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Four years after US Capitol riot, nation remains divided by opposing narratives
• 11:02 AM
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Four years after the deadly assault on the US Capitol, two opposing narratives persist about what took place that fateful day. More than 1,500 people have since been criminally indicted in federal court, but President-elect Donald Trump has promised to p
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Venezuela offers $100,000 reward for exiled opposition leader
• 3:38 AM
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Venezuelan authorities set a $100,000 reward on Thursday for information leading to the capture of exiled opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who is on his way to Argentina after seeking exile in Spain. Gonzalez Urrutia fled Venezuela in Septe
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Yesterday
Elite soldier shot himself before Cybertruck blast in Las Vegas, officials say
• 10:01 PM
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An elite soldier identified as Matthew Alan Livelsberger committed suicide before the Cybertruck he was sitting in exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, authorities said on Thursday. The motive for his actions is still unknown.
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New Orleans truck attacker acted alone but was loyal to jihadist group, FBI says
• 5:46 PM
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The FBI said on Thursday US army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who carried out a deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Years Eve, likely acted alone after being inspired to carry out an "act of terrorism" by the Islamic State group.
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New Orleans truck attacker acted alone but was 'inspired by' Islamic State group, FBI says
• 5:45 PM
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The driver behind a deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year's Eve, US army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, likely acted alone after being inspired by the Islamic State group, the FBI said Thursday, adding that so far there was no "definitive link" wit
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Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one
• 11:37 AM
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At least one person was killed and seven wounded when a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside a hotel belonging to US President-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas, police said Wednesday. US President Joe Biden said authorities were investigating any links betwe
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US army veteran, IT specialist: What we know about the New Orleans truck attack suspect
• 7:38 AM
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The New Orleans truck attack suspect, identified by the FBI as 42-year-old US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was an army veteran who served as an IT specialist before earning a bachelor's degree in computer systems. He was twice-married and experienced fina
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FBI probes 'terrorist' links in New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15
• 3:22 AM
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A US Army veteran with an Islamic State flag and "hellbent" on carnage steered a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens. FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from New Orlean
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World leaders denounce New Year's deadly truck attack in New Orleans
• 1:42 AM
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International outrage follows a New Year's Eve attack in New Orleans' French Quarter, where a suspect driving a truck killed at least 15 and injured dozens more. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism.
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Tesla cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one
• 12:14 AM
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A Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas killed one and injured seven, police said Wednesday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk attributed the blast to large fireworks or a bomb in the vehicle, clarifying it was not related to the tr
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Wednesday, january 1, 2025
New Orleans truck attack suspect did not act alone, FBI believes
• 8:26 PM
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FBI officials are seeking a motive behind the New Year's Day vehicle-ramming attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that killed 15 people. The FBI has identified the suspect as a 42-year-old former US soldier from Texas, adding that they believe he did
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US authorities identify suspect in deadly New Orleans attack
• 8:22 PM
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US authorities have identified the man who drove a pickup truck into crowds of people celebrating New Year's Eve in New Orleans. Ten people were killed and more than 30 wounded after the assailant, a 42-year-old American citizen from Texas, crashed into
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Power restored to most of Puerto Rico after massive New Year's Eve blackout
• 5:48 PM
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Power has been restored to more than 98 percent of Puerto Ricans affected by a massive power outage, the US territory's electric utility said on Wednesday. The power company blamed the New Year's Eve blackout on a fault in an underground cable, but inves
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Car-ramming attack in New Orleans kills 10, wounds dozens
• 4:23 PM
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A driver rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Orleans revellers early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30 in what the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism. The driver was killed in a firefight with police following
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At least 10 dead after man rammed truck into crowd in New Orleans
• 1:37 PM
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A man "hellbent on creating carnage" drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of New Year revellers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 35. The FBI is to take over the investigation to probe a "possible,
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World braces for major changes in 2025
• 9:57 AM
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As the world greets the New Year, FRANCE 24 takes a look at major changes set to come in 2025 including Donald Trump's return to the White House, the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the political uncertainty in France and Germany and more.
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Truck ploughs into New Orleans crowd in deadly New Year's attack
• 12:54 AM
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A suspect drove a truck into a crowd of revellers in the French Quarter district of New Orleans early Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens with the FBI saying the incident is being investigated as an "act of terrorism". The suspect d
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Tuesday, december 31, 2024
How visas for skilled foreign workers are splitting MAGA in two
• 5:17 PM
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other tech titans are warring with some of US President-elect Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters over immigration visas. Trump has backed Musk and praised the use of H-1B visas to bring skilled foreign workers to the United Stat
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‘Our farms will come to a stop’: US farmers fret over Trump's deportation plans
• 4:19 PM
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Donald Trump has vowed to undertake the largest domestic deportation operation in American history when his second presidential term starts, potentially affecting millions of undocumented migrants. This could be bad news for America’s agricultural indust
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Puerto Rico hit by New Year’s Eve blackout after power grid fails
• 4:09 PM
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A massive power outage hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the US territory was preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve. The local energy distribution company blamed the blackout on the failure of an underground power line, with officials saying
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US treasury says Chinese hackers accessed department workstations
• 9:56 AM
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Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday.
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China rejects accusations it targeted US Treasury in cyberattack
• 8:08 AM
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China on Tuesday rejected US accusations that it was behind a cyberattack targeting the Treasury, calling the claims “groundless”, lacking evidence. The breach occurred earlier in December and resulted in remote access to some of the department’s worksta
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Tributes pour in for Jimmy Carter as funeral set for January 9
• 1:58 AM
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Flags flew at half-staff across the United States on Monday as tributes poured in globally for Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived US president, who died at 100. The Georgia native, known for his dedication to human rights and humanitarian causes, will be ho
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Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency amid deadly gang violence
• 12:32 AM
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Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency on Monday, granting police the power to conduct warrantless searches and arrests for two days, following a surge in violent crime that has left 623 people dead this year.
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Monday, december 30, 2024
Chinese hackers breach US Treasury, access unclassified documents
• 11:51 PM
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Chinese state-sponsored hackers accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after exploiting a third-party software provider, the agency revealed Monday. The breach, classified as a "major cybersecurity incident," is u
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Trump loses appeal of $5 million verdict won by E. Jean Carroll
• 4:05 PM
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday failed in his attempt to overturn the verdict of a $5 million defamation case in the federal court of appeals. The three-judge panel upheld the verdict won by journalist E. Jean Carroll, in which Trump was found
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World leaders pay tribute to former US President Jimmy Carter's legacy
• 12:38 AM
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World leaders and US politicians reacted to news that former US president Jimmy Carter, who during his term brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, has died at age 100.
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Former US president Jimmy Carter dies at 100
• 12:34 AM
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Former US president Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. Carter served one term in office as the 39th president of the United States.
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Sunday, december 29, 2024
World leaders pay tribute to former US president Jimmy Carter
• 11:15 PM
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World leaders and US politicians reacted to news that former US president Jimmy Carter, who as president brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died on Sunday at the age of 100.
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Portrait: Former US president Jimmy Carter dies at 100
• 9:22 PM
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Former US president Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. Carter served one term in office as the 39th president of the United States (1977-1981) during a turbulent period both domestically and internationally.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes history in close brush with sun
• 10:04 AM
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometers) of the scorching star.
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Friday, december 27, 2024
Wednesday, december 25, 2024
Suriname's former dictator, fugitive and president Desi Bouterse dies at 79
• 4:37 PM
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Suriname's former dictator and later president Desi Bouterse has died, the government of the former Dutch colony announced Wednesday. Bouterse rose to power in a coup, stepped down and became a fugitive from justice for killing political opponents, then
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Two reporters, police officer killed in gang attack on Haiti's main hospital
• 11:26 AM
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Two reporters were killed and several were wounded Tuesday in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital, the country's online media association said. A police officer was also killed in the attack.
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Tuesday, december 24, 2024
Trump slams Biden's death penalty commutations
• 8:29 PM
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US President-elect Donald Trump condemned Joe Biden on Tuesday for commuting the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, calling the outgoing president’s decision "devastating" for victims’ families. The Republican leader has signaled plans to resume
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Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates
• 11:18 AM
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US President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term.
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House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of 'regularly' paying for sex, including with 17-year-old girl
• 9:47 AM
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The House Ethics Committee accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs as a member of Congress, as lawmakers released the conclusions of a nearly four-year investigation that
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Trump ally Matt Gaetz paid for underage sex, probe finds
• 4:15 AM
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A new report from the US House Ethics Committee details multiple allegations against former congressman Matt Gaetz, including paying for underage sex, using illegal drugs, and breaking Florida laws on sexual misconduct. Gaetz, who was initially chosen to
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Monday, december 23, 2024
Former Medellin cartel boss Fabio Ochoa deported to Colombia, released upon arrival
• 11:51 PM
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Fabio Ochoa, once a top operator in Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel, was deported to Colombia after serving 25 years of a 30-year sentence in the US. He was released immediately upon arrival in Bogota, with Colombian authorities confirming he faces no pe
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Trump stirs tensions with remarks on buying Greenland, seizing Panama Canal
• 8:13 PM
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US President-elect Donald Trump has sparked international tension by reviving plans to buy Greenland, threatening to reclaim the Panama Canal, and joking about annexing Canada. While critics see these as disruptive stances against allies, others view the
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO
• 3:10 PM
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Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded not guilty to state murder charges on Monday, including murder as an act of terrorism.
