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Tony Carruthers was granted a one-year reprieve from death after his executioners failed to find a vein for lethal injection.

The disgraced tycoon is serving a life sentence for embezzling from a major Vietnamese bank.

The DOJ charged the former leader of Cuba with murder and other crimes for his alleged role in the downing of two civilian aircraft in 1996.

Grieving relatives and friends of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial.

The children were carrying backpacks with food and water but no identity documents when they were found by a driver.

The retail giant said it expects customers to cut back in the coming months due to higher pump prices.

The child fired a single shot at a teacher, who had to have surgery after the incident in 2023.

The outbreak, caused by a rare Ebola species, is thought to have caused 139 deaths so far.

The blockade has led to shortages of fuel and food ahead of next week's Muslim holiday of Eid.

Activists have begun to leave Israel after international outrage over their treatment in detention.

The companies were found guilty by a French court over an air disaster which killed 228 people.

It comes as the US weighs whether to proceed with a $14bn arms sales to Taiwan, which China claims as its own.

It comes after the US charged Cuba's ex-leader with murder, the latest move putting pressure on the regime.

The chip giant reported more stellar results but its shares fell after-hours as investors wonder if it can keep up its pace of growth amid greater competition.

Viral footage circulating online shows flames and thick black smoke enveloping the street in New York.

The temple has moved the flame to a different location and authorities said the fire may have been caused by it, according to Japan Times.

BBC correspondent Will Grant reports from Havana, hours after the US charged former Cuban leader with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes.

The walkout, which was due to start on Thursday, has been suspended while union members vote on a tentative deal.

France and Italy are among the countries that have criticised a video showing Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting dozens of activists detained at an Israeli port.

Castro and five others are charged with conspiracy to kill US nationals, murder, and destruction of aircraft

The spy scandal has revived fears that Austria remains a hotbed of Russian espionage activity.

As part of the ongoing investigation into the crash that killed 14 people, officials released footage showing the engine detaching during takeoff.

Nine deportees arrive from the US as part of Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Police said the vehicle was abandoned by the driver after it took on water near the shoreline of Grapevine Lake in north Texas.

Danish officials will conduct a post mortem examination on the whale, which was released into the sea from a barge more than two weeks ago.

A North Korean women's football team played in South Korea marking the first time athletes from the North have crossed the border in nearly 8 years.

Isak Andic's son Jonathan denies involvement in the fatal fall of his father, who founded one of Europe's biggest clothing empires.

Tracking data shows several flights by US Navy reconnaissance jets and drones during the last week.

In its latest update, the World Health Organization says there have now been 139 suspected deaths and 600 cases.

Body cam footage shows the moment a baby was thrown from a window and caught by an officer during a house fire.

Two presidential visits days apart is how Xi Jinping wants the world to see him: talking to everyone, tied to no-one.

Flights were suspended and people were urged to take shelter after a suspected drone was detected near the Belarus border.

The former power minister was sentenced to 75 years in jail in absentia earlier this month.

Jeff Landry's visit to the territory, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark, has touched a nerve among some Greenlanders.

Sana Yousaf's murder highlights a pattern of violence against women in Pakistan, activists say.

It's believed the manhole cover on the city's Fifth Avenue was dislodged by a truck minutes before incident.

Security guard Amin Abdullah, one of three killed in the attack, was described as "a shining light".

Authorities say the teenage suspects shared a "broad hatred" of multiple religions and racial groups.

Among Bruel's latest accusers is well-known TV and radio presenter Flavie Flament, who alleges he raped her in 1991.

Hundreds of cases are suspected in central Africa but experts fear the actual number may be much higher.