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At least 21 teenagers in South Africa tavern die under mysterious circumstances
At least 21 teenagers, the youngest possibly just 13, died this weekend after a night out at a township tavern in South Africa in a tragedy where the cause remains unclear. Many are thought to have been students celebrating the…
Calls for a probe after 23 people die in attempt to enter Melilla | Refugees
Human rights groups have called for an investigation after at least 23 people died while attempting to scale a border fence between between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Africa.
Authorities in Morocco and Spain…
Death and despair as gunman opens fire at Oslo gay bar on Pride parade day
Gunman kills two, injures more than 20Revellers hid in basement of Oslo barPride parade cancelled after tragedyNorway police to carry guns as precautionOSLO, June 25 (Reuters) - Terrified revellers at a gay bar in Oslo hid in a basement…
Ukraine-Russia War News: Ukrainian Forces Will Withdraw From Sievierodonetsk
An aerial view of the Russian-occupied city of Kherson last month.Credit...Andrey Borodulin/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesUkrainian guerrilla fighters claimed on Friday to have killed a Kremlin-backed politician in the…
Ukraine-Russia News: E.U. Leaders Give Ukraine Coveted Candidate Status
Ukrainian flags flying alongside E.U. flags on Thursday in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.Credit...Nariman El-Mofty/Associated PressBRUSSELS — The European Union officially made Ukraine a candidate for membership on Thursday, signaling in the…
Russia-Ukraine war: EU leaders to decide on Kyiv bid; Russia aims to turn Donbas
Russia aims to turn Donbas into Mariupol - ZelenskiyUkraine’s president Zelenskiy believes Russian forces are attempting to destroy cities in the eastern Donbas region in the same way they did in Mariupol.During a nightly address,…
Afghan quake kills at least 920; toll expected to rise
KABUL, June 22 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 920 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from…
Ben Stiller meets Zelenskyy; Americans may face death
The Russian military pounded away at pockets of resistance across parts of eastern Ukraine on Tuesday while two American veterans captured by Russian troops waited to learn if they will face the death penalty.The beleaguered eastern city…
Spain devastated by wildfires amid record-breaking heat wave
Placeholder while article actions loadWildfires in Spain have destroyed thousands of acres of land and forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes amid a punishing heat wave across Europe.Some of the fires continue to burn, with…
North Korea reports ‘epidemic’ of unidentified intestinal disease after Covid
At least 800 families suffering from what North Korea has only called an "acute enteric epidemic" have received aid in South Hwanghae Province so far.Enteric refers to the gastrointestinal tract and South Korean officials say it may be…