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"I am terminally ill with stage 4 brain cancer," Liora Argamani – the mother of Noa Argamani, who was abducted by Hamas – wrote to US President Joe Biden.

CHITRAL: The leaders of different political parties fear abysmally low turnout in the forthcoming elections due to their scheduling in the month of February when most of the residents have already left the valley for relatively warmer areas to earn their livelihoods.

Former Rep. Charlie Dent talks with Jonathan Capehart about the reluctance by Donald Trump's Republican rivals for the party's nomination to beat Trump by attacking him, even as the sheer volume of material that should be political damaging to Trump grows by the day.

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The appeal means the former president's name will remain on the state's primary ballot in 2024 while the nation's highest court hears the case.

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OG Anonuby scored 26 points, Pascal Siakam had 22 points and 11 assists, and the Toronto Raptors eased past the Washington Wizards 132-102 on Wednesday night.

Grammy-winning Colombian singer Shakira, one of the world's top-selling musicians, has been immortalized in her famous belly-dancing pose in a giant bronze statue in her home city of Barranquilla.

Top Biden administration officials huddled with Mexico’s president in urgent talks to try to slow the record pace of illegal crossings at the southern U.S. border, just as congressional negotiators raced to reach sought a deal to tighten immigration laws.

Special counsel Jack Smith urged a judge to fend off Trump’s attempts to “inject politics” into the criminal case alleging that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that Trump can appear on the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot, declining to take up the question of his eligibility.

Israeli forces intensified their ground offensive in refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip as fighting continued to drive Palestinian civilians into shrinking areas in search of safety.

A string of Houthi attacks targeting Israel and Red Sea shipping lanes are threatening to derail the most advanced effort to end Saudi Arabia’s entanglement in Yemen’s nine-year civil war.

Died: Wolfgang Schäuble, 81, German statesman. ... Jacques Delors, 98, an architect of the modern EU. ...Tom Smothers, 86, half of the Smothers Brothers comedy duo. ...Herb Kohl, 88, former U.S. senator, former Milwaukee Bucks owner and onetime president of Kohl’s stores. ...Gaston Glock, 94, developer of hand gun that bears his name.

Florida manatees are heading into the critical winter season in a healthier condition than they have been in recent years.

*Pomare and Leonard re-commit to Force ​​​​​​​on historic multi-year deals* Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 6:15 AM by Ben Somerford The Western Force today confirms the re-signings of experienced Wallaroos pair Trilleen Pomare and Michaela Leonard on multi-year contracts ahead of the 2024 Super Rugby...

Adeel Mangi, a New Jersey lawyer who would be the first Muslim to serve on a federal appellate court, faced fierce questioning from GOP senators during his confirmation hearing.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Timo Meier scored on a breakaway at 2:12 of overtime to give the New Jersey Devils…

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is set to be released from prison, the latest twist in a shocking Munchausen by Proxy case in which she conspired with her then-boyfriend to murder her abusive mother.

HONG KONG - Six lapel pins bearing the Civic Party's founding date are all Hong Kong veteran politician Alan Leong kept when the once-prominent opposition group cleared its headquarters and shuttered its doors days before the new year.

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HARBIN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's northeasternmost province, Heilongjiang, has received 10.09 million tourists via railway, up 372 percent year on year, according to the China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd.

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While inflation may have been the theme of 2022, disinflation could be the defining label for the outgoing year, thus warranting a closer examination of stocks to buy for lower interest rates. To be sure, you want to be careful about betting too heavily on the monetary policy pivot. We just don’t know for sure....

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