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A Chinese driver is praised for helping reduce casualties in a highway collapse that killed 48
The accident came after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong. Some of the 23 vehicles that plunged into the deep ravine burst in flames, sending up thick clouds of smoke.
Hostage held in Gaza dies as Israel, Hamas work on a cease-fire deal
He was one of about 250 people abducted when Hamas attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
President Joe Biden calls Japan and India ‘xenophobic’ nations that do not welcome immigrants
There was no immediate reaction from either the Japanese or Indian governments.
Colombia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel but its military relies on key Israeli-built equipment
Colombia’s military also uses Galil rifles, which were designed in Israel and for which Colombia acquired the rights to manufacture and sell.
Israel builds ‘cyber dome’ against Iran’s hackers
While Israel has fought Hamas in Gaza since the October 7 attack, it has also faced a significant increase in cyberattacks from Iran and its allies.
Canada arrests suspects behind killing of Khalistan separatist Nijjar
Members of the hit squad are alleged to have played different roles as shooters, drivers and spotters on the day Nijjar was killed at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia.
What is at stake in UK local voting ahead of a looming general election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hope he can point to successes, notably in a couple of key mayoral races.
Death toll from south China road collapse rises to 36
Vehicles careened into the nearly 18-metre-long (59-foot) gash in the tarmac and plummeted down the steep slope below.
More money is going to African climate startups, but a huge funding gap remains
Experts say to unlock financing and fill the gap, African countries need to address risks like currency instability that they say reduce investor appetite.
Israel president says US universities ‘contaminated by hatred, anti-Semitism’
"We see prominent academic institutions, halls of history, culture, and education contaminated by hatred and anti-Semitism fuelled by arrogance and ignorance," he said.
UN says Gaza needs biggest post-war reconstruction effort since World War II amid truce talks
Reconstruction is made more difficult by the presence of large quantities of unexploded ordnance in the debris that Gaza's Civil Defence agency says triggers "more than 10 explosions every week."
Lawyer describes shock at possible role in Trump’s victory in 2016 US elections
The attorney is seen as a vital building block for the prosecution's case that Trump and his allies schemed to bury unflattering stories in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
Tension grows on UCLA campus as police order dispersal of large pro-Palestinian gathering
A large crowd of students, alumni and neighbors gathered on campus steps outside the barricaded area of tents, sitting as they listened and applauded various speakers and joined in pro-Palestinian chants.
Harvey Weinstein faces accuser as judge orders retrial over rape, sexual assault convictions
Weinstein was convicted in New York in 2020 of the rape and sexual assault of ex-actress Mann in 2013, and of forcibly performing oral sex on former production assistant Mimi Haley in 2006.
Judge holds ex-US President Trump in contempt, raises threat of jail and fines him $9,000
The judge's suggestion that he may jail the former president signalled that Trump's already precarious legal standing could further spiral depending on his behaviour during the trial.
13-year-old boy dies in London attack, police arrest ‘sword-wielding’ man
Video footage and photographs posted on social media appeared to show a man on the streets near houses with what looked to be a Samurai-type sword.
Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as cease-fire talks with Hamas…
Netanyahu said Israel would enter Rafah to destroy Hamas’ battalions there “with or without a deal."
Former England cricketer Monty Panesar to be candidate in UK general election
Workers Party of Britain leader George Galloway said Panesar "will be our candidate in Southall", which is a majority Sikh area.
Hamas officials leave Cairo after talks on a cease-fire proposal
The channel, which has close ties with Egyptian security agencies, said a Hamas delegation will return to Cairo with a written response to the cease-fire proposal, without saying when.