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Smoke billows in the distance as damaged cars are seen at the site of Syrian regime airstrikes targeting opposition fighters in Aleppo, in northern Syria, on November 30, 2024.

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Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is facing his biggest challenge in years after opposition fighters launched a surprise offensive, capturing much of the city of Aleppo

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Israeli strikes kill at least 200 in Gaza as UN halts aid deliveries after more trucks stolen

Syrian opposition fighters stand in formation after entering the village of Anjara, western outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Thursday Nov. 28, 2024, part of their major offensive on government-controlled areas in the country's northwestern Syria. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

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Massad Boulos listens as Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign office on Friday, October 18, 2024, in Hamtramck, Michigan.

Trump’s extraordinary selection of his daughters’ fathers-in-law for key posts underscores his reliance on family members

Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they pursue creating new currency

Live Updates Biden adviser praises professionalism of Trump’s incoming national security team

Trump plans to replace current FBI director with firebrand Kash Patel, drawing bipartisan fire

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a debate on the presentation of the programme for Hungary's six-month Council Presidency , as part of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 9, 2024.

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A beluga whale swims through the Churchill River near Churchill, Manitoba, on August 5.

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Catherine, Princess of Wales, rides in the Glass State Coach. A stunning shot of a beluga whale. The year in photos

Rescue boats return to Porticello harbor near Palermo, after they found two bodies, on August 21, 2024 two days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. Divers searching for six missing people following the sinking of a superyacht off Sicily in a storm have found two bodies, a source close to the search told AFP. The Bayesian, which had 22 people aboard including 10 crew, was anchored some 700 metres from port before dawn when it was struck by a waterspout. Among the six missing were UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, and Jonathan Bloomer, the chair of Morgan Stanley International, and his wife Judy.

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A general view shows airplanes on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France on May 25, 2020.

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Stowaway who flew from New York to Paris causes disturbance on return flight, remains in France

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‘It just keeps coming and coming’: Lake-effect snow will dump another foot or two of snow in parts of the US

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Family of Palestinian boy killed by Israeli police say the nightmare hasn’t stopped

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Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region

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Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove, injured, is surrounded by players during the Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Inter at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, Sunday Dec. 1, 2024 (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

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Serie A match abandoned after Fiorentina player collapses on field

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A man hid five treasure chests worth more than $2 million across the United States. Here’s how to find them

Nov 30, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes fight following the NCAA football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. Michigan won 13-10.

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‘Unsportsmanlike’ flag planting causes chaos over college football rivalry weekend

(from left) Gwyneth Paltrow and her daughter Apple Martin in a photo shared to Instagram.

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin support daughter Apple at debutante ball debut

Tim Nanninga of Melbourne Snake Control captures a deadly tiger snake for release on the side of the freeway near Melbourne in Australia on November 30, 2024.

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Australian woman finds deadly tiger snake at her feet while driving 50 miles per hour

Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 landing in Amsterdam.

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TOPSHOT - This photograph shows the nave, the western Rose window and the organ of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, on November 29, 2024. The Notre-Dame Cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ceremonies on December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for the five-year restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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A shopper looks through clothing at Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Alabama, on November 20, 2024.

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US travelers lose millions of suitcases every year. Their contents wind up at a store in Alabama

Dwayne Johnson poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the UK Premier of "Moana 2", at the Cineworld, in Leicester Square, in central London, on November 24, 2024.

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Dwayne Johnson reveals he wears a bodysuit in live-action ‘Moana’: ‘We got caught’

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By reviving a century-old patent for blue paint, this architect reflects on a powerful, lesser-told history

<strong>1. London:</strong> The UK capital has topped the 2025 World's Best Cities ranking for the 10th year in a row. It also topped the ranking's "loveability" category.

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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, center, greets people at the Kahala Hotel and Resort Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

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Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te in Hawaii: A stopover that speaks volumes

Chase Strangio, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer, in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Twenty-five bills have been introduced in state legislatures this year to prohibit or limit gender-affirming health care for children. In some states, the fight is over the participation of transgender kids in school sports. Strangio is fighting as many of these efforts in court as he can. Photographer: Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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He’s the first known transgender lawyer to argue before Supreme Court. For Chase Strangio, the mission ‘is not lost on me’

Women hold lit candles as they take part in a vigil named "Reclaim the Night", in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on August 15, 2024.

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In South Asia, women who protest against gendered violence are met with more threats on their lives and safety

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Space and science

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Images reveal how an orca pod hunts the world’s largest fish

Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths

Scientists solve centuries-old mystery of how a cucumber explosively squirts its seeds

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Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth

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She moved to Portugal with her husband to start a new life. Then the unthinkable happened

Traveling to Greenland is about to get easier as new international airport opens

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Stowaway flew aboard Delta flight from New York to Paris after evading airline checkpoints at JFK

Travelers are using an ice-cold hack to get water bottles through airport security

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Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on November 7, 2024 in Washington, DC.

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Why Trump’s tariff plans could lead to higher interest rates

Latinos have become a new battleground frontier for political candidates

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'Well Hung Lover,' also called 'Naked Man Hanging From Window' and simply 'Naked Man,' is a mural by the anonymous street artist Banksy, on a wall on Frogmore Street. It has been partially defaced since first appearing in 2006.
'Well Hung Lover' mural by Banksy, Bristol, England, UK - 15 Apr 2023

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Buy a building, get a Banksy. ‘Well Hung Lover’ Bristol property goes on sale

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St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca is carried by his team after they beat Boston College in the Big East Championship at Madison Square Garden, in New York, on March 12, 1983.

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Lou Carnesecca, Hall of Fame coach who led St. John’s for 24 seasons, has died at 99

Giannis Antetokounmpo records first 40-point triple-double of his career as Milwaukee Bucks win sixth straight

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San Jose State loses to Colorado State in MWC volleyball final amid ongoing gender controversy

Chicago Bears fire Matt Eberflus following disastrous Thanksgiving loss

US Politics

Charles Kushner arrives for the funeral of Ivana Trump on July 20, 2022, in New York.

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Trump selects Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, for ambassador to France

New York Times: Pete Hegseth’s mother wrote him an email in 2018 accusing him of mistreating women

Mexico’s president denies Trump’s claim that she agreed to shut down the US-Mexico border

Musk and Ramaswamy think they have new power to cut federal regulations. Here’s why it’s not so simple

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Are scented candles bad for you? What the science says

Irregular sleep patterns may raise risk of heart attack and stroke, study suggests

Vaping immediately affects vascular health and oxygen levels, study shows, even without nicotine

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Tech

Donald Trump's second administration could bring big changes for tech platforms.

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Trump could change the government’s relationship with tech companies in ways that affect users

Tech companies put on notice as Australia passes world-first social media ban for under-16s

Huawei’s new homegrown Chinese smartphone takes on Apple and Android

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