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A fund created by the US government to help compensate victims of the late fraudster Bernard Madoff has begun making its final round of payments, according to a statement by the Department of Justice (DoJ). The payouts being made by the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) are worth $131.4m (£104.6m) and…

A Seoul court has issued an arrest warrant against South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law on 3 December. The warrant comes after Yoon, who is being investigated for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection, ignored three summonses to appear for questioning…

BBC On Christmas Eve, an autonomous spacecraft flew past the Sun, closer than any human-made object before it. Swooping through the atmosphere, Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe was on a mission to discover more about the Sun, including how it affects space weather at Earth. This was a landmark moment for…

Getty Images Carter will be buried alongside his wife in his hometown of Plains, Georgia There will be multiple days of ceremonies and services in Washington DC to mourn the passing of US President Jimmy Carter, who died at age 100. The former president will be honoured at a state…

BBC Sila’s father carries her tiny body to be buried Sila was less than three weeks old when her mother Nariman realised she wasn’t moving. “I woke up in the morning and told my husband that the baby hadn’t stirred for a while. He uncovered her face and found her…

Getty Images An immigration row has erupted between Donald Trump’s supporters over a long-standing US visa programme. The feud is about H-1B visas, which allow US-based companies to bring in skilled workers from abroad into certain industries. Some immigration hardliners say the scheme undercuts American workers – but proponents say…

On Monday, the Grover Beach Police Department in California released dramatic body camera footage of a man being rescued from inside a burning trailer. The cause of the fire was determined to be from a portable propane heater. Grover Beach officers were able to prevent the fire from spreading. The…

An Indian-made rocket has blasted off from a site north of Chennai, carrying two satellites which will test space-docking. Docking is crucial for manned travel to the Moon or supporting a space station. Announcing “the successful accomplishment” of the launch, Indian Space Research Organisation chief Sreedhara Somanath said the rocket…

A Chinese state-sponsored hacker has broken into the US Treasury Department’s systems, accessing employee workstations and some unclassified documents, officials said on Monday. The breach occurred in early December and was made public in a letter penned by the Treasury Department to lawmakers notifying them of the incident. In the…

Getty Images Carter and Deng, seen hugging in 1987 in Beijing, had a close relationship On a bright January morning in 1979, then US president Jimmy Carter greeted a historic guest in Washington: Deng Xiaoping, the man who unlocked China’s economy. The first leader of Communist China to visit the…