The US Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump's request to delay his sentencing in the hush money case. The sentencing will proceed as scheduled at 9:30 am (1430 GMT) Friday morning in Manhattan.

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US President Joe Biden described the fires in Los Angeles as the "most widespread, devastating" in California's history. He pledged additional federal funding and resources, and the National Guard has been brought in to help control the disaster.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has dismissed US President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian imports as a 'distraction.'

US President Joe Biden announced that talks for a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are making “real progress.”

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Meanwhile, a new study estimates that the death toll in Gaza is higher than reported by the local health ministry.

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US Supreme Court rejects Trump's Bid to delay sentencing in hush money case; sentencing set for Friday

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File Photo: Donald Trump Photograph: (AFP)

The US Supreme Court on Thursday (Jan 9) rejected President-elect Donald Trump's emergency request to delay his sentencing in the hush money case. The narrow 5-4 ruling means that Trump's sentencing would continue as scheduled — 9:30 am (1430 GMT) on Friday in Manhattan.

Biden pledges federal aid as National Guard called in to battle 'nightmare' LA wildfires

Joe Biden said that at the request of California's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, the federal government would cover 100 per cent of the costs of disaster management in the initial 180 days.  Photograph: (Combination created using images from AFP)

US President Joe Biden, on Thursday (Jan 9), said that the fires ravaging Los Angeles were the “most widespread, devastating” in California's history and pledged extra federal funds and resources. His statement comes as the US National Guard has been called in to help quell the disaster as the wildfires engulf whole neighbourhoods and displace thousands.

Trudeau downplays Trump’s tariff threat to Canada as mere ‘distraction’

US President-elect Donald Trump and Canadian outgoing prime minister Justin Trudeau Photograph: (Reuters)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has downplayed US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threat to Canada, dubbing it as a mere “distraction". Trump earlier vowed to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada alleging Ottawa’s lax immigration policy. Earlier this week, the GOP leader even suggested using “economic force” to acquire Canada.

Gaza death toll underreported by at least 25,000, finds Lancet study

People search the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on January 8, 2025 as the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continues. Photograph: (AFP)

US President Joe Biden on Thursday (Jan 9) said that there was “real progress” in talks for a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. This comes as a Lancet study estimates show that the death toll recorded in the first nine months of the Gaza war was around 40 per cent higher than the already high toll reported by the Palestinian territory's health ministry.

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— 9:30 am (1430 GMT) on Friday in Manhattan.