump’s request

President Trump called on the Department of Justice to probe late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s links to Democratic bigwigs and institutions like JP Morgan Chase – a request Attorney General Pam Bondi was ready to launch Friday. Bondi instructed the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, to oversee an investigation, vowing it would…
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Tanzania president promises probe into election protest deaths

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced an official investigation the unrest that broke out during election week, following accusations that her government was responsible for violently crushing historic protests. She was declared the winner of last month’s presidential poll with 98% of the vote – a result the opposition has denounced as a “mockery of democracy.”…
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Ukraine corruption scandal puts top figures under scrutiny

Volodymyr Zelenskyy imposes sanctions on a former business associate as a wide-ranging corruption scandal in the energy sector puts the country’s ruling elite under scrutiny. Georgia’s Saakashvili asks Zelenskyy to exchange him in POW swap Dmytro Hubenko Editor Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s jailed former president, has appealed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to arrange a prisoner swap with…
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US pressures UN Council to adopt Trump’s Gaza peace plan

Unlike previous US drafts, the latest mentions a possible future Palestinian state. The United States on Thursday (Nov 13) called on the UN Security Council to unite and back its draft resolution aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, warning that Palestinians could otherwise suffer “grave” consequences. “Attempts to sow discord now – when…
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Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers

Germany’s coalition government has agreed a new military service plan to boost troop numbers following months of wrangling between political forces. The new military service plan will mandate all 18-year-old men to fill out a questionnaire on their suitability to serve and, from 2027, to undergo medical screening. The decision comes as Berlin aims to create Europe’s…
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Russia’s attacks have ramped up – Ukraine is fighting to hold on through another winter

In her Soviet-era apartment block on the outskirts of eastern Kyiv, Oksana Zinkovska-Boyarska lives with daily power cuts. The lift to her eighth-floor apartment often stops, the lights go out and sometimes the pumps maintaining pressure in the gas central heating fail. She has a big rechargeable battery pack to keep appliances going, but it costs €2,000…
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US proposal at the UN for Gaza stabilization force faces concerns from Russia, China and Arabs

A U.S. proposal to provide a United Nations mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza is facing opposition from Russia, China and some Arab countries, which have expressed unease about a yet-to-be established board that would temporarily govern the territory and the lack of any transitional role for the Palestinian Authority. The Chinese and the Russians…
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Epstein wrote disturbing email to himself before suicide

Jeffrey Epstein wrote a paranoid email to himself months before his death rambling about Donald Trump. The disgraced pedophile billionaire claimed that the President had often visited his home in Palm Beach, in the email sent to himself in February 2019. ‘[REDACTED] worked at Mar-a-Lago. Trump knew of it, and came to my house many times during…
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SMOKESHOW Elizabeth Berkley, 53, recreates iconic Showgirls looks and ‘hasn’t aged a day’ in 30 years since cult film’s release

  The actress received a lot of backlash for her role in the film at the time of its release ELIZABETH Berkley has stunned in a new campaign where she recreated her iconic look from the film Showgirls, in honor of its 30th anniversary. The actress, 53, partnered with Betsey Johnson for the fashion designer’s Holiday 2025…
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‘China Is Not As Smart As…’: Netizens React As Recently Opened 758-Metre-Long Chinese Bridge Collapses Due To Landslide; Visuals Inside

On Tuesday, local authorities reported that a portion of a freshly constructed bridge, this year in Sichuan, fell along a national route connecting the country’s heartland with Tibet. However, no injuries were reported. Sichuan comes under China’s Southwest province. On Tuesday, local authorities reported that a portion of a freshly constructed Hongqi Bridge, this year in Sichuan,…
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Coalition led by Iraqi PM Sudani comes first in Iraq’s election, commission says

A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani came first in Iraq’s parliamentary election, the Independent High Electoral Commission said on Wednesday. His coalition received 1.317 million votes in Tuesday’s election, the commission said. Reuters reported earlier that Sudani placed first, citing two electoral commission officials with knowledge of the results. Sudani was seeking a…
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Suspected Hamas member arrested in Germany

Public prosecutors say a suspected Hamas member was arrested soon after entering the country, on a highway near the border to Czechia. Federal police arrested a suspected Hamas member soon after his entry into Germany on the A17 autobahn near the Czech border, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The Lebanese-born man is accused of procuring weapons that were…
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Turkish military plane crash: All 20 onboard dead

After a Turkish military plane crashed, the country’s defense minister posted a message saying: “Our heroic comrades-in-arms were martyred.” All 20 military personnel on board a Turkish military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia were killed, Turkey’s defense minister announced on Wednesday. The personnel were on board the C-130 Hercules plane that took off from Azerbaijan en…
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How AI is reshaping education across Africa

Across Africa, schools face outdated curricula and skills gaps. Experts say AI could transform learning and create new opportunities for African youth. DW looks at how African nations are embracing the change. In Accra’s Chorkor neighborhood, young Ghanaians are using computers for the first time. Inside a modest digital lab, facilitators use smart tools to teach digital…
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WITHOUT A TRACE Carnival Cruise ship still haunted by mystery of missing passenger two years before tragic death of teen cheerleader

AMERICANS are still demanding answers after a veteran mysteriously disappeared on a Carnival Cruise over two years ago. Kevin McGrath, 26, vanished from a Carnival Cruise, two years before 18-year-old cheerleader Anna Kepner died aboard a Carnival ship. In 2023, McGrath shockingly disappeared from the Carnival cruise. However, just weeks after McGrath failed to show up for…
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PROTEST CHAOS Watch moment baton wielding protesters storm COP30 climate summit and clash with security guards in Brazil

THIS is the moment the COP30 climate summit descends into chaos after a furious protestor mob smashed in and clashed with guards. Security staff were left bleeding and being wheeled out in wheelchairs at the climate talks in Belém, Brazil. Footage shows scores of protestors, some brandishing batons, pushing into the main venue, with many dressed in…
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HEAVY DUTY Overweight foreigners to be BANNED from US as Trump launches new immigration visa crackdown

TRUMP is set to ban obese foreigners from entry to the United States, as he cracks down on immigration visas. Overweight immigrants will be denied US visas if embassies follow Donald Trump‘s latest immigration directive, which instructs consular officials to consider banning people who suffer from certain health conditions. Obesity is among several chronic afflictions which could…
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Pakistan’s prime minister offers talks to Afghanistan after deadly militant attacks

Pakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday offered talks to Afghanistan’s Taliban government in a renewed peace overture, about a week after negotiations between the two sides collapsed in Istanbul, raising fears that a ceasefire brokered by Qatar and Turkey could unravel and trigger new border clashes. Shehbaz Sharif made the offer in a televised speech to parliament, a…
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Taiwan evacuates 8,300 and shuts schools before tropical storm brushes island

Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island later Wednesday. Fung-wong had super typhoon strength when it battered the Philippines on Sunday, causing flooding, landslides, power outages and at least 27 deaths. Still holding tropical storm strength Wednesday morning, it…
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Epstein emails with ex-Obama lawyer claim he stopped talking to Bill Clinton for mysterious reason

Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein ended his friendship with Bill Clinton because he believed the former president was a liar, according to new emails the disgraced financier’s estate handed over to Congress on Wednesday. The emails obtained by the House Oversight Committee show that Kathryn Ruemmler, a former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, had a chummy relationship…
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Evidence of ancient tree-climbing ‘drop crocs’ found in Australia

Scientists have unearthed Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells which may have belonged to “drop crocs” – creatures that climbed trees to hunt prey below. The discovery of the 55-million-year-old eggshells was made in a sheep farmer’s backyard in Queensland with the findings published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The egghells belonged to a long-extinct group of…
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SHIP OF STEEL Donald Trump moves world’s largest aircraft carrier towards Venezuela as Maduro prepares to fight guerrilla war

DONALD Trump has sent the world’s biggest aircraft carrier steaming into Latin American waters, and Nicolás Maduro is digging in for a fight. The USS Gerald R. Ford, carrying more than 4,000 sailors and dozens of strike aircraft, has now entered the US Southern Command zone. It is the largest US military deployment in the region since…
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