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Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists said Wednesday.The discovery is the latest...

A Georgia prosecutor has dropped the 2020 election-interference case against President Donald Trump.Pete Skandalakis filed a motion to dismiss the case that initially accused Trump and others of plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state...

The Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case against President Donald Trump and others has been dismissed after the prosecutor who took over the case requested that it be dropped."In my professional judgment, the citizens of Georgia are not served...

AFP via Getty ImagesA devastating fire has ripped through several high-rise tower blocks in Hong Kong, killing at least 13 people and injuring 15 more. There are reports of missing people, and thousands have been evacuated to nearby shelters.Pictures...

A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested.Shortly after gunshots were heard in capital city Bissau, government sources told the BBC that Embaló had...

Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondentReutersIn response to the original US document's rather vague promise to offer "reliable security guarantees", European leaders spoke of a US guarantee that "mirrors Article 5", a reference to Nato's principle of collective defence.Last week, the Axios...

France's highest court has upheld a sentence against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the illegal financing of his 2012 re-election campaign.He was found guilty of overspending on his campaign, then hiring a PR firm named Bygmalion to cover...

At Fleece & Harmony, a woolen mill and yarn shop in bucolic Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, owner Kim Doherty used to be able to send yarn skeins to U.S. customers across the border with little fanfare.The yarn...

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The Chicago man who allegedly doused a woman in gasoline and lit her on fire on 17 November was a "career criminal", the White House has said. Lawrence Reed who was arrested for the crime had 72 prior arrests...