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The death toll from Wednesday’s devastating flash floods in Nepal and along the border with China rose to at least 676, with around 3,000 people still missing, as rescue operations entered their fourth day.Chinese authorities have reported seven deaths and more than 550 missing, while Nepal’s disaster agency said the death toll had climbed to 669 with 2,426.Poor weather and challenging terrain have hampered aerial rescue operations.In Nuwakot, one of the Nepali districts devastated by the floods, helicopters resumed operations before noon Saturday after poor weather temporarily obstructed their activities. Some helicopters were loaded with boxes and bags of aid,…

President Trump announced a deal Friday to grant the United States majority control of over 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves — as the Trump administration angles to get oil companies to return to the country after a U.S. military operation replaced the country’s leadership earlier this year.Mr. Trump said in a social media post the deal was made “at no cost to the American Taxpayer” and was struck “through a partnership with private business.”A U.S. official told CBS News that interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez granted a private joint venture a 100-year concession to operate in oil…

President Donald Trump said his administration had reached a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that could potentially open up access to vast untapped oil reserves in the South American country at cost.Trump said in a social media post announcing the agreement on Firday (local time) it was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez.“The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” Trump wrote.Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today ArrowRodriguez’s government in a statement said the deal involves the…

For 30 years, Holly Faller hid a secret under her hair.The 35-year-old from Adelaide, South Australia, was diagnosed with alopecia when she was one.From the age of five, Faller wore a wig to conceal the condition that causes hair loss, with only her family and closest friends ever seeing her bald.Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today ArrowBut last year, Faller took a huge leap and went out in public for the first time without her wig, which she calls her “security blanket”. She made the decision to go “naked” to help other women and girls living with…

President Trump signed an executive order Friday to begin a process of creating a U.S. Space Academy for the use of the U.S. Space Force, NASA and the civilian spaceflight industry. Mr. Trump announced the new academy at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston during an event awarding the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four-person crew of Artemis II, which flew around the moon earlier this year, a flight that helps set the stage for a lunar landing in 2028.”It’s called the U.S. Space Academy,” Mr. Trump told a throng of astronauts, engineers and NASA managers. “That’s a…

The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer — or engaging in acts of bestiality.Today, those acts, which are mostly illegal across the country, are no longer automatic deal breakers for applicants to the nation’s top law enforcement agency.In June, the FBI quietly lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other personnel. According to multiple sources briefed on the matter, the FBI did so to facilitate hiring in some cases, even if candidates acknowledged they engaged in sexually…

Washington — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing its new requirements for mail voting for the November midterm elections.The order from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani is the latest development in the legal battle over President Trump’s efforts to tighten the rules for mail voting ahead of the November elections. That fight escalated this week, after the Supreme Court halted a decision in a different case that had blocked the Trump administration from implementing provisions of an executive order that aims to restrict mail voting.On the heels of that ruling from the nation’s…

It’s the rock festival which his father famously headlined in 26 years ago.And today, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher’s youngest son Gene, 25, took to the stage at the Reading music extravaganza with his band Villanelle.Gene, whose mother is Nicole Appleton, looked remarkably similar to his famous dad with his rock chic black hair and sunglasses as he performed his biggest gig yet at the event which has twin festivals which take place in both Reading and Leeds today and across the weekend.Along with his two bandmates, he appeared on the Canopy stage, which is smaller than the main stage were…

When marathoner Jamie Shinneman gears up for his long runs, he’ll scarf down a carb-heavy breakfast, lace up his shoes and leave home with the one thing that most runners don’t have — a teammate.For training runs as long as 20 miles in Noblesville, Indiana, the 53-year-old runs while pushing his wife, Amy Shinneman, in a three-wheeled racing wheelchair they call a “duo bike.” Jamie is the engine. Amy is the compass. As a “Duo Team,” the high school sweethearts have crossed the finish line of four marathons since 2019. It’s an achievement that would mean a lot to any runner,…

A budget hotel has drained an interstate traveller’s bank account of more than $1800 over a shower in his Canberra hotel room.Simon He, 36, was on a road trip from Sydney to Adelaide, hoping to make a fresh start in the southern city after he was attacked on the streets of Newcastle last year.“I was violently bashed … this trip was supposed to be a part of my healing process,” He told 7NEWS.com.au.Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today ArrowHe was exhausted when he stopped for the night in Canberra, and checked into a $75 per night room…