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174 skiers and snowboarders rescued after ski lift in Colorado cracks
174 skiers and snowboarders rescued after ski lift in Colorado cracks
Officials are investigating what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of more than 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Trump threatens to try to take back Panama Canal
Trump threatens to try to take back Panama Canal
Donald Trump has suggested his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the US “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital ...

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Rome’s Trevi Fountain reopens after renovation work
Rome’s Trevi Fountain reopens after renovation work
Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain has reopened ahead of the inauguration of the 2025 Jubilee Holy Year, following the completion of extraordinary maintenance.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Secret Florence passage that Medici family used to move safely reopens to public
Secret Florence passage that Medici family used to move safely reopens to public
Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor, the raised passageway that connects the city’s Uffizi Galleries to the former residence of the powerful Medici family, has reopened to the public after an eight-year restoration project.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Four killed as helicopter ambulance crashes on take-off in Turkey
Four killed as helicopter ambulance crashes on take-off in Turkey
An ambulance helicopter has crashed in south-western Turkey, killing all four people on board.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

What is known about the German Christmas market attack and its impact
What is known about the German Christmas market attack and its impact
Four women and a nine-year-old boy were killed and 200 people were injured when a Saudi doctor allegedly drove into a Christmas market packed with people in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday night.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Pope in plea for ceasefires to end ‘cruelty’ of conflicts around the world
Pope in plea for ceasefires to end ‘cruelty’ of conflicts around the world
Pope Francis called for a ceasefire in conflicts around the world in his Sunday Angelus prayer ahead of Christmas, condemning the “cruelty” of bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine and Gaza.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Russian fuel depot hit by Ukrainian drones for second time
Russian fuel depot hit by Ukrainian drones for second time
Ukrainian drones have struck a major Russian fuel depot for the second time in just over a week, according to a senior Russian regional official, as part of a “massive” cross-border attack on fuel and energy facilities that Kyiv says supply Moscow’s ...

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

German authorities were warned about Christmas market attack suspect last year
German authorities were warned about Christmas market attack suspect last year
German authorities received a warning last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market which killed five people, officials have said.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Four women and boy confirmed as those killed in German Christmas market attack
Four women and boy confirmed as those killed in German Christmas market attack
More details have emerged about those killed when a man drove a car at speed through a Christmas market in Germany, while mourners continue to place flowers and other tributes at the scene of the attack.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Displaced Palestinians enduring winter with little protection from cold
Displaced Palestinians enduring winter with little protection from cold
Winter is hitting the Gaza Strip and many of the nearly two million Palestinians displaced by the devastating 14-month war with Israel are struggling to protect themselves from the wind, cold and rain.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza leave at least 16 dead
Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza leave at least 16 dead
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight have killed at least 16 people, Palestinian medical officials said.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Five hurt as truck being chased by police driven through department store
Five hurt as truck being chased by police driven through department store
Five people were injured when a truck being chased by police crashed through the doors of a department store in Texas and continued through the busy shop.The truck crashed into JCPenney in Killeen at about 5.30pm local time on Saturday and continued ...

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Joe Biden
China says US ‘playing with fire’ after latest military aid for Taiwan
The Chinese government says America is “playing with fire” by approving military aid to Taiwan. The Asian superpower has issued a rebuke and protested the latest announcements of military sales, weapons, and assistance green-lit by the US.

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Albania to ban TikTok for a year amid claims it promotes violence among children
Albania to ban TikTok for a year amid claims it promotes violence among children
Albania’s prime minister has said the government will shut down the social media service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Germany mourns five killed and 200 injured in attack on Christmas market
Germany mourns five killed and 200 injured in attack on Christmas market
Germans have mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor , killing five people and injuring 200 others.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Blake Lively accuses It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment
Blake Lively accuses It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment
According to complaint, Baldoni retaliated after crisis meeting attended by Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Joe Biden signs bill that averts US government shutdown after days of upheaval
Joe Biden signs bill that averts US government shutdown after days of upheaval
President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law that averts a US government shutdown.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Pope suffering with a cold and will skip outdoor Sunday prayer before busy week
Pope suffering with a cold and will skip outdoor Sunday prayer before busy week
Pope Francis is suffering from a cold and will deliver his Sunday blessing from indoors, the Vatican has said.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Nine-year-old among five killed in Germany Christmas market attack
Nine-year-old among five killed in Germany Christmas market attack
A car ploughed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, around 155km from Berlin, crashing through shoppers for up to 400 meters

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Death toll rises to five after car driven into Christmas market in Germany
Death toll rises to five after car driven into Christmas market in Germany
Authorities identified the suspect as a 50-year-old who has been living in Germany for nearly two decades and practising medicine there

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Ex-Syrian soldiers report to new rulers in hope of amnesty
Ex-Syrian soldiers report to new rulers in hope of amnesty
Hundreds of former Syrian soldiers have reported to the country’s new rulers for the first time since Bashar Assad was ousted to answer questions about whether they may have been involved in crimes against civilians in exchange for an amnesty and ...

