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Russian drone strike kills five on Ukrainian passenger train in Kharkiv region

A Russian drone attack on a Ukrainian passenger train in the Kharkiv region on Tuesday killed five people, the report said. The train was carrying more than 200 passengers when it was struck by three drones. One passenger, 27-year-old Oleksandr Pysmenny, said he had stepped into a corridor for a

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Widower wears wife's gift after she texted him 20 minutes before D.C. crash

Hamaad Raza says his wife, 26-year-old healthcare consultant Asra Hussain, texted him about 20 minutes before American Airlines flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Jan. 29, 2025. One year after the crash, Raza says he still wears a gift she

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CBS2 Chief Meteorologist Roland Steadham Killed in Idaho Plane Crash

Roland Steadham, 67, the chief meteorologist for CBS2, was one of two people killed when a small plane crashed into a frozen river near Emmett, Idaho, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, the station and local officials said. The Gem County Sheriff’s Office said a preliminary investigation found the aircraft clipped

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Teen Hikers Rescue Five Adults and Dog From Snow-Covered Helvellyn Ridge

On Jan. 10, 15-year-old Rowan Kay and 16-year-old Caelan Blades helped a group of five stranded adults and a small dog down a snowy ridge of Helvellyn in England’s Lake District, according to U.K. newspapers The Times and the Craven Herald. The papers reported the group were wearing

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Human remains found near Philosopher Falls in search for missing Belgian hiker

Human remains have been discovered near the Philosopher Falls area in Tasmania during a search for Belgian hiker Celine Cremer, who was last seen on 17 June 2023, police say. A bushwalker found the remains and contacted police, Inspector Andrew Hanson confirmed, adding that Cremer’s family in Belgium had

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Putin to welcome Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa to Moscow

President Vladimir V. Putin was set to welcome President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria in Moscow on Wednesday, as the two leaders seek to establish a new relationship more than a year after the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the Kremlin said. Mr. al-Sharaa’s trip is his

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Widow whose husband was killed in Paris in 1997 campaigns for victims abroad

Eve Henderson says her husband, Roderick, was fatally attacked on a Paris street in October 1997 while the couple were in the city celebrating his 54th birthday. Roderick was taken to a neurological ward and later died after life support was removed, Henderson says. Henderson says the three men had

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South Africa faces U.S. rebuke after naval drills with Iran

Naval exercises held off the coast of South Africa this month, led by China and joined by members of the BRICS group, have prompted a new round of hostility between South Africa and the United States after Iran participated despite being ordered downgraded to observer status on Jan. 9, according

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Bishop Kukah urges calm after U.S. missile strikes in Sokoto, northwest Nigeria

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, who leads a Roman Catholic diocese in Sokoto in northwest Nigeria, has been trying to tone down an uproar after U.S. missiles struck the region the day after Christmas, the New York Times reported on Jan. 28, 2026. When he first heard that Sokoto had

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Rights groups say Iran killed thousands of protesters

Families and rights groups say Iranian authorities killed thousands of people in nationwide protests that began in late December and continued for weeks, The New York Times reported on Jan. 28, 2026, by piecing together accounts of five people who were killed. The demonstrations began over economic grievances and swelled

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In Kherson, residents live under daily threat from Russian drones

In Kherson, Ukraine, residents say they face a daily risk of death from cheap Russian quadcopter drones that have driven many aspects of life underground, The New York Times reported on Jan. 28, 2026. Locals use crowdsourced chat groups to warn of incoming drones before stepping outside. Tanya Leshchenko, who

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Experts warn New Zealand may face more deadly landslides as storms intensify

Experts have warned New Zealand could see an increase in deadly landslides as global warming triggers more intense and frequent storms, after two fatal landslides struck the North Island during a series of January tropical storms. New Zealand’s landscapes are scarred by landslides, which have caused more than 1,

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Volunteers plant trees to help protect Albania’s Vjosa after national park status

About 20 volunteers spent a week planting willow and poplar saplings on the banks above the Vjosa River in southern Albania as part of a conservation effort run by EcoAlbania and the Austria-based Riverwatch. In 2023 the Albanian government designated the Vjosa as Europe’s first "wild river national

