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Republicans try to exploit New Orleans attack to push through Trump agenda
Trump loyalists make baseless link between attack and US border and say cabinet nominees must be urgently ratified. Republicans in the US Senate are attempting to exploit the New Year’s Day attack ...Jan. 5 - World -
Austria’s president to meet far-right leader amid coalition speculation
‘New path’ to power may be opening for FPÖ after collapse of talks between country’s centrist parties. Austria’s president has said he will meet the leader of the country’s far-right Freedom party ...Jan. 5 - World -
Farage refuses to condemn free speech ‘hero’ Musk’s remarks on Jess Phillips
Reform leader praises billionaire after what health secretary calls ‘a disgraceful smear of a great woman’. Nigel Farage has refused to condemn Elon Musk for his comments about Keir Starmer and ...Jan. 5 - World -
Two more family members sentenced in Ohio crime of ‘boundless depravity’
Eight members of a family were killed in a 2016 shooting and another two members received lengthy sentences. Two more family members convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family ...Jan. 3 - World -
Dark web dealer who stole unreleased Coldplay music gets suspended sentence
Skylar Dalziel’s hard drives showed access to about 290,000 tracks from artists also including Shawn Mendes, police say. A dark web dealer who stole unreleased music from the likes of Coldplay, ...Jan. 3 - World -
Hollywood ushers in hard-to-predict awards season with Golden Globes
Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, Wicked and Conclave aim for awards this weekend but without an Oppenheimer-sized juggernaut, it all remains up in the air. Full list of Golden Globe nominations ...Jan. 3 - World -
Jill Biden received $20,000 diamond from Indian PM in 2023, among other gifts
Annual report details gifts given to first family by foreign leaders, most of which are transferred to National Archives. Joe Biden and his family were given tens of thousands of dollars in gifts ...Jan. 2 - World -
Italian fashion designer and ‘colour genius’ Rosita Missoni dies aged 93
Founder of renowned knitwear brand was at forefront of bringing Italian ready-to-wear industry to global market. Rosita Missoni, the esteemed Italian fashion designer who co-founded the eponymous ...Jan. 2 - World -
Quitting smoking may be easier with a smartwatch app, researchers say
Motion-sensor software sent alerts to prevent lighting up at most vulnerable moments for those trying to quit. Smartwatches could be used to help people quit smoking, a study suggests.. Researchers ...Jan. 1 - World -
Great Guinness heist: thieves stole truck carrying 35,000 pints
Revealed: lorry with 400 kegs of the Irish stout onboard disappeared from Northamptonshire depot, sources say. In the days leading up to Christmas, stout-lovers were left reeling from a nationwide ...Dec. 31 - World -
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after eight years
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016 after a flight in which she alleges Pitt was abusive to her and their children. It was a great Hollywood love story, and a very 21st century one at that: two of the ...Dec. 31 - World -
Icelandic sheepdog, breed mentioned by Shakespeare, is a pedigree at last
Kennel Club finally recognises breed believed to be more than 1,000 years old that featured in Icelandic Sagas. A dog breed that was namechecked in one of William Shakespeare’s plays and is ...Dec. 31 - World -
WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on
‘This is a moral and scientific imperative,’ World Health Organization says in statement marking five years since Chinese authorities first alerted to ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan. The World Health ...Dec. 30 - World -
Olaf Scholz: German election ‘will not be decided by social media owners’
Chancellor’s New Year’s Eve address follows Elon Musk’s endorsement of German far-right party AfD on X. The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has urged voters not to let the “owners of social media ...Dec. 30 - World -
Dating apps prepare to launch AI features to help users find love
Match Group’s digital assistant will tailor profiles and search for dates – but critics fear genuine connections are at risk. Fed up with writing dating profiles? Or sick and tired of swiping? ...Dec. 30 - World -
Toddler wanders within feet of 400ft cliff near rim of Kīlauea volcano
Child had run off from family ‘in a split second’ as they admired lava within caldera at sunset on 23 December. Hawaii national park rangers have reissued warnings about volcano tourism after a ...Dec. 28 - World -
‘Ludicrous’: bitter row erupts over plan to replace original Notre Dame windows
Fury as President Macron reveals the new ‘contemporary gesture’ for cathedral devastated by 2019 fire. In the wake of the April 2019 fire that devastated Notre Dame, the French president Emmanuel ...Dec. 28 - World -
South Koreans stage mass rally to demand removal of Yoon Suk Yeol
Hundreds of thousands gather in central Seoul to protest against president suspended over martial law declaration. Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans flooded central Seoul on Saturday in the ...Dec. 28 - World -
Olivia Hussey, star of 1968 Romeo and Juliet film, dies aged 73
Golden Globe-winning actor ‘lived a life full of passion, love and dedication to the arts’, says family in statement. Olivia Hussey, who starred as a teenage Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film ...Dec. 28 - World -
Wham!’s Last Christmas remains top of UK singles chart for another week
Duo’s festive record made history when it became Christmas No 1 two years in a row. Wham! have continued their belated festive domination after Last Christmas remained top of the singles chart, a ...Dec. 27 - World -
