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Teenage girl shoots dead fellow student and teacher at Wisconsin school
A 15-year-old girl opened fire in a Wisconsin school classroom on Monday, fatally shooting a fellow student and a teacher and wounding...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria
BEIRUT - Syria's Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Stricken oil tankers show risks of Russia's ageing 'shadow fleet'
MOSCOW - Russian authorities sought to limit the damage on Monday from oil spilled into the Kerch Strait by two ageing tankers that were...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Mayotte cyclone kills several hundred, maybe thousands, in worst storm in century
PARIS/MORONI - Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Brazil heron takes flight after plastic cup removed from throat
RIO DE JANEIRO- A heron took flight in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, stretching its wings and soaring over a river after veterinarians saved...
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Brazil's Lula leaves hospital, speaks publicly for first time since surgeries
RIO DE JANEIRO - Doctors discharged Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a Sao Paulo hospital on Sunday, after a pair of...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Syrian Christians attend services, schools reopen a week after Assad's overthrow
DAMASCUS/LATAKIA, Syria - Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Israel plans to double population on occupied Golan, citing threats from Syria
JERUSALEM - Israel agreed on Sunday to double its population on the occupied Golan Heights while saying threats from Syria remained...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
China extends visa-free transit stays to 10 days
HONG KONG - China announced on Tuesday a relaxation of its visa-free transit policy, extending the permitted stay for eligible foreign...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
US national security adviser Sullivan says Trump should like 'burden sharing' AUKUS deal
SYDNEY - The AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine partnership with Australia will benefit the United States and is the kind of "burden...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Trump muses about drones, wars and TikTok in first news conference as president-elect
PALM BEACH, Florida - In his first news conference since his election victory six weeks ago, President-elect Donald Trump covered the...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Berlin eyes role in Ukraine peace deal but says too early for decisions
BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday his country would likely play a role in securing a future ceasefire deal...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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