Deadly DC air crash, $25M Trump-Meta settlement and lab-grown heart patch

67 die in the US’ deadliest air carrier crash since 2001, former rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is announced as Syria’s interim president, eight Gaza hostages are released in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners, Germany’s parliament approves a motion to restrict migration, Meta agrees to pay Trump $25M for suspending his accounts, former US Sen. Bob Menendez is sentenced to 11 years in prison, OpenAI partners with US National Laboratories, as it accuses China’s Deepseek of stealing its data, global clean energy investment crosses $2T, and scientists develop lab-grown muscle patches to treat heart failure.

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