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Air Canada cancels all flights to Cuba amid aviation fuel shortage

Air Canada has cancelled all flights to Cuba after the island’s authorities said they were running out of aviation fuel, a consequence of the US oil blockade. The airline said it would begin repatriating 3,000 customers. Cuba’s beaches are a major winter draw for Canadian tourists and

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West Coast Marines aim to train 500 drone pilots a year in 15-day course

Marines on the West Coast have launched a 15-day crash course to train attack-drone operators, and leaders hope to certify about 500 students a year. The fast-paced curriculum teaches flying, aerial navigation, and how to safely prepare and deploy explosive payloads made with C-4. So far the program has certified

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Goma Carries Violent Memories and Signs of Hope After M23 Takeover

In a neighborhood in the heart of Goma, Roger Lufwamba, 55, a father of five daughters, remembers how the fall of the city upended his life. As M23, the Rwandan-backed militia, stormed the city, a bomb fell on his house; he watched two of his children die from the blast

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Prince William Visits Saudi Arabia for Delicate Diplomacy

Prince William traveled to Saudi Arabia on Monday for his first diplomatic trip to the country, a visit intended to strengthen relations between Britain and the kingdom. Kensington Palace said the trip came at the request of the British government, reflecting confidence that the heir’s presence would help burnish

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Russian military seeks Starlink alternatives after access blocked

Russia’s military is scrambling to find alternatives to Starlink satellite internet after access to the network was curtailed, disrupting a key communications system its forces had been using illicitly on the battlefield. Ukraine said last week Starlink terminals being used by Russian troops were deactivated after talks between its

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Guthrie family requests police presence at Nancy's Tucson home

The Guthrie family has asked the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to maintain a presence at Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home while the search for the 84-year-old continues. The sheriff’s office reminded media and the public to obey traffic and private property laws and warned that no trespassing on

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Faber-Castell accuses Costa Rica of misusing donated factory

Faber-Castell, the world’s largest pencil maker, says the Costa Rican government misused a former factory the company donated for humanitarian purposes by detaining asylum seekers there after they were deported from the United States last year. The factory, closed in 2013, was gifted to Costa Rica in 2018 under

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Spain and Portugal hit by third deadly storm in two weeks

Storm Marta passed over the Iberian peninsula on Saturday, bringing fresh torrential rain and killing two people. It follows Storm Kristin, which made landfall on 28 January and killed at least five people, and Storm Leonardo, which claimed another victim last Wednesday. The outlook for this week calls for more

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53 dead or missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean

The UN migration agency said 53 people had died or were missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Only two survivors were rescued. The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday. "Only two Nigerian women were rescued

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Isaac Herzog meets Bondi survivors during Sydney visit

Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, told members of the Jewish community 'when one Jew is hurt, all Jews feel their pain' as he began a four-day visit to Australia to speak with survivors of the Bondi terror attack and the victims’ families. He arrived in Sydney on Monday,

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Christchurch gunman seeks to withdraw guilty plea and restart trial

Brenton Tarrant, the Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslim worshippers at two Christchurch mosques in 2019, is asking one of New Zealand’s highest courts to vacate his guilty pleas and order a new trial. He pleaded guilty in March 2020 to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of

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Man arrested over death of student at University of Lancashire

A man has been arrested over the death of a student in her accommodation at the University of Lancashire. Carla Georgescu, 19, was found dead at her accommodation in Victoria Street, Preston, on Thursday afternoon, Lancashire constabulary said. Officers attended the address after reports of a “sudden death”, which is

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The week around the world in 20 pictures

Over the past seven days, the world’s leading photojournalists captured a wide range of events. The gallery includes images of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, ICE protests in Los Angeles, Snoop Dogg at the Winter Olympics and Storm Leonardo. Taken together, these photographs form a visual record of the week.

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Pakistan targets Balochistan separatists after ‘unprecedented’ assaults

Pakistan’s security forces have intensified operations in Balochistan after a large-scale assault that killed at least 31 civilians and 17 security personnel. The chief minister, Sarfraz Bugti, said 145 people he described as militants had been killed in 40 hours and that their bodies were in custody. The attacks

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Memorial for Swiss bar fire victims goes up in flames

A makeshift memorial for the victims of a deadly New Year’s fire in Crans-Montana caught alight early on Sunday. Police said the blaze was probably sparked by candles left burning inside. The tribute had been set up for the 41 people killed and the 115 injured in the early-hours

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Authorities search Annie Guthrie's home as hunt for Nancy enters day seven

Authorities conducted a late-night search of Annie Guthrie and Tommaso Cioni’s Tucson home, taking photographs and searching until about 10:30 p.m. MT. An agent was seen carrying a silver briefcase into the residence. The activity comes as the search for Nancy Guthrie enters its seventh day. Savannah

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Ransom note gives crucial clue to Savannah Guthrie's missing mom Nancy's location

Six days into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, TMZ founder Harvey Levin said a “very detailed” ransom note has provided a possible location. Levin, speaking on CNN after the first deadline passed, said the demand letter his team was emailed disclosed a radius around Tucson that investigators can use. He added

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Mosque bombing in Pakistan capital kills at least 31 people

An explosion tore through the Khadija al-Kubra Shia mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and injuring at least 169 others. Police said they were investigating whether the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. Television footage and social media images showed

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Emergency warnings as Tropical Cyclone Mitchell nears Pilbara coast

Severe Tropical Cyclone Mitchell is expected to maintain its category 3 intensity as it moves south-west along the Pilbara coast. Located about 30km offshore west of Karratha, the cyclone had winds near the centre of 120km/h and gusts up to 165km/h on Sunday morning. Senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury

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Floodlight removed from Nancy Guthrie's back door as investigators search

Authorities removed a broken floodlight from Nancy Guthrie’s back door as investigators continued searching her Catalina Foothills property north of Tucson. Fox News footage captured the removed light; other floodlights were seen outside the house and in the backyard, where one was observed hanging by a wire. On Feb.

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Prince Andrew removed from Royal Lodge after midnight move

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was moved out of his longtime home at Royal Lodge in the middle of the night, dispatched by car to Norfolk as staff packed his remaining belongings. The transfer was arranged hastily after an urgent discussion at Sandringham the previous evening involving Prince William and King Charles. He

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RSF drone attack kills 24 fleeing families in central Sudan

A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces hit a vehicle carrying displaced families near the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children and two infants, the Sudan Doctors Network said. The vehicle had been transporting people who fled fighting in the

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Her father's Gaza war grave was bulldozed; she wants answers

Wilma Spence says the inscription on her father’s tombstone — "Fighting for those who love him, our darling daddy died" — has almost certainly been erased after the Israel Defense Forces bulldozed large parts of the Gaza War Cemetery. She has had no official word and now has no

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BBC Persian journalists say Iran monitoring them and targeting their families

Exiled Iranian journalists working for the BBC said their movements are being closely monitored by the state and that family members in Iran have been interrogated and persecuted for their reporting. Relatives were threatened with arrest and the seizure of assets unless the journalists stopped covering unrest, and some parents

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A Mosque Bombing Undercuts Pakistan’s Bid for Security

In recent years Pakistan arrested, jailed or killed dozens of Islamic State militants along its border with Afghanistan and was praised as a “phenomenal partner” by a U.S. official after extraditing the suspected plotter of a 2021 attack in Kabul that killed 13 Americans. A suicide bombing on Friday