World News

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American Airlines grounds all US flights due to ‘technical issue’
American Airlines was forced to ground all of its flights in the US on one of the busiest Christmas travel days.
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Former landlord of bankrupt Steward Health Care drops defamation case in the U.S.
Medical Properties Trust, the hospital real estate company that rented to Steward, had sued Viceroy Research LLC for making public allegations of mismanagement.
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Israel confirms it killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran during a July operation
Defence minister Israel Katz threatens Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying the military will ‘decapitate their leadership – just as we did with Haniyeh’
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Woman burned to death after being set on fire in New York subway, man arrested for ’depraved’ attack
A woman died after being set on fire on a New York subway train on Sunday, with a man arrested on suspicion of carrying out the "depraved" attack.
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In Brazil, a plane crashed into buildings, killing nine people
Initial reports suggest all people on board were killed in the crash.
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Woman spiked boyfriend’s drink in $30m inheritance scam - but ended up with nothing
Ina Thea Kenoyer, 48, turned to murder to get cash that never existed after her boyfriend of 10 years believed he was in line for a $30 million inheritance from a relative
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Plane crash lands at Belfast airport as passenger plane’s landing gear collapses during ’hard landing’
Flights at Belfast City Airport have been cancelled after an incident on the runway from an AerLingus aircraft which has sparked a large emergency service response
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Four killed as helicopter ambulance crashes on take-off in Turkey
The two pilots, one doctor and one health care worker on board at the time died in the incident on Sunday morning.
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US military mistakenly downs its own fighter jet
Two US Navy pilots were shot down on Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the US military said.
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Boy, nine, killed in Christmas market attack was ‘little teddy bear’
The nine-year-old boy killed in Friday’s Christmas market attack is now ‘with grandma and grandpa in heaven’, his mum said.
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Nine-year-old child among five killed and over 200 injured in German Christmas market attack
Five people have been killed and 41 others are ‘gravely injured’ after a car smashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany.
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Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC
First-hand accounts from victims of unthinkable violence paint a gruesome picture of the brutality sweeping the central African country. How long is the West prepared to look away?
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Toddler among two dead and 70 injured in German Christmas market attack
At least two people have been killed after a car ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany.
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US kills ISIS leader in Syrian airstrike, with Washington vowing to prevent terrorists from seizing control after Assad’s downfall
The US has killed an Islamic State leader and a second operative in an airstrike on Syria.
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Knife attack at Zagreb school leaves at least one child dead and several seriously injured
Local media reports have said the attacker stabbed and killed a child and injured several people at a school in the Croatian capital Zagreb - children have been evacuated
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Mysterious explosions reported near Putin’s Arctic weapons testing site
Mystery explosions have rocked the Russian Arctic, a few miles from a naval base of Vladimir Putin’s northern fleet.
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Missing plane flight MH370 search to resume after Malaysia makes bombshell announcement
Malaysian authorities will resume the search for missing flight MH370, more than 10 years after the Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished on March 8, 2014
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Contaminated seafood worth £8,000,000 seized from criminal gangs
Over 30 tonnes of contaminated seafood has been seized by European authorities, potentially saving millions of people from getting food poisoning over Christmas.
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Luigi Mangione could face death penalty for killing of healthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione could face the death penalty if convicted of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO.
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Andrew Tate’s human trafficking trial collapses due to ’prosecutor errors’
Andrew Tate’s trial into alleged human trafficking in Romania can no longer go ahead because of ‘multiple’ mistakes made by prosecutors.
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EU to investigate TikTok over Romania’s canceled presidential elections
The European Commission has opened an investigation against TikTok for facilitating interference in Romania’s 2024 presidential elections.
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Singapore money laundering suspects splurged on Dubai real estate
Suspected members of a massive Singapore money laundering syndicate snapped up almost $30 million in Dubai properties, leaked data shows.
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Children in Poland taught to use guns amid fears of a Russian invasion
An EU nation has made it mandatory for schoolchildren to take part in firearms training.
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Luigi Mangione quietly and calmly leaves court and boards plane for New York
Luigi Mangione – the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO – quietly and calmly departed a courthouse after waiving extradition and boarded a plane to New York.
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Putin’s forces accused of burning faces of dead North Korean soldiers to conceal their presence
Russian forces are allegedly trying to burn the faces of dead North Korean troops to hide their presence on the battlefield.