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FTA: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Thursday in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte to survey Cyclone Chido’s d...
24/12/2024

FTA: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Thursday in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte to survey Cyclone Chido’s destruction and was immediately confronted with a first-hand account of devastation across the French territory.

“Mayotte is demolished,” Assane Haloi, a security agent, told Macron after he stepped off the plane.

French President Emmanuel Macron has traveled to the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte to survey the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Chido.

FTA: A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at lea...
21/12/2024

FTA: A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.

The driver was arrested at the scene shortly after the car barreled into the market at around 7 p.m., when it was teeming with holiday shoppers looking forward to the weekend.

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least

FTA: Gisèle Pelicot said after 51 men were all found guilty Thursday in the drugging-and-r**e trial that turned her into...
19/12/2024

FTA: Gisèle Pelicot said after 51 men were all found guilty Thursday in the drugging-and-r**e trial that turned her into a feminist hero that the ordeal had been “very difficult” and expressed support for other victims of sexual violence.

“We share the same fight,” she said in her first words after the court in the southern French city of Avignon handed down prison sentences ranging from three to 20 years in the shocking case that stunned France and spurred a national reckoning about the blight of r**e culture.

Dominique Pelicot and 49 other men were tried in the southern French city of Avignon for aggravated r**e and attempted r**e and face up to 20 years imprisonment if convicted.

FTA: The House Ethics Committee quietly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. M...
18/12/2024

FTA: The House Ethics Committee quietly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, multiple people with direct knowledge of the decision tell ABC News

The House Ethics Committee is expected to release its report on Matt Gaetz before the holidays, after quietly voted earlier this month to release it, sources say.

FTA: Ukraine says it has killed top Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow. NBC News correspondent Hala Gorani reports ...
17/12/2024

FTA: Ukraine says it has killed top Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow. NBC News correspondent Hala Gorani reports more.

Ukraine says it has killed top Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow. NBC News correspondent Hala Gorani reports more. NBC News national security and intelligence analyst Marc Polymeropoulos joins José Díaz-Balart to react to the attack and to discuss how Russia may retaliate.

FTA: A teacher and teenage student were killed and six students were hurt in a shooting at Abundant Life Christian Schoo...
16/12/2024

FTA: A teacher and teenage student were killed and six students were hurt in a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, police said.

A teacher and teenage student were killed and six students were hurt in a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, police said.

FTA: South Korea’s parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial la...
14/12/2024

FTA: South Korea’s parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an intense debate over Yoon’s fate, as jubilant crowds roared to celebrate another defiant moment in the country’s resilient democracy.

The National Assembly passed the motion 204-85. Yoon’s presidential powers and duties were subsequently suspended and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, the country’s No. 2 official, took over presidential powers later Saturday.

The Constitutional Court has up to 180 days to determine whether to dismiss Yoon as president or restore his powers. If he’s thrown out of office, a national election to choose his successor must be held within 60 days.

Impeached President said he will “never give up” and called for officials to maintain stability in government functions during what he described as a “temporary” pause of his presidency.

FTA: President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Middle East adviser, Massad Boulos, has enjoyed a reputation as a billionai...
13/12/2024

FTA: President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Middle East adviser, Massad Boulos, has enjoyed a reputation as a billionaire mogul at the helm of a business that bears his family name.

Mr. Boulos has been profiled as a tycoon by the world’s media, telling a reporter in October that his company is worth billions. Mr. Trump called him a “highly respected leader in the business world, with extensive experience on the international scene.”

The president-elect even lavished what may be his highest praise: a “dealmaker.”

In fact, records show that Mr. Boulos has spent the past two decades selling trucks and heavy machinery in Nigeria for a company his father-in-law controls. He is chief executive of the company, SCOA Nigeria PLC, which made a profit of less than $66,000 last year, corporate filings show.

There is no indication in corporate documents that Mr. Boulos, a Lebanese-American whose son is married to Mr. Trump’s daughter Tiffany, is a man of significant wealth as a result of his businesses. The truck dealership is valued at about $865,000 at its current share price. Mr. Boulos’s stake, according to securities filings, is worth $1.53.

The lore around Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, is that he is a billionaire dealmaker. Records show otherwise.

FTA: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a...
13/12/2024

FTA: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law.

This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other. New York has a shield law that protects providers from out-of-state investigations and prosecutions, which has served as implicit permission for a network of doctors to mail abortion pills into states that have banned the procedure.

