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Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. The Embraer 190 aircraft was supposed to fly northwest from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the city of Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia, but instead diverted far off course across the Caspian Sea. It crashed on December 25, 2024 near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. (Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP) (Photo by ISSA TAZHENBAYEV/AFP via Getty Images)

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Speculation mounts over deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash, with unconfirmed reports the plane was hit by Russian air defenses

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: People walk by New York University (NYU) as tensions between supporters of Palestine and Israel increase on college campuses across the nation on October 30, 2023 in New York City. The Biden administration is announcing new actions in an attempt to crack down on antisemitic incidents on college campuses following the Hamas terror attacks on Israel. Many Jewish and Israeli students have felt threatened after large and vocal demonstrations against the fighting in Gaza broke out at numerous universities. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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American universities warn international students ahead of a possible Trump travel ban

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Tel Aviv courtroom on December 10, to defend himself against corruption charges.

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Hudson Meek attends the "A Different Man" premiere during the Deauville American Film Festival in Deauville, France, on September 9, 2024.

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Beyoncé during her NFL Halftime Show performance at the Texans-Ravens game in Houston in Christmas Day.

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Firefighters work at the site of residential buildings hit by a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on December 25, 2024.

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Dennis Perry, center, standing beside wife Brenda Perry gets emotional while thanking the team from the Georgia Innocence Project after they worked to get his release from 20 years behind bars, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Nicholls, Ga. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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He spent decades in prison for a Black couple’s murder. Nearly 40 years later, police say they found the killer

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 16: Close-up view of King Charles' first official portrait since the coronation painted by Jonathan Yeo on public display at Philip Mould Gallery in central London, Britain, May, 16, 2024. The painting about 8ft 6in by 6ft 6in in size shows King Charles in the uniform of the Welsh Guards. The painting will be on display until 14 June and will go on display in Drapers' Hall from the end of August. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Revellers dressed as Santa take part in the annual SantaCon celebration in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Heather Khalifa

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Kaspar Hauser, c. 1812 - 1833. Hauser mysteriously appeared in 1828 claiming he had been locked in a dungeon since he was a small child. His strange case titillated public fancy. Amongst rumours were one that he was the hereditary Prince of Baden. His death from a stab wound in 1833 added further mystery to his case: some thought he had been murdered, others that he had stabbed himself. After a work by Friedrich Wagner. (Photo by: Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images). udwig van Beethoven (16 December 1770- 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time. Beethoven in 1818 by August Klober

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Christopher Nolan at the 2024 Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

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Space and science

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History-making probe attempts closest-ever approach to the sun

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Global Business

People look over the remains of homes damaged by the Marshall Fire in Louisville, Colorado, U.S. December 31, 2021.

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Disasters and extreme weather are making America’s homes even more unaffordable

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Style

Charlie Brown and Linus in "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

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Oleksandr Usyk (left) and Tyson Fury face off during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Picture date: Thursday December 19, 2024. (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)

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Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk stare at each other for over 11 minutes ahead of fight

Robert Lewandowski confident ‘genius’ Pep Guardiola can get Manchester City out of ‘very difficult situation’

Netflix purchases US broadcasting rights for next two FIFA Women’s World Cups

The Buffalo Bills offense is making history

US Politics

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024.

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Corporate interests commit millions to celebrate Trump’s inauguration

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Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US

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Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office

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Tech

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Apple urged to remove new AI feature after falsely summarizing news reports

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The city is home to the tallest building in Africa, the "Iconic Tower," by architects Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners, which was completed in 2023. Located in the new city's central business district, it stands at an impressive <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dar.com%2Fnews%2Fdetails%2Ficonic-tower-tops-out-as-africa%25E2%2580%2599s-tallest-skyscraper-" target="_blank" target="_blank">385 meters</a> (1,263 feet).

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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 15: Mike Evans #13 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers carries the ball for a touchdown in the third quarter of the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on December 15, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

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Spectators gather outside France's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris for it's formal reopening for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019.

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Butter, which has been rising fast in price in much of Europe, is displayed in a grocery store in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

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