Sudan: first aid convoy reaches besieged Khartoum area since start of civil war
Deliveries of vital food and medical supplies will help 200,000 families, say aid groups and local volunteers. An aid convoy has reached a besieged area of Khartoum for the first time since ...Dec. 27 - World -
Netflix smashes records with NFL double-header and Beyoncé Bowl on Christmas Day
NFL and Nielsen said two games drew 65m US viewers NBA’s slate of five games saw an 84% rise over 2023 LeBron James and the NBA are going to have make room for the NFL on Christmas.. That ...Dec. 27 - World -
Baby Driver actor Hudson Meek, 16, dies after fall from moving vehicle
Family plans to livestream memorial service for teenage actor who died two days after getting hurt in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after he fell out of a moving ...Dec. 26 - World -
Save those holiday-gift lottery tickets: Mega Millions jackpot surpasses $1bn
Odds of winning jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, compared with 1 in 24 for any Mega Millions prize, and tickets cost $2. The Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $1bn after no ticket matched all six ...Dec. 25 - World -
Hong Kong police issue bounties for six more overseas activists
HK$1m rewards target people accused of national security crimes who fled after pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong police have announced bounties of HK$1m (about £105,000) for information leading to ...Dec. 24 - World -
Academy says Oscars will go on as planned and ‘honor’ LA amid fires
Letter from Academy leadership also says show will ‘move away’ from live performances to celebrate songwriters. The Oscars will go on as planned in March, though with special accommodations to ...6h - World -
Broadway biopic and film with Jessica Chastain among Berlinale highlights
Contenders for prestigious Golden and Silver Bear unveiled with 75th edition of festival due to open on 13 February. Richard Linklater’s long-awaited Broadway biopic Blue Moon starring Ethan Hawke ...1d - World -
South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol denies ordering troops to ‘drag out’ lawmakers
Impeached president appears in constitutional court following last month’s short-lived martial law order. South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol has denied ordering troops to “drag out” ...1d - World -
Davos day one: Von der Leyen, Zelenskyy, Ding and Scholz to speak as Trump looms over WEF – live updates
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news. A majority of Davos delegates at a session on the US dollar reckon the greenback will still be the dominant reserve currency in 25 years, ...1d - World -
From meeting Putin to Middle East doubts: What were Trump’s foreign policy moves on day one?
Trump took a whistlestop world tour from his Oval Office desk, touching on topics including imposing tariffs, rebuilding Gaza and withdrawing (again) from the Paris climate agreement and the WHO. ...2d - World -
Food poisoning outbreak mars Indonesian president’s flagship free meal program
Dozens of children fall ill during rollout of program that was a centrepiece of President Prabowo Subianto’s election campaign. Dozens of Indonesian schoolchildren have suffered food poisoning ...2d - World -
Delivery apps urged to lift lid on ‘black-box algorithms’ affecting UK couriers
Campaigners call for transparency from Deliveroo, JustEat and UberEats about how decisions on pay and jobs are made. Takeaway delivery apps are facing pressure to crack open the black-box ...2d - World -
Melania Trump launches meme coin as crypto rallies on Donald’s return
President-elect’s $Trump coin more than halved in value before steadily recovering on Sunday. Business live – latest updates The incoming US first lady, Melania Trump, has followed her ...2d - World -
‘This is about witnesses speaking their truth’: Prince Harry gets his day in court against Murdoch’s newspapers
The Duke of Sussex and the former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson are the last two claimants still suing. An extraordinary personal legal battle which has been years in preparation is to pit one of ...3d - World -
‘A small act of patriotism’: Canada’s anti-Maga hats go viral
Ontario premier’s ‘Canada is not for sale’ cap emerges as an unlikely expression of unity amid Trumpian threats. Few items of clothing have come to exemplify American far-right nationalism in the ...4d - World -
‘It raised our spirits’: Palestinian refugees in Syria on the ceasefire in Gaza
Yarmouk camp residents lived through fighting and starvation in the Syrian civil war and feel intimately connected to the suffering in the Gaza Strip. After 15 months of watching their relatives ...4d - World -
Agent who helped shield Trump in rally attack named Secret Service chief
Sean Curran, who has headed Trump’s details for the last two and a half years, will be the agency’s new director. An agent who helped cover Donald Trump when a gunman opened fire at him during a ...5d - World -
Trump v Bannon, Musk v Farage: who hates who in Magaland
The feuds and rivalries within the US president-elect’s Maga ecosystem – including some British sympathisers. The task of deconstructing the internal manoeuvrings of the leadership of the Soviet ...5d - World -
‘We will be betrayed’: cold, fearful and still under fire, Gaza’s people wait
Palestinians describe grief and anxiety as they seek news that the ceasefire is going ahead, and airstrikes continue. Middle East crisis – live updates Amid continuing airstrikes, bitter cold ...6d - World -
Brazil court rejects Jair Bolsonaro’s bid to attend Trump’s inauguration
Judge rules former president’s passport will not be returned in case he uses it to flee abroad amid coup investigation. Brazil ’s former president Jair Bolsonaro – who is under investigation for ...6d - World