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At least 21 killed as high-speed trains collide in Adamuz, Spain

A high-speed train derailed and crashed into another late Sunday in Adamuz, in the southern province of Córdoba, killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens, local authorities said. The collision occurred at 7:45 p.m. when the rear cars of a privately operated Iryo train traveling to Madrid

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Bushfire east of Mount Compass burns more than 650 hectares; residents warned

A bushfire east of Mount Compass on the Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide, has burned more than 650 hectares, damaged structures and prompted evacuation warnings for nearby communities. The fire broke out about 4.30pm on Sunday and has impacted at least three structures, with a family of five reportedly

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Prince Harry to testify as High Court trial over Daily Mail publisher begins

A trial is set to begin on Monday in London’s High Court in Prince Harry’s case accusing Associated Newspapers, the publisher of The Daily Mail, of phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering. Harry and several other high-profile figures — including Elton John and his husband David Furnish, the

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Davos Shifts Focus as Organizers Readied Red Carpet for President Trump

President Trump is the forum’s most prominent attendee at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and forum organizers readied the red carpet for him; he is expected to speak on Wednesday, the article says. The piece notes that the forum’s traditional rhetoric — centered on global integration, climate

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Guatemala declares 30-day state of emergency after prison uprisings and police deaths

Guatemala’s government declared a 30-day state of emergency on Sunday to crack down on gang violence, President Bernardo Arévalo said, empowering the national police and army to act against gangs and organized crime. He said the measure would not affect most Guatemalans; schools were suspended on Monday as a

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Syria announces ceasefire with Kurdish-led SDF as government says it has near-total control

The Syrian government announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday, saying it had taken almost full control of the country and dismantled the Kurdish-led forces that had controlled the north-east for more than a decade. SDF leader Mazloum Abdi confirmed the deal in a video statement,

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High-speed trains collide after derailment in southern Spain, at least 21 killed

A high-speed train derailed and smashed into another high-speed train late Sunday in Adamuz in the southern province of Córdoba, killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens, local authorities said. The accident occurred around 7:45 p.m., the emergency agency in the region of Andalucía said on social

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Marine vet says Ukrainian repair culture fuels battlefield innovation

Businessinsider: Troy Smothers, a US Marine veteran who trained Ukrainian infantry in Odesa in 2005, said Ukrainians' ability to repair and improvise ageing equipment has been central to their combat success. Smothers, who now runs the nonprofit American Made Freedom and has worked since 2022 to help Ukrainian troops

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China’s population falls for fourth straight year as births lag deaths

China’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as deaths again outnumbered births, the government said. There were 7.92 million births in 2025, down from 9.54 million in 2024, while deaths rose to 11.31 million; official data released alongside economic figures showed China’s

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Tepco to restart reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, world’s biggest nuclear plant

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) is preparing to restart one reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture, possibly as soon as Tuesday, weeks before the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. The seven-reactor site is the world’s biggest nuclear power plant and can generate 8.2

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12-year-old critically injured in suspected shark attack at Nielsen Park

A 12-year-old boy is in critical condition after being attacked by a large shark while jumping off a rock ledge near Nielsen Park in Sydney’s east on Sunday at about 4.20pm, New South Wales police said. Police said the attack was possibly by a bull shark. Friends of

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EU leans toward negotiation after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland

European Union officials began to coalesce around a negotiation strategy on Sunday after President Trump threatened punitive tariffs if the United States could not acquire Greenland, and ambassadors from the 27-nation bloc held an emergency meeting in Brussels. Mr. Trump had demanded a deal to buy Greenland and warned on

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At Least 10 Killed as Two High-Speed Trains Derail in Spain

Two high-speed trains derailed late Sunday in Adamuz, in the province of Córdoba in southern Spain, killing at least 10 people, emergency services said. Rescue operations were still under way. Transport Minister Óscar Puente said that at about 7:45 p.m. the rear carriages of a privately operated train

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Iran warns any attack on Khamenei would be a declaration of war

Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, warned on Sunday that any attack on the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be a declaration of war, posting on X in an apparent response to speculation that Donald Trump is considering an attempt to assassinate or remove Khamenei. Pezeshkian also blamed

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Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland; Europe considers retaliation

President Trump issued an ultimatum on Truth Social this weekend, saying he would impose steep tariffs on a group of European countries — 10 percent in February and 25 percent in June — unless they agreed to allow a “complete and total purchase” of Greenland. European leaders publicly rejected the demand. Britain’

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Two high-speed trains derail near Adamuz in Córdoba; police say 10 dead

Two high-speed trains derailed near Adamuz in the province of Córdoba in southern Spain, the private operator Iryo said, with police saying 10 people have died. Reports from the country’s state-owned broadcaster said 100 people have been injured, 25 seriously, while RTVE, citing civil guard sources, said an unknown

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Chile declares state of catastrophe after wildfires kill at least 15

Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile have killed at least 15 people, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed scores of homes, and President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in the central Biobío region and neighbouring Ñuble, about 500km south of Santiago. The emergency designation, officials

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Starmer tells Trump tariffs on Nato allies are wrong in Greenland dispute

Keir Starmer told Donald Trump he is wrong to threaten tariffs against Nato allies to try to secure Greenland, in a flurry of diplomatic calls intended to tackle the crisis. The prime minister spoke to the US president on Sunday, and also to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish PM, whose country’

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EU weighs anti-coercion response after Trump’s tariffs over Greenland support

Donald Trump’s announcement that eight countries supporting Greenland would face tariffs unless there was a deal to sell the territory to the US has pushed the EU to consider tough countermeasures, even as its top officials continue to publicly call the US an ally. Ursula von der Leyen, speaking

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Southern Chile wildfires kill at least 16, force thousands to evacuate

At least 16 people have died as ferocious wildfires swept parts of southern Chile, burning homes and thousands of hectares and destroying entire neighborhoods in the Biobío region, authorities said. Rodrigo Vera, the mayor of Penco, described scenes of desperation and said more than 20,000 people had left their

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Syria government and Kurdish-led S.D.F. agree to cease-fire and unity deal

The Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed on Sunday to an immediate cease-fire and to a full integration of the militia into national military forces, according to state media. The agreement is a 14-point deal that, the report said, requires the S.D.F. to hand over

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Museveni calls opponents 'terrorists' after claiming seventh term in Uganda

Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term in office at 81, said on Sunday that the opposition were "terrorists" who had tried to use violence to overturn the election results. Official results showed Museveni winning a landslide with 72% of the vote, while opposition

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Trump’s Board of Peace seeks more than $1 billion for permanent seats

President Trump’s new "Board of Peace" is presenting itself as an international peacekeeping body and is offering permanent membership to countries that provide more than $1 billion in cash within the board’s first year, according to a draft of the charter reviewed by The New York

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Trump’s Vow to Get Greenland Prompts Protests and Alarm in Denmark

Demonstrators gathered in Copenhagen and other cities in Denmark and Greenland to protest President Trump’s vow to get Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory, an action Danes say has left them feeling betrayed, bewildered and frightened. Greenland, 50 times the size of Denmark, has long given the country greater international

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Israeli far-right ministers reject US-backed Gaza postwar plan

Far-right members of Israel’s governing coalition rejected a US-backed plan for postwar governance in Gaza, criticizing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to annex the territory and establish new Israeli settlements there. Their opposition followed the White House’s announcement of world leaders chosen for a so-called Gaza "