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World A damning report on a deadly 2017 London highrise fire said on Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a “death trap” where 72 people lost their lives. 72 victims and their families were ‘badly failed’ by many people and organizations, inquiryContinue Reading
World Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigned Wednesday, the most major move in a government reshuffle ordered by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a crucial juncture in the war against Russia. Russian strikes, meanwhile, killed at least seven people in the Ukrainian city of Lviv near the Polish border. After theContinue Reading
Tens of thousands of civilians dead. Warring factions driving millions from their homes. The threat of famine. Fears of genocide. Any one of these would be a crisis warranting a major international response. But in Sudan, they’re all taking place at once, more than 500 days into a brutal civilContinue Reading
It’s 6 a.m. on a summer day in June, and Mohamed Saad, 20, is jolted awake by soldiers from the Israel Defence Forces. They help him put on clothes: IDF military fatigues. He’s reluctant to accept the help but has little choice in the matter — he’s in Israeli custodyContinue Reading
World Thousands of Oasis fans waited long hours in virtual queues this weekend to get their hands on tickets for the British band’s reunion shows in the U.K. next summer, only to find that prices had been hiked as part of a “dynamic pricing” scheme. So how does this pricingContinue Reading
World A boat carrying migrants ripped apart in the English Channel as they attempted to reach Britain from northern France on Tuesday, plunging dozens into the treacherous waterway and leaving 12 dead, authorities said. Most victims were believed to be women, some under 18The Associated Press · Posted: Sep 03, 2024 10:10 AMContinue Reading
World Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will devote almost all of their remaining time and resources with just two months to go until the U.S. presidential election to just seven states that are seen as the most impactful to winning the electoral college. Pennsylvania, site of next week’s debate, seeingContinue Reading
World At least 51 people were killed and 235 wounded when Russia struck a military institute in Ukraine’s central town of Poltava with two ballistic missiles on Tuesday, the war’s deadliest single attack this year. Ukraine’s president said a military building was among the structures hit in PoltavaThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading
World A beluga whale that was suspected of spying for Russia after being discovered in Norwegian waters five years ago with a harness on it has now been found dead, according to the non-profit organization that had been monitoring the whale. The beluga whale was first spotted off the coast of Norway inContinue Reading
Israeli general strike for ceasefire deal ordered to end by labour courtA rare call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to closures and other disruptions around the country on Monday, including at its main international airport. A labour courtContinue Reading
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