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Emergency divers respond after a passenger aircraft collided with a helicopter, in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport [Andrew Harnik/Getty Images via AFP]

NewsFeed Video shows moment American Airlines plane crash with Black Hawk helicopter Video captured by a web camera shows the moment a US passenger plane collided with a military helicopter before crashing into the Potomac River near Washington DC. The plane had 64 people on board. Published On 30 Jan 202530 Jan 2025

United States President Donald Trump’s executive orders have crept into the realm of digital cartography. Google announced on Monday that its online mapping platform, Google Maps, will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for users in the US. Additionally, Google Maps will change the name of North America’s…

Washington, DC – Scenes of jubilation and tearful reunions are unfolding across the Gaza Strip, as hundreds of thousands of displaced people march back to their homes in the north of the territory. A fragile ceasefire after 15 months of war in Gaza has made the return possible. But as rights advocates hail a rare…

Robert Menendez, a former United States senator representing New Jersey, has been handed an 11-year prison sentence for bribery schemes that included receiving gold bars in exchange for favours on behalf of Egypt. On Wednesday, in sorrowful testimony, Menendez told a Manhattan federal court that he had lost everything he loved as a result of…

President Donald Trump has announced plans to transform the United States detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a holding centre for undocumented immigrants. The surprise announcement came on Wednesday, as the Republican president signed his first major piece of legislation, the Laken Riley Act. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3…

Inside Story How will US tech firms react to DeepSeek? Chinese artificial intelligence startup says it can match Google and ChatGPT at a fraction of the cost. Read more Investors have poured billions of dollars into the research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) over the past year, hoping to capitalise on this rapidly advancing…

NewsFeed Trump signs bill targeting undocumented immigrants accused of crimes US President Donald Trump signed into law a bill requiring the federal detention of undocumented immigrants accused of criminal activity. It’s the first piece of legislation he’s signed in his new term. Published On 29 Jan 202529 Jan 2025

Robert F Kennedy Jr has faced a barrage of questions about his history of spreading anti-vaccine conspiracy theories during a contentious United States Senate hearing on his nomination to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary. Kennedy, who has been picked to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), spent most of Wednesday’s…

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has peeled back a memorandum concerning a federal funding freeze that caused backlash and confusion, with many fearing an end to services ranging from healthcare to housing and childcare. However, in a social media post on Wednesday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt held firm that Trump’s executive order…