US parole board ordered to investigate if Menendez brothers pose risk if freed

A California governor has ordered the state parole board to investigate whether Lyle and Erik Menendez pose a risk to the public if they are released after nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents, lawyers for the brothers have said.

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Electricity returns to most of Chile after sweeping blackout

Power was restored to most of Chile's 19 million people after the country's most disruptive blackout in 15 years, the government said.

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Hamas set to hand over bodies of four Israeli hostages in exchange for release of 600 prisoners

Hamas was set to hand over the bodies of four hostages late Wednesday night in exchange for Israel's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, just days before the first phase of the ceasefire between the warring parties was to expire.

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Unvaccinated child dies in Texas measles outbreak

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in Texas & the first death in an outbreak that began last month and the first from measles in the US since 2015.

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Pope&s health shows further slight improvement, Vatican says

Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, the Vatican said.

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North Korea opens doors to international travellers for first time in years

Foreign tourists have visited North Korea in the past week & making them the first international travellers to enter the country in five years, aside from a Russian group in 2024.

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