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One dead in Czech cable car crash

Two trains collide between Andover and Salisbury UK

G20 backs stronger climate action, but won’t end coal use

Vienna Open: Alexander Zverev beats Frances Tiafoe for title

Boris Johnson tells world leaders they’re failing on climate change — The Prime Minister insists there are “no compelling excuses” for delaying climate action as the G20 ends in Rome.

Taliban says failure to recognize their government could have global effects

Taiwan's Vice president urges voters to vote "No" on referendums regarding the revival of work on the mothballed nuclear power plant and the banning of pork products containing residue of the leanness drug ractopamine from the US.

Climate change: Extreme weather events are 'the new norm'

UK and France blame each other over fishing row stalemate

Biden at G20: Russia and China 'didn't show up' on climate

Tigrayan forces claim to capture new town of Kombolcha

'Father of tiramisu' Ado Campeol dies aged 93

Queen Elizabeth is in ‘very good form’ after being told to rest, U.K. PM Johnson says

Tesla’s Elon Musk responds to UN World Food Program director’s call to “solve world hunger”

Satellite images show China may be using closed civilian airports to launch Taiwan overflights

Australian climate sceptics senators say net zero targets ‘distract us’, as UK presses for more commitments

World in 'last-chance saloon' on climate, Prince Charles tells G20

Seven Mali soldiers killed in separate convoy attacks: army

Taliban's reclusive supreme leader appears, belying rumours of his death

“If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it.“ says Elon Musk.

A hackers group hacked Israeli Defense Ministry - leaks satellite images, soldiers list, internal documents

With no sign of eruption's end, ash blankets La Palma island

1 dead after ropeway cabin falls in Czech Republic

Ancient wooden Mayan canoe unearthed almost intact in Mexico

‘As a child I saw the plane crash that killed my sisters'

The white student braving racial politics in South Africa

Can COP26 really save the planet?

Climate change: What's it like living in a place where it's 50C?

COP26: What effect does methane have on climate change? And more questions

COP26: How Glasgow is hosting world leaders

Suspected Iranian hack hits Israeli LGBT site; users fear leak of personal info

G20: World leaders agree to historic corporate tax deal

A lifetime with the Yanomami people of the Amazon

How the Taliban takeover changed my life

Alec Baldwin makes first public comments on 'one in a trillion' shooting

Israeli woman jailed three times for refusing to join the army

The women reviving a vanishing legacy of Sufi music in Kashmir

Shell and BP paid zero tax on North Sea gas and oil for three years. Firms defend paying no corporation tax after government handed out billions to energy giants.

Gunmen kill at least three at Afghan wedding to stop music being played | Afghanistan

U.S., EU end Trump-era tariff war over steel and aluminum

Ancient wooden Mayan canoe unearthed almost intact in Mexico

Lawyer Steven Donziger, Who Sued Chevron over “Amazon Chernobyl,” Ordered to Prison After House Arrest

G-20 leaders endorse global minimum corporate tax deal for 2023 start

India : At -16 Degrees, World's Highest Polling Station (alt 15,256 feet) sees 100% Turnout In Himachal Bypolls

New population estimate for right whales at its lowest in 20 years

Marshall 'Major' Taylor: The first black American world champion & his fight to the top

The 17-year-old making films fun for deaf children

German photographer spills the beans: Jordan flew in IDF aerial drill: Amman’s participation in the massive Blue Flag exercise had been a secret… until a German military cameraman posted a photo of a Jordanian fighter jet on Instagram

Canada challenges compensation order for indigenous children

Week in pictures: 23 - 29 October 2021

La Palma: Living with lava

The viral basketball star changing views on Muslim women in sport

COP26: African climate activists' message to world leaders

Russian Urban Exploration Blogger "urbanturizm" Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Illegally Obtaining And Spreading Abroad State Secrets

California condors: Virgin births discovered in critically endangered birds

Canadian man finds rocks in frozen berries, offered $300 in points if he kept quiet

With coronavirus untamed, Russia suffers deadliest September since World War II

Saudi Arabia orders Lebanese ambassador to leave kingdom within 48 hours and to stop all imports from Lebanon, a response to comments by a Lebanese minister who described the war in Yemen as a Saudi “aggression"

Myanmar military shells restive town, destroying dozens of homes

Russian Urban Exploration Blogger "urbanturizm" Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Illegally Obtaining And Spreading Abroad State Secrets

Palestinian groups branded terrorists by Israel say they are being silenced

Dramatic footage shows tornado cut across Texas highway

Worlds largest potato discovered in New Zealand

Scientists discover cause of Alzheimer's progression in brain

The moment Facebook became Meta

Police in England and Wales are considering using drone-mounted cameras that could film high-quality live footage from 1,500ft (457 metres) away, raising concerns among civil liberties campaigners

The Taliban is begging for Afghanistan's frozen money to be released as the country's economy spirals into crisis

Afghanistan’s girls learn, code ‘underground’ amid Taliban curbs

The Taliban’s secretive war against IS

Mikheil Saakashvili: Hunger-striking ex-leader rattles Georgia from jail

Why the vending machine is making a comeback

Ethiopia food crisis: Why does PM have a problem with wheat aid?

