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Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died. She was 84. Bryant died on December 16 at her home in…

Firefighters are hoping for a break from fierce winds that have fuelled massive blazes in the Los Angeles area, killing 10 people, obliterating whole neighbourhoods and setting the nation’s second-largest city on edge. The fires have burned more than 10,000…

Nearly one-quarter of freshwater species at high risk of extinction: Study Freshwater habitats cover less than 1% of Earth’s surface, but support over 10% of all known species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Sourse: abcnews.go.com Rate…

David and Victoria Beckham and Brian May are among the stars sending their support to communities devastated by the raging fires in the Los Angeles area. Many have praised the firefighters trying to contain a series of deadly blazes which…

Firefighters began to slow the spread of deadly and devastating fires in the Los Angeles area on Thursday after the ferocious winds that drove the fast-moving flames diminished, but the largest blazes still burned out of control. Crews were able…

Britain’s trade union leader Mick Lynch has announced his retirement as general secretary of the UK’s biggest rail workers’ union. The 63-year-old with Irish roots through both his parents, was elected general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union…

Firefighters in the US were continuing to try and control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing…

The death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has climbed above 46,000, the Gaza Health Ministry has said. The ministry said 46,006 Palestinians had been killed and 109,378 wounded in the ongoing 15-month conflict, as it updated its toll on Thursday.…

Mozambique’s main opposition leader has returned from self-imposed exile saying he still rejects the results of a disputed election last year that has sparked more than two months of protests and a violent crackdown by security forces. Security forces fired…

US president Joe Biden has cancelled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in…