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A French woman who was conned out of €830,000 (£700,000; $850,000) by scammers posing as actor Brad Pitt has faced a huge wave of mockery, leading French broadcaster TF1 to withdraw a programme about her. The primetime programme, which aired on Sunday, attracted national attention on interior designer Anne, 53, who thought she was in … Read more
Negotiators agreed to a cease-fire deal in Gaza Negotiators from Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 42-day cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, President Biden and other leaders said yesterday, raising hopes that a 15-month war that killed at least 45,000 Palestinians and destroyed much of the enclave could soon come to an end. … Read more
Republican US Senator Marco Rubio promised a robust foreign policy focused on American interests at his nomination hearing on Wednesday for secretary of state under President-elect Donald Trump who takes office on Jan. 20. Watch our replay.
Israel’s war on Gaza has left a trail of devastation, with the lives of more than two million Palestinians severely disrupted. As mediator Qatar announced that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement to halt the 15-month war and exchange captives for prisoners, the Israeli military continued to launch deadly attacks across the Gaza Strip. At least … Read more
A man is recovering in the hospital after bravely acting as a human shield for his 21-year-old girlfriend during a near-fatal carjacking in Washington, D.C. The couple was sitting in their car in Northwest D.C. just after 8 p.m. Monday, when they said someone came up to them wearing a mask, and demanded they give … Read more
Getty Images Fans from over 500 Indian cities are expected to make their way to Ahmedabad to see Coldplay perform “Please come to my city!” A familiar cry from music lovers all over the world hoping their favourite artists come to their hometown. Fans in India, though, have often seen that plea fall on deaf … Read more
The long-sought, tortuously negotiated Gaza cease-fire deal announced on Wednesday came about in part through a remarkable collaboration between President Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump, who temporarily put aside mutual animosity to achieve a mutual goal. The two presidents directed their advisers to work together to push Israel and Hamas over the finish line … Read more
As a ceasefire deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas, Yuka Royer takes a look at the economic and social costs of the war in Gaza. The United Nations has repeatedly warned about famine spreading across the territory, with food inflation reaching more than 400% and real GDP shrinking by 86% in the first … Read more
NewsFeed The text for the first stage of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, which involves a limited prisoner exchange, the partial withdrawal of Israeli troops and a surge of aid, is purposefully vague, according to Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s Sultan Barakat. He says this places more pressure on negotiations for the later stages. Published On 15 Jan … Read more
President Biden is ending his tenure in the White House on a “sad” note after “lying to the nation” and taking credit for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas during his farewell address on Wednesday evening, a Trump transition official said. “Joe Biden is going out sad. Lying to the nation trying to take … Read more