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9 hours ago
A 13-year-old Australian boy swims for hours to save his mother and siblings who were swept away
A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after he swam for four hours in choppy waters off the coast of Western Australia to alert authorities that his mother and two younger siblings had been swept away.
17 hours ago
Spain considers social media ban for under-16s, joining others in Europe
Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content.
17 hours ago
Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles a day before planned peace talks
Russia carried out a major attack on Ukraine overnight in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday was a breach of its commitment to hold off on attacks on energy infrastructure, a day before representatives of the two countries were due to attend U.S.-brokered talks on ending the 4-year-old all-out war.
7 days ago
A new report warns that combined war casualties in Russia’s war on Ukraine could soon hit 2 million
A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides of Russia's war on Ukraine could hit 2 million by the spring, with Russia suffering the largest number of troop deaths recorded for any major power in any conflict since World War II.
1 week ago
World pauses to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Holocaust survivors, politicians and regular people commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday, gathering at events held across Europe to reflect on Nazi Germany's murder of millions of people and its attempt to annihilate European Jewry.
2 weeks ago
Rescue efforts underway after landslides hit New Zealand campground and house with 2 confirmed dead
Landslides hit a house and a campground in New Zealand on Thursday, leaving at least two dead while emergency crews were trying to rescue others buried in rubble, officials said.
2 weeks ago
Trump in Davos speech says he won’t use force to acquire Greenland
President Donald Trump insisted he won't use force to acquire Greenland in a speech at the World Economic Forum, where he said that the U.S. is booming but Europe is "not heading in the right direction."
3 weeks ago
Scientists call another near-record hot year a ‘warning shot’ of a shifting, dangerous climate
Earth's average temperature last year hovered among one of the three hottest on record, while the past three years indicate that warming could be speeding up, international climate monitoring teams reported.
3 weeks ago
Danish official says there’s a ‘fundamental disagreement’ with Trump over Greenland
A top Danish official said Wednesday that a "fundamental disagreement" over Greenland remains with President Donald Trump after holding highly anticipated White House talks with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
3 weeks ago
Iran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as crackdown death toll exceeds 2,500
Iran's judiciary head said Wednesday there would be fast trials and executions ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests despite a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump.
3 weeks ago
Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 572
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on protesters, a move coming as activists said Monday that the death toll in nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 572.
4 weeks ago
US and Venezuela take initial steps toward restoring relations after Maduro’s ouster
The United States and Venezuela said Friday they were exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations, as a Trump administration delegation visited the South American nation.
4 weeks ago
Denmark, Greenland envoys met with White House officials over Trump’s call for a ‘takeover’
Denmark and Greenland's envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump's call for a "takeover" of the strategic Arctic island.
4 weeks ago
Europe’s most active volcano is erupting, and tour guides are told to stay away
Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily's Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities after a round of eruptions at the giant volcano in recent weeks.
4 weeks ago
Security forces clash with protesters in Iran’s main market as at least 35 killed in demonstrations
Protesters angry over Iran's ailing economy conducted a sit-in Tuesday at Tehran's Grand Bazaar, witnesses said, with security forces ultimately firing...
4 weeks ago
Final pilgrims cross Holy Door as Vatican claims Jubilee success with 33 million visitors
The final pilgrims of the 2025 Holy Year passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica late Monday, as the Vatican claimed success after more than 33 million people participated in this the rarest of Jubilees: opened by one pope and closed by another.
4 weeks ago
Maduro is taken to a US courthouse for his first appearance on drug trafficking charges
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance Monday in an American courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and bringing him to New York.
