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Billionaire Elon Musk, the world's richest man and an avid supporter of Donald Trump, was plunged into new controversy on Friday after a report that he is in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He also said if JFK were alive, he would be "standing side by side with President Trump" on working with Putin.

US President Joe Biden was set on Thursday to deliver a historic apology for one of the country's "darkest chapters": the abduction of Native American children from their families and placement in abusive boarding schools aimed at erasing their culture.

The mom frantically searched for her daughter before discovering her "charred remains" in the oven.

The war in Sudan is likely to cause heavy economic damage in neighboring countries, the IMF's deputy director for Africa, Catherine Pattillo, told AFP. "What is going on there for the people in Sudan is just so heart wrenching and devastating.

Using drone-borne LiDAR technology, researchers mapped these medieval sites, uncovering large urban centers complete with fortresses, plazas, and pathways that may have housed thousands.

Lebanon's information minister called it a war crime and said the journalists were targeted by Israel.

Ruhollah Bazghandi and six others are accused of scheming to kill Masih Alinejad, an outspoken critic of Iran and human rights activist

The judge next in line to lead Pakistan's Supreme Court was pushed aside by the military-backed government this week, right after it rushed through judicial reforms.

Venice authorities said Thursday they would extend to next year a controversial experimental system that charges day tourists an entry fee to visit the floating city.

Russia's central bank hiked interest rates to 21 percent on Friday, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in more than 20 years amid surging inflation.

Winding through the lawless, rugged hills of northern Myanmar, National Highway 3 links a stunning series of victories by ethnic rebels and pro-democracy fighters in their war against the junta.

French ministers have raised the idea of charging tourists to enter Paris' world-famous Notre-Dame cathedral when it opens in December after a five-year restoration, a proposal that drew a rebuke from the city's diocese on Thursday.

Survivors of one of Thailand's most notorious massacres Friday joined the families of 78 victims who suffocated to death in army trucks to voice anger that those responsible will never be brought to justice.

Injury-hit Arsenal have little room for error when Premier League leaders Liverpool visit the Emirates on Sunday despite losing just once so far this season.

Khalijah Musa was just 12 years old when her brother Sari was stuffed into a Thai army truck, hands bound, joining a pile of arrested protesters who all suffocated to death.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, the two brothers whose grisly 1989 murder of their wealthy parents was the subject of a recent Netflix series, could be released from prison after a US prosecutor said Thursday he would ask a judge to look again at their sentences.

Los Angeles' chief prosecutor said Thursday he would seek a resentencing for Lyle and Erik Menendez, brothers who were jailed for life in the 1990s over the grisly murder of their parents, in a move that could lead to their immediate parole.

The international community should work to end the conflict in the Middle East and address the "huge" humanitarian crisis that has engulfed countries in the region, the head of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia department said Thursday.

A chef was charged for assaulting an elderly tourist who returned his meal at a popular restaurant.

A radio station relaunched with AI presenters after firing their team of journalists.

A pregnant woman who fell from a 17-story building succumbed to her injuries but doctors were able to deliver her baby.

UK finance minister Rachel Reeves announced Thursday changes to fiscal rules to open up billions for investment in the centre-left government's maiden budget, but warned of tax rises and spending cuts.

United Nations leader Antonio Guterres pleaded on Thursday for a "just peace" in Ukraine, calling in a speech in front of Russian President Vladimir Putin for an end to more than two years of fighting.

Trudeau says they are "strong and united" after a faction in the Liberal Party gave him a letter urging him to step down.

Block-buster teams found the unusual cause of the blockage in the sewer system.

The United States unveiled Thursday a framework to address national security risks posed by artificial intelligence, a year after President Joe Biden issued an executive order on regulating the technology.

The EU parliament awarded the bloc's top rights Sakharov prize on Thursday to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.

Fraench President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday his country would support Lebanon with 100 million euros, as Paris hosted an aid conference with big financial aims but slim diplomatic prospects.