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The stench of death would normally repel sightseers, not attract them. But this week in Sydney, a city known for its beaches and vibrant food scene, crowds flocked to catch a glimpse — and a whiff — of a rare flower whose scent has been lovingly compared to the scent …

Months of Israeli aerial bombardment have hammered the city and caused “almost total devastation,” Khaled Mohamed Al-Sheikh Eid, an engineer heading the debris removal and roads opening committee for the municipality of Rafah, told NBC News’ ground crew Wednesday. “We were very surprised by the extent of the destruction and …

NEW YORK — They call her the ‘Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll’ for a reason. The late great Tina Turner, one of the world’s most popular entertainers who died in 2023 after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, left behind a vast catalog of classics. And now, there’s a previously unreleased song …

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s anti-corruption officials on Thursday requested that prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection and abuse of power over his short-lived martial law declaration. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) named Yoon, the first sitting president to be arrested in South Korea’s history, as the ringleader of an …

Rev. Mariann Budde the Episcopal Bishop of Washington on Wednesday defended a plea for mercy she made to President Donald Trump on behalf of immigrants and others during an inaugural prayer service a day before. “We’re in a particularly harsh moment now when it comes to conversations around immigrant populations …

DUBAI — Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized their Bahamas-flagged vessel off the Yemeni Red Sea coast, Houthi-owned Al Masirah TV reported Wednesday. It said the crew were handed to Oman “in coordination” with the three-day-old ceasefire in Gaza’s war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. …

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would pick Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozell III — who wrote a letter on behalf of his son, a convicted Jan. 6 rioter — to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media. “As Founder and President of the Media Research Center …

MADISON, Wis. — Prosecutors charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman’s office because he was upset with the federal TikTok ban with multiple counts on Wednesday, including arson. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney filed a complaint against 19-year-old Caiden Stachowicz charging …

WASHINGTON — Gina Bisignano’s strategy paid off. For years, the Jan. 6 defendant had done anything and everything she could to delay her criminal case in connection with her actions during the Capitol attack, hoping and praying that Donald Trump would be re-elected and pardon her. On Monday, just two …

In his third day in office, President Donald Trump signed more executive orders aimed at shutting down the U.S. southern border to immigration and ramping up deportations — though large scale deportation raids had yet to materialize as of Wednesday afternoon.  According to a fact sheet released by the White House, …