President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory.

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Leo XIV is being closely watched on an inaugural trip to Turkey and Lebanon to spread a message of peace and outreach.

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A menswear company CEO is apologizing after customers woke up to an unsolicited email Wednesday morning barking at them to "grow the f--k up" and buy a suit.

Yet while an extension will kick the can down the road for the short term, it’s obvious President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act will need a massive overhaul to save it.

Small-property owners are suing New York, city and state, in federal court, aiming to get tens of thousands of their “zombie” apartments back on the market.

The Rogers family, from left, Edward Jr., Edward S. Rogers III, Suzanne, Chloé and Jack. Read More

Pre-register at bet365 sportsbook in Missouri to apply the bet365 promo code NYPBET to get $365 in bonus bets after you bet $5.

Nicky Hilton hops the train, Mel Gibson checks out some produce and more snaps...

At 84 years old, the legendary singer -- who is still touring and recording new music -- knows his "day is coming."

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One point in Verstappen’s favour: his teammate Yuki Tsunoda is ahead of him by one place. He is unlikely to mess with Red Bull’s main man.

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Delegates to chose between electing a single leader or a collective of lay members to run the leftwing movement

The two most prominent figures in Your Party are still divided over how it should be run as its inaugural conference kicked off this weekend.

Jeremy Corbyn confirmed to journalists on Saturday that he preferred a single leader and is likely to stand for the role but Zarah Sultana, his co-founder, said she would vote for collective leadership and that she does not believe parties should be run by “sole personalities”.

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Manchester City v Leeds United: A lovely dank Mancunian afternoon with a low cloud and the whispers of bygone Manchester City matchdays in the east of town as Pep Guardiola sends out an XI in an hour or so that will not certainly show the same 10 changes as the dire Bayer Leverkusen defeat on Tuesday here at the Etihad Stadium.

Expect many of the manager’s big guns to be reinstated and intent on downing Leeds and arresting the two-game run of losses. Think Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku etc, and so on …

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Trump said Tuesday that his plan to end the war had been “fine-tuned” and that he’s sending envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia to meet with Putin and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to meet with Ukrainian officials.

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, had already passed through security at Boston Logan International Airport on Nov. 20 when she was told there was an issue with her boarding pass, said attorney Todd Pomerleau.

Move comes after military build-up by US forces in region

Sudden departure of Zelenskyy’s most powerful aide could have tremendous consequences for ending the war

Ukraine’s political system is bracing for a “mini-revolution” as president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is forced to adapt to life without his closest adviser, chief enforcer and most loyal associate, Andriy Yermak, who resigned on Friday after his apartment was searched as part of a widening anti-corruption probe.

Yermak’s resignation could have tremendous consequences for domestic governance, as well as for Ukraine’s negotiating position in talks over ending the war with Russia, where he had served as the head of Ukraine’s delegation to peace talks with the White House.

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President Trump is shutting down Venezuelan airspace "in its entirety" amid a surge in drug trafficking from the South American nation, he announced Saturday morning.

Everyone at the job knew what was going on behind the closed doors of Poole's office, because of "the loud noises relative to sexual activities," he alleged in the Brooklyn Supreme Court complaint filed against her and the company.

Missile and drone attacks come amid Moscow’s campaign to break Ukrainian civil resistance by attacking energy grid

Two people were killed and 37 were injured in Kyiv by a Russian drone and missile attack on the capital that cut power to the western half of the city, leaving at least 500,000 residents without electricity.

Nearly 600 drones and 36 rockets were fired into the country in an attack that its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said highlighted Ukraine’s need for western help with air defence, as well as other financial and political support.

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Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes

Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a new UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes.

The UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence”.

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You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, now there's Guido on a Ledge -- a plush doll decked out in a wife-beater tank, shades and slides and sporting facial hair, a hairy chest and even the horn chain Italians wear for good luck.

Having worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, Lakanwal seems to have entered with his family under a “special immigrant visa” program following Biden’s disastrous bugout.

As Christmas nears again, one song can be heard over the airwaves, in department stores and at festive parties — Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Read More

Staff at human rights body said to be ‘desperate for regime change’ over inertia after court’s legal definition of a woman

The ongoing impasse over guidance from the UK’s human rights watchdog on access to single-sex spaces is distracting from other pressing issues, including the rise of the far right, insiders have told the Guardian.

Some members of staff at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are described as “desperate for regime change” ahead of the new chair, Mary-Ann Stephenson, taking up her post in December.

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