A reclusive billionaire, anti-tax crusader and major financial backer of Donald Trump has been named as the anonymous private donor who gave $130m to the government to help pay US troops during the federal shutdown that is now in its fourth week, according to the New York Times.
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Halo Braid, a startup that produced a hair braiding robot has won the 2025 President’s Innovation Challenge Award at the Harvard Innovation Lab.
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The director of the Louvre has admitted a daylight raid, in which jewels worth an estimated £76m were stolen, was a “terrible failure” and has offered to resign.
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A mother has been charged with murder after her 9-year-old daughter died in a hot car in Texas in the summer of 2025.
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A woman who pleaded guilty to submitting a mail-in ballot on behalf of her dead mother has been ordered to read a book about the history of voting and write a 10-page paper about the importance of voting as part of her sentencing conditions.
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A US man who faked his death and fled to Scotland in the UK after being accused of rape has now been jailed for at least five years in the US.
Read More »Sumo wrestling has returned to London for the first time in over three decades, kicking off a five-day Grand Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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The body of Raila Amolo Odinga, Kenya’s former Prime Minister and a towering opposition figure, arrived in Nairobi on Thursday, met by a massive and emotional crowd, marking the start of a national period of mourning.
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Tourists were left stunned as a man brazenly urinated on the Vatican Altar of Confession during Holy Mass in full view of hundreds of worshippers.
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Mahendra Patel is seeking $25 million in damages from the City of Acworth after criminal charges against him for attempted kidnapping were dropped.
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