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World Former U.S. president Donald Trump was ordered Friday to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees to The New York Times and three investigative reporters after he sued them unsuccessfully over a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about his family’s wealth and tax practices. Former U.S. president had sued newspaper over storyContinue Reading

World U.S. federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, they said in a court filing Friday. Shooter travelled to Buffalo to carry out May 2022 attack that killed 10 Black persons aged 32 to 86The Associated PressContinue Reading

World Some in the Maldives took offence after a tweet from India’s prime minister promoting the beaches of Indian territory Lakshadweep, and it snowballed into a diplomatic fight, with loud calls on social media for Indian tourists to boycott the island country that relies heavily on tourist dollars. Spat comesContinue Reading

World The U.S. and British militaries were bombing more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, several U.S. officials said. Biden says Canada among nations supporting operation to stop Houthi attacks onContinue Reading

World Barred from giving a formal closing argument, former U.S. president Donald Trump seizes an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil trial, unleashing a barrage of attacks during a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge. Former president denied opportunity toContinue Reading

Dozens of elections are scheduled to take place across the globe this year, with more possible, including in seven of the world’s 10 most populous countries, such as India, Russia, Mexico and Pakistan. None have more potential to upend the global order than the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5, accordingContinue Reading

In the early days of January, at a U.S. military base in Germany, Ukrainian military planners huddled with their counterparts from the United States and Europe for a week-long war game session focused on how to defend against the Russian military as its full-scale invasion of Ukraine is set toContinue Reading

World The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the western coastline of Japan on New Year’s has killed 213 people as of Thursday. Eight of the deaths were at evacuation centers, where rescued people died from injuries and sickness. Roughly 26,000 people whose homes were destroyed staying at schools and makeshiftContinue Reading

World The man accused of stabbing South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said Wednesday he wanted to kill him to prevent him from becoming president, according to police. Suspect, 67, said he wanted to kill Lee Jae-myung, who was stabbed Jan. 2 in BusanThe Associated Press · Posted: Jan 10,Continue Reading