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World A British chef who lost 2,500 pies this week after thieves stole his van says “it’s a real shame” that although police eventually recovered the van, the pies meant for a York Christmas market couldn’t be salvaged. Police recovered the van, but the pies ‘sadly perished’ Natalie Stechyson · CBCContinue Reading

World UnitedHealthcare CEO shot dead in New York by attacker who waited for him, police sayPolice are still searching for the gunman who killed the head of a major American health insurance company in New York on Wednesday in what the city’s top officer described as a “brazen targeted attack.” Brian Thompson,Continue Reading

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health and human services secretary has raised significant concerns among scientists and public health officials. They believe some of his views, including those questioning the efficacy and safety of vaccines, should disqualify him from heading a department that oversees everything fromContinue Reading

World Some 135 people were killed in a crush at a soccer stadium in southeast Guinea on Sunday, a local group of human rights organizations said, sharing an estimated death toll more than twice as high as the official toll of 56. Government officials previously said 56 were killed followingContinue Reading

Martial law: How South Korean politics spun out of control | About That In the past 24 hours, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, only for his decision to be unanimously rejected by a parliamentary vote. Andrew Chang explains the turmoil that led to the president’s declaration,Continue Reading

World Israel threatened on Tuesday to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hezbollah collapses — and said this time its attacks would go deeper and target the Lebanese state itself, after the deadliest day since the ceasefire was reached last week. Despite last week’s truce, Israeli forcesContinue Reading

World A Hawaii woman who vanished after landing in Los Angeles three weeks ago was seen crossing into Mexico with her luggage, police said at a news conference where they urged her to contact her distraught family. Police urge Kobayashi, whose father died by apparent suicide on Nov. 24, toContinue Reading

World The retaking of Aleppo marks the first major development in years in Syria’s grinding civil war, which had largely fallen from the world’s headlines. It also raises fresh questions about the opposing sides, who supports them, and what might happen next. Here’s what we know. Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire opened the door forContinue Reading

World The French government appears but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties submitted no-confidence motions on Monday against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Collapse would mark 1st such government ouster via non-confidence motion in decadesThomson Reuters · Posted: Dec 02, 2024 4:25 PM EST | LastContinue Reading