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Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, has been sentenced to five months in jail for lying under oath during his evidence in the civil fraud lawsuit brought against the former US president by New York’s…

Switzerland’s government has said it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path towards peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one…

Megan Thee Stallion has spoken about her experiences in the aftermath of being shot. Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to a decade behind bars in August 2023 for assaulting the 29-year-old US hip hop star, whose real name is…

Amanda Knox was back on trial for slander on Wednesday for wrongly accusing a Congolese man of murdering her British roommate while the young women were exchange students in Italy. Ms Knox herself was convicted of the killing before being…

Jessica Alba, who shot to fame in the James Cameron television series Dark Angel as well as films such as Sin City and the Fantastic Four, will step down as chief creative officer at the personal care company she founded.…

Democrats have pounced on an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that permits enforcement of an 1864 law effectively banning abortion in the US state, blaming ex-president Donald Trump and Republicans and pressing for political advantage on an issue that could dominate…

President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama, the state’s elections chief said on Tuesday, because the state’s certification deadline comes several days before the Democratic Party’s convention. Alabama secretary of state Wes Allen, a Republican, made…

Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth. Their lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles county court names Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms; Snapchat’s…

A woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting cutting off her lover’s penis by tricking him into thinking she was going to perform a sex act on him. The 38-year-old was handed her jail sentence after…

Donald Trump and British foreign secretary David Cameron had dinner on Monday at the Republican presidential candidate’s Florida home where they discussed the Ukraine war and “the need for Nato countries to meet their defence spending requirements”. Mr Trump’s campaign…