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An annual meeting of the nation's governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former prime minister of Denmark and former head of NATO, ahead of the Munich Security Conference.

Those returning to Gaza describe being subjected to humiliating searches and interrogations by the Israeli military.

Police had searched the home of the person, who was taken into custody at a traffic stop.

At least 9 people were killed, 26 injured; authorities described the suspect as a 'female in a dress with brown hair'.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday acknowledged having lunch on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in 2012, as newly released records intensified scrutiny of his past ties to the convicted sex offender and fuelled calls for his resignation.

Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone and Michael B Jordan are among the stars at the annual Oscars luncheon.

Does Heart of Midlothian's late derby winner against Hibernian suggest they are developing the habit of champions as they go six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership?

The Prince of Wales has been asked to raise the case of a Manchester man detained in Saudi Arabia during his first official trip to the country.

Éric Perrot won France's third medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics, taking silver in the men's 20km individual biathlon race. Norway's Johan-Olav Botn won gold.

The Children's Commissioner suggested social media advertising for children should be banned.

Palestinians are working hard to restart their education after Israel's war forced universities and schools to shut.

Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome former New York State Assistant Attorney General Reed Brody. As someone who has spent decades holding the powerful to account, from brutal dictators to state officials, he recognises patterns of impunity cloaked in the legal process. In the case of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein’s network, we’re witnessing a carefully protected ecosystem of elite immunity and impunity: the redacted names shielding the rich and powerful, and the stark contrast in accountability between the US and Europe. 

Forget VW's expensive retro bus—this is the electric van we've been waiting for.

EU lawmakers on Tuesday approved changes to the bloc’s asylum system that would allow fast-track rejections and the transfer of asylum seekers to countries deemed “safe”, a move that marks a sharp hardening of European migration policy and has drawn strong criticism from rights groups.

The island economy was already struggling under the burden of decades of US sanctions, but the situation in Cuba has rapidly deteriorated since Donald Trump signed an executive order threatening to impose tariffs on countries that sell or provide oil to the Caribbean nation. As airlines suspend flights to the island, long queues are forming at gas stations, with fewer buses running and power cuts hitting homes, hospitals and other state institutions. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Lillian Guerra, Professor of Cuban and Caribbean History at the University of Florida.

The EasySMX S10 is a fantastic wireless controller for the Switch 2 that offers nearly as many features as Nintendo’s $90 gamepad. I ranked it as the best Switch 2 controller you can buy, thanks to its satisfying rumble sensation in games, support for motion controls as well as Nintendo’s amiibo NFC figures, plus the […]

La Caisse suspends investments with Dubai-based DP World over chief executive's links to Epstein.

Detention comes as FBI releases video of 'armed individual' outside 84-year-old's door on day of apparent kidnapping.

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Maxim Naumov's emotional skate dedicated to his world champion figure skating parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who died in a plane crash in January 2025.

Disney argued the severed figure in the advert was a robot and "visually distinct from a human".

The move comes amid RFK Jr.'s relentless efforts to enact his anti-vaccine agenda.

A woman has been linked to a shooting with at least nine dead at a school and nearby home in western Canada.