Africa's week in pictures: 22-28 October 2021

Ketamine and psilocybin, better known as party drugs, showing promise for treatment of mood disorders

Slimmer Kim Jong Un not a body double, spy agency says after AI analysis of images

Japan election: Why the ruling party keeps winning

Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions rose by 9.5 percent last year, mostly because of deforestation, a report said Thursday, making it one of the only major economies not to cut pollution as the pandemic hit

Steven Donziger, Lawyer Behind $9.5B Chevron Settlement, Says His Jailing 'Will Backfire'

Fully-vaccinated Canadian man dies after COVID-19 sweeps through his hockey league

Italian LGBTQ+ hate crime bill defeated - The measure would have criminalized violence and hate speech against LGBTQ+ people.

Climate change: Major US oil companies face grilling by Congress

"Don't choose extinction": Dinosaur gets the climate message across ahead of U.N. summit

Poland vows not to pay any EU court fines

Colombian coca growers have taken hostage about 180 soldiers who were eradicating crops of the cocaine-yielding plant near the Venezuelan border. General Omar Sepulveda told reporters six platoons under his command were "kidnapped" Tuesday in the municipality of Tibu

US returns US$15 million in antiquities to India in stolen art investigation

Impact of Brexit on economy 'worse than Covid'

Facebook changes its company name to Meta

India may face long heat waves, heavy flooding, low agro and fish yield in 15-20 yrs if emissions not controlled: Study ahead of G20 meet

Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand

Budget 2021: Millions will be worse off in 2022, says IFS

Ex-Saudi intelligence official describes Crown Prince as a 'psychopath' who boasted he could kill the sitting monarch in 2014

Vatican says Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada, meet with Indigenous leaders

World faces disastrous 2.7C temperature rise on current climate plans, UN warns

Dismissed: Germany’s Merkel becomes caretaker chancellor - Angela Merkel took a step closer to political retirement Tuesday after receiving her formal dismissal certificate from the post of chancellor after 16 years in office

EU lawmakers push for closer ties with Taiwan, drawing Chinese anger

Helen Mirren, Mila Kunis join letter rejecting boycott of Tel Aviv film fest: Other Hollywood figures, including Neil Patrick Harris, Sharon Osbourne, Stephen Fry and Lance Bass, also voice support for the Tel Aviv International LGBTQ Film Festival

Ukraine Strikes Russian-Backed Forces Using Turkish-Made TB2 Drones For The First Time

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley says China's hypersonic weapons test was almost a "Sputnik moment"

Covid passes set to stay as Europe heads for winter

Climate change: Can India meet its targets?

Ruth Negga on her latest role – as a black woman passing as white

US vows no supermax prison for Assange in renewed extradition bid

French Oil Company Total ‘Knew About Global Warming Impact in 1971’, Study Finds

India and UK plan to build global solar grid connecting 140 countries to fight climate change

Pope Francis to visit Canada for indigenous reconciliation

Brazilian Senate Committee Recommends Bolsonaro Face Charges of Mass Murder, Genocide

As the US refuses to unfreeze Afghan national bank assets, more than a half of Afghanistan’s population faces ‘acute’ food crisis this winter, U.N. finds

The israeli government advanced plans to build more than 3,000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, the territory that Palestinians hope will form part of a future Palestinian state.

Pakistan Islamists clash with police in row over French cartoons

Brain inflammation caused by air pollution is reducing sperm counts, new study finds

Benin Bronzes: 'My great-grandfather sculpted the looted treasures'

U.S. sees spike in contaminated Australian meat shipments. U.S. food safety officials have blocked a rising number of meat shipments from Australia since 2019 due to fecal contamination.

Pope Francis agrees to visit Canada as Indigenous leaders seek apology

EU’s Green Pass Vaccination ID System Has Been Hacked to Make Fakes—Including One for Adolf Hitler

Life at 50C: Surviving in Kuwait's 'unbearable' heat

Ros Atkins on... India's climate challenge

Covid: Charlize Theron wants fairer distribution of vaccines

‘They created monsters’: How New Zealand’s brutal welfare system produced criminals

Xi Jinping says China will uphold world peace and international law

Austria introduces $3.50 go-anywhere public transport ticket to fight climate change

Rise in human bird flu cases in China shows risk of fast-changing variants: experts

U.S. strongly opposes Israel's plans for new West Bank settlement homes

Covid: FDA officials back Pfizer jab for children over five in US

FDA recommend vaccine for 5 to 11 years old.

An 11-member Senate committee in Brazil will be voting on an extensive report recommending the country's president be criminally charged. The 1,200-page document is the result of 11 months of investigation into the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

Dutch psychologist gave "suicide powder" to over 100 people

Catania: Two dead as rare storm floods streets of Sicilian city

Communists face rare crackdown in Russia, upending old balance

Members of Ecuador's influential indigenous movement blocked roads to protest fuel price hