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Anderson Aldrich plans to plead guilty to federal charges with an agreement that would allow him to avoid the death penalty...

César Suárez killed in brazen daylight attack in Guayaquil as country shaken by dramatic recent surge in violence...

Iran has launched airstrikes on Pakistan territory, apparently aimed at a Sunni militant group, in the latest sign of a wave of violence rolling across the Middle East and beyond....

On Wednesday, members of the European parliament [MEPs] voted to outlaw the use of terms such as “environmentally friendly”, “natural”, “biodegradable”, “climate neutral” or “eco” without evidence, while introducing a total ban on using carbon offsetting schemes to substantiate the claims.

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Total is 20% higher than thought and may have implications for collapse of globally important north Atlantic ocean currents...

A grieving mother was left distraught by Amazon after a laptop bought to plan her child’s funeral disappeared in an alleged scam – despite the website claiming to protect the purchase with a one-time password.

Thousands of people across Germany have taken to the streets for a fourth consecutive day to voice their opposition to the far-right populist AfD party after politicians from the party met neo-Nazis to discuss a “master plan” for the mass deportation of asylum seekers and German citizens of foreign origin....

Population data shows drop of almost three million in 2023...

Almost 500 Cuban health workers deployed across Calabria amid severe shortage of doctors...

Large numbers of fungi have been found living in the twilight zone of the ocean, and could unlock the door to new drugs that may match the power of penicillin....

It is unclear how Ukraine succeeded in shooting down the command planes flying above the Sea of Azov...

Hamas has released a video announcing the death of two Israeli hostages and claimed that they were killed by Israeli airstrikes....

Philip Anschutz has hosted rightwing justice at resort and stands to benefit if court strips power from federal regulatory agencies...

US Navy Seals boarded a boat heading for Yemen and seized Iranian-made missile components and other weaponry bound for Houthi forces, in an operation in which two Seal commandos went missing, the US military has said....

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has called for a change to the constitution to identify South Korea as the “number one hostile state”, ending the regime’s commitment to unifying the Korean peninsula....

In recent years, China’s LGBTQ+ community has been swept up in the Chinese Communist party’s broader crackdown on civil society and freedom of expression. In May 2023, a well known LGBTQ+ advocacy group in Beijing announced it was closing due to “unavoidable” circumstances. Last February, two university students filed a...