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Former US president Jimmy Carter’s 6-day funeral started Saturday with a motorcade through his home state. Carter died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on December 29 at the age of 100 and is set to be buried next to his late wife Rosalynn Carter after lying in state at the…

The US Department of State has notified Congress of a planned $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel, an American official has confirmed to the BBC. The weapons consignment, which needs approval from House and Senate committees, includes air-to-air missiles to be used against airborne threats, including drones, the official said….

Thousands of rival South Korean protesters rallied in the capital Saturday, a day after a failed attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing a short-lived martial law decree that led to his impeachment. Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source

Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, including eight children, across the Gaza Strip, Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday. The ongoing Israel-Hamas war, now in its second year, has resulted in the deaths of some 45,717 people in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. Check out…

Vogue editor Dame Anna Wintour, U2 frontman Bono and billionaire George Soros are among those who will receive America’s highest civilian honour from outgoing President Joe Biden. The Presidential Medal of Freedom will be awarded to 19 people this year, spanning cultural icons, politicians and campaigners. The have been chosen…

A Japanese woman, recognised as the world’s oldest person by Guinness World Records, has died aged 116. Tomiko Itooka died in a nursing home in the city of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, according to officials. She became the oldest person in the world after Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera passed away in…

Met Police Edward Pettifer has been identified by the Metropolitan Police as the British national who was killed in New Orleans on 1 January King Charles is deeply saddened by the death of a British man who was killed in the vehicle attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day,…

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia will meet Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Saturday, days ahead of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration for a third term following contested July elections. The US and the European Parliament have recognized González Urrutia as Venezuela’s legitimate president, as have Argentina, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Check out…

A former city counsellor in Brazil has returned a toilet and two sinks she had removed from her office after losing a bid for re-election. Footage of one of Janaína Lima’s employees hauling away the facilities was posted online as her tenure as Sao Paulo councilwoman ended. “I decided to…

Faced with the never-before-seen dilemma of how, when or even whether to sentence a former and future US president, the judge in President-elect Donald Trump ‘s hush money case scheduled the senting for January 10. “It took everyone by surprise,” said David Smith, Washington bureau chief for The Guardian. “The…