The 2024-2025 winter COVID-19 wave is hitting later than usual. Some experts are warning about a "silent" surge in cases this holiday season.
India on Saturday accorded former premier Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s, a state funeral with full military honours, complete with a gun salute.It was then taken through the capital to the cremation grounds, accompanied by guards of soldiers and accorded full state honours.
Santa came a little late, but he brought one person a $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot as a stocking stuffer.
The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has sparked outpourings of grief at home and accolades from abroad, was cremated on Sunday on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi with full state honours. The funeral was conducted in the Sikh tradition as priests chanted hymns, after Singh's body, draped in the Indian flag, was carried through the capital on a flower-decked carriage pulled by a ceremonial army truck. Since Singh died on Thursday at 92, many have taken up his comment near the end of his 10-year rule that "history will be kinder to me than the contemporary media".
A raccoon attacked an infant inside an Idaho home this week as the baby boy was in a carrier, the state wildlife department said Friday.
South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law, according to a prosecutors' report seen by AFP on Saturday.Ex-defence minister Kim was arrested this month over his role in the failed martial law bid.
Holiday travelers returning home this weekend could contend with more delays at airports as severe thunderstorms intensify in the South and a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms slams the West.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had foiled a plot by Ukraine to kill a high-ranking Russian officer and a pro-Russian war blogger with a bomb hidden in a portable music speaker. The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said that a Russian citizen had established contact with an officer from Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency through the Telegram messaging application.
One lucky ticket sold in Northern California won an estimated $1.22 billion jackpot in Friday's Mega Millions drawing just days before the new year.
Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform program, was cremated after a state funeral on Saturday as politicians and the public mourned his death. Singh’s body was taken Saturday morning to the headquarters of his Congress party in New Delhi, where party leaders and activists paid tributes to him and chanted “Manmohan Singh lives forever.” Abhishek Bishnoi, a party leader, said Singh's death was big loss for the country.
Early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan, a US official told CNN, as authorities recovered a second black box that they hope will shed light on the cause of the disaster that killed dozens of people.
Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly met with Howard Lutnick and Doug Burgum, Trump's picks to the lead the departments of commerce and interior, respectively.
After South Korea's president and his replacement were both deposed over a failed bid to impose martial law, deepening political turmoil is threatening the country's currency and shaking confidence in its economy.Choi has pledged to do all he can to end "this period of turmoil" and resolve the political crisis gripping the country.
More than 200 specialized detention facilities have been built or expanded across China, a CNN investigation finds, as the Chinese leader extends his crackdown beyond the ruling Communist Party to a vast swath of public sectors.
At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night, according to the Mega Millions website. The winning ticket matched the white balls 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and the gold Mega Ball 6.
Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk, a region some want to hold at all costs while others question the value of having gone in at all. Communication lags and poorly timed tactics have cost lives, and troops have little way to counterattack, seven front-line soldiers and commanders told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity so they could discuss sensitive operations. Since being caught unaware by the lightning Ukrainian incursion, Russia has amassed more than 50,000 troops in the region, including some from its ally North Korea.
The Oklahoma Attorney General on Friday announced he was dismissing criminal charges brought against a police officer who slammed a 71-year-old man to the ground during a traffic stop in October.
Northwest Naturals is recalling a batch of its pet food after a cat died from bird flu, which was found in the cat food. Bird flu can be more severe in cats, experts say.
A winner of the Mega Millions jackpot could either take the cash payout of $549.7 million or the $1.22 billion annuity paid out over 30 years.
Sgt. Joseph Gibson came under scrutiny after he threw a 71-year-old man to the ground during an altercation in a traffic stop.
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