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Getty Images The iPhone 6 and Apple Watch were two devices owned by the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit Apple has agreed to pay $95m (£77m) to settle a court case alleging some of its devices were listening to people without their permission. The tech giant was accused of eavesdropping…

Getty Images As the world rings in a new year, lawmakers are convening on the US Capitol to kick off a new Congress. Friday marks the start of the 119th Congress, with Republican majorities in both the US House of Representatives and the Senate. This marks a Republican trifecta given…

Watch: President Yoon supporters rally outside residence The stand-off started long before dawn. By the time we arrived in the dark, an army of police had pushed back suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol’s angry supporters, who’d camped out overnight hoping to stop his arrest. Some of those I spoke to…

Getty Images Wayne Osmond was the fourth oldest of the Osmond singing family Wayne Osmond, a founding member of family band The Osmonds, who had a string of hits in the 1970s, has died at the age of 73. Wayne was a singer and guitarist, and co-wrote many of their…

Watch: What we know about the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas US law enforcement is looking for clues to unravel the mystery behind the Tesla vehicle that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas earlier this week, giving seven people minor injuries. The man who rented the Cybertruck –…

South Korean investigators have called off an attempt to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol after a dramatic six-hour standoff with the security team outside his home. “We’ve determined that the arrest is practically impossible,” said the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO), which has been investigating Yoon’s short-lived martial law declaration….

Venezuela’s government has offered a $100,000 (£81,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the opposition’s exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González. He fled the country in September and was granted political asylum in Spain after Venezuela’s authorities ordered his arrest, accusing González of conspiracy and of forging documents. González…

A killer whale, which captured the world’s attention in 2018 when it was spotted pushing the dead body of its newborn calf for 17 days, appears to be grieving again. The whale, known as Tahlequah, has lost another calf and is again pushing the body, according to the Center for…

Two people have died and 18 others were injured after a small plane crashed into a commercial building in southern California, officials say. Ten people were taken to hospital with injuries, the Fullerton Police Department said in a post on X on Thursday afternoon. Eight others were treated for injuries…

Getty Images Fans from two US universities filled a stadium in New Orleans for a highly anticipated American football game as the city reels from a New Year’s Day attack. The annual Sugar Bowl, which was scheduled to take place Wednesday, was postponed to Thursday at 15:00 local time (21:00…