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British comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to two further sexual offences, including rape.Brand previously denied two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault in relation to alleged offences between 1999 and 2005, involving four women.At Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, the 50-year-old pleaded not guilty to one further count of rape and one of sexual assault, which are both alleged to have taken place in 2009.Wearing a leopard print shirt with a number of buttons undone and holding a white hat, Brand spoke to confirm his name and his…

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia rejected allegations that its military fired on Thai troops patrolling their border, Phnom Penh’s information minister told AFP on Tuesday (Feb 24).”These claims are entirely false, fabricated and grossly distort the facts with the deliberate intent to mislead public opinion and provoke tension along the Cambodia-Thailand border,” Neth Pheaktra said.Thailand’s army said Cambodian forces “fired a single 40mm grenade round” near a Thai patrol in the border province of Sisaket on Tuesday morning, prompting return fire, according to a statement.Thai army spokesman Winthai Suvaree accused Cambodia of violating a ceasefire agreement, which ended three weeks of deadly…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Secret Service-involved shooting of a man with a shotgun inside the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago over the weekend brought the Department of Homeland Security’s partial shutdown into new focus.Two USSS agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputy confronted and later shot and killed Austin Martin, 21, who authorities said slipped through a vehicular exit gate that had opened for a car before brandishing his weapon.”They confronted a white male that was carrying a gas can and a shotgun. He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A North Carolina woman who was reported missing more than two decades ago was found alive, bringing a 24-year investigation to a close, authorities said.The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office said Michelle Hundely Smith, who disappeared in December 2001, was located on Feb. 20 in North Carolina after detectives received new information about her case.Smith was 38 years old when her husband reported that she had left their Eden home on Dec. 9, 2001, to go Christmas shopping in Martinsville, Virginia, and never returned. Her vehicle was also never located. An extensive investigation followed,…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 23, 2026 6:40 pm Updated February 23, 2026 9:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Quebec government cabinet minister has taken the stand in a civil case over her decision to cancel an event in 2023 because she thought it would promote anti-abortion views. British Columbia-based Harvest Ministries International is suing the provincial government for $80,000 and seeking a declaration from the Superior Court that the Christian group’s Charter rights were violated by the cancellation.Housing Minister Caroline Proulx defended her decision to block the “Faith, Fire, Freedom Rally”…

Three years after a flood disaster ravaged thousands of Aussie homes, some are going under the hammer for less than the price of a coffee under a major buyback scheme.

NEW DELHI: Technical incidents such as engine oil and fuel leaks affecting Air India flights reached their highest rate in at least 14 months in January, a company document shows, underscoring growing strain on the carrier’s revamp ambitions. India’s second-largest airline has come under scrutiny from the country’s safety regulator since a crash last year killed 260 people. It has since reported many safety lapses and in December admitted there was a “need for urgent improvements in process discipline, communication, and compliance culture”.In January, Air India recorded 1.09 technical incidents per 1,000 flights, quadrupling from levels of just 0.26 in December…

The incident in Isfahan province follows crash of fighter jet in Hamadan province less than a week ago.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 24 Feb 202624 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareTehran, Iran – Two military pilots and two merchants have been killed after an army helicopter crashed into a fruit market in central Iran.The crash on Tuesday morning occurred in Dorcheh, a town in Isfahan province, where the army has a major airbase, according to state media, which said the cause was likely a technical fault in the aircraft.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFootage broadcast…

FedEx sued the Trump administration over its tariffs on Monday, asking for a “full refund” of all payments it made to the government under a set of tariff policies that were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.The complaint, filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade, is the first major lawsuit seeking tariff reimbursements since the high court ruled last week that President Trump had exceeded his authority when he used the International Economic Emergency Powers Act to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on most of the world.The Supreme Court did not indicate whether businesses that paid tariffs under IEEPA are…