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Investigation finds Iranian security forces used deadly force to crush January protests

A New York Times investigation found that Iranian security forces used lethal force to crush mass protests across the country in early January, following a state-imposed internet blackout and, according to Iranian officials familiar with security matters, an order from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Supreme National Security

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Heatwave may set records in western NSW and south‑west Queensland

A heatwave affecting south‑eastern Australia could produce record temperatures in parts of western New South Wales and south‑west Queensland on Wednesday, with forecasts of up to 48C in some NSW towns and about 49C in Thargomindah, Queensland. By midday Wilcannia had reached 45.4C and was forecast to

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China’s top general Zhang Youxia placed under investigation amid power struggle

China’s highest-ranking general, Zhang Youxia, and fellow Central Military Commission member Liu Zhenli were placed under investigation, the defence ministry announced on Saturday. Zhang is vice-chair of the Central Military Commission and the second-most powerful figure in the People’s Liberation Army after Xi Jinping. The ministry said the

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Japan left without pandas as Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao depart Tokyo

Hundreds of people gathered at Ueno zoological gardens in Tokyo to say farewell as twin giant pandas Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao were transported by truck back to China, leaving Japan without any pandas for the first time in 50 years. The four‑year‑old twins, born at Ueno in

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15-year-old honor student shot dead in Northwood; 18-year-old charged

People reports that Symini Rai Moore, 15, was killed Jan. 23 after being shot inside an apartment in Northwood, Ohio, and that 18-year-old Jakob Heintzelman has been arrested and charged with reckless homicide. Police told WTVG and The Toledo Blade officers arrived late that evening to find Moore with a

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Sheinbaum says Mexico cancelled Cuba oil shipment as a 'sovereign' decision

Mexico has cancelled a shipment of oil to Cuba, President Claudia Sheinbaum appeared to confirm on Tuesday, saying the decision was “sovereign” and denying it was a response to pressure from the US. Fuel shortages are causing increasingly severe blackouts in Cuba, and Mexico has been the island’s biggest

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Ten people found dead outdoors in NYC during Winter Storm Fern

People reports that Mayor Zohran Mamdani said ten people were found dead outside in New York City as Winter Storm Fern passed through; he made the announcement on Tuesday, Jan. 27, according to News 12 Brooklyn and CBS affiliate WCBS. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said six people

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Xi ousts top Chinese general Zhang Youxia in sweeping military purge

President Xi Jinping pushed out Gen. Zhang Youxia, the Chinese military’s chief deputy, in a surprise move this weekend, part of a widening purge of senior officers that has alarmed observers. Xi’s decision also removed another top general and left the Central Military Commission with only two members:

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LAPD bloodhound Coco locates missing hiker in Angeles National Forest

People reports that the Los Angeles Police Department deployed a 3-year-old bloodhound named Coco after receiving a call on Wednesday, Jan. 7 about a person in crisis last seen in Angeles National Forest. LAPD K-9 handler Officer Bardo Zavala told ABC7 that he "deployed Coco, using one of the

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Denmark’s Frederiksen says she cannot be sure the U.S. will remain an ally amid Greenland dispute

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark said in Berlin that she did not know whether the United States would remain an ally as President Trump reorients U.S. posture and presses for a different arrangement over Greenland. Speaking at an hourlong question-and-answer session at an auditorium shared by Nordic missions,

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Draft Board of Peace plan would give Trump broad control over Gaza

A draft resolution obtained by The New York Times shows the new international Board of Peace, chaired by President Trump, would give him broad powers over the governance and administration of the Gaza Strip. The draft, dated Jan. 22, would allow the chairman to nominate senior officials to run Gaza,

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Study: Russian and Ukrainian troop casualties nearing 2 million after nearly four years

A study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies says the number of Russian and Ukrainian troops killed, wounded or missing during nearly four years of fighting is on track to reach two million by this spring. The report, to be published on Tuesday, estimated nearly 1.2 million