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Trial begins in Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX fraud case

A jury has been selected for the largest fraud trial in American history. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

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Workers conduct largest U.S health care strike

Nearly 75,000 union members across several states have gone on strike against Kaiser Permanente, marking the largest strike ever conducted in the U.S. health care field. The employees say they are protesting unfair labor practices and un...

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Five wounded in Morgan State University shooting

Homecoming festivities were marred by violence on the campus of Morgan State University near Baltimore, Maryland, Tuesday evening. Five people, including four students, were injured. Police are searching for the gunman.

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Judge places gag order on Donald Trump

Former U.S President Donald Trump has launched a verbal attack on the New York Attorney General who's prosecuting the case in the second day of his civil trial. The judge in the case later ordering him to delete a social media post that ...

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Tourist bus crash near Venice kills at least 21

At least 21 people died on Tuesday and 18 were injured after a bus carrying tourists to a campground crashed off an overpass near Venice in northern Italy and caught fire, city officials said.

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Pope says Catholic Church could bless same-sex marriages

Pope Francis has suggested in a letter to five conservative cardinals that there could be ways to bless same-sex unions within Catholicism and suggests that such blessings could be studied if they are not confused with sacramental marriage.

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McCarthy ousted as U.S House Speaker

Republican Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as the Speaker of the House of Representatives in an extraordinary showdown. Those who voted him out include Democrats and members of his own party.

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Tourists killed in Thailand mall shooting, teen arrested

Thai police arrested a teenage gunman suspected of killing two foreigners and wounding five people on Tuesday in a shooting spree at a luxury Bangkok mall, the latest high-profile gun violence to rock the country in recent years.

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Bankman-Fried's fraud trial begins in New York

Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial got underway with jury selection on Tuesday (October 3), nearly a year after his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange's collapse shocked markets and tattered his reputation.

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Man charged with girl's kidnapping in New York

Craig Nelson Ross Jr., the suspect in Saturday's abduction of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena at Moreau Lake State Park, has been charged with first-degree kidnapping, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office.

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UN approves international force to aid Haiti

The United Nations Security Council has authorized the deployment of a multi-national security force to Haiti. It's designed to help the Haitian police battle heavily armed gangs that have become increasingly powerful there. It's not cle...

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Three killed in Bangkok mall shooting

At least three people have been killed and several others injured in a shooting attack at a shopping mall in Thailand's capital Bangkok. The Prime Minister said police arrested the suspected gunman. Police said the suspect is 14 years old.

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UK Tories rule out pre-election tax cuts

It's day two of the Conservative Party conference in the United Kingdom and disagreements over the economy have taken centre stage. The government has ruled out pre-election tax cuts despite the urging of some from the party fringes.

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Crypto on trial, as Sam Bankman-Fried faces fraud charges

Thirty-one-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried heads to trial in New York in what prosecutors say is one of the largest fraud cases in U.S history. He is accused of misusing money made from his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, ultimately leading to ...

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Trump 'combative' during first day of fraud NYC trial

Happening before the cameras, the world saw a combative Trump at a civil fraud trial in New York. The state's attorney general is accusing him of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars to secure massive loans.

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Nobel prize to scientists who laid groundwork for COVID vaccines

The scientists who provided the foundational research that lead to mRNA vaccines — the first vaccines against COVID-19 — have won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Trump faces court in New York fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump has appeared in court for the start of the civil fraud trial brought by the New York attorney general's office, denouncing the case which could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties as ...

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Kyiv brushes off U.S, Slovakia wobbles in EU visit

EU ministers convened in Kyiv on Monday in their first ever meeting outside the bloc. They marked their support for Ukraine after both a pro-Russian candidate won an election in Slovakia and the U.S. Congress left Ukraine war aid out of ...

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Speaker McCarthy risked his job to avoid shutdown

Moderate U.S. Republicans and Democrats approved a spending deal just hours before a U.S. government shutdown deadline on Saturday. The bill, presented by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, has further infuriated hardline Republicans already ...

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Biden calls on Republicans to back Ukraine spending bill

U.S. President Joe Biden is pressing congressional Republicans to back a bill to provide more aid to Ukraine, after the stopgap-funding bill that kept the government open left aid to the country out.

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Nightclub fire in Murcia kills at least 13 people, more missing

More than a dozen people have been killed in a fire in adjoining nightclubs in Murcia in southeast Spain, emergency services have confirmed, adding that rescuers were still searching for people unaccounted for after the blaze.

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Ukraine mandates military service for female medical personnel

In Ukraine, new legislation goes into effect on Sunday mandating women with medical backgrounds to register for military service. The country is preparing for what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is describing as 'a long war'.

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Pakistan: Taliban crackdown after terror blast

Pakistani security forces have cracked down on Pakistan Taliban armed group, also known by the acronym TTP. The group is blamed for rising violence in the country. It includes remnants of al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS), and has intensified att...

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Dianne Feinstein: Longest-serving woman in U.S senate dies

Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving female member of the United States Senate, has died at the age of 90.

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U.S avoids Government shutdown with emergency bill

U.S President Joe Biden has averted a government shutdown by signing an emergency funding bill just 35 minutes before a critical midnight deadline when federal agency funding was about to expire.

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More than 100,000 flee Nagorno-Karabakh region

A United Nations spokesperson says the UN is sending a humanitarian team to Nagorno-Karabakh this weekend as more than 100,000 refugees have now arrived in Armenia from neighbouring Nagorno-Karabakh. It comes after Azerbaijan retook cont...

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Fears 100,000 refugees fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh

The United Nations is sending a mission to the Nagorno-Karabakh region- its first access there in nearly 30 years. The mission is to identify the humanitarian needs of residents there.

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