Top StoriesTue Dec 31 2024
Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5 million defamation verdict
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $5 million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump when a jury found the U.S. president-elect liable for sexually abusing and later defaming the former magazine columnist.
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Top StoriesMon Dec 30 2024
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies
Former President Jimmy Carter, a man who redefined what a post-presidency could be, died Sunday. He was 100. Carter, who lived longer than any other U.S. president, entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia in February 2023 after a series of short hospital stays.
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Top StoriesSun Dec 29 2024
Putin apologizes to Aliyev over ‘tragic incident’ with Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, for a “tragic incident” which happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia where Ukrainian drones were reported to be attacking several cities. At least 38 people were killed while 29 survived.
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Top StoriesSat Dec 28 2024
South Korea impeaches acting President Han Duck-soo, deepening political turmoil
South Korea has voted to impeach its acting president Han Duck-soo, two weeks after parliament voted to impeach its President Yoon Suk Yeol. Some 192 lawmakers voted for his impeachment, more than the 151 votes needed for it to succeed.
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Top StoriesFri Dec 27 2024
'Russian air defence system' downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in deadly crash: Reuters
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources. The Embraer 190 passenger jet was en route from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it changed course.
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Top StoriesThu Dec 26 2024
Pope urges 'all people of all nations' to silence arms and overcome divisions in Christmas address
Pope Francis called for an end to global wars and divisiveness in his annual Christmas Day message, given Wednesday. “This Christmas, at the beginning of the Jubilee Year, I invite every individual, and all peoples and nations, to find the courage needed to walk through that Door, to become pilgrims of hope, to silence the sound of arms and overcome divisions!” the pontiff said, in a message that was also posted to social media.
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Top StoriesWed Dec 25 2024
American Airlines resumes flights after nationwide 'technical issue'
A "technical issue" briefly disrupted American Airlines flights nationwide early on Tuesday, the airline said, at the start of a busy Christmas Eve for travelers around the country.
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Top StoriesTue Dec 24 2024
Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office
President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.
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Top StoriesMon Dec 23 2024
US Navy Jet Shot Down in Friendly Fire Incident Over Red Sea
Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in what appeared to be "friendly fire", the U.S. military said. The pilots were found alive after they ejected from their aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries. The incident demonstrates the pervasive dangers in the Red Sea corridor amid ongoing attacks on shipping by the Iranian-backed Houthis, even as U.S. and European military coalitions patrol the area.
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Top StoriesSun Dec 22 2024
Suspect behind German Christmas market attack 'Islamophobic', authorities say
The Saudi suspect behind the deadly car attack on a Christmas market in Germany is believed to be “Islamophobic”, the interior minister said Saturday. The 50-year-old doctor, now under arrest, said German authorities had not done enough to fight the “Islamism of Europe” and had also voiced support for the far-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party.
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