Billie Eilish Embraces Gothic Glamour in Dramatic Rick Owens Dress at Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2023

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Serbia sentences man to 20 years in prison for one of 2 mass shootings that shook nation last May
A Serbian court on Thursday convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison a young man who gunned down nine people and wounded 12 in one of two back-to-back mass killings last year which shook the Balkan nation. Uros Blazic, 21, took up an automatic rifle on May 4, 2023 and opened fire at multiple locations in two villages outside Belgrade, randomly shooting at young people hanging out on a spring evening. Blazic was “aware of his actions and their illegality, and with relentless violent behavior" killed and wounded people, judges said.
Reuters
US senators, green groups call for accountability over hacking of Exxon critics
Two Democratic senators and a host of environmental groups have called for investigations and accountability following a report that a lobbyist for Exxon Mobil had been investigated for its alleged role in a sweeping hack-and-leak operation that targeted prominent critics of the oil company. In late November, Reuters reported that more than 500 email accounts belonging to environmentalists and their allies were targeted by mercenary hackers between 2015 and 2018 as part of an effort to help beat back climate change investigations and lawsuits being mounted against Exxon.
CBS News
CBS News speaks with man who says he's just been freed from Syrian prison
A man identifying himself as Missourian Travis Timmerman tells CBS News he was liberated from a Syrian prison upon dictator Bashar al-Assad's ouster.
TODAY
122 questions for kids to inspire conversation
A list of serious and fun questions for kids to start conversation, make the family laugh or learn more about the children in your life.
Reuters
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife indicted in another graft case, Geo TV reports
A Pakistani court indicted imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife on fresh charges of illegally selling state gifts on Thursday, local broadcaster Geo reported. Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have already been granted bail in the case, which is one of a series of state treasury charges known as "Toshakhana". These charges revolve around allegations that Khan and his wife illegally procured and then sold gifts worth more than 140 million rupees ($501,000) in state possession, which he received during his 2018-22 premiership.
Reuters
Inside Boeing’s struggle to make its best-selling plane again
Since a crippling strike at many of Boeing's U.S. plane factories ended more than a month ago, progress ramping up production of its best-selling 737 MAX jet has been deliberately slow. Safety inspectors inside the 737 MAX factory outside Seattle laboriously scoured half-constructed planes for flaws they may have missed during the seven-week work stoppage. The result: no new 737 MAX plane has been completed.
Yahoo Finance
What Cruise's self-driving end means for Tesla and Waymo: Morning Brief
Cruise's demise pokes another hole in the commercial fantasy of a robotaxi fleet.
AFP
Suspense mounts as Macron expected to name new French PM
French President Emmanuel Macron was expected Thursday to name a new prime minister a week after MPs toppled the government, with politicians across the spectrum holding their breath while he conducts a day visit to Poland.Sources close to the government said the announcement was expected when the president returns Thursday evening from his trip to Poland.
AFP
Russians suffer rising costs of Ukraine conflict
In the small town of Dedovsk, just outside Moscow, pensioner Zinaida Kudriavtseva is struggling to pay the bills."Everything is expensive," Kudriavtseva told AFP on a recent visit to the town, 30 kilometres (20 miles) outside the centre of the Russian capital.
AFP
K-pop, carols, free food at South Korea impeachment protests
Waving colourful glow sticks, singing parody songs and sporting elaborate outfits, demonstrators in Seoul this week calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol's departure have highlighted South Korea's unique and creative protest culture.Some rallies have resembled a dance party, with K-pop tunes blasting as participants leap around joyfully, waving colourful glow sticks and LED candles.
Associated Press
Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in 'intense' fighting, officials say
Fighting around the key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push, Ukraine’s top military commander said, with analysts estimating Russian forces are now within just a few kilometers (miles) of the city. Ukrainian troops repelled nearly 40 Russian attempts to storm defenses around Pokrovsk over the previous 24 hours, the General Staff said in a battlefield report Thursday. “Russian occupiers are throwing all available forces forward, attempting to break through the defenses of our troops,” Ukrainian army chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said in a Facebook post late Wednesday.
Reuters
Three parties combine to keep victorious far-right at bay in east German state
Three parties in the eastern German state of Thuringia joined forces on Thursday to keep the election-winning Alternative for Germany out of power, electing as state premier a conservative who led his party to second place behind the far-right AfD. The AfD stunned Germany's mainstream parties in September when it became the first far-right party to win a regional election in Germany since World War Two. Mario Voigt, 47, leader of the state's Christian Democrats, won the votes of 51 out of the parliament's 88 legislators, implying he received the backing of seven members who did not belong to his coalition with the Social Democrats and the populist left Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).
AFP
Syrian whose selfie with Merkel went viral wants to stay in Germany
Almost a decade ago, a Syrian refugee's selfie with Germany's then chancellor Angela Merkel went viral.While Modamani and Merkel have not crossed paths again, the former chancellor still remembers the incident.
CBS News
Violent protests in Georgia highlight battle over the country's future
The Georgian government's move away from the European Union and closer to Russia is fueling daily protests. Here's why it matters.
AFP
Blinken arrives in Jordan at start of Syria crisis tour: AFP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jordan on Thursday at the start of a crisis tour to address the aftermath of the overthrow of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, an AFP journalist on his plane said.Blinken has called for an "inclusive" process to form Syria's next government that includes protections for minorities after Islamist rebels ended the iron-fisted rule of Assad, a member of the Alawite community.
TODAY
10 kettlebell exercises that will give you a full-body workout at home
Exercises using kettlebells recruit core-stabilizing muscles making every movement a full-body workout, toning the arms, core, legs and butt.
AFP
Israel condemned by media groups over Gaza journalist 'massacre'
Israel has been accused of carrying out a "massacre" of journalists in Gaza in two separate reports from media freedom organisations this week that analysed the deaths of reporters worldwide this year.In a separate report published Tuesday, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said that 104 journalists were killed worldwide in 2024, with more than half of them in Gaza.
CNN
Biden to announce clemency for around 1,500 people – including pardons for 39 convicted of non-violent crimes
President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes, CNN has learned – marking a broad use of the presidential clemency power just weeks from the end of Biden’s presidency.
USA TODAY
'Dangerously cold' winter weather is back in forecast; snow for the Great Lakes
Thursday's weather will feature an Arctic blast for the Midwest and Northeast and still more lake-effect snow for the Great Lakes.
USA TODAY
Mangione’s ghost gun: Are 3D printed weapons turning America into the Wild West?
Police found a 3D-printed gun on suspect Luigi Mangione, the latest in a troubling trend of growing use of the homemade weapons.

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