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Canadian PM expected to announce resignation as leader
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is increasingly likely to announce he intends to step down, though he has not made a final decision, a source familiar with Trudeau’s thinking says. …
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Researchers believe they found the site of Alexander the Great’s “most important battle” in Turkey
Researchers in Turkey have reportedly identified the location where Alexander the Great fought against Persians in the famous Battle of the Granicus. According to media reports, a team led by …
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Trump faces sentencing over porn star hush money case
Donald Trump must be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, a US judge …
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Man who died in Cybertruck ‘shot’ before explosion
A man who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside US president-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel suffered a gunshot to the head before the …
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Fifteen dead as Biden condemns New Orleans truck attack
At least 15 people have been killed after a US Army veteran with an ISIS flag on his truck swerved around makeshift barriers and ploughed into New Orleans’ crowded French …
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The world welcomes in 2025 with spectacular fireworks
From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world have been welcoming in 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. Auckland became the first major city to …
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8.09 billion on planet to see in New Year’s Day
The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day, according to the US Census Bureau. The 0.9 …
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Jimmy Carter, from farmer to president and humanitarian
Jimmy Carter, a US president who struggled with the economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered Mideast peace and later won a Nobel Prize, has died at 100. Jimmy …
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Former US President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
Jimmy Carter, the earnest peanut farmer who as US president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt has died at …
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Five dead, 200 hurt in German Christmas market attack
At least five people were killed in a car-ramming attack at a German Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg that also left more than 200 injured, officials said. A …