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An American Airlines plane has caught fire in Denver, Colorado, with passengers seen climbing onto the wings of the aircraft in a desperate attempt to escape. 

It was viral vision that shocked the world: a high school sprinter appearing to hit a rival overtaking her in the lane next to her with a relay baton to the head.

US President Donald Trump has threatened an entire continent with a 200 per cent tariff if it does not relent on plans to impose tariffs on a key American export.

Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky have all weighed in on a US-brokered Russia-Ukraine ceasefire agreement, with a war of words fuelling fires on instability and a deal labelled ‘impossible’.

Anthony Albanese has resisted calls to fly to Donald Trump’s side in Washington, as fears grow that Australian beef could be the next victim of an escalating global trade war.

A 21-year-old US man who fatally shot four family members and a brother’s pregnant girlfriend in 2021, after his father reprimanded him for staying out late, has been sentenced to 360 years in prison.

AUKUS is in better hands with the Trump Administration than it was under Joe Biden and does not need a plan B, says a defence expert.

Claims against Jay-Z have taken a twist with a video apparently showing his accuser saying the rapper was present but played no part in sexual assaulting her.

The 72-year-old sex offender was rolled into court in a wheelchair and flashed a a grin exposing gaps in his smile likely caused by his teeth rotting behind bars.

NASA has delayed at the last minute the launch of SpaceX rocket carrying a replacement crew for the ISS in a mission that was meant to rescue stranded US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

US President Donald Trump says officials are travelling to Russia ‘right now’ to discuss a Ukraine ceasefire agreement, warning of what he could do if Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to peace.

NICOLA SMITH: Today’s America is nobody’s friend and there is no blueprint on how to mend relations or navigate this new Donald Trump world. 

LATIKA M BOURKE: The US shift back towards Kyiv during the truce talks will test the relationship between Trump and Putin, and likely impact the MAGA warriors stoking a Ukraine-America split.

Five-year-old Thomas had been receiving therapy in the US for sleep apnea and ADHD.

Erik and Lyle Menendez are serving life sentences without parole for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents.