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“Planet-friendly” foods may also help reduce a person’s risk of death from cancer, heart disease and other chronic illnesses by 25%, researchers have said. Scientists in the US found those who followed a sustainable diet of more plant-based foods – such as whole grains, fruit, vegetables and nuts – were less likely to die over

A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and killing her toddler has been charged with a string of crimes, including murder. Rashad Trice, 26, is facing 20 charges from the Michigan state attorney general in the US related to the death of two-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith, as well as sexual assault and assault with intent to

Kamala Harris said “extremists” want to “replace history with lies” after Florida’s educational standards changed the way slavery will be taught in schools. The vice president travelled to Jacksonville on Friday to condemn new guidelines, approved by the state’s board of education this week, which she said include instructions for middle school students saying some

Lionel Messi scored a dramatic goal in the 94th minute on his debut at new club Inter Miami. The David Beckham-owned club beat Mexican team Cruz Azul with a minute to spare in the Leagues Cup. Messi, regarded by many as one of the game’s greatest players, only joined the club a week ago, after

A federal judge has set a trial date for former president Donald Trump in the classified US documents case in Florida. It comes after he was charged with illegally retaining hundreds of secret papers. The date has been set for 20 May next year by US District Judge Aileen Cannon. It is being seen as

Each time Vladimir Putin raises the spectre of nuclear confrontation, the trail ultimately leads back to one man. Eighty years before the Russian president invaded Ukraine, and brought the potential of such weapons back to mainstream attention, J Robert Oppenheimer was recruited to lead a team that would construct the world’s first atomic bombs. Ukraine

US officials have attempted to contact North Korean counterparts over an American soldier who bolted across the border from South Korea – but say they are yet to hear back from Pyongyang. Private Second Class Travis T King was on a tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA), on the border of the village of

A kayaker inadvertently filmed his own death on a GoPro camera – but police are yet to find his body. The man, named by police as 43-year-old Paul Jose Rodriguez Jr, was on a glacial lake in Alaska when his kayak capsized in strong currents. At the time, he was wearing a GoPro camera mount

Sixteen Republicans who allegedly signed paperwork to falsely claim Donald Trump had won the 2020 presidential election have been criminally charged. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said there was a “coordinated effort to award the state’s electoral votes to the candidate of their choosing”. It is the first time anyone has been charged for trying

There are few crimes quite like the overthrow of a democracy. It’s why this was always the most serious court action facing Donald Trump. Assuming a third criminal indictment is in the post, we’ll find out its content soon enough, there’s a range of possibilities that relate to attempts to overturn the 2020 election result.

Donald Trump has said he has received a letter notifying him he is a target in a US Justice Department investigation into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that he received the letter informing him on Sunday night. Such a letter

A one-year-old girl has been shot and killed by her three-year-old sibling in California. The incident was reported at 7:30am local time on Monday when the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department received a call about a shooting at a home in Fallbrook, about 56 miles north of San Diego. They said that deputies arrived and

A desperate search is ongoing for two young siblings who were swept away with their mother and grandmother during flash flooding near the US city of Philadelphia. The two children, a nine-month-old boy and his two-year-old sister, were in a car with both of their parents, their brother and their grandmother, when a creek in

Lionel Messi was unveiled at his new club Inter Miami on Sunday in a glamorous stadium. He was presented with his pink No 10 jersey in a ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that left the packed stadium soaked after a downpour. The glitzy unveiling came just one day after Major League Soccer (MLS) and Inter

The jackpot for the US Powerball has hit an estimated $900m (£688m) – the third highest in the lottery’s 30-year history. The huge total was raised – from $875m (£668m) – after no ticket matched the winning combination in Saturday night’s draw. The Powerball jackpot was last won on 19 April for a top prize

A school for so-called “troubled teens” which claimed to fix teenagers with behavioural problems was ordered to shut down by the state government, who cited the deaths of multiple students.  Taylor Goodridge, 17, died with sepsis, a blood infection caused by an abdomen infection in December. At the time, she was a student at Diamond