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Biden commutes sentences for 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates
• 10:13 AM
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By commuting the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates on Monday, US President Joe Biden leaves very few prisoners on federal death row before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, 2025.
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Panama dismisses Trump's threat to retake control of Canal
• 2:27 AM
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Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino rejected US President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to reclaim control of the Panama Canal, calling them baseless and affirming Panama’s sovereignty over the waterway. Trump had raised concerns about the canal's managem
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Trump vows to stop ‘transgender lunacy' and make two genders official US policy
• 1:45 AM
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At a conference for young conservatives in Arizona Sunday, US President-elect Donald Trump said the official policy of his upcoming administration would be the recognition of only two genders, male and female, as he pledged to end "transgender lunacy” on
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Friday, december 20, 2024
Evening of holiday fun at German Christmas market turns to horror
• 10:20 PM
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A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities believe was an attack.
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US averts government shutdown as Congress passes spending bill
• 1:29 PM
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The US Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilising government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The bill does not include a demand from President-elect Don
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Starbucks workers to strike in three US cities, threaten nationwide action
• 4:54 AM
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Starbucks employees will strike on Friday in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle, escalating labor tensions during the pre-Christmas rush. The strike, organized by Starbucks Workers United, targets improved pay and conditions following stalled negotiations
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Thursday, december 19, 2024
Trump says Canadians 'want' to become the 51st US state. Is this even possible?
• 9:43 PM
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US President-elect Donald Trump has been repeatedly taunting Canadian PM Justin Trudeau about Canada becoming the "51st state" of the US. He's been publicly referring to Trudeau as a "governor" and claiming Canadians are keen to join their bigger neighbo
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Trump-backed spending deal fails to clear US House as government shutdown looms
• 3:43 PM
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The US House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a Republican-led funding bill aimed at averting a government shutdown, with federal agencies due to run out of cash on Friday night. Dozens of debt hawks in the Republican ranks rebelled against their
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Trump tries to kill bipartisan budget deal with Musk's help
• 1:27 AM
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US President-elect Donald Trump delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations on Wednesday, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats as billionaire ally Elon Musk whipped up outrage toward the bill and cheer
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Canada: Concern as Quebec freezes two major immigration programmes
• 12:22 AM
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In Canada, Quebec's provincial government has just announced, without prior warning, a freeze on permanent immigration. Two major programmes are impacted: the Regular Skilled Worker Program (PRTQ) and the graduate component of the Quebec Experience Progr
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Wednesday, december 18, 2024
Outgoing Blinken cautious but 'hopeful' on Gaza ceasefire
• 10:33 PM
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With one month left before he leaves office, outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday he was "hopeful" of brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, one day after the Palestinian militant group said a deal was "closer
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What we know about the mysterious drone sightings over New Jersey
• 9:44 PM
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For the past month, social media users across New Jersey and the US East Coast have posted videos of drones buzzing overhead, triggering concerns of foreign espionage or a US government operation. The White House and federal agencies have not provided co
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US healthcare financing impaired by 'very inefficient public-private partnership'
• 8:28 PM
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The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism. The killing kindled a fiery outpouring of resentment toward U.S. health insurance companies as Americans swapped stories of being denied coverage and s
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First severe human case of bird flu in US sparks pandemic concerns
• 6:25 PM
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US authorities announced on Wednesday the first severe human case of avian flu in Louisiana, marking a critical escalation in the 2024 outbreak. With 61 cases reported nationwide, experts warn of rising pandemic risks.
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FRANCE 24 and PassBlue win UN journalism prize for reporting on Gaza war
• 5:44 PM
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PassBlue and FRANCE 24 have been awarded a UN Correspondents' Association (UNCA) prize for three investigative stories on the Gaza war that they co-published over the course of 2024.
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The US farm where pigs are bred for human organ transplants
• 3:56 PM
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Could harvesting organs from cloned pigs that have been genetically modified with human DNA be the answer to the chronic shortage of organs donated for transplant? At a farm in Virginia, USA, one biotech company is hoping to do just that, and on an indus
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Trump sues Iowa pollster, newspaper for 'interference' in US election
• 8:27 AM
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US President-elect Donald Trump is suing pollster Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register newspaper for underestimating his chances of winning the state of Iowa in November's presidential election. Trump won the state, beating Democratic nominee Kamala Ha
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Tuesday, december 17, 2024
Luigi Mangione charged with murder as ‘act of terrorism’ in US CEO slaying
• 9:52 PM
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Luigi Mangione was indicted on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism, in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Manhattan District Attorney said Thompson's death “was a killing that was intended to evoke
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No, the BBC did not report that Luigi Mangione 'shot himself' in prison
• 9:40 PM
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In the latest flood of misinformation regarding Luigi Mangione, the suspect indicted for the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York, some users are sharing a fake BBC headline claiming that Mangione committed suicide while in prison. T
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