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TikTok has said it will work to prevent content creators from posting paid political messages on the app, in preparation for the US midterms in… Read More »TikTok to clamp down on paid political posts by influencers ahead of US midterms

A man who allegedly stabbed Sir Salman Rushdie has reportedly said he didn’t think the writer would survive. Hadi Matar, 24, denies charges of attempted… Read More »Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker ‘surprised that the author survived’

Republican Liz Cheney has lost her Wyoming seat in Congress to a Trump-backed candidate from her own party. She conceded defeat to Harriet Hageman, whose… Read More »Republican Liz Cheney loses Wyoming seat to Trump-backed candidate

She is from one of the most famous Republican families in America. Her voting record on abortion and guns has been exemplary. And none of that… Read More »Why even a lifelong Republican can’t get away with opposing Donald Trump

A$AP Rocky has been charged with two counts of assault with a firearm in Los Angeles, authorities have said. The US rapper, real name Rakim… Read More »A$AP Rocky charged with two counts of assault with firearm in Los Angeles

Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is the target of a criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts to interfere in the 2020 election result… Read More »Trump’s former lawyer Giuliani probed over ‘attempts to interfere’ in 2020 election result

Anne Heche has been “peacefully taken off life support” nine days after suffering a “severe anoxic brain injury” in a car crash, a representative of… Read More »Anne Heche taken off life support after organ recipients identified, in respect of her wishes

A man drove his car into a barricade near the US Capitol building in Washington DC and fired shots into the air before killing himself,… Read More »Man shoots himself dead after crashing into barricade near US Capitol

An FBI report has concluded Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger of the gun that killed a cinematographer on the Rust film set. Baldwin accidentally shot Halyna Hutchins… Read More »Alec Baldwin did pull trigger of gun that killed cinematographer on Rust film set, says FBI

Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk, a day after being stabbed, his agent has said, according to… Read More »Salman Rushdie ‘off ventilator and able to talk’ after stabbing