People across the globe celebrated the turn of the new year Sunday night and into Monday morning as they watched the ball drop and kissed loved ones under confetti that showered onto city streets marking the start of 2024. In New York City’s Times Square, Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” was heard from speakers…
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Israel said it was expanding combat operations in Gaza Strip refugee camps Wednesday. A hospital director said the toll from a strike on a residential block in central Gaza’s Maghazi camp had risen to 80. Tit-for-tat strikes along the Israel-Lebanon border continue to escalate regional tensions: This week, Hezbollah has launched scores of rockets and…
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed accusations of the United States that Tehran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean, as tension rises globally over threats to maritime shipping. A spokesperson for the ministry dismissed the accusation out of hand at a news conference on Monday. He asserted that the US claim that…
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Following Supreme Court’s rejection, Donald Trump continued to insist he has immunity from federal prosecution Former US President Donald Trump speaks as he attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US, December 7, 2023. — Court’s recent decision might postpone Trump’s…
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Maryland law enforcement officials arrested a California man after advancements in DNA allegedly linked him to a cold case rape that happened 31 years ago in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Police Department said on Tuesday that 62-year-old Xavier Battice was arrested by the department’s major crimes cold case unit and charged with rape. An…
EnergyEnvironment 19 December 2023, 6:22 am 1 minute Reuters was first to report that India’s sugar output this crop year, hit by weak rains, is set to lag consumption for the first time in seven years, and lower plantings may even force the world’s No.2 producer to import in the following year. Market Impact Farmer…
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BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike believed to have been carried out by Jordan’s air force struck a province in southern Syria late on Monday night, Syrian opposition activists said. Hours earlier, Jordanian authorities said their troops killed several smugglers in a border clash. There was no immediate confirmation from Jordan on the strike that hit…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save A top Australian court on Thursday quashed all the convictions against a woman who spent 20 years in prison over the deaths of her four children. Kathleen Folbigg, 56, was pardoned and released from prison in June after an inquiry found there was “reasonable doubt”…
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Thousands of people were marching in the streets near Montparnasse train station in southern Paris on a recent Sunday afternoon. They were holding signs proclaiming their opposition to the “Darmanin law,” named after France’s interior minister. Other placards said, “Immigration is not a problem ― racism is.” Right at the front of the group, a…
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Messi magic: Inter Miami jersey tops Vogue’s 2023 fashion charts.—Goal.com Lionel Messi’s Major League Soccer jersey, particularly the No 10 shirt for Inter Miami, has earned the spotlight as one of the most influential fashion pieces of 2023. The recent New York auction of Messi’s jerseys catapulted his popularity globally, with fans flocking to Miami…
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