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At least 26 dead as typhoon brings flooding to central Philippines

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 4, 2025

MANILA, Philippines – At least 26 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of others had fled their homes in the central Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said, after Typhoon Kalmaegi brought destructive winds and devastating flooding to a region still reeling from a deadly earthquake.

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The Alps are melting, but the villagers will not be moved

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 4, 2025

LÖTSCHENTAL VALLEY, Switzerland – Rebuilding was never in question.

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Gold medalist Charles Coste, world’s oldest Olympian, dies at age 101

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 4, 2025

Charles Coste, a cycling gold medal winner for France in the 1948 Olympics and the world's oldest Olympian, died at the age of 101. Coste died last week, according to the office of France President Emmanuel Macron.

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G20 taskforce calls for global panel to tackle ‘inequality emergency’

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 3, 2025

JOHANNESBURG - A G20 taskforce established by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the creation of an international panel to tackle inequality, warning that extreme wealth disparities disrupt democracy and cause economic instability.

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US says it will send $3 million in aid to Cuba in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 3, 2025

The U.S. State Department said it is coordinating with the Catholic Church to send $3 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba after Hurricane Melissa ravaged several provinces on the island’s eastern region.

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Earthquake in Afghanistan kills 20 and injures hundreds, Health Ministry says

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 3, 2025

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan overnight Monday near the city of Mazar-e Sharif, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Red Cross head says ‘history repeating’ in Sudan after reported killings

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 3, 2025

RIYADH - The head of the Red Cross says history is repeating itself in Sudan's Darfur region after reports of mass killings during the fall of the city of al-Fashir to the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary last week.

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These cats do it for glory, not salmon. (Actually, it’s the salmon)

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 2, 2025

BANGKOK – The champion competitive eater stood on a table in front of dozens of people and methodically attacked the salmon.

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5 German climbers are killed by avalanche in Italian Alps

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 2, 2025

Five German mountaineers were killed Saturday when an early-season avalanche struck the Alps in northern Italy, the Italian Alpine rescue organization said.

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23 dead, a dozen injured in fire and explosion in northwest Mexico dollar store

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 2, 2025

A deadly explosion Nov. 1 at a dollar store in northwest Mexico killed 23 people, including some children, and injured a dozen more during the country's vibrant Día de los Muertos festivities.

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UK police say train stabbings carried out by lone attacker, not terrorism

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 2, 2025

HUNTINGDON, England – A 32-year-old British man was the sole suspect accused of a mass stabbing on a train in England, after another man arrested in the case was released on Sunday with no charges.

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Ukrainian drone strike hits key Russian oil port, at least one vessel hit

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 2, 2025

KYIV - A Ukrainian drone attack struck one of Russia's main Black Sea oil ports on Sunday, causing a fire and damaging at least one ship, as Kyiv tries to undermine Russia's war effort by targeting its energy infrastructure.

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Russia denounces ‘excessive’ U.S. military force in Caribbean, backs Venezuela

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 1, 2025

Russia's foreign ministry denounced on Saturday "excessive military force" by the United States in the Caribbean Sea deployed as part of a drive against drug trafficking and reaffirmed its support for Venezuela's leaders.

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After days of protests, Tanzania’s president is declared election winner

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 1, 2025

The electoral commission of Tanzania said Saturday that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had won a landslide victory in the country's presidential election this past week, a contest that has led to days of violent protests and Tanzania's gravest political crisis in decades.

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Inside the heist that shocked the world

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 1, 2025

PARIS – Holly Barker and her husband, Jake, were third in line at the Louvre the morning of Oct. 19.

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Maduro braces for a U.S. attack; Venezuelans worry more about dinner

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 1, 2025

CARACAS, Venezuela – The country is hemmed in by the largest U.S. military presence off South America in decades. For two months, U.S. forces have been blowing up boats off its coast, killing scores; President Donald Trump has warned “land is going to be next” – and then denied land strikes are coming.

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Dozens feared dead in Tanzania protests over election that critics call a sham

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 1, 2025

As thousands took to the streets for the third day in a row in Tanzania’s biggest cities and towns, protesting an election in which the country’s president barred her two main opponents from running against her, human rights groups warned of growing violence against demonstrators.

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Melissa dissipates, leaves destruction and at least 50 dead in Caribbean

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 31, 2025

Melissa, one of the strongest storms on record to make landfall in the Caribbean, began to dissipate on Friday after sowing devastation across much of Jamaica, cutting off communities in Cuba, drenching Haiti and leaving at least 50 dead.

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Ukraine hands over suspected Russian war criminal to Lithuania

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 31, 2025

KYIV/VILNIUS - Ukraine has handed over a captured Russian soldier accused of torture and illegal detention to Lithuania for trial, in what Kyiv said was the first case of its kind involving the justice system of a third country during Russia's nearly four-year-old war.

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Cambodia and Thailand to disarm their border after Trump’s peace deal

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 31, 2025

Cambodia and Thailand took a major step toward de-escalating territorial tensions just days after a peace deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, saying they will start to remove weapons from their shared border. The two Southeast Asian nations, whose clashes in July killed more than three dozen people, will start a two-month process of removing rocket launchers, artillery systems, and ...

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At least 26 dead as typhoon brings flooding to central Philippines

The Alps are melting, but the villagers will not be moved

Gold medalist Charles Coste, world’s oldest Olympian, dies at age 101

G20 taskforce calls for global panel to tackle ‘inequality emergency’

US says it will send $3 million in aid to Cuba in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

Earthquake in Afghanistan kills 20 and injures hundreds, Health Ministry says

Red Cross head says ‘history repeating’ in Sudan after reported killings

These cats do it for glory, not salmon. (Actually, it’s the salmon)

5 German climbers are killed by avalanche in Italian Alps

23 dead, a dozen injured in fire and explosion in northwest Mexico dollar store

UK police say train stabbings carried out by lone attacker, not terrorism

Ukrainian drone strike hits key Russian oil port, at least one vessel hit

Russia denounces ‘excessive’ U.S. military force in Caribbean, backs Venezuela

After days of protests, Tanzania’s president is declared election winner

Inside the heist that shocked the world

Maduro braces for a U.S. attack; Venezuelans worry more about dinner

Dozens feared dead in Tanzania protests over election that critics call a sham

Melissa dissipates, leaves destruction and at least 50 dead in Caribbean

Ukraine hands over suspected Russian war criminal to Lithuania

Cambodia and Thailand to disarm their border after Trump’s peace deal