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World wants respite, Israel vows to keep bombing Gaza

Attacks lay bare contradiction between US stated commitment and unwavering Israel support

An aerial view on December 26, 2023 shows destroyed buildings in Beit Lahia following Israeli bombardments in the northern Gaza Strip.

OpenAI founder's sprawling network of investments

Sam Altman's sprawling web of investments in start-ups is facing fresh scrutiny

Sam Altman was known as one of the tech industry's most prolific angel investors, making dozens of investments in a range of companies focused on extending life to building fusion reactors.

In this village, letters to Santa get a reply

Postal worker unwittingly turns her town into the focus for children's yuletide wishes

Kornelia Matzke, right, and her colleagues prepare thousands of replies, each with a special stamp in Himmelpfort, Germany, on December 21.

What does Trump's Colorado vote disqualification mean?

First time court keeps presidential candidate off ballot under an 1868 provision

Trump at a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on December 19, 2023. The decision is certain to be appealed to the US Supreme Court, but it will be up to the justices to decide whether to take the case.

Egypt under growing pressure as Gazans crowd border

Conditions are ripe for miscalculation, former Arab diplomats and analysts say

Displaced Palestinian families live in tents in the Al Mawasi area of Rafah, situated south of the Gaza Strip and near the border with Egypt, on December 7, 2023.

My MS diagnosis freed me to love my body as it is

'I was far from perfect, but there was still much I could do'

For the next decade, doctors' appointments consumed my every spare moment. Through graduate school, marriage and the birth of our two children, I poured my story out repeatedly but got no answers. Picture used for illustrative purposes only.

How to make holiday gift wrapping less wasteful

Here's what to know about recycling gift wrap and how you can reduce waste

While paper broadly is one of the most easily recyclable materials, not all gift wrapping can go into your bin. Here's what to know about recycling gift wrap and how you can reduce waste from wrapping presents this holiday season.

Double mass shootings over weekend set grim US record

Highest number of mass killings recorded in any year since 2006

People run from the scene of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

This is what happened to a chicken with missing toes

Nubz's social media fans keep sending shoes and money to help cover part of the vet bills

Nubz in Escondido, California, earlier this year. The chicken's owner, Meesh Davignon, gave him shoes after he lost most of his toes.

CIA boss pushes big hostage deal in secret Doha talks

Seeks release of men, military personnel in longer multi-day pause in Gaza

Crucially, Burns is pushing for the immediate release of American hostages held by Hamas. US officials put the number of those hostages at eight or nine.

Hostage families’ pressure nudged Israel towards deal

‘It’s not that Netanyahu led country into deal. Netanyahu was led into this deal’

Portraits of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attack by Hamas militants, in Tel Aviv on November 21, 2023.

Send your name to space via Nasa’s 'Message in Bottle'

Spacecraft will hurtle toward Jupiter to learn whether Europa capable of supporting life

Nasa is asking people to submit their names ahead of the mission’s October 2024 launch. Those submitted by the end of 2023 will go into space on the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which should enter Jupiter’s orbit in 2030.

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