A U.S. military plane involved in a confrontation with Chinese aircraft in disputed southern waters last week had violated international law and put the safety of Chinese pilots at risk, a defense ministry spokesman said.
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No one could with a straight face claim that anything in the world of hockey can surpass the Stanley Cup playoff; but over the past decade-and-a-half, the NHL has carved for itself a unique New Year’s Day niche in the form of its annual Winter Classic.
Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president of Brazil on Sunday under tightened security in the capital Brasilia following threats of violence by supporters of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
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A combination of the spreading out of premier games and New Year’s Day falling on a Sunday have made this year’s version of college football’s biggest day a bit less robust than usual, but fans of New Year’s Day bowl games still have some exciting options.
At least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda’s capital, police said.
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As sure as New Year’s Day is on Jan. 1, the mainstream media will mark the changing of the calendar by wondering aloud what 2023 holds.
Barbara Walters, an ABC News journalist who paved the path for women to participate in newscasts, has passed away at the age of 93.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday focused a year-end report on the judiciary on the need for stepped-up security for federal judges, amid a surge in threats and as the United States is embroiled in a bitter debate over abortion.
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Disgraced former FTX CEO Samuel Bankman-Fried is on record as a visitor with senior White House advisers four times in the months leading up to the sudden implosion of his cryptocurrency company, opening even more questions about how entwined the young business leader is with Democrat leaders.
Australia celebrated its first restriction-free New Year’s Eve after two years of COVID disruptions, as the world began bidding farewell to a year marked for many by the war in Ukraine and economic stresses.
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