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Is Australia’s initiative a good, long-time-coming development that will protect the vulnerable, or could it become a well-meaning experiment with unintended consequences?

Although Isaacman has been to space twice with private missions using SpaceX rockets and capsules, he is not part of the NASA astronaut corps and has closer ties to SpaceX than to the $25 billion government space agency.

Trump’s selection of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer is fueling anxiety among some Republicans in the Senate and business trade groups who will consider her nomination.

Job seekers are offering rewards for referrals, making mini marketing campaigns and becoming brutally honest on social media.

Amnesty International says Israel has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid.

The children, ages 5 and 6, were taken to nearby hospitals and their conditions were not immediately known. One was airlifted to a nearby hospital.

During the last Trump administration, the U.S. Justice Department attempted to withhold funding from sanctuary cities and favor cities that pledged to cooperate with immigration enforcement for federal grants.

A group of Syrian journalists headed toward Hama were hit by an airstrike, killing photographer Anas Alkharboutli.

Memphis officials rebuffed Justice Department attempts to place its police force on federal supervision nearly two years after the fatal beating of a Black man.

France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined in a no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign.

Israeli airstrikes tore through a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza in the latest assault on a sprawling tent city that Israel designated a humanitarian safe zone but has repeatedly targeted.

The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by another 25 states and a range of other efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people, including which sports competitions they can join and which bathrooms they can use.

The team looking for Elizabeth Pollard has determined that the abandoned coal mine is too unstable for people to safely search underground, authorities said Wednesday said, while still expressing hope she will be found alive.

The shocking and short-lived declaration of martial law drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament.

Navarro served four months in prison after being held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Keepers at Birdland Park and Gardens in England renamed the prized king penguin “Magnus” after DNA testing.

The shooting rattled the city and set off a massive search for the fleeing assailant.

Multiple allegations against former Fox News host Pete Hegseth have emerged including alcohol intoxication at work events, sexual misconduct and potential financial mismanagement.

The heart of the president’s appearance was his passionate speech at Angola’s National Museum of Slavery, where he recounted the “unimaginable cruelty” of the enslaved person trade and America’s brutal history of slavery.

The agreement allows the transition team to submit names for background checks and security clearances, a significant step in the process as Trump assembles his second-term team.

The president of South Korea’s declaration of martial law caught Washington by surprise.

The president’s decision to go back on previous pledges and issue his son a blanket federal pardon for actions over the past 11 years has sparked a political uproar in Washington.

The political roller-coaster of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration then suspension of martial law was extreme even by the standards of South Korea.