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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted is scheduled to testify remotely Wednesday in Akron in the high-profile corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives.
Pope Leo on Wednesday lamented the death of numerous civilians in the Iran war and also expressed closeness to people in Lebanon, saying the country, targeted by Israeli strikes, was going through a "great trial."
The British home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has approved a request by the Metropolitan Police to ban this year's Al-Quds Day protest in London.
New York City police are searching for a missing 76-year-old mother who got separated from her husband on the subway late Tuesday.
South African National Defense Forces deploy in the RIverlea township of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Um rombo de R$ 60 bilhões na conta do Fundo Garantidor de Crédito. Dois ministros do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) constrangidos a explicar suas conexões. Políticos de direita e de esquerda com elos expostos pela imprensa. Dois servidores do Banco Central afastados. Uma milícia privada para acessar sistemas sigilos…
India’s Supreme Court has allowed the country’s first case of passive euthanasia – withdrawal of artificial life support – for a 32-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for more than 12 years.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the federal Medicaid chief, is entirely right to probe New York’s bloated $124 billion spending on the program.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is readying a 50-state assault on federal benefit fraud, Small Business Administration boss Kelly Loeffler revealed on the latest episode of “Pod Force One,” out Wednesday.
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Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson has resigned from his position as special adviser to the antisemitism royal commission, just weeks before commissioner Virginia Bell is due to deliver her interim report into the performance of the nation’s intelligence and police agencies.
Senator Robinhood Padilla on Wednesday called on the Supreme Court to act swiftly on pending petitions questioning the legality of the arrest and detention of former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court.
Former Republic of Congo soccer federation president Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas was convicted of embezzling $1.1 million in FIFA funds and sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, though he remains on the loose.
Six people have been killed and five others injured after a bus fire in western Switzerland, which police say may have been a deliberate act, according to media reports, citing Fribourg cantonal police.
A different New Orleans judge approved the trip while the actor remains out on bond in Mardi Gras battery case
Documents filed at Companies House over 2022 deal could complicate row with UK over how money will be used
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A serial domestic violence offender with a protracted history of violence has been released on bail again, 24 hours after a warrant was issued for his arrest when he failed to appear in court.
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Police are investigating whether a bus fire in a town west of the Swiss capital that killed at least six people was started deliberately.
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Robinhood Padilla on Wednesday called on the Supreme Court to act swiftly on pending petitions questioning the legality of the arrest and detention of former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying that 238,000 people have signed a petition for the fo…
Sheep Wong Chun-yeung admits handling money on behalf of fraud syndicate to repay gambling debts and help cover his father’s medical costs
The new president won office by promising to clean up crime, but his background is red rag to a bull for many
A 13-year-old boy is accused of reaching speeds of up to 160km/h as he led police on a high-speed chase through Perth’s south-east suburbs on Tuesday night with seven other children crammed into the small car.
Ian Wright was part of a group of protesters working to block the construction of a hydro-electric dam on the Franklin River in 1983. (Supplied: Ian Wright)
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Fire investigators examine the charred shell of a postal bus that caught fire in Kerzers, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, after several passengers were killed and others injured when a postal bus caught fire late Tuesday afternoon in the center of Kerzers, according to the Fribourg cantonal police. (Alessandro…
“What about the victims?” To ask that question, without additional context, is to invite a counter-question: Which victims? The country and the world have a terrible multitude of victims to choose from: victims of cyber-scams, or of the Persian Gulf war, of flood control corruption, of the invasion of Ukraine, or th…
Chen Kuei-jen escorted out of stadium by police for referring to Taiwan
Cheshire police and CPS say they were not told about inquiry into Prof Peter Hindmarsh before he gave evidence at nurse’s trial
MANILA, Philippines – Solicitor General Darlene Berberabe is asking the Supreme Court to acquit Nobel Peace Prize 2021 laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. in their cyber libel case filed during the Rodrigo Duterte presidency.
Disgraced football legend Barry Cable fondled two young girls in a backyard spa and exposed himself in front of other children, a court has been told.
At least six people have been killed and others injured after a bus caught fire in a town in western Switzerland, according to police.
Woman, 29, held over neglect after four-year-old, reportedly left home alone, threw objects from fifth-floor window onto car below
These firms used Thai nominees to control the coconut sector and resell the fruit by as much as 25 times the price paid to farmers
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The Galle Magistrate’s Court has ordered that the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors, currently placed in two mobile cold storage units at the Galle National Hospital, be handed over to officials of the Embassy of Iran in Sri Lanka.
United States right fielder Aaron Judge (99) lines out to center field in the sixth inning of a World Baseball Classic game against Italy , Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Barry Cable arrives at the Perth District Court on the second day of his child sex abuse trial. (ABC News: David Weber)
A Sri Lankan court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the country's coast be handed over to the Tehran's embassy, local media reported on Wednesday.
The perpetrators were jailed for 15 years for robbery with violence in the east African country, where homophobic attacks are increasing
EU leaders have clashed over whether the bloc should still be bound by global norms as Mideast conflict reshapes the geopolitical landscape
A former deep-sea treasure hunter who made one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in American history and spent the past decade in prison after refusing to disclose the whereabouts of some of its missing gold coins is now free, federal records show.
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Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling has been indicted on first-degree manslaughter after her newborn son was found dead in her closet in August.
South Korea’s Supreme Court has finalized a suspended prison sentence for former lawmaker Kang Hyo-sang for leaking the contents of a confidential phone call between then-President Moon Jae-in and former US President Donald Trump.
Adrian Burragubba and fellow Wangan and Jagalingou men on traditional lands near a Carmicheal mine site. (Supplied: Nagana Yarrbayn Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians)
Former prime minister Scott Morrison has been cleared by the corruption watchdog’s investigation into robo-debt, while two senior public servants involved in the former Coalition government’s unlawful debt recovery scheme have been found to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct.
Before he died in 2023, Roger Membrey spent three decades hunting for answers over the murder of his 22-year-old daughter, Elisabeth. Her mother, Joy, is desperately trying to avoid meeting the same fate as her late husband.