Who are the ‘Taliban 20’ paralysing Kevin McCarthy in the House speaker vote?
Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are among the 20 GOP lawmakers given an unflattering nickname
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France suffered record heat, rain shortfall in 2022
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One person dead as crane falls on to shopping centre in Norway during high winds
The winds likely caused the unmanned crane, which was at least 165 feet high to slam on to the retail hub in Melhus, police said.
Strikes in east Ukraine despite Putin’s ceasefire order
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‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ member faces sentencing
Federal prosecutors are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for a member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” who they say lived lavishly after defrauding thousands of people nationwide in a telemarketing scam, many of them elderly
Germany to supply around 40 armored carriers to Ukraine
The German government says Berlin aims to supply around 40 Marder armored personnel carriers to Ukraine in this year’s first quarter.
Navab Ebrahimi: Iran arrests celebrity chef for ‘something to do with his Instagram story’
Chef’s Instagram account with 2.7 million followers disappears from platform
Russian-declared ceasefire in doubt after Ukraine questions motives
Kyiv officials dismissed the move as a ploy but didn’t clarify whether Ukrainian troops would follow suit on the 36-hour cease-fire which began at noon Friday.
Matt Gaetz trolled over resignation threat amid House speaker chaos: ‘Do you promise?’
Gaetz made the chaos around the House speaker vote yet more farcical on Thursday when he decided to cast his vote for Donald Trump
Democrats say Republicans’ speaker debacle has gone from funny to dangerous
But Democrats don’t expect to bail out Republicans anytime soon