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Death toll from Los Angeles-area fires rises to 10

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Death toll from Los Angeles-area fires rises to 10

The death toll has risen to 10 from the Los Angeles-area fires, according to the county coroner’s office. The fast-moving Kenneth Fire started in the late afternoon in the San Fernando Valley near the West Hills neighbourhood and close to Ventura County. Only hours earlier officials expressed encouragement after firefighters aided by calmer winds and help from crews from outside the state saw the first signs of successfully beating back […]

todayJanuary 10, 2025 1

Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Carter lauded for humility and service at Washington funeral

Jimmy Carter has been hailed for his humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral. All of Mr Carter’s living successors were in attendance, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, delivering a eulogy. Mr Biden and others took turns praising Mr Carter’s record — which many historians have appraised more […]

todayJanuary 9, 2025 3

US army veteran kills 15 in New Year’s Eve ‘terror attack’

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US army veteran kills 15 in New Year’s Eve ‘terror attack’

A US army veteran driving a pick-up truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group has killed at least 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into New Year’s Eve revellers in New Orleans before being shot dead by police. The FBI said it is investigating the attack early on Wednesday in the city’s French Quarter as a terrorist act and does not believe […]

todayJanuary 1, 2025 3

US federal appeals court upholds sexual abuse finding against Donald Trump

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US federal appeals court upholds sexual abuse finding against Donald Trump

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the five million-dollar (£3.99 million) award that the Manhattan jury granted to E Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse. The magazine columnist had given evidence at a […]

todayDecember 30, 2024 2

Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

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Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

He served one term in the White House between 1977 and 1981. Former US president Jimmy Carter has died aged 100. Mr Carter, a former peanut farmer, served one term in the White House between 1977 and 1981, taking over in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the end of the Vietnam War. After his defeat by Ronald Reagan, he spent his post-presidency years as a global humanitarian, winning […]

todayDecember 29, 2024 6

Germany mourns five killed and 200 injured in attack on Christmas market

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Germany mourns five killed and 200 injured in attack on Christmas market

Germans have mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing five people and injuring 200 others. The alleged attack on Friday evening in Magdeburg, about 80 miles west of Berlin, killed a nine-year-old and four adults and injured 41 people badly enough that authorities warned the death toll could rise. Magdeburg marked the tragedy on Saturday with […]

todayDecember 22, 2024 23

President Yoon Suk Yeol

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South Korean parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration this month. The National Assembly passed the motion in a 204-85 vote on Saturday. Mr Yoon’s presidential powers and duties will be suspended after the copies of a document on the impeachment are delivered to him and to the Constitutional Court. The court has up to 180 days to determine whether to dismiss […]

todayDecember 14, 2024 1

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