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Donald Trump came out guns a-blazing against a reporter who dared to interrupt one of his impromptu media briefings, giving the journalist a stinging four-word response. The Commander-in-Chief was addressing journalists before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday. Trump had spent the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, …

Two of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s most senior cabinet members have resigned, as mass protests and corruption allegations intensify pressure on his embattled administration over the widening flood control corruption scandal. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman quit late on Monday, days after being implicated in the scandal by fugitive ex-lawmaker and former Marcos ally Zaldy …

A gang stormed a school in Kebbi State early Monday, shooting sporadically, and fled with 25 girls, according to police Gunmen have attacked a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, killing the vice principal and abducting several female students, the authorities have announced. The armed bandits, carrying “sophisticated weapons,” stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in the village of Maga, …

Piers Morgan has issued a “huge development” with Donald Trump after the US President urged lawmakers in his own political party to release files relating to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Taking to X, Morgan wrote: “President Trump tells House Republicans to release the Epstein files. Huge development in this long-running scandal.” Attatched to Morgan’s tweet was a screengrab of Trump’s Truth …

Yum China Holdings, operator of KFC and Pizza Hut restaurant chains across mainland China and Hong Kong, plans to ramp up expansion into more lower-tier cities based on its flexible store formats, expecting this push to generate higher returns for the company over the next five years. At the company’s Investor Day conference in Shenzhen on Monday, CEO Joey Wat …

The rush hour explosion in the Indian capital last Monday killed at least 13 people The car blast near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi on November 10 that claimed at least 13 lives was a suicide attack, India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said. It was the first car-borne suicide attack in India’s capital city, and the second …

Poland’s Prime Minister has confirmed that an explosion which damaged a railway in the country was an act of sabotage. Donald Tusk wrote on X: “Unfortunately, the worst fears have been confirmed. On the Warsaw-Lublin route (Mika village), an act of sabotage has occurred. The explosion of an explosive device destroyed the railway track. Emergency services and the prosecutor’s office …

Xiao Mei, a kindergarten teaching assistant living in the suburbs of Hangzhou in eastern China, has barely seen her income rise for three years and is not optimistic about her chances of getting a pay rise any time soon. Still, she counts herself as relatively fortunate. “At least I haven’t had my pay cut or lost my job,” she said, …

A bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo collapsed due to overcrowding, killing at least 32 people, a regional government official said on Sunday. The bridge at the Kalando mine in Mulondo in Lualaba province fell on Saturday, Roy Kaumba Mayonde, the province’s interior minister, said during a press conference. “Despite the strict prohibition …

US Senator Rand Paul has accused President Donald Trump of staying silent on a major corruption scandal involving a close associate of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. Last week, Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies alleged that Timur Mindich, Zelensky’s former longtime business partner, led a scheme that siphoned $100 million in kickbacks from contracts with the country’s nuclear power operator Energoatom, which depends …