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CLAIM: France sent troops to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war. THE FACTS: The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement on X that France has not deployed troops to Ukraine, calling the claim “disinformation.” Reports of the deployment cited a May 3 blog post by Stephen Bryen, a deputy undersecretary for the Department of Defense during the Reagan administration.
The disgraced ex-coach says he needs to keep using his and his wife's joint funds to pay his legal bills – and that suing MSU would help both of them.
Make mom's morning magical with spicy green shakshuka, and a potato and onion frittata.
Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager, Dylan Dreyer and Sheinelle Jones have a lot more in common than just their day job. These TODAY hosts are moms.
Former President Donald Trump's criminal trial resumed Friday in New York City with testimony from his former White House executive assistant — a far friendlier witness than Thursday's star attraction, adult film actor Stormy Daniels.
A senior official at the US central bank said Friday that she doesn't expect any interest rate cuts this year following a recent uptick in inflation.After easing significantly last year, inflation has accelerated once more since the start of the year, causing concern among Fed officials as they contemplate the right time to start lowering rates.
The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Friday to grant the Palestinians some additional rights in the global body, after their drive for full membership was blocked by the United States.The draft resolution nonetheless gives the Palestinians certain "additional rights and privileges" starting in the next session of the General Assembly, in September.
As prosecutors near the home stretch of their criminal case against Donald Trump, one of the biggest questions looming over the historic trial is whether the former president will take the stand in his own defense.
This is Yahoo News’ succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against Trump. Here are the latest developments.
Investors are listening out for a parade of Fed speakers to test a growing confidence that a rate cut is on the way.
The data also showed that 6% of those polled said they were currently using a GLP-1 drug, such as Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Ozempic or weight-loss treatment Wegovy, or Eli Lilly's obesity drug Zepbound. The poll highlights the growing popularity of the medicines, even as Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk race to increase supply of the treatments, which have faced intermittent shortages over the past year.
A huge solar storm is heading for Earth, supercharging auroras and bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power grids as early as Friday evening, US officials say.Unlike solar flares, which travel at the speed of light and reach Earth in around eight minutes, CMEs travel at a relatively more sedate pace, with officials putting the current average at 800 kilometers (500 miles) per second.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the U.N.'s top court said on Friday. In the ongoing case brought by South Africa, which accuses Israel of acts of genocide against Palestinians, the World Court in January ordered Israel to refrain from any acts that could fall under the Genocide Convention and to ensure its troops commit no genocidal acts against Palestinians.
At least 50 people, mainly women and children, were killed Friday in flash flooding that ripped through Afghanistan's Baghlan province, in the north of the country, a local official told AFP. "So far, the number of dead is 50 as per the hospital authorities of Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province," said Hedayatullah Hamdard, the head of the provincial natural disaster management department, adding the toll could rise.Since mid-April, flash flooding and other floods have left about 100
Mental health challenges continue to plague Asian Americans even after the pandemic, with Asian Americans least likely to receive mental health care.
The United States on Friday announced a new $400 million military aid package for Kyiv as Russia launched a ground offensive that has sparked heavy fighting in northeast Ukraine.The package was announced on the same day that Russia upped the pressure on Kyiv with a ground offensive into Ukraine's Kharkiv region, which President Volodymyr Zelensky said sparked a "fierce battle."
About 700 workers walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip Friday morning in what union organizers said would be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new five-year contract with Virgin Hotels. The Culinary Union Local 226, the largest in Nevada, said the action marked its first strike in 22 years. The union authorized a citywide strike late last year, but it reached agreements with all the major hotel-casinos on the Strip covering about 40,000 workers before the end of the year, and with most downtown and off-Strip properties in early February covering another 10,000 workers.
People in southern Brazil, already reeling from deadly floods, are bracing for more disruption as meteorologists warned of 12 straight hours of heavy rain Friday and more throughout the weekend.
When Rosemary Ketchum gets introduced as the first openly transgender person to win elective office in West Virginia, there's often a shocked look that comes across people's faces. Ketchum, 29, is one of them. Growing up, she said she saw businesses shutter, and people struggle to find housing and mental health support amid the opioid epidemic.
Americans could be treated to a show of the northern lights this weekend from a powerful geomagnetic storm heading toward Earth.
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