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  • President Vladimir Putin greeted a Moscow rally a day after securing a new six-year term in election
  • Red Square concert marked the 10th anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine
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Tesla owners raised concerns for years about design flaws and seeming malfunctions that caused them to accidentally drive in reverse before the death of US shipping magnate Angela Chao.

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One victim travelled from his home in northern India in the hopes of working for a consultancy in UAE. Instead, the 31-year-old science graduate was shipped off to a military base in Russia and given weapons training.

US President Joe Biden launched his re-election bid last year and has the backing of most elected Democrats. Biden is committed to the race, but there’s public speculation on whether he’ll stay in the contest.

A video taken by one passenger shows a plane wing with a dark blue tip descending onto a runway, and the slat of the wing appeared to have broken off, leaving it looking jagged.

Former US president Donald Trump calls the California governor ‘bull****’ after speculating that he might not face President Joe Biden in the November election.

The Tokushima Prefectural Government bought the sex doll as part of a tourist exhibition at an airport, believing it would be more effective at pulling tourists than mannequins.

Nathy Odinson had sneaked up to the 29th floor of a condo to perform a jump, according to local media, but was killed when his parachute failed to open.

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Musk’s wealth is down US$30 billion this year to just under US$200 billion, as Tesla’s stock tanked 26 per cent. Jeff Bezos is just US$15 billion behind Musk, threatening his crown as the world’s richest person

Marks were visible on one of former US president Donald Trump’s hands on Wednesday as he left his New York residence to attend a nearby trial.

Trump was accused of receiving at least US$7.8 million in foreign payments to his businesses during his presidency, per a report published by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.

Russia’s forces have become “a low quality, high quantity mass army” the UK Ministry of Defense said, and on course to have lost half a million soldiers by the end of the year.

The pastor was arrested after he ‘attacked a cook’ at a North Carolina McDonald’s. Police said the minister was called to the restaurant by his wife, a manager-in-training, who claimed staff were disrespecting her.

Russia could face over half a million troop losses by 2025, according to projections based on UK Ministry of Defence intelligence reports. The average number of Russian casualties has increased to nearly 300 per day.

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As more Russians are sent to fight in the Ukraine war, soldiers’ wives and mothers have become a powerful force of dissent, arguing that their loved ones deserve to return home.

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It was a heartbreaking year: from trailblazing hometown hero Coco Lee to Friends star Matthew Perry, we pay tribute to the stars who left us too soon

Russian President Vladimir Putin once said the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles were ‘undefeatable’ systems. In Ukraine, they’ve often been defeated, the UK Ministry of Defence said.

The world might be obsessed with ‘nepo babies’, but what about the kids born into generations of fame? We’re looking at you Dakota Johnson, Drew Barrymore, Riley Keough and Zoë Kravitz

What do Japan’s longest-living people have in common? A researcher reveals four longevity-boosting habits shared by those Japanese who reach a ripe old age.

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After the law came into effect on November 23, a Porto Alegre councilman shared that the legislation was written by OpenAI’s chatbot, The Washington Post reported.

Screenshots of Bourdain’s words are making the rounds on X after Kissinger’s death. In 2018 – the year the celebrity chef died – Bourdain said he did not regret his words.

An average of 931 Russian soldiers are being injured or killed on a daily basis in November, compared with 776 at the height of Russia’s assault on Bakhmut in March, the previous high, said the UK Ministry of Defence.

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Musk said the potential danger of AI is so great that OpenAI, the most powerful artificial intelligence company in the world right now, should disclose the reason it fired CEO Altman.

The prohibition-era bottle of Macallan, aged for 60 years before it was bottled in 1986, sold on Saturday at London auction house Sotheby’s. Only 40 bottles of the Macallan 1926 single malt were made.