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Pope Francis reprimands Vatican staff for gossiping
Pope Francis reprimands Vatican staff for gossiping
Pope Francis has told Vatican bureaucrats to stop speaking ill of one another as he used his annual Christmas greetings to admonish the backstabbing and gossiping among his closest collaborators.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Tesla recalls almost 700,000 vehicles due to tyre warning light problem
Tesla recalls almost 700,000 vehicles due to tyre warning light problem
Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tyre pressure monitoring system.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

16 injured after rocket fired from Yemen hits Tel Aviv
16 injured after rocket fired from Yemen hits Tel Aviv
A rocket fired from Yemen has hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people slightly injured by shattered glass from nearby windows.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Ukrainian drones target Russian city 600 miles from the front line
Ukrainian drones target Russian city 600 miles from the front line
Ukraine has brought the war into the heart of Russia with drone attacks that damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan in the Tatarstan region, more than 600 miles from the front line.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Germany mourns victims after BMW driven into Christmas market
Germany mourns victims after BMW driven into Christmas market
Germany is in mourning after a Saudi doctor drove a BMW into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 25 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, including at least eight in an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp and at least 10, including seven children, in the town of Jabalia.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Chuck Schumer
US Senate passes government funding bill to avoid shutdown
The US Senate has rushed through the final passage of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Indonesians mark two decades since Boxing Day tsunami
Indonesians mark two decades since Boxing Day tsunami
Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves. Now a school teacher, she was only 17 at the time.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Mike Johnson
House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before shutdown deadline
The House of Representatives has approved a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

French court convicts eight people of involvement in 2020 beheading of teacher
French court convicts eight people of involvement in 2020 beheading of teacher
France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school near Paris four years ago.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Mike Johnson
House speaker says Republicans have agreed on a new spending deal
US House Speaker Mike Johnson has set a vote for Friday evening on a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but would put off President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Five killed and 205 people injured in Germany Christmas market attack
Five killed and 205 people injured in Germany Christmas market attack
A car ploughed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, around 155km from Berlin, crashing through shoppers for up to 400 meters

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Greece’s former royal family seeks to reclaim citizenship
Greece’s former royal family seeks to reclaim citizenship
Members of Greece’s former royal family have applied for Greek citizenship and formally acknowledged the country’s republican system of government, in a landmark move 50 years after the monarchy was abolished, officials confirmed on Friday.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Trump adds Europe to list of US trade partners he is threatening with tariffs
Trump adds Europe to list of US trade partners he is threatening with tariffs
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he is threatening with tariffs — unless the group takes steps to import more US goods.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Macron met with anger over Cyclone Chido response during visit to Mayotte
Macron met with anger over Cyclone Chido response during visit to Mayotte
French President Emmanuel Macron faced widespread frustration and anger from residents in Mayotte during his visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is still reeling from the damage of the strongest cyclone to hit the region in nearly a century.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Italian court clears vice premier of illegally detaining migrants on rescue ship
Italian court clears vice premier of illegally detaining migrants on rescue ship
A court in Sicily has found Italy’s Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia, research suggests
Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia, research suggests
Sloths were not always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to four tonnes — and when startled, they brandished immense claws.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Pat Ryder
Pentagon warns a government shutdown will cost troops their pay over Christmas
Republicans’ decision to abandon a congressional spending plan will cost about 2. 1 million troops their pay over the Christmas holidays unless some agreement is reached before Friday’s deadline to prevent a government shutdown, the Pentagon warned.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Donald Trump
Donald Trump transfers £3 billion of Trump Media shares to trust
Shares of Trump Media and Technology Group slid in midday trading on Friday after US President-elect Donald Trump transferred all his shares into a revocable trust, according to a regulatory filing.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least seven including four children
Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least seven including four children
An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Gaza killed at least seven Palestinians, including four children, and injured 16 other people on Friday afternoon, health officials said.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

flags of Iran and USA
Iranian officer charged with murder after death of US citizen in Iraq
An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes, authorities said.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

US diplomats and hostage envoy make first visit to Syria
US diplomats and hostage envoy make first visit to Syria
The first US diplomats to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad’s ousting earlier this month held talks with transitional officials in Damascus on Friday to press for an inclusive government and seek information on the whereabouts of missing ...

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Russia says Ukrainian strike with US-supplied missiles killed six people
Russia says Ukrainian strike with US-supplied missiles killed six people
A Ukrainian attack on Friday on a town in Russia’s Kursk border region using US-supplied missiles killed six people, including a child, a senior local official said.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Fictional Blood samples with infected marburg virus, with mask, syringe and lab report.
Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Rwandan government on Friday declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever over after no new cases were registered in recent weeks.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

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