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Investigators seize vehicle and roof camera at Nancy Guthrie's home

Authorities seized a vehicle from the garage of Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home and removed a wired camera from the roof after a neighbor tip. A tow truck took a blue Subaru SUV believed to belong to Guthrie to an impound lot near the Pima County Sheriff’s Office. Footage

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Zelenskyy says US has set June deadline for Ukraine-Russia peace deal

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US has given Ukraine and Russia another deadline to reach a peace settlement, proposing the war should end by June. He told reporters that both sides had been invited to further talks next week. Zelenskyy said the Trump administration "will probably put pressure" on

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Russian Strikes Pummel Ukraine’s Power Grid

Russia struck Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Saturday night with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, forcing emergency outages across the country and prompting Kyiv to request emergency electricity assistance from Poland. The bombardment hit high-voltage transmission lines that form the backbone of the national grid, along with power plants

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Lessons for America From Asia

Taiwan has transformed from a martial-law dictatorship into a vibrant democracy, ranking above the United States on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s democracy index and by Freedom House measures. It is also a wealthy technological hub: robots serve in restaurants, citizens enjoy higher per capita income than Japan, and Taiwan

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UK threatens to seize Russia-linked shadow fleet tanker

The UK has warned it may seize a Russia-linked shadow fleet tanker, a step that could open a new front against Moscow as the country’s oil revenues tumble. British defence sources say military options to capture a rogue ship have been identified in talks with Nato allies, and the

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Cyclone Mitchell intensifies as towns in north-west WA brace for winds, flooding

Cyclone Mitchell, offshore of Port Hedland, was moving south-west towards the coast off Karratha late Saturday morning and is expected to intensify into a severe category three system. Authorities expect it to continue churning south-west and cross the western Pilbara coast late Sunday afternoon, passing just north of Karratha on

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France and Canada Open Consulates in Greenland, Following Trump Threats

For years, the United States was the only major country to run a full-time consulate in Greenland and it isn’t much — a little red house with an American flag poking out. But on Friday, a new French consul general swooped in. And Canada sent a delegation to celebrate the

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China overturns death sentence of Canadian in sign of diplomatic thaw

China has overturned the death sentence of Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian official said on Friday, in what has been described as a possible sign of a diplomatic thaw as prime minister Mark Carney seeks to boost trade ties with Beijing. Schellenberg was detained on drug charges in 2014.

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Sur Ronster fined after ebike swarm on Sydney Harbour Bridge

New South Wales police fined US social media personality Sur Ronster and issued two traffic infringement notices for alleged negligent driving after about 40 people on ebikes and motorcycles converged on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in peak-hour traffic. The group rode along the bridge’s main deck, where cycling is

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Authorities hunt for car possibly linked to Nancy Guthrie kidnapping

Authorities are searching for a car believed to be linked to Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping. A Circle K spokesperson said law enforcement visited the Oracle Road store in Tucson after a tip about a vehicle of interest, and staff provided access to the store’s surveillance video. The FBI said

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Nancy Guthrie disappears; blood found, Bitcoin ransom claims probed

Blood found at Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home led investigators to treat her disappearance as a violent kidnapping. Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of NBC journalist and TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie, vanished overnight; authorities say she was likely taken from her home after a violent encounter. Investigators found blood

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Saab eyes APKWS guided rocket as cheaper Gripen weapon after Ukraine

Saab is exploring the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) as a lower-cost armament option for its JAS 39 Gripen fighters after studying the Ukraine war. Jussi Halmetoja, operations advisor for Saab's air domain, said at the Singapore Airshow that "the APKWS is in interest because other

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Investigators review new message as they return to Nancy Guthrie's home

An Arizona news outlet said it received a new message in the Nancy Guthrie case. KOLD 13 News in Tucson did not provide further details, and the Pima County Sheriff’s Office said the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department are aware of the new message and are actively

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China Reverses Death Penalty for Canadian in Drug-Smuggling Case

China’s Supreme People’s Court overturned the death sentence against Robert Lloyd Schellenberg on Friday, a sudden reversal in a case that had long strained relations between Beijing and Ottawa. Schellenberg was originally sentenced to 15 years, but a 2019 retrial delivered a death sentence after the high-profile arrest

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Suicide Bombing Kills 31 at Shiite Mosque on Islamabad Outskirts

A suicide bomber killed 31 people and wounded at least 150 during Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in Tarlai Kalan on the southeastern edge of Islamabad. Police and hospital officials said guards challenged the attacker at the entrance; he ran farther into the compound and detonated explosives near the

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Calls to postpone presidential election as Storm Leonardo lashes Portugal and Spain

Heavy rains and strong winds from Storm Leonardo have battered parts of Spain and Portugal, killing at least two people, forcing the evacuation of more than 7,000 residents and prompting calls to postpone the second round of Portugal’s presidential election. The Portuguese government extended a state of calamity

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Harvard Proposes Capping As at 20 Percent to Curb Grade Inflation

A faculty committee at Harvard has proposed limiting the number of A grades awarded in undergraduate courses in an effort to curb grade inflation. During the last school year about two-thirds of all undergraduate letter grades were A’s. Under the proposal, A grades would be capped at 20 percent

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Canada and France open Greenland consulates in show of Denmark support

Canada and France will open diplomatic consulates in Nuuk on Friday, signalling support for Nato ally Denmark and the Arctic island after US efforts to secure control of the semi-autonomous territory. Canada’s foreign minister, Anita Anand, travelled to Nuuk to inaugurate the consulate and was joined by Canada’s

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Russian General Is Shot in Moscow

A top Russian general involved in intelligence gathering for the war in Ukraine was shot in the back inside an apartment building in north Moscow on Friday. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, deputy head of the G.R.U., was hospitalized after the attack; investigators said the assailant escaped and the

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Storm Leonardo batters Iberian peninsula and northern Africa

Severe weather alerts cover the Iberian peninsula as Storm Leonardo batters parts of Spain and Portugal with torrential rain and strong winds. The slow-moving system has brought widespread disruption, flooding and evacuations since Tuesday. In Grazalema, in southern Spain, more than 700mm of rain has fallen since Wednesday, roughly equivalent

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US and Iran to begin high-stakes talks over nuclear programme

The US and Iran are due to start high-stakes talks in Oman over Tehran’s nuclear programme, seen as one of the last chances to prevent a new US attack. These negotiations are the first since the US struck Iranian nuclear targets in June, joining in the final stages of

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Norway Rallies Behind Royals, Despite Dismay Over Epstein Links

A report from Nytimes says newly released files showed Crown Princess Mette-Marit had a closer relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than she had previously acknowledged, and that her son was arrested for assault just before a separate rape trial began. The revelations have disappointed many Norwegians, but polls,

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Footage of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance can't be recovered

In a report from Pagesix, security camera footage from the night Nancy Guthrie went missing can’t be recovered because she didn’t pay for the subscription service. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Guthrie’s doorbell camera disconnected around 1:47 a.m., and at 2:12 a.m.

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Russian general Vladimir Alekseyev in critical condition after Moscow shooting

Reporting by Theguardian says a senior Russian military official, Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseyev, was rushed to hospital after being shot in Moscow on Friday and is in critical condition. Early reports say he was shot several times outside his apartment by an unknown gunman in the north-west of the city.

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Expert says Nancy Guthrie likely 'stalked for some time' before kidnapping

In a report from Pagesix, former CIA member and FBI special agent Tracy Walder says Nancy Guthrie was likely "stalked for some time" before her kidnapping. Walder points to several clues: authorities found no DNA indicating a suspect in Guthrie's Arizona home, her doorbell camera disconnected