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Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Iran attack, Tehran vows revenge

Islamic State claimed responsibility for two explosions in Iran that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a memorial for top commander Qassem Soleimani.

January 5, 2024 11:06 am
 

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Las Vegas judge attacked by felon during sentencing

A Nevada man convicted of attempted assault vaulted over a judge’s bench in a Las Vegas courtroom and attacked her as she was about to sentence him to prison, in chaotic scenes captured on courtroom video.

January 5, 2024 9:25 am
 

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Trump business got at least $7.8 million in foreign payments during presidency -report

Businesses tied to Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump received at least $7.8 million in foreign payments from 20 countries during his four years in the White House, Democratic congressional investigators said.

January 5, 2024 8:29 am
 

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At least 1 killed in shooting at Iowa high school

At least one person was killed and others injured in a shooting Thursday morning at Perry High School in Iowa, according to law enforcement officials briefed on the situation.

January 5, 2024 7:30 am
 

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Thousands attend Hamas deputy leader's funeral

Thousands of people have attended the funeral of the deputy Hamas leader, Saleh al-Arouri, in Beirut, two days after his assassination in an attack in the Lebanese capital.

January 5, 2024 6:30 am
 

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Mask mandates return at some US hospitals as COVID, flu jump

Hospitals in at least four U.S. states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness.

January 4, 2024 5:26 pm
 

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Hamas leader's death 'won't go unpunished', says Hezbollah chief

Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, says the killing of Hamas’s powerful deputy leader will “not go unpunished”.

January 4, 2024 4:50 pm
 

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Coastguard plane not cleared for take-off, transcripts show

A coastguard aircraft involved in a fatal collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport was not cleared for take-off, Japanese authorities have said.

January 4, 2024 3:45 pm
 

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Japan says Coast Guard plane apparently not cleared for take-off

Japanese authorities said a passenger jet that collided with a Coast Guard turboprop at a Tokyo airport had been given permission to land, but the smaller plane had not been cleared for take-off, based on control tower transcripts.

January 4, 2024 2:40 pm
 

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Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ban

Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado ruling that barred him from running for president in that state.

January 4, 2024 12:23 pm
 

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How Japan Airlines crew led 367 passengers to safety from a burning plane

From the moment a Japan Airlines passenger jet collided with a smaller plane on a runway in Tokyo on Tuesday, it took crew 18 minutes to get all 367 travellers off the plane and safely accounted for.

January 4, 2024 11:28 am
 

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Multiple US statehouses evacuated after apparent hoax threats

Multiple U.S. statehouses were evacuated on Wednesday morning following bomb threats, at least some of which were determined to be hoaxes, according to state officials, local law enforcement and media reports.

January 4, 2024 10:29 am

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