North Korea has tested a long-range missile which is believed to have the potential to reach anywhere in the US. South Korea, Japan and the US condemned the testing of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is the fifth one to be successfully launched by North Korea this year. It...
Parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke pleads guilty to child abuse after starving two of her children
A US mother who used to give parenting advice to more than two million subscribers on YouTube has pleaded guilty to child abuse after starving two of her children. Ruby Franke, a mother of six from Utah, has admitted four counts of aggravated child abuse. She was arrested in August...
Marvel axes actor Jonathan Majors after jury finds him guilty of assault and harassment of ex-girlfriend
Marvel Studios has dropped actor Jonathan Majors after he was found guilty of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend. Majors, 34, was convicted on two counts but acquitted of a different assault charge and of aggravated harassment. A star of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Majors featured in the series Loki, and...
Google to pay compensation to millions of US customers after Play Store court case
Google will pay out $700m and allow more competition on its Play Store after it was accused of using illegal restrictions and overcharging consumers when they buy items in apps. It forms part of an antitrust settlement in the US, ahead of a legal battle with Fortnite maker Epic Games,...
Brooklyn Nine-Nine star, Andre Braugher, dead at the age of 61
Andre Braugher, who starred as the uptight, emotionally closed off Captain Raymond Holt in the US comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has died at the age of 61, his publicist has confirmed. He appeared alongside Andy Samberg and Terry Crews as New York police officers in the fictional 99th precinct. The...
Nations Agree To Transition Away From Fossil Fuels In ‘Historic’ Deal At UN Climate Summit
United Nations climate negotiators directed the world on Wednesday to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels in a move the talks chief called historic, despite critics’ worries about loopholes. Within minutes of opening Wednesday’s session, COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber gaveled approval of the central document — the global stocktake that...
Georgia election worker says her life ‘flipped upside down’ by false fraud claims
A former Georgia elections worker told a jury on Tuesday that she feared for her life after Rudy Giuliani and other allies of former U.S. President Donald Trump falsely accused her of attempting to rig the 2020 election. Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, a former voter registration officer in Fulton County, testified...
Zelenskiy meets Republican doubts in push for US aid to fight Russia
President Joe Biden warned Republicans on Tuesday that they would give Russia a "Christmas gift" if they failed to provide additional military aid to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose meeting with a top U.S. lawmaker concluded without a commitment for more support. Zelenskiy traveled to Washington to plead for money...
Sandra Day O’Connor: First woman on US Supreme Court dies aged 93
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 ex-president Ronald Reagan in 1981 and retired from America's highest court in 2006. Ms O'Connor died in Phoenix of complications related to advanced dementia and...
New York stabbing: Knifeman kills four members of his extended family, including two children, police say
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 boy, an 11-year-old girl, a 44-year-old woman and a man in his 30s. Officers were called to reports of an incident in the city's Queens borough...