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Maria Bervanakis is the Morning Digital Editor at News Corp’s Premium National News Network. With more than a decades’ experience at News Corp, she leads a team to produce national and world stories across all masthead titles.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 04: (L-R) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Tyler Perry attend The Paley Center for Media hosts Paley Honors Fall Gala honoring Tyler Perry at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on December 04, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Unique Nicole/Getty Images)

Movie mogul’s frosty response to Meghan question

He is the godfather of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s daughter and even let the royals stay in his mansion. But Tyler Perry gave little away when asked a key Sussex question.

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This handout image released by the New York Police Department (NYPD) via X (formerly Twitter) on December 4, 2024 shows the individual sought in connection to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. A masked gunman shot dead top US health insurance executive Brian Thomspson outside a New York hotel on December 4 in an apparently targeted hit. Thompson was gunned down as he prepared to address investors with the gunman firing several times before using a rented bike to flee in the direction of Central Park, police said. (Photo by NYPD / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Insider trading claims, ‘threats’ against CEO before execution

Cameras caught the moment a gunman executed a CEO in New York, as the victim’s wife revealed “threats” against him while executives at his company were under investigation for insider trading.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: (L to R) Shaina Taub, Sir Elton John and David Furnish speak on stage at

Elton John shocks crowd with health update

The pop icon revealed a sad truth as he attended The Devil Wears Prada – for which he wrote the music – on London’s West End, before his husband led him from the stage.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: Queen Camilla during a reception for winners of the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition, at Buckingham Palace on November 21, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Queen Camilla pulls out of another event due to illness

There are concerns for Camilla, 77, as she continues to battle an illness that has lingered her since her tour of Australia.

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CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JANUARY 19: Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) (L) joins Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Grappone Convention Center on January 19, 2024 in Concord, New Hampshire. New Hampshire voters will weigh in next week on the Republican nominating race with their first-in-the-nation primary, about one week after Trump's record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses. Former UN Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is hoping for a strong second-place showing so to continue her campaign into Nevada and South Carolina. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump picks targeted in bomb threats

Several of Donald Trump’s new team members have been hit with death threats and “swatting” attempts, the FBI has confirmed.

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Kate Cassidy posts a tribute to her late partner Liam Payne on Instagram

‘Trying to escape’: New theory in Liam Payne death

Liam Payne was trying to escape from his hotel room when he plummeted to his death, according to a new report.

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Britain's King Charles III meets Elton John as he attends the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 22, 2024. The Royal Variety Performance takes place every year in aid of the Royal Variety Charity. The money raised from the show helps hundreds of entertainers throughout the UK, who need help and assistance. (Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP)

Charles joins stars at major event as Camilla pulls out

King Charles has stepped out for the annual Royal Variety Performance without Queen Camilla, who is struggling to recover from an illness following her Australia tour. See photos.

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Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike on Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel-Hezbollah could agree to truce ‘within hours’

The United States believes a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah is “close”, as rockets continued to fall in Beirut’s suburbs. Follow updates.

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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures as he addresses the press after attending a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Astana, on November 28, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on November 27, 2024, for a two-day trip aimed at shoring up ties with his Central Asian allies as tensions mount over the Ukraine war. Kazakhstan is a member of the Moscow-led CSTO security alliance but has expressed concern about the almost three-year conflict, which Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has refused to condone. (Photo by Ramil SITDIKOV / POOL / AFP)

Putin praises ‘intelligent and experienced Trump’

Russia’s leader took aim at Joe Biden for creating “additional difficulties” while heaping praise on Donald Trump.

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Simone White from Kent in the UK was holidaying in Laos when she and her friends became ill Credit: Facebook

British tourist dead after drinking shots in Laos

A UK lawyer with a promising future has tragically died after she was caught up in a suspected mass drink poisoning in Laos.

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