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Tech billionaire Elon Musk contributed enormous amounts of money to getting Donald Trump elected, and is now heading up his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) task force to recommend spending cuts. He has become so prominent that Democrats have begun

Mozambique’s police chief has said that at least 6,000 inmates have escaped from a high-security prison in the capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion.

The country’s prime minister said the incident, the latest in a series of disruptions to undersea infrastructure, underscored the danger of a so-called Russian shadow fleet.

The journalists were working for the local news outlet Al-Quds Today, a television channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group.

Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It’s an act of generosity so unusual, a neuroscientist studies the people who do this. (Image credit: Chinnapong/iStockphoto)

2004 Andamans tsunami: My boat was metres from the shore when the waves hit  BBC.com 20 years later: A look at the deadliest disaster to strike Earth in modern history  Fox Weather Supermodel Petra Nemcova says it’s still ‘difficult’ to discuss surviving

Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan plane that crashed: US official  ABC News Early indications suggest Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed Azerbaijani jet, US official says. Here’s what we know  CNN Probe Points to Russian Air Defenses Causing Azerbaijan Airlines

Russia accused of shooting down Azerbaijan passenger plane  Financial Times Russian air-defense system downed Azerbaijan plane, sources say  Reuters Russia cautions against ‘hypotheses’ in Azerbaijan Airlines crash  The Hill Early indications suggest Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed Azerbaijani jet, US official says.

Singh was known as the father of economic reforms in India. He served as finance minister in the early 1990s, and his policies then set India on the path of economic liberalization and globalization.

NEW YORK — The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death made his first appearance in court this week, while authorities were yet to