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Major airlines say they are planning to cancel hundreds of flights on Friday -- out of thousands of daily flights -- as the Federal Aviation Administration is set to begin limiting flight capacity at 40 major U.S. airports amid...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he has sued Roblox over "flagrantly ignoring" safety laws and "deceiving parents" about the dangers the online video gaming platform poses to young people.In a social media post he said Roblox is a...

Courtney Subramanianin WashingtonReutersAfter Trump's victory last year, 39-year-old Saikat Chakrabarti listened as his state representative, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, argued on a New York Times podcast shortly after the election that nothing needed to change."I just thought that...

Peru's Congress has voted to declare Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum as persona non grata - or unwelcome in the country.The decision comes days after Peru severed diplomatic ties with Mexico, after the Mexican government granted asylum to a former...

Annesha GhoshSports WriterAlex Davidson-ICC/ICC via Getty ImagesRenuka Singh Thakur: Quiet controlFast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur lost her father Kehar Singh Thakur in 1999 when she was three years old. Her mother Sunita took up a government job to support...

Merlyn Thomas, Matt Murphy & Peter MwaiBBC Verify BBCWarning: This story contains graphic descriptions of executions.Fighters laugh as they ride on the back of a pick-up truck, speeding past a row of nine dead bodies and...

A 32-year-old woman who was part of a cleaning crew was fatally shot at an Indiana home after the workers mistakenly went to the wrong address, police said.The shooting occurred Wednesday morning in a subdivision of Whitestown, located approximately...

After New York City chose Zohran Mamdani to become the city's 111th mayor, exit polls revealed that the mayor-elect captured the majority of votes from both the younger population and newcomers to the city.Some experts said Mamdani's success with...

The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US resolution to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ahead of his White House visit next week.Sharaa was named transitional president after leading a rebel offensive that ousted...

Tesla shareholders have approved a record-breaking pay package for boss Elon Musk that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn).The unprecedented deal was approved by 75% of Tesla shareholders who cast votes at the firm's annual general meeting on Thursday.The...