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FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED IN RESTAURANTThe fire broke out in the hotel in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar a little before 9am (11.30am, Singapore time), and eight fire tenders were dispatched to douse the blaze, police said in a statement.The fire was extinguished around midday, a Reuters witness said.A spokesperson at the state-run All India Institute of Medical Sciences told Reuters the hospital had received 13 patients, two of whom were critical.”There was reportedly a restaurant operating on the ground floor of the building … it is most likely that the fire was connected to that restaurant,” local administration official Jitendra…

A deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC is spreading across borders, with no approved vaccine or treatment for this strain.A fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has crossed borders, raising alarms far beyond Central Africa. This time, the virus is a strain with no approved vaccine or treatment. As cases rise and governments scramble to respond, can the outbreak be contained before it spreads further?In this episode:  Catherine Soi (@cate_soi), Al Jazeera Correspondent Episode credits:This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé and Sarí el-Khalili with Spencer Cline, Tamara Khandaker, Jana Dabliz, and our host, Malika Bilal.…

Washington — Senate Republicans are preparing to move forward with a package to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration agencies as soon as Wednesday, following a back-and-forth over the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization” fund that threatened to derail the long-sought funding.Republicans have been seeking assurances from the administration about the controversial fund’s fate after a heated meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche last month. Blanche testified before a House committee on Tuesday that “we are not moving forward with the fund.”The DOJ program, which aimed to provide taxpayer-funded payouts to individuals who alleged the federal government had been “weaponized”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jennifer Garner is reflecting on how her divorce from Ben Affleck impacted her career choices.In an exclusive interview with InStyle, the “Alias” actress — who separated from Affleck in 2015 — opened up about the “upheaval” that consumed her and their three children amid their very public split.”When my kids were little, I worked so little, and then we had such an upheaval in our family, that I really hardly worked for a long time,” she told the outlet.JENNIFER GARNER SEEN KISSING BOYFRIEND JOHN MILLER, AS SHE SPENDS TIME WITH BEN AFFLECK…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The sheriff overseeing the investigation into the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie blamed lab work, scientific protocols and the judicial process for delays in the investigation, which entered its fourth month Monday, in an interview with local media this week.”It’s just not a detective goes out there, talks to somebody, and we can make an arrest,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told the Tucson-based KOLD-TV. “This is a very sensitive case, but what really makes it prolonged is we do rely on labs.”Detectives have relied on lab work for DNA and digital…

It’s an improbable reunion weeks in the making, as a Windsor, Ont., man is set to pick up his ball python found last month in a city sewage plant. Connor Russette’s three-and-a-half-foot-long snake named Peanut had been missing since about May 13, he told Global News. She’d been fed around 8 p.m., but was nowhere to be found the following morning around 6 a.m.“I look up and the first thing I see is no snake in this enclosure,” he said. “I looked everywhere for the snake.”Russette believes Peanut may have slithered to the toilet, but is still not sure exactly…

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi answers audience questions during a recording of the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesUber is slashing 23% of jobs in its people division as it seeks to streamline operations under the direction of new president Jill Hazelbaker.CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a memo that the “changes are necessary to maximize the effectiveness of the People team and the enormous potential ahead of us.”The impacted team includes recruitment and human resources staff. Uber did not disclose the number of…

US stocks have fallen as another flare up in the Middle East has increased uneasiness among investors.

Wale said the deal contained a non-disclosure agreement, and he had not seen it until just before his visit to Australia.”I have had to remove certain people from key positions. I have not been afforded a copy, even, of that agreement, until a day before I left, so I have not had a good look at it,” he told a news conference in Canberra.Australia is the largest aid donor to the country of 800,000 people that sits 2,000km to its north-east, and historically provided police support during crises.After the Solomons switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019 and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Caleb Williams will grace the cover of this year’s edition of the Madden NFL video game.”Madden NFL 27″ will have a photo of what’s become the signature play for the Chicago Bears quarterback: a wild jump throw.The photo of Williams mimics his remarkable fourth-and-8 pass to Rome Odunze against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Wild Card round that helped the Bears secure the victory. Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears throws a pass against the Green Bay Packers during the NFC Wild Card Playoff game at Soldier Field in Chicago,…