77-year-old man put to death in Florida, 16th person to be executed in the state this year
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77-year-old man put to death in Florida, 16th person to be executed in the state this year

Curtis Wilkie Beasley was executed for the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort, after supreme court declined to interveneA 77-year-old Florida man was put to death on Tuesday for his conviction in a deadly hammer attack on a woman decades ago, becoming the 16th person executed to date this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber.Curtis Wilkie Beasley was pronounced dead at 6.12pm following a lethal...

Morocco’s king appoints El Mansouri as first woman prime minister
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Morocco’s king appoints El Mansouri as first woman prime minister

King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri on Tuesday as Morocco’s first woman prime minister after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said. The king asked El Mansouri to form a new government, the palace said in a ‌statement. El Mansouri’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) was created in 2008 by an adviser to the k...

9/29: CBS Evening News

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Life-threatening flood emergency in the Southwest; Jane Doe told Cornell police she was raped, CBS News New York reports.

Australia news live: Shoebridge and Hodgins-May announce Greens leadership bid, saying Labor ‘can’t stop One Nation’

Australia news live: Shoebridge and Hodgins-May announce Greens leadership bid, saying Labor ‘can’t stop One Nation’

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Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho is potential Greens deputy leader candidate Steph Hodgins-May?So who is the first-term senator expected to announce a leadership ticket tilt with David Shoebridge?Get your dirty hands off our kids, that is our message to the fossil fuel industry, who have no place in early-learning centres, in schools, or in o...

Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer

Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer

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Garcés Pérez, who was shot in his car by agents, is accused of striking officer with side mirror while trying to drive awayFederal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an assault charge against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas, accusing the man of striking an officer with his side mirror while trying to drive away.Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, ...

Australia news live: Shoebridge and Hodgins-May ticket expected for Greens leadership; Home Affairs orders ‘rapid’ cyber stocktake

Australia news live: Shoebridge and Hodgins-May ticket expected for Greens leadership; Home Affairs orders ‘rapid’ cyber stocktake

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Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho is potential Greens deputy leader candidate Steph Hodgins-May?So who is the first-term senator expected to announce a leadership ticket tilt with David Shoebridge?Get your dirty hands off our kids, that is our message to the fossil fuel industry, who have no place in early-learning centres, in schools, or in o...

Xi-Trump summit drew Chinese CEOs. So why couldn’t they get a seat at the table?

Xi-Trump summit drew Chinese CEOs. So why couldn’t they get a seat at the table?

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As American billionaires gathered at the White House to honour Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan last Thursday, a group of Chinese business leaders spent the evening on the sidelines. They had travelled to the US capital to join the state dinner. But their invitations never arrived. For weeks, their participation was the subject of intense discussion between Washington and Beij...

Man dragged to death by New York subway train after bag gets caught in door

Man dragged to death by New York subway train after bag gets caught in door

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A man was dragged to death by a New York subway train when a bag he was carrying got stuck in the door during the Monday evening rush hour commute, police said. Yaw Boahene, 57, was exiting the train at a Brooklyn subway station at around 6pm when his bag, which police described as a shopping bag, snagged in the closing train doors. The Brooklyn resident was pulled onto the tracks and run over by ...

Suspect in RAF Fairford case called police to report incident

Suspect in RAF Fairford case called police to report incident

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Man dialled 999 before he and four others were arrested near military base in Gloucestershire, it has emergedOne of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford as part of a terror investigation that prompted fears of an Iran-backed plot called the police to report the incident, it has emerged.The call from the man, in his 20s and from London, was one reason armed police were scrambled to arrest the me...

America’s foreign policy of coercion must end

America’s foreign policy of coercion must end

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If you want to understand how Washington exercises power in the world, watch what it does when its closest allies try to deepen ties with each other. When EU chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the European Union’s first-ever “associate member”, US President Donald Trump’s response was swift and blunt: “If they do that, if I think it’s at all a hostile act, I will put very serious ta...

Reno’s 1868 house was sold for $1, but there was one catch

Reno’s 1868 house was sold for $1, but there was one catch

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The Benham-Belz House, the oldest surviving house in Reno, was relocated to preserve its legacy. Originally built in 1868, the house has a rich history that reflects Reno's development. It was sold for $1 under the condition that it be moved and restored. The relocation occurred in July 2025, marking the end of its 150-year presence on the original site.

Trump says he doesn't want to work with China on AI safety

Trump says he doesn't want to work with China on AI safety

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US President Donald Trump discussed AI development with dozens of tech bosses at the White House on Tuesday. Ahead of his "superintelligence" luncheon, Trump launched a new AI-powered website for government services, vowing not to stifle the technology's growth. He also said he didn't want to work with Chinese President Xi Jinping on AI oversight. Plus, dozens of dogs are rescued from a breeding f...

Trump says doesn't want to work with China on AI safety

Trump says doesn't want to work with China on AI safety

France 24 •

US President Donald Trump discussed AI development with dozens of tech bosses at the White House.  Ahead of his "superintelligence" luncheon, Trump launched a new AI-powered website for government services vowing not to stifle the technology's growth.  He also said he didn't want to work with Chinese President Xi Jinping on AI oversight. Plus, dozens of dogs were rescued from a breeding farm in So...