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December 18, 2024

French high court upholds ex-president's corruption conviction

A Court of Cassation decision upheld the corruption conviction of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who now faces a year in prison.

December 16, 2024

Canadian Finance Minister resigns as Trudeau government's popularity flounders

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced her resignation from Justin Trudeau's Cabinet on Monday, a powerful blow to the Liberal Prime Minister's hold on the government.

December 14, 2024

Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, dies peacefully at home 83 years after bombing

Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died peacefully at his nephew's home in Lodi, California.

December 14, 2024

Exonerated woman awarded $34M after jury finds Las Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing

Kirstin Lobato, who was wrongly convicted twice and served nearly 16 years in a Nevada state prison for a 2001 killing she did not commit, was awarded $34 million in a civil trial.

December 13, 2024

New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world’s rarest whale died from head injuries

After completing the dissection of the first complete specimen of the world's rarest whale, scientists suspect the 16-foot spade-toothed whale died from head injuries.

December 13, 2024

France's Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as next prime minister

French President Emmanuel Macron named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government.

December 10, 2024

Brazilian President Lula in ICU after surgery to drain head hemorrhage, hospital says

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is recovering in an ICU after undergoing surgery to drain an intracranial hemorrhage following a fall at home in October.

December 7, 2024

Syrian insurgents reach gates of Damascus, threatening decades-long Assad regime

Syrian insurgents have reached the gates of the nation's capital, shortly after Bashar al-Assad's government abandoned the key city of Homs.

December 6, 2024

Alternative healer gets 10 years in UK prison for death of woman at slap therapy workshop

Hongchi Xiao, a 61-year-old alternative healer who used 'slapping therapy' to treat maladies, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of a 71-year-old woman.

December 6, 2024

Remains of Pennsylvania woman who disappeared near sinkhole may have been found, coroners say

A deputy coroner in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, said searchers believe they have found the remains of Elizabeth Pollard. Pollard went missing while looking for her cat.