Texas has vowed to pursue these cases regardless of those laws, and legal experts are divided on where the courts may land on this issue, which involves extraterritoriality, interstate commerce and other thorny legal questions last meaningfully addressed before the Civil War.

This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s shield law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution.

FTA: The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has pe...
13/12/2024

FTA: The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.

That campaign is just one front in the war that the lawyer, Aaron Siri, is waging against vaccines of all kinds.

Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

FTA: A California man who was charged with lying to the FBI about fake criminal allegations against President Biden and ...
12/12/2024

FTA: A California man who was charged with lying to the FBI about fake criminal allegations against President Biden and his son Hunter is pleading guilty, according to an agreement filed in federal court on Thursday.

Alexander Smirnov was indicted in February by special counsel David Weiss, who was appointed to lead the now-defunct investigations into Hunter Biden. The president pardoned his son earlier this month.

A California man who was charged with lying to the FBI​ about fake criminal allegations against President Biden and his son Hunter is pleading guilty.

FTA: Police are questioning 26-year-old Luigi Mangione in Altoona, Pennsylvania, as a person of interest in connection w...
09/12/2024

FTA: Police are questioning 26-year-old Luigi Mangione in Altoona, Pennsylvania, as a person of interest in connection with the brazen Midtown Manhattan murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, according to authorities.

Mangione, from Maryland, has been arrested by Altoona police on unrelated gun charges, according to authorities.

Police are questioning Luigi Mangione in Altoona, Pennsylvania, as a person of interest in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

FTA: After fleeing Damascus ahead of a rebel advance, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Mosco...
08/12/2024

FTA: After fleeing Damascus ahead of a rebel advance, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and been granted political asylum, according to Russia state media.

The long rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over, after rebels swept into the capital Damascus on Sunday. Follow the latest live news updates here.

FTA: Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the c...
08/12/2024

FTA: Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule but raising questions about the future of the country and the wider region.

Joyful crowds gathered in central squares in Damascus, waving the Syrian revolutionary flag in scenes that recalled the early days of the Arab Spring uprising, before a brutal crackdown and the rise of an insurgency plunged the country into a nearly 14-year civil war.

The Syrian government collapsed to a lightning rebel offensive that sent crowds into the streets to celebrate the end of the Assad family's 50 years of iron rule.

FTA: An explosion has hit a three-storey block of flats in The Hague, police say.Firefighters rushed to the scene to put...
07/12/2024

FTA: An explosion has hit a three-storey block of flats in The Hague, police say.

Firefighters rushed to the scene to put out a fire that caused the collapse of several homes in the city's Tarwekamp area at around 06:15 (05:15 GMT).

Rescuers are looking for up to 20 people thought to have been there at the time of the blast. Four have been pulled out of the rubble so far.

The cause of the explosion is not yet clear, but Dutch police said a car drove away "at very high speed" shortly after, and have appealed for witnesses.

Dutch media reported five flats were destroyed in the explosion.

Police say a car drove away "at very high speed" shortly after the explosion.

FTA: USGS says that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has hit Northern California in Humboldt County.The epicenter is off the c...
05/12/2024

FTA: USGS says that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has hit Northern California in Humboldt County.

The epicenter is off the coast near Petrolia, in Humboldt County, the USGS said.

Also, a tsunami warning that had been issued for coastal areas in California and Oregon, including San Francisco, was canceled just before noon local time.

"The tsunami Warning is canceled for the coastal areas of California and Oregon," the National Tsunami Warning Center wrote on X. "No tsunami danger presently exists for this area."

USGS says that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has hit Northern California in Humboldt County. A tsunami warning was canceled.

FTA: Two children were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and deputie...
05/12/2024

FTA: Two children were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and deputies arrived to find the gunman on the ground near the playground, dead after apparently shooting himself, sheriff’s officials said.

The children were taken to nearby hospitals and their conditions were not immediately known. One was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Officials did not share information about their ages nor genders.

Sheriff’s officials say two children have been wounded in a shooting at a tiny religious school in Northern California and the gunman is dead.

FTA: The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday morning.The gunfire broke out at 6:40 a...
04/12/2024

FTA: The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday morning.

The gunfire broke out at 6:40 a.m. near the New York Hilton on Sixth Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets.

Brian Thompson, 50, from Minnesota, was shot in the chest, police sources said. He was rushed to Mount Sinai West where he later died.

The gunfire broke out near the New York Hilton on Sixth Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets. Brian Thompson, 50, was in town for an investors' conference.

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