Volunteer firefighters work at the scene of an accident in which a bus fell down a ravine in Guatemala City on February 10, 2025. — AFP GUATEMALA CITY: At least 51 people were killed in Guatemala City on Monday when a bus crashed through a guard rail and plunged into a ravine, rescuers said, one of the worst road accidents …
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Smoke and steam billow from Belchatow Power Station, Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant powered by lignite, in Zlobnica, Poland. — Reuters/File Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change. Just 10 of nearly 200 countries required under …
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) symbol during a roadshow as part of an election campaign, in Varanasi, India, May 13, 2024. — Reuters Instances of hate speech against minorities in India such as Muslims increased 74% in 2024, a Washington-based research group said on Monday, with incidents ballooning around last year’s national elections. India …
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Singaporean policemen stand guard at a media center for the summit between the U.S and North Korea, in Singapore, June 10, 2018. — Reuters Lee aspired to carry out attacks with like-minded individuals. Attack aspirations included conducting Tarrant-style attack. Suspect searched for Tarrant’s video of N Zealand attacks. SINGAPORE: A teenager who allegedly used a violent online game to train …
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A ship carrying dozens of passengers, including Pakistanis, capsized in Libya, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday. The legal status of the passengers aboard the vessel has yet to be confirmed, as the ministry’s spokesperson stated that Pakistani officials are working to gather details. In its statement, the Foreign Office said a vessel carrying approximately 65 passengers capsized …
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US and European Union flags are pictured at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. — Reuters/File No hesitation when it comes to defending our interests: French FM. No one interested in entering trade war with EU: Jean-Noel Barrot. EU should not be “top priority” for US, says French president. PARIS: The French foreign minister has said that the European …
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This picture taken on February 4, 2025 shows a general view of an illuminated wedding hall, at night in Kabul, Afghanistan. — AFP As night settles over Afghanistan’s capital, only a few small lights and neon signs pierce the darkness and thick blanket of winter pollution. But on some street corners, glittering colossal wedding halls loom out of the gloom, …
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US President Donald Trump said he is committed to buying and owning Gaza, but could allow sections of the war-ravaged land to be rebuilt by other states in the Middle East. “I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza. As far as us rebuilding it, we may give it to other states in the Middle East to build sections of it, …
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Immigration enforcement officers seen in this undated image.— AFP/File UK immigration enforcement teams made over 600 arrests in January, a 73 per cent increase from the period a year ago, as part of the new Labour government’s plan to tackle undocumented migration and people smuggling gangs, officials said Monday. A government statement said the 609 arrests, compared to 352 in …
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Bodies of migrants lie in bags, after they were discovered in a mass grave in a farm in Jikharra area, some 441 km from Benghazi, in Jikharra, Libya, February 5, 2025. — Reuters TUNIS: Libyan authorities have discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 28 sub-Saharan migrants in the southeastern district of Kufra, near a site where they were …
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