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Dabney Coleman, the moustachioed character actor who specialised in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in 9 to 5 and the nasty TV director in Tootsie, has died aged 92. Coleman died on Thursday, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, told The…

The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape…

The number of violent incidents reported in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia fell slightly on Friday, after France imposed a state of emergency following protests over voting reforms backed by the government in Paris. About 1,000 reinforcements for…

A US university has bestowed an honorary degree on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of a graduation ceremony at the weekend. Vermont State University’s Castleton campus is honouring the feline not for his mousing or…

Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city in Texas, an official said. The storms knocked out electricity to nearly one million homes and businesses. “We are going to have…

French police say a man shot and killed outside a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen threatened officers with a knife and a metal bar. Police were alerted that smoke was rising from the synagogue and came face to…

An exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa ended on Friday after nearly two weeks as authorities released a major revision of their figures and said they now…

Slovak prime minister Robert Fico has undergone another operation two days after being shot multiple times and remains in serious condition, officials said on Friday. Mr Fico (59) was attacked as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in…

The governments of eight European Union member states said on Friday the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland. In a joint statement, officials from Austria, the Czech…

Singer Lainey Wilson has been named female artist of the year and picked up the top prize of entertainer of the year at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards. She joins an exclusive category of few women to earn…