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By Jacqueline HowardBBC News2 April 2024Updated 8 hours agoAt least 29 people have been killed and one injured in a fire in a nightclub in Turkey.The Masquerade club, in the basement of a high-rise building in Istanbul, was closed and being renovated during the day.The fire broke out just after midday, Istanbul governor Davut Gül said, adding…

House Republicans have introduced legislation to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former president Donald Trump.The bill to name the Virginia airport after the polarizing 2024 presidential candidate faces tough odds. The House has a slim GOP majority and is consumed with pressing matters, including a national security funding…

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. A House Republican says that honoring former President Donald Trump by renaming an international airport would be a great way to welcome visitors to US soil. Getty Images Seven House Republicans propose renaming a DC-area airport after former President Donald…

A woman is missing after she fell into the North Saskatchewan River near Keillor Point on Edmonton's south side. Rowan Anderson, a spokesman for Edmonton Fire Rescue Services, told CTV News Edmonton fire crews at 7:10 p.m. were called to scenes at the lookout known colloquially as the End of the World and at Laurier Park,…

Daihatsu Motor has been overtaken as Japan's best-selling minicar maker for the first time in 18 years, as sales fell following a certification scandal. The Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association says rival Suzuki Motor sold over 552,251 new minicars in Japan in the fiscal year ended in March.…

Europe’s economic engine remains stalled. And just as when Germany sneezes the eurozone catches a cold, the main EU capitals are closely watching everything that is happening in Berlin. At the moment, the outlook is not at all promising. The country’s five large economic research and analysis institutes have sharply lowered their forecasts for…

A Matildas star has fought her way back into her English club’s starting team in a good sign ahead of Australia’s Olympic Games campaign.Matildas Olympic Medal Chances & EPL Manchester Derby Preview: Football Today Podcast - Episode 22, Friday March 1. The Football Today Podcast wraps up the unbelievable Matildas 10-0 win over Uzbekistan to…

3 hours agoImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Donald Trump, flanked by his lawyers, holds a press conference after a judge scheduled his criminal hush money trial to begin on 15 April.The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money case has expanded a gag order on the former president after his online attacks against his…

If the BBC is the cultural expression of the British state, then the omens are surely unfavourable. Its funding contested and overstretched, bogged down in interminable culture war disputes, the BBC does not know what it is for. Every few years it pivots to some bold new global vision that invariably fizzles out: in the meantime, it has…

NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks slipped Monday after a surprisingly strong report on U.S. manufacturing cast doubts on how much interest rates can ease this year. The S&P 500 dipped 10.58 points, or 0.2%, from its all-time high to finish at 5,243.77. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 240.52…