Two leaders will discuss a range of topics, including ‘upcoming diplomatic engagements in Russia’Joe Biden will speak on Thursday with Vladimir Putin regarding the Russian leader’s increased security demands in eastern Europe.The two leaders will discu…
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: jurors ask to see testimony from five witnesses
Judge Alison Nathan says note to jurors states deliberations will continue ‘as needed’ until verdict reached over Covid concernsJurors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial resumed deliberations Wednesday morning with the heightened threat of co…
Indictment of alleged Proud Boys leaders over US Capitol attack upheld
Federal judge rejects defence arguments, a development that could have potential implications for Donald TrumpA federal judge has refused to dismiss an indictment charging four alleged Proud Boys leaders with conspiracy and obstructing an official proc…
Covid news live: almost 1,000 people sent wrong test information in Sydney; Omicron grounds nearly 1,200 more US flights
Another 995 people sent wrong Covid test information by Sydney’s St Vincent hospital; NSW records 6,234 new Covid cases and Victoria 1,999 as Australia braces for post-Christmas rise; Omicron surge grounds more US flights over Christmas weekend; China’…
Caller tells Joe Biden ‘Let’s go Brandon’ during White House Christmas event
The saying has became an internet sensation as a coded vulgarity among Trump supportersA vulgar anti-Biden slogan made for an awkward moment on Friday during Joe Biden’s phone calls with children tracking Santa’s flight when a father said, “Let’s Go Br…
Grace Mirabella, 70s and 80s US Vogue editor, dies aged 92
Mirabella was editor of the magazine from 1971 to 1988 and was a non-nonsense champion of practical fashionGrace Mirabella, the editor of American Vogue throughout the 1970s and much of the 1980s, has died aged 92.Mirabella was a non-nonsense champion …
Ex-Georgia election workers sue Giuliani and OAN, saying fraud claims put them in danger
Ruby Freeman and daughter claim they became center of unfounded conspiracy theories and were singled out by TrumpTwo former Georgia election workers have filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the rightwing One Ameri…
Latin America urges US to reduce plastic waste exports to region
Study finds exports to region doubled in 2020 with practice predicted to grow as US invests in recycling plantsEnvironmental organisations across Latin America have called on the United States to reduce plastic waste exports to the region, after a repo…
James Franco admits sleeping with students and says he had sex addiction
Actor gives first extended comments about accusations that came nearly four years agoJames Franco has acknowledged sleeping with students of an acting school he previously ran, saying he struggled with a sex addiction and has been working to improve hi…
‘I heard a meow’: Kentucky man finds his cat unscathed in rubble nine days after tornado
Sonny ‘Hoot’ Gibson thought his mind was playing tricks when the sound emerged from his demolished office buildingNine days after a tornado demolished his three-story office building in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky, Sonny “Hoot” Gibson was standing in t…