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Rep. Ayanna Pressley opens up about alopecia journey, reveals she is bald

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Trump says he doesn't know Parnas after being implicated in Ukraine scandal

Hyde said. They also showed the two, working with Ukrainian officials, trying to force out the United States ambassador to the country, Marie Yovanovitch , e...

Germany will pay billions to speed up coal-fired power plant shutdowns

Germany said Thursday it will pay energy companies almost $5 billion to phase out coal power and move to green electricity within two decades. It said that re...

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Killed in Panama Exorcism Ritual

Police also freed 14 members of the Ngabé Buglé indigenous group who had been beaten. Panamanian police investigating a religious sect known as "The New Lig...

Ontario creates scholarships to honour victims of Iran plane crash

The schools will be working with the families of the victims to determine scholarship recipients. All 167 passengers and nine crew were killed when Iranian su...

Hong Kong airline made woman take pregnancy test

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Ukraine PM submits shock resignation letter after criticising president

A voice reported to be Honcharuk's explains to his colleagues - including the finance minister - that Zelenskyy had misunderstood the strengthening of the natio...

Illegal Alien from Canada Allegedly Planned Attack at Virginia Gun Rally

Mathews had worked as a combat engineer and had basic explosives training as a member of the Winnipeg-based 38 Canadian Brigade Group. News of Mathews' arrest...

Calif. woman found in snow-covered car after weeklong search

Authorities were flying a search helicopter over the remote, mountainous community of Butte Meadows about 200 miles northeast of San Francisco Wednesday when ...

Delta school fuel jet did not seek permission to dump

Delta Flight 89 had taken off from LAX with 149 passengers and was en route to Shanghai when it turned around and headed back to the airport because of engine t...

School expels teen after she posed with rainbow cake

In a letter sent to her parents, school officials said that Kayla had been dismissed due to her 'continued breach" of the school's "code of conduct, ' accordi...

China's Xi jets to Myanmar in billion-dollar charm offensive

Historically, the two countries have had a sometimes fraught relationship, with many in Myanmar suspicious of the tremendous sway that China holds over its sm...

Israel intercepts rockets launched by Palestinian militants

Israel has reportedly warned the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups against any attempted response to the U.S. targeted killing of Iranian general Qassem Sol...

Iran's president says downing Ukrainian plane an unforgivable error

Arrests have been made over the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 people on board just after take-off from Tehran , ...

Lebanese security forces tear gas protesters in second night of riots

Ten were treated on the spot. Lebanon's Internal Security forces later said "vandals" attacked the central bank and injured a number of the personnel guardi...

Iran's co-operation in crash probe 'encouraging,' TSB chair says

Demonstrations in Iran, some met by a violent crackdown, are the latest twist in one of the most serious escalations between Washington and Tehran since Iran's ...

United States chief justice lobs an 'OK Boomer' in age case

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Babb v. Wilkie on Wednesday, a case regarding age discrimination in the workplace. The issue before the court...

Australia firefighters save world’s only rare ‘dinosaur trees’

Wollemi pine had only been seen in its fossilized form and was considered extinct long before the stand was discovered in 1994. Specialist firefighters have sav...

Ex-Mueller witness George Nader pleads guilty to child sex crimes

Attorney's Office for the Eastern District said in a press release Monday . He also admitted he possessed child pornography while he was in NY in 2012. Nader...

Feds want Chris Collins to get almost 5 years for insider trading

That would mean the disgraced former Congressman would serve close to five years in prison. Cameron pleaded guilty just days after his father and is scheduled...

Schumer says he believes Iran war powers resolution will pass Senate

Kaine said he was meeting with more Republicans to broaden support for his effort, but one Republican who has been an occasional Trump critic was not on board. ...

Southwest Airlines push Boeing 737 Max flight cancellations into June

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Pope names first female manager in Vatican Secretariat of State

She will oversee a division that coordinates the Holy See's relations with the United Nations and other intergovernmental groups. As the first woman to hold a...

Homeless Man Seriously Injured In Canal Tent Removal

The man was injured yesterday afternoon on the Grand Canal at Wilton Terrace when the tent was removed using an industrial vehicle. In its statement, the city...

EU to lay out trillion-euro ‘Green Deal’

It was unveiling details of its Sustainable Europe Investment Plan using public and private money for its flagship project: the European Green Deal . The EIB...

Iranian authorities to announce cause of Ukrainian airliner crash on Saturday

The majority of the plane crash victims were Iranians or Iranian-Canadians, while at least four of the victims are believed to be British nationals. Rabiei al...

Judge Rejects Michael Avenatti’s Bid to Dismiss Nike Extortion Trial

He's pleaded not guilty in both cases. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents reportedly arrested Avenatti outside the State Bar Court at 6 p.m. He's facing ...

Quake-hit Puerto Rico to get $8.2 billion in delayed USA aid

Officials blamed the delay on political volatility in the USA territory but the President may have other reasons to hold on to the fund. After Hurricane Maria, ...

Minister Koizumi will take paternity leave

With Japan facing an ageing population and a dwindling birthrate, the government recently began promoting paternity leave. Shinjiro Koizumi, a media-savvy 3...