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Fact check: Are late-term abortions ever ‘medically necessary’? 

12 November 2024

Healthcare is considered “medically necessary” when it is required to maintain or restore a patient’s health. And,...

Israel fails to meet US deadline to increase Gaza aid, rights groups say 

12 November 2024

International rights groups say Israel has failed to meet a deadline set by the United States to allow more humanitarian...

French newspapers take legal action against Elon Musk’s X over content use 

12 November 2024

News|Social Media Several major French newspapers have decided to take legal action against social media giant X, accusi...

Why is Trump’s election as US president prompting a Bitcoin surge? 

12 November 2024

Bitcoin surged to a record high of $89,000 on Tuesday as investors pumped money into cryptocurrencies following the elec...

COP29 host Azerbaijan brands oil and gas ‘gift from God’ 

12 November 2024

Azerbaijan’s president has branded oil and gas a “gift from God” as he welcomed delegates to the COP29 climate sum...

At least 35 killed in China car ramming 

12 November 2024

News|Crime At least 35 people were killed and 43 injured after a car ploughed into a crowd outside a sports centre in Ch...

Moldova formally protests alleged Russian election meddling 

12 November 2024

News|Russia-Ukraine war Moldova has handed a note of protest to the Russian ambassador to Chisinau over alleged interfer...

How Marco Rubio has shapeshifted to embrace Trump’s foreign policy 

12 November 2024

The buzz in Washington is growing: United States President-elect Donald Trump, reports suggest, is about to pick Florida...

Photos: Israel pounds Beirut suburbs with heavy daytime air strikes 

12 November 2024

Israel’s military has pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs with air strikes, mounting one of its heaviest daytime attac...

British-German painter Frank Auerbach dies at 93 

12 November 2024

Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany to Britain as a child, has died at age 93, his representatives say. One of...