28 m. ago US suspends assistance to Somalia’s federal government, alleging it seized food aid

The State Department says it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians

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30 m. ago Man jailed for attempted murder escapes from prison as police warn 'do not approach'

Kieran Cameron was serving a 23-year-prison

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34 m. ago Trump defends ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minnesota as protests erupt in Minneapolis: Live updates

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz asked Americans to ‘stand with us against this’ in the wake of the shooting

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45 m. ago Driver shot in Minneapolis is the at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdown

A motorist fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year

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45 m. ago Trump says he plans crackdown on defense firms over executive pay and stock buybacks

President accuses US defense companies of delivery failures and attacks ‘exorbitant’ salaries to top executivesDonald Trump has claimed he plans to crack down on executive compensation and shareholder payouts at military defense contractors, as his administration ramps up spending on the armed forces.In a post on social media, the US president said defense giants had been failing to swiftly deliver “vital” equipment to the US military and its allies across the world. Continue reading...

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59 m. ago The Latest: ICE officer's killing of a motorist during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city — a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city’s mayor described as “reckless” and unnecessary

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60 m. ago Tony Dokoupil’s ‘embarrassing’ first days at CBS Evening News savaged by staff: ‘It’s state TV’

EXCLUSIVE: In a conversation with one of his handlers during an ad break, Pete Hegseth said during his interview with Tony Dokoupil that ‘we did it at Bari's request and because CBS News did something right on this.’

Politics

76 m. ago Russia's chilling nuclear WW3 threat after UK helps US seize 'ghost fleet' tanker

A Russian Duma member has issued a chilling threat to the US after British forces supported American seizure of an oil tanker, and suggested nuclear weapons could even be deployed

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83 m. ago Putin aid threatens to 'sink US boats' and use nuclear weapons after tanker seized

A high-profile member of the Russian Duma issued a chilling threat to the States

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83 m. ago From swallowing live fish to 'cure' asthma to bathing in hay these are the 'strangest' health remedies... that we know of

EXCLUSIVE: For centuries, people across the world have turned to weird and wonderful cures in the name of healing.

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87 m. ago Protest erupts in Minneapolis after ICE agent fatally shoots woman amid immigration crackdown: Live updates

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told ICE agents to ‘get the f*** out’ of the city in the aftermath

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88 m. ago Zohran Mamdani defends his appointee after ‘white supremacy’ posts resurface

Weaver said some of the messages were ‘regretful’ and ’not something I would say today’

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92 m. ago Primary schools in North Lanarkshire given chance to win specifically curated Burns Supper from Aldi

The UK’s Cheapest Supermarket 2024 is set to host its first-ever Great Scottish Supper, with one primary school class winning an unforgettable Robert Burns celebration.

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95 m. ago ‘They are killing us’: authorities use force against protesters in Kurdish regions of Iran

People face teargas, pellet guns and violence as protests continue and opposition parties call for general strikeDemonstrations over economic conditions broke out in Kurdish regions of Iran on Wednesday despite authorities using violence to try to disperse protests before an announced general strike, according to witnesses and rights groups.Protesters took to the streets across Kurdish cities in western Iran, with shopkeepers shutting down stores and demonstrators chanting against government corruption. People said they were met with force as authorities fired teargas, pellet guns and what demonstrators said were live bullets at crowds. Continue reading...

Events

1 hour ago The best present ever: Lottery player wins $350K in Christmas day drawing

The odds of winning the Lucky Day Lotto jackpot are 1 in 1.22 million

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1 hour ago Chaos in Minnesota: Everything we know about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis

The fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman sparked sharply conflicting accounts from local, state and federal officials

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1 hour ago Trump administration funding threats set child care providers and parents on edge

The Trump administration’s crackdown on the $12 billion Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes care for 1.4 million children from low-income households, has rattled child care providers and families that rely on the aid money

Politics

2 h. ago María Corina Machado to publish book on political vision for Venezuela amid upheaval

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace prize winner will lay out vision for the country in book publishing in USVenezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will publish a book in the US that lays out her vision for Venezuela’s political reconstruction as the country faces significant upheaval.The 120-page work titled The Freedom Manifesto is being released by Regnery Publishing, a conservative book publisher acquired by Skyhorse Publishing in 2023. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago The art of the drill: Trump considers subsidies to push oil companies to drill in Venezuela

Two of the three major US oil companies pulled business out of Venezuela nearly two decades ago after assets were seized

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2 h. ago Europe should prepare for world without US nuclear deterrence, former Nato chief warns

Trump’s threat to take Greenland, from a Nato ally, raises doubt on US commitment to extended nuclear deterrence across Europe

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