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Hawaii court rules against insurance firms in Maui fire, allows settlement

The massive inferno that was the deadliest in the US in more than a century decimated the historic town of Lahaina, killing more than 100 people, destroying thousands of properties

Musk-led group proposes to buy OpenAI for $97.4 bn; Altman says 'no'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly rejected the deal on Musk's social platform X, saying, no thank you but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want

News influencers favoured Trump over Harris during campaign, shows study

Influencers reviewed by the Pew Research Center talked about Trump and Harris on social media about equally, but there were more posts about Trump and they tended to be more favourable

USAID watchdog warns of lack of oversight of $8.2 bn in unspent aid

The new administration's rapid dismantling of USAID has left oversight of the humanitarian aid largely nonoperational, the inspector general's office for USAID said

US officials to meet Zelenskyy in Munich for talks on Russia-Ukraine war

Trump, who had previously said he would bring about a rapid end to the war, recently suggested that administration officials have already begun talks with Russian officials

Citing rising cost, Trump directs US Treasury to stop minting new pennies

For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful! Trump wrote in a post Sunday night on his Truth Social site

Hamas accuses Israel of ceasefire breaches, to delay next hostage release

A Hamas spokesperson said Monday that the group will delay the next hostage release after accusing Israel of violating ceasefire agreement

Players walk off in protest, forcing abandonment of Turkish football match

Galatasaray was leading 1-0 following a controversial penalty which its own head coach thought shouldn't have been awarded when Adana players decided to walk off

Ireland beat Zimbabwe on final day to secure third straight Test win

The Irish gained full member status with the ICC in 2017, allowing them to play test cricket. They lost their first seven matches at Test level

HIV infections likely to surge 6-fold if US support ends: UNAIDS chief

In one Kenyan county, she said 550 HIV workers were immediately laid off, while thousands of others in Ethiopia were terminated, leaving health officials unable to track the epidemic

With Trump in office, Iranians mark anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution

The annual commemoration of the end of the rule of the American-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the creation of Iran's Shiite theocracy comes this year as deep uncertainty linger

After ceasefire in Gaza, West Bank Palestinians face more Israeli barriers

More checkpoints have started going up between Palestinian cities, slicing up the occupied West Bank and creating choke points the Israeli army can shut off on a whim

US SC that Trump helped shape could have last word on his executive orders

The court gave Trump major victories last year that helped clear away potential obstacles to his reelection

Trial begins of man accused for attempting to kill Salman Rushdie

Rushdie, 77, is expected to testify during the trial of Hadi Matar, bringing the writer face-to-face with his knife-wielding attacker for the first time in more than two years

Court allows to block Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said more than 8,000 people have been arrested in immigration enforcement actions since Trump's January 20 inauguration

Vance, Musk question authority of courts as Trump's agenda faces pushback

Elon Musk said overnight that the judge who ruled against him should be impeached.

Trump says losing patience, compares freed Israelis to Holocaust survivors

Trump said Arab nations would agree to take in Palestinians after speaking with him and insisted Palestinians would leave Gaza if they had a choice

Pressure mounts on extending Gaza ceasefire as details on hostages emerge

Trump himself suggested he was losing patience with the deal after seeing the emaciated hostages released this week

Trump admin orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop work

The agency has been a target of conservatives since President Barack Obama pushed to include it in the 2010 financial reform legislation that followed the 2007-2008 financial crisis

No action despite tariffs, serious about Canada becoming 51st state: Trump

I think Canada would be much better off being the 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada, Donald Trup said