Trump and team get warm welcome at UFC fight night

US President-elect Donald Trump was greeted by chanting fans as he attended the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Trump entered the arena shortly before the start of the main card accompanied by UFC chief executive Dana White, who was a prominent backer during his election campaign. Several […]

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Mike Tyson beaten by Youtuber Jake Paul in heavyweight return

Mike Tyson’s controversial return to boxing ended in a one-sided defeat on Friday, with Youtuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul cruising to victory by unanimous decision against the heavyweight icon in Texas. Tyson, 58, barely landed a punch during the eight-round bout at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, with Paul winning by big margins on all three cards […]

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Iran ‘categorically’ denies envoy’s meeting with Elon Musk: state media 

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei Saturday “categorically” denied The New York Times report on Tehran’s United Nations envoy meeting with US tech billionaire Elon Musk, state media reported. In an interview with state news agency IRNA, Baghaei was reported as “categorically denying such a meeting” and expressing “surprise at the coverage of the American […]

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Iranian press divided over envoy’s reported meeting with Elon Musk

Iranian media on Saturday was divided over a reported meeting between Tehran’s ambassador to the United Nations and tech billionaire Elon Musk — unconfirmed by Iranian authorities — with some describing as “positive” while others called it “treason”. The New York Times reported on Friday that Musk, who is a close ally of President-elect Donald […]

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Zelensky says Ukraine war will end ‘sooner’ with Trump in office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that Russia’s war against his country will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have done once Donald Trump becomes US president next year. “It is certain that the war will end sooner with the policies of the team that will now lead the White House. This is their approach, […]

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Primary schools empty as smog persists in Indian capital

Residents in India’s capital New Delhi again woke under a blanket of choking smog on Friday, a day after authorities closed primary schools and imposed measures aimed at alleviating the annual crisis. Delhi and the surrounding metropolitan area, home to more than 30 million people, consistently tops world rankings for air pollution in winter. The […]

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un orders ‘mass production’ of suicide attack drones: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday witnessed a performance test of suicide attack drones at a factory, state media reported, ordering the facility to prioritise “mass production”. “He underscored the need to build a serial production system as early as possible and go into full-scale mass production,” Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

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Trump nominates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, to be his health and human services secretary. “For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to public health,” Trump wrote on his […]

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Israel warfare methods ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee

Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, accusing the country of “using starvation as a method of war”. Israel’s warfare practices in Gaza “are consistent with the characteristics of genocide”, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said, pointing to the “mass civilian casualties […]

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