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a baby girl, born at sea on an overcrowded rubber dinghy, has been rescued with her mother.

Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in hush money case, Supreme Court says in 5-4 ruling  CNN

The number of dead tied to the wildfires increases as local officials warn the toll will increase. About 180,000 people have had to evacuate. (Image credit: Ethan Swope)

The scale of the infernos devastating Southern California is almost unimaginable. Since Tuesday, Jan. 7, nine fires in and around Los Angeles County—including five that remain uncontained—have so far burned approximately 29,000 acres, according to CAL FIRE, a web service

Women from a Kyiv suburb traumatized by a 2022 massacre by Russian troops joined a volunteer air defense unit to take down Russia’s drones — and deal with their fears. (Image credit: Oksana Parafeniuk for NPR)

As the German election campaign gets underway, Elon Musk’s endorsement of the far-right Alternative for Germany party has prompted outrage from the political centre. But with the AfD polling in second place and the Tesla tycoon set to host the

We visit the hometown of the ousted Syrian President, Bashir al-Assad. Qardaha lies in northwest Syria, considered the heartlands of the Alawite religious sect.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro prepares to be sworn in for a third term despite accusations of stealing the last election. Thousands took to the streets to demand a return to democracy.

Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a civil lawsuit for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie Rust. (Image credit: Ramsay de Give/AP)

A man who fired a gun inside a restaurant in the nation’s capital after a fake online conspiracy theory motivated him to do so nearly a decade ago was shot and killed by North Carolina police. (Image credit: Sathi Soma)