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Kushner and Witkoff Traveling to Pakistan to Resume Iran Talks

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-24T22:09:53+00:00

Iran’s foreign minister has already arrived in the country, state media reported. He was believed to be carrying a written response to a U.S. proposal to end the war.

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Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 30 years in decomposing bodies case

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T22:07:59+00:00

Carie Hallford, 48, whose ex-husband Jon was earlier sentenced, expressed remorse over corpse abuse schemeThe co-owner of a Colorado funeral home was sentenced in state court on Friday to 30 years in prison for her part in a corpse abuse scheme that involved hiding nearly 200 decomposing bodies.Carie Hallford, 48, was also sentenced to 18 years in prison earlier this month after pleading guilty to a federal fraud charge related to the scandal. Continue reading...

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Indigenous speakers booed at Anzac Day services as Ben Roberts-Smith attends Gold Coast event

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T22:06:55+00:00

Roberts-Smith, who has denied five charges of war crime murder, says he was always going to attend: ‘I never thought about not coming’Booing has marred Anzac Day commemorations in Melbourne and Sydney, while on the Gold Coast, the Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith attended the dawn service at Currumbin Beach.One man was arrested at the Sydney dawn service at Martin Place, where there was a small but noisy interjection of booing during the Indigenous acknowledgement of country. Continue reading...

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Il 25 aprile e la forza della memoria

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-24T22:01:00+00:00

Il diritto alla vita che riconquistammo nel 1945 ci dovrebbe impegnare in modo assoluto e incondizionato: perché la sofferenza dei popoli di oggi fu la nostra di allora. Purtroppo tutto questo non accade

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Roommate arrested after body of University of South Florida doctoral student discovered

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T21:54:05+00:00

Hisham Abugharbeih, 26, taken into custody after remains of Zamil Limon found, as search for Nahida Bristy continuesThe body of one of two Bangladeshi doctoral students missing from the University of South Florida (USF) was found on a bridge over Tampa Bay, and his roommate has been taken into custody, law enforcement authorities said Friday.Zamil Limon’s remains were found on the Howard Frankland Bridge on Friday morning, but Nahida Bristy is still missing, Hillsborough county sheriff’s office chief deputy Joseph Maurer said. Continue reading...

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US envoy and Trump’s son-in-law to travel to Pakistan amid hopes for renewed Iran peace talks – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T21:48:07+00:00

This live blog is now closed. For the latest, read our full report:Trump sending Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan to resume talks on Iran warThe EU’s foreign chief has said that talks with Iran should include nuclear experts otherwise “we will end up with a more dangerous Iran.”Speaking on Friday ahead of an informal summit of EU leaders in Cyprus, EU’s foreign chief Kaja Kallas said: “If the talks are only about the nuclear and there are no nuclear experts around the table, then we will end up with an agreement that is weaker than the JCPOA was.” Continue reading...

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Three boys and two men charged over rape of teenage girl in Kent

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T21:37:45+00:00

The three boys and one of the men were charged with rape while the other man was charged with aiding and abetting a rapeThree boys and two men have been charged over the rape of a teenage girl in Kent, police said.Kent police received reports on Tuesday that a girl had been raped at a private property on Salisbury Road in Gravesend between 25 March and 19 April. Continue reading...

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China car giant BYD says it can thrive without US

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-04-24T21:25:16+00:00

With the price of fuel rising China's BYD says it is positioning itself to benefit from the global shift away from fossil fuels.

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Top Democrats demand clarity from Jeanine Pirro over threat to reopen investigation into Jerome Powell – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T21:20:23+00:00

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Dick Durbin wrote to US attorney for DC demanding that she explain her threat that she could reopen a criminal investigation into Jerome PowellSign up for the Breaking News US emailWhen Pete Hegseth was asked about Pope Leo XIV’s condemnation of the war in Iran, and comments from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops suggesting the conflict is not a “just war”, the defense secretary simply said that the pope was “going to do his thing”.“We know what our mission is,” Hegseth added. “We follow that the orders of the president. We’ve got lawyers all over the place lo

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Kushner and Witkoff Traveling to Pakistan to Resume Talks With Iran

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-24T21:16:58+00:00

Iran’s foreign minister has already arrived in the country, state media reported. He was believed to be carrying a written response to a U.S. proposal to end the war.

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Наречена колишнього чиновника ТЦК випадково розкрила його розкішне життя, - розслідування

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-24T21:15:00+00:00

Наречена колишнього чиновника ТЦК намагалася приховати обличчя свого нареченого на спільних фотографіях, але його видало татуювання.

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Democratic Maine governor vetoes first US state freeze on new datacenters

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T21:12:17+00:00

Janet Mills says moratorium would’ve been ‘appropriate’ if it didn’t interfere with ongoing datacenter project in MaineThe Democratic governor of Maine on Friday vetoed a bill that would have made it the first US state to impose a moratorium on large new datacenters, even as local opposition to the electricity-hungry facilities grows.The decision reflects the difficult trade-off facing political leaders, who must weigh the impact of datacenters on the environment and household energy bills against the millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue they can bring. Continue reading...

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Shabana Mahmood refuses to rule out sending back failed Afghan asylum seekers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T21:00:26+00:00

Home secretary indicates Whitehall talks about returns programme, a move that would shock humanitarian groupsShabana Mahmood has refused to rule out sending rejected Afghan asylum seekers back to the Taliban-controlled country.The home secretary said she is “monitoring very closely” talks between Kabul and EU countries about a returns programme for refused claimants. She also indicated that “additional conversations” about Afghan returns were happening inside Whitehall. Continue reading...

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Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T21:00:26+00:00

Home secretary indicates Whitehall talks about returns programme, a move that would shock humanitarian groupsShabana Mahmood has refused to rule out sending rejected Afghan asylum seekers back to the Taliban-controlled country.The home secretary said she is “monitoring very closely” talks between Kabul and EU countries about a returns programme for refused claimants. She also indicated that “additional conversations” about Afghan returns were happening inside Whitehall. Continue reading...

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Tips generated by true-crime podcast lead to arrests in unsolved 1982 killing in Louisiana

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T20:57:53+00:00

Four men face murder charges in case of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp, whose body was found in a wooded areaFour people have been arrested in connection to the 1982 killing of a Louisiana teenager, investigators announced on Friday.State police troopers said tips generated by a true-crime podcast they were involved in making – along with improvements in investigative technologies – helped them make arrests in the killing of Roxanne Sharp, 16, about 44 years earlier. Continue reading...

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Mass wedding for 300 brides and grooms in central Gaza

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-04-24T20:53:02+00:00

A festive moment in Gaza as a charity-sponsored mass wedding ceremony for 300 brides and grooms in Deir el-Balah.

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Who’s in control of AI?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-04-24T20:48:06+00:00

Owner of US tech giant reveals breach of one of world's most powerful AI models.

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‘What the hell do you say?’: elder son of Rob Reiner speaks out on parents’ murders

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T20:37:23+00:00

Jake Reiner calls parents ‘center’ of his life and says brother being at ‘center’ of loss is ‘almost too impossible to process’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe elder son of beloved director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, eulogized his parents, who were “the center” of his life, in a Substack essay published Friday, four months after the pair were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home.Nick Reiner, the couple’s younger son, who long struggled with drug addiction and mental illness, has been charged with two counts of first-degr

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Mother ends life at Swiss clinic four years after son’s death

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T20:36:35+00:00

Wendy Duffy died at Pegasos clinic in Basel as assisted dying bill in England and Wales fails to passA grieving mother has ended her life at a clinic in Switzerland four years after the death of her only child.Wendy Duffy, 56, a physically healthy woman, died at the Pegasos clinic in Basel after struggling to cope with the death of her 23-year-old son, Marcus. Continue reading...

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High school senior identified as person killed in shooting at Lousiana mall

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-24T20:27:08+00:00

Martha Odom, 16, died from a gunshot wound to the chest according to the local coroner’s statementA high school senior has been identified as the person killed in a mass shooting that also wounded five others when two groups exchanged gunfire inside the food court at a mall in Louisiana’s capital city on Thursday afternoon, according to officials.Martha Odom, 16, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to a statement issued Friday by the local coroner’s office. Continue reading...

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