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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been named the world’s most powerful woman for the second year in a row. The German...

A YouTuber who posted a video of himself deliberately crashing his small plane has been jailed for six months. Trevor Daniel Jacob, 30, a...

Joe Biden has said he wasn’t sure he’d be running for reelection if Donald Trump wasn’t also in the race for the White House....

A highly caffeinated drink sold by US bakery chain Panera Bread has been blamed for two deaths after a second lawsuit was filed on...

A house exploded as police were investigating reports of gunshots being fired from the property by a man. Footage of the blast in the...

A former US ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with secretly acting as a Cuban agent for “more than 40 years”. Manuel Rocha, who...

The US says three commercial ships have been attacked by missiles in the Red Sea – with one of its destroyers shooting down armed...

Singer Billie Eilish has accused a US entertainment magazine of outing her and questioned why it “matters”. In a cover interview for Variety published...

Four people, including two children, have been killed by a relative in New York, according to police. Those stabbed to death included a 12-year-old...

A man suspected of killing three homeless people in a matter of days is already in custody over a separate fatal shooting, Los Angeles...

US rock band Kiss will live on as superhero-style digital avatars after playing their final live gig in New York. Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley,...

Derek Chauvin – the ex-police officer jailed over the murder of George Floyd – was stabbed 22 times with an “improvised knife” in prison,...

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, has died at the age of 93. She was appointed by...

Republican congressman George Santos has been expelled from the House of Representatives after a report found “overwhelming evidence” he misused campaign donations. Mr Santos...

Former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger has died aged 100. He passed away at his home in Connecticut on Wednesday, according to...

Elon Musk has been accused of promoting a long-debunked conspiracy theory which alleged high-profile Democrats ran a paedophile abuse ring from a Washington pizza...

At least one person has died after a US military aircraft crashed off the coast of a Japanese island. Six crew members were on...

Sex And The City actress Cynthia Nixon is among activists who have begun a hunger strike to demand US President Joe Biden calls for...