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The UN General Assembly has voted by a wide margin to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine’s request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The world body…

A bus has veered off a bridge and plunged into a river in St Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, killing seven people, officials said. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top criminal investigations body, reported the death toll. It did not state how…

A court in Romania’s capital has extended geographical restrictions against online influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal extended by 60 days…

Greta Thunberg has said that Israel is trying to “artwash” the Eurovision Song Contest after she joined pro-Palestinian protesters, who are calling for a boycott of the competition. Israeli act Eden Golan, whose emotional song Hurricane was reworked from a previous…

A strong solar storm heading towards Earth could produce northern lights in the US and potentially disrupt communications this weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a rare geomagnetic storm watch – the first in nearly 20 years.…

Hope was fading on Friday for dozens of construction workers buried for days in the rubble of a building that collapsed in South Africa. Authorities say rescuers are now faced with the challenge of moving thousands of tons of concrete…

Donald Trump’s hush money case resumed on Friday, at the end of a week that saw adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the witness box, two failed attempts by the defence to have a mistrial declared and gag order sanctions.…

India’s Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to a top opposition leader who was arrested nearly seven weeks ago in a bribery case. Opposition parties had called the arrest a political move by prime minister Narendra Modi’s government against…

Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting said he has spoken to more Tories considering a defection to the British opposition but insisted the party would not accept just any MP after former Conservative Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor. The shadow health secretary…

Pope Francis continued his campaign on Friday to urge Italians to have children, calling for long-term policies to help families and warning that the country’s demographic crisis was threatening the future. “The number of births is the first indicator of…