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By Holly Yan, CNN The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Photo: NYPD He killed a high-profile CEO on a sidewalk in America's largest city, where thousands of surveillance cameras monitor millions of people every day. But the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a busy hotel keeps evading capture. Now, authorities say he might have slipped out of New York - meaning the elusive gunman could be anywhere. Aren't there cameras everywhere in New York City? It could take weeks to find and scrub through a massive array of video footage from all the places where the gunman may have traveled. Police believe the suspect arrived in New York City 10 days before the killing - on 24 November, a law enforcement official told CNN. Throughout his stay,...

By Yoonjung Seo and Edward Szekeres, CNN South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol. Photo: CHUNG SUNG-JUN South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol survived a vote of impeachment on Saturday after the vote was boycotted by governing party lawmakers. In another day of high drama, a number of lawmakers left parliament ahead of the vote to impeach President Yoon over his decision to impose a short-lived period of martial law earlier this week. Just two remained inside while the one governing lawmaker who returned voted against the motion. Outside the main hall, opposition lawmakers could be heard shouting, "Go inside [the chamber]!" and calling them "cowards". Meanwhile, large crowds of protesters gathered outside the National Assembly, calling for the president's ousting. President Yoon has be...

By Aoife Hilton, ABC Raygun does her iconic kangaroo dance move at the Paris Olympics. Photo: Getty Images / Ezra Shaw Raygun: The Musical was set to debut in Sydney on Saturday evening at a venue on Oxford Street, in the city's inner east. But comedian Steph Broadbridge announced on Instagram she had to cancel the show after receiving letters from the Olympic breakdancer's lawyers. Broadbridge assured theatregoers the show would go on at a later date. Sydney comedian Steph Broadbridge says she had to cancel her Raygun-inspired musical after receiving letters from the Olympic breakdancer's lawyers. Raygun: The Musical was set to debut in Sydney on Saturday evening at a venue on Oxford Street, in the city's inner east. Broadbridge had billed the show as "the inspiring story of a gro...

Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 7 December. Photo: AFP / Eyad Baba Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 20 Palestinians on Saturday, local health officials said, as Qatar voiced hope of fresh momentum in efforts to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the reported strikes in Gaza City and Rafah. At least eight of the fatalities were civilians, according to residents and medics. It was unclear whether the rest of those killed were fighters and Reuters could not independently verify the figures. Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said Qatar was engaging with the incoming Trump administration o...

By Rich McKay & Daniel Trotta for Reuters The suspect - pictured here on footage from his backpacker hostel - fled the scene, climbed on an electric bicycle and disappeared into Central Park after the shooting. Photo: NYPD New York City police believe the man who fatally shot a UnitedHealth top executive has left the city, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch says, as the hunt for the gunman passes the crucial 48-hour mark. Brian Thomson, 50, the CEO of UnitedHealth's insurance unit, was shot in the back on Wednesday in what police described as a targeted attack. Police have released multiple photos of the suspect - who fled the scene, climbed on an electric bicycle and disappeared into Central Park - and have asked the public for help in tracking him down. But Tisch said in an inte...

Debra Tice is pictured in 2017 holding a photo of her son Austin, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012. Photo: AFP The mother of Austin Tice, a US journalist captured over 12 years ago in Syria, says her family has information that he is still alive. "We have from a significant source that has been vetted all over our government: Austin Tice is alive," Debra Tice told journalists at the National Press Club on Friday, before going to the White House for a meeting. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Tice's family in the afternoon, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. "Jake Sullivan did have a meeting with Austin Tice's family this afternoon, and ... Jake Sullivan has regularly met with the families of wrongfully detained Americans," she said. "We'r...

By Tim Reid and Jason Lange, Reuters Photo: AFP World's richest man spent heavily to help Trump win Gave $20 million to a group that linked Trump to liberal icon Musk now heavily involved in Trump transition plans Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars (US) to help Donald Trump win November's presidential election, according to new filings, underscoring the influence one of the world's wealthiest people had on this year's White House race. The billionaire owner of electric car maker Tesla and SpaceX gave US$259 million (NZ$444m) to groups supporting Trump's 2024 campaign, according to new Federal Election Commission filings released late on Thursday. The huge donations made Musk one of the biggest underwriters of a presidential campaign in US history, helping him t...

Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: AFP / LEO CORREA Australia's government defended its record on curbing antisemitism on Saturday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused it of anti-Israel policies, following an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue. Netanyahu accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor government of encouraging crimes such as Friday's attack on the Adass Israel synagogue through policies including support of a recent UN motion backing a Palestinian state. "Unfortunately, this criminal act cannot be separated from the anti-Israel spirit blowing from the Labor government in Australia," Netanyahu posted on X. Murray Watt, Australia's minister for employment and workplace relations, responded that "the Albanese government has taken a range of stron...

By David Shepardson and Mike Scarcella for Reuters The US Justice Department says under Chinese ownership, TikTok poses a threat because of its access to vast personal data of Americans. Photo: 123rf A US federal appeals court has upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban. The decision on Friday, local time, is a major win for the Justice Department and opponents of the Chinese-owned app and a devastating blow to TikTok parent ByteDance. It significantly raises the prospects of an unprecedented ban in just six weeks on a social media app used by 170 million Americans. TikTok plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. In detailing their support of the law, the appeals court ...

By Issam Ahmed, AFP Brian Thompson was the CEO of the largest US health insurer, UnitedHealthcare. Photo: LinkedIn / Supplied Jokes, snark, and a striking absence of sympathy have dominated public sentiment since the murder of a US health insurance executive - exposing deep frustration and anger with the nation's medical system. Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was fatally shot in Manhattan on Wednesday, setting off a citywide manhunt. Within moments of the news breaking, the internet erupted - not with outrage, but with cheers over the death of the 50-year-old father of two. A Facebook post mourning his loss, shared by UnitedHealth Group, racked up more than 71,000 laugh emojis as of Friday - dwarfing other interactions, before the counter was disabled. "My thoughts and p...