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Google has taken action to remove a surge of derogatory reviews from its platform after McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, became the focal point for online backlash following the arrest of Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with the murder of United Health care CEO Brian Thompson. The reviews, many unrelated to the actual business, were deemed…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has won Ghana’s presidential election, securing a historic comeback after Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, the candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), conceded defeat on Sunday. Mahama’s victory, following a bruising campaign centered on the country’s economic crisis, marks the return of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to…

US rapper Jay-Z, also known as Shawn Carter, has publicly denied allegations in a civil lawsuit claiming he, along with Sean “Diddy” Combs, drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl at a party following the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. The amended lawsuit, which includes Jay-Z as a defendant, was filed by an anonymous plaintiff…

Syria opposition fighters have declared that the country’s capital Damascus has been “liberated”, hours after announcing that President Bashar al-Assad has fled the city to an unknown destination. In a statement broadcast live on Syrian national television on Sunday, a group of fighters said the “tyrant Assad has been toppled” and that all prisoners have…

The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday morning after a lightning offensive by rebel forces that swept through government-held territories and reached the capital, Damascus, within just ten days. This marked the dramatic end of more than 50 years of Assad family rule, as President Bashar al-Assad fled the city for an undisclosed location. Rebel forces,…

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has found himself at the center of a political crisis following his sudden and controversial declaration of martial law. The move, which invoked heavy military presence on the streets of Seoul, has sparked widespread outrage across the country, with protests erupting, lawmakers scrambling to block the decree, and calls…

British police have announced they are investigating associates of late Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed on suspicion of “assisting and facilitating” his alleged rape and other sexual abuse of female staff. London’s Metropolitan Police Service said on Wednesday that it had opened the probe after a renewed public appeal and recent media coverage led to 90…

Political violence marred Mexico’s elections this year. And in Venezuela’s presidential race, protests accompanied a contested result and widespread allegations of electoral fraud. But in Uruguay on Sunday, a much more muted presidential election unfolded. Located on the southern Atlantic coast, north of Argentina, Uruguay was one of several Latin American countries holding high-stakes presidential…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are now fugitives from justice after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against them over suspected war crimes in Gaza. While Israel does not recognize the authority of the ICC and Netanyahu and Gallant will not turn themselves in, the pair’s…

Commercial air travel has continued doggedly traversing the airspace over the Middle East, despite pilots seeing missiles flying through the air from their cockpits. Drones, rockets and missiles have crisscrossed the sky since Israel’s assault on Gaza began on October 7, 2023, followed by its assault on Lebanon a year later. The most remarkable among…