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Trump just gave James Talarico a new nickname, “TalaFREAKO,” while backing Ken Paxton for Senate.
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Five days. One press briefing. And now, she's out.
Katie Zacharia has become the shortest-serving White House press secretary in history after her abrupt exit from the Trump administration. What went wrong?
#KatieZacharia #Trump #WhiteHouse
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Ukraine’s combat drone missions disrupted. No warning. Elon Musk’s Starlink at the centre of a growing Ukraine–US crisis.
The restrictions hit as Trump pressures Kyiv to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries.
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A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Panama, damaging buildings and bringing down a historic church tower in Penonomé, far from the capital. Authorities assessed the damage as tsunami alerts and evacuations followed.
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The White House has confirmed Katie Zacharia as the press secretary.
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From growing up under apartheid to becoming a global voice for human rights, Navi Pillay’s journey has reached a historic milestone.
The former UN human rights chief has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting peace and international law.
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#BREAKING: The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan.
Hasan is scheduled to be executed at Fort Hood on Dec. 3, 2026.
The daughter of one of the victims has spoken out about her thoughts on Nidal Hasan's execution.
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Canadian poet Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for a body of work that brings ancient Greek classics into conversation with the modern world.
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Want to know where to start with Anne Carson?
From Autobiography of Red to The Beauty of the Husband and Wrong Norma, here are some of the Nobel winner's most famous works and what makes them so distinctive.
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Nicolás Maduro could face new US charges over allegations that Americans detained in Venezuela were tortured, according to a CNN report.
The former Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, are already facing federal charges in the US.
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Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan is scheduled to face an Army firing squad on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, more than 17 years after the 2009 attack that killed 13 people.
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RAF FAIRFORD PLOT: Why was a UK-Iranian man arrested days after five London men were detained?
The 25-year-old was arrested in Westminster as investigators continue probing the incident near the US airbase.
Here’s what we know about the sixth arrest and the timeline.
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NORTH KOREA: A missile was launched hours after Kim Jong Un’s sister rejected Seoul’s apology demand and dismissed its push for dialogue.
The missile flew more than 700km from Wonsan toward the East Sea.
So what is Kim Jong Un signalling?
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BREAKING: The UAE prosecutor general says Flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami used a crash axe to attack Captain Smit Machchhar inside the cockpit and attempted to take control of the aircraft.
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Who is Hamam al-Hammami, the Flydubai pilot accused of attacking Captain Smit Machchhar?
His deleted social media accounts reportedly showed Israeli El Al and Arkia aircraft, and ended with images of former al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and 2009 suicide bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi.
Here's what we know so far.
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Why is Putin talking about nuclear weapons over this tiny Russian territory?
Kaliningrad is wedged between NATO members Poland and Lithuania, and Putin says Russia could use its full arsenal if the exclave is directly attacked.
Here’s why Kaliningrad matters
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Trump, taxes, immigration, homelessness and AI regulation dominated California’s only scheduled governor debate.
Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton traded sharp attacks as they laid out competing visions for the state.
Here are the 7 biggest moments: Read the full breakdown
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Smit Machchhar health update: The Indian Flydubai captain who was stabbed during the FZ1073 cockpit attack has undergone surgery in Saudi Arabia and is now in stable condition.
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More details are coming in as an Israeli dentist says he provided medical assistance to Smit Machchhar immediately after he heard him screaming outside the plane's cockpit
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