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Incoming Trump Administration

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Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, on January 6, 2025.
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South Korean authorities extend arrest warrant for embattled President Yoon
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McDonald’s biggest menu shakeup in years rolls out today

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Harris and Johnson eulogize former US president Carter at Capitol service
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Powerful earthquake rocks remote region of Tibet and parts of Nepal, killing more than 120
Russia claims capture of eastern Ukrainian town as fighting rages in Kursk
Ireland joins genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice

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JetBlue's Airbus A220-300 during the Farnborough International Airshow, on 24th July 2024, at Farnborough, England. JetBlue Airways Corporation (stylized as jetBlue) is a major airline in the United States. Its headquarters is in Long Island City, in Queens, New York City. It also maintains corporate offices in Utah and Florida. JetBlue operates over 1,000 flights daily and serves 100 domestic and international network destinations in the Americas and Europe. The bi-annual Farnborough International airshow this year hosts 1,500 exhibitors with 100,000sqm of exhibition space with over 80,000 visitors over the 5 day-long trade days. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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A Tesla Cybertruck is on fire in front of the Trump International Tower in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January 1.
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The British actress who starred in the 2019 horror 'Midsommar' says she couldn't play a role like it again.
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Florence Pugh says her ‘Midsommar’ role left her ‘broken for a long while’
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Aubrey Plaza addresses ‘unimaginable tragedy’ of her husband’s death
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Space and science

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On a long-dormant pad in Florida, a rocket that could challenge SpaceX’s dominance is poised to launch
Massive ‘space object’ fragment crashes into remote village in Kenya
Why ‘Kessler Syndrome’ could turn from a hypothetical to a space disaster reality

Global Travel

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Global Business

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Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish satirical cartoon of Bezos and Trump
Driving into Manhattan? That’ll cost you

Style

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SPORT

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‘Nobody has seen it before’: Arsenal held to 1-1 draw at Brighton after conceding controversial penalty
US Olympic medalist Fred Kerley arrested and stun-gunned during confrontation with police in Miami
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans makes NFL history, helps lead team to playoff berth
LeBron James passes Michael Jordan’s NBA record for most 30-point games in Lakers win over Hawks

US Politics

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Analysis Four years after his supporters invaded the US Capitol, Trump is more powerful than ever
Trump’s attorneys have reviewed draft of Smith’s final special counsel report and want it blocked from public release
Rudy Giuliani held in contempt in case brought by two former Georgia election workers he defamed

health and wellness

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Tech

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US adds Chinese tech giants to list of companies allegedly working with China’s military
UFC head Dana White joins Meta’s board, Mark Zuckerberg’s second key right-wing appointment in a week
China proposes fresh export curbs on EV technology

Photos You Should See

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The Satanic leaf-tailed gecko is a spectacular, camouflaged, lizard species endemic to the last remaining highland rain forests of Madagascar.
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Chicago Bears' Cairo Santos is congratulated after making the game-winning field goal at the end of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
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An operator at the control panel overseeing production on the No 1 continuous butt weld pipe mill at the Fairless Pipe Mills, National Tube Division of the United State Steel Corporation, at Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, circa 1955. The No 1 butt weld mill produces pipes measuring from 13mm to 102mm in diameter. (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Gallery In pictures: The history of US Steel
Former President Jimmy Carter interviewed for "The Presidents' Gatekeepers" project at the Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, September 14, 2011.
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Why ‘Kessler Syndrome’ could turn from a hypothetical to a space disaster reality
Man accused of killing a woman on NYC subway by setting her on fire pleads not guilty to murder
Jeff Baena’s cause of death released
Guatemalan and Salvadoran forces arrive in Haiti to join fight against violent gangs
US Olympic medalist Fred Kerley arrested and stun-gunned during confrontation with police in Miami
He says he won Venezuela’s presidential election. Now he’s returning as his rival prepares for inauguration
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gets debut date for her new lifestyle series
Prosecutors say 150 pipe bombs found at Virginia man’s home in what could be FBI’s largest-ever seizure of explosive devices
Tom Holland says he leaned on ‘close ones’ to maintain his early sobriety