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Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:47:44 GMT
Kirk suspect faces death penalty for aggravated murder charge
The suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk appeared in court Tuesday charged with the conservative activist's murder, as prosecutors said they were seeking the death penalty for a crime that has shaken the United States.

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:44:27 GMT
Trump arrived in Britain on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit
US President Donald Trump arrived in Britain on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit, with the UK government rolling out a royal red carpet welcome to win over the mercurial leader.

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:33:16 GMT
Nestle share price slips as chairman follows CEO out the door
The multinational behind Nespresso coffee capsules and KitKat chocolate bars announced late Tuesday that its longtime chairman Paul Bulcke would step down "earlier than planned" on October 1. Bulcke, who had been scheduled to remain in his position...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:21:10 GMT
Philippine lawmaker quits top job as graft probe moves forward

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:13:30 GMT
German suspect in Madeleine McCann case freed from prison
Christian Brueckner, 48, had been serving a seven-year term at Sehnde prison in northern Germany for rape, but he has not been charged in the McCann case because of a lack of evidence, prosecutors say. Brueckner was driven away in his lawyer's car ...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:12:36 GMT
"Zucman tax": A solution to France’s budget woes?
As French PM Sébastien Lecornu faces the gargantuan job of getting a national budget across the finish line, the solution to breaking the political deadlock in the National Assembly could be a "Zucman tax", an idea floated by left-wing parliamentar...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:09:10 GMT
US tennis star Townsend apologises for 'crazy' Chinese food post
"What the hell.. turtle and bullfrog is WILD," she posted on Instagram on Tuesday night. "These people are literally killing frogs, bullfrogs. Aren't those the ones that give you warts and boils and stuff?" she said in a follow-up video. The hasht...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:02:44 GMT
Flotilla passenger headed to Gaza tells France 24 we have collective responsibility to aid civilians
Eve Irvine welcomes Dr. James Smith, an emergency doctor who has worked in war‐torn Gaza over the past two years. He is now on board the flotilla in an effort to end the Israeli blockade of humanitarian aid. He argues that all of us bear a "collec...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:59:29 GMT
Peru evacuates 1,600 tourists from Machu Picchu amid protest
A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, the ancient fortified complex receives around 4,500 visitors a day, many of them foreigners, according to the tourism ministry. Visitors travel some 110 kilometers (68 miles) by train from the city of Cusco ...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:49:10 GMT
Nepal mourns its dead after anti-corruption protests
An interim government, which took over after two days of protests last week, declared the day of mourning "in honour of those who lost their lives during the protests", the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement. Protests began on September 8...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:39:10 GMT
UK inflation stable ahead of central bank rate call
The Consumer Prices Index stood at 3.8 percent last month, the same level as in July, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement. The figure was in line with analysts' forecasts. The BoE trimmed borrowing costs in August to four ...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:27:10 GMT
India checks Maoist rebel offer of suspending armed struggle
New Delhi has launched an all-out offensive to crush the decades-long conflict, vowing to wipe out the Maoist rebellion by March 2026, with recent fighting concentrated in the battleground state of Chhattisgarh. The rebels have offered to engage in...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:07:16 GMT
Israel says to open new route for Gazans fleeing embattled city
The Israeli military unleashed a massive bombardment of Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday and pushed its troops deeper into the Gaza Strip's largest urban hub. It came as a United Nations probe accused Israel of committing "genocide" in the Palestin...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:37:06 GMT
Temporary transit route out of Gaza City is 'not safe humanitarian passage'
The “temporary” new route for residents to flee Gaza City that the Israeli military has announced is one that has been used in the past. But “it has not proven to be a completely safe humanitarian passage,” FRANCE 24 correspondent Noga Tarno...

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:33:10 GMT
Lower shipments to US, China weigh on Singapore August exports
Relations between the world's two biggest economies have been wracked by trade tensions that saw them impose tit-for-tat tariffs on each other, wreaking havoc on global supply chains. As Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy, Singapore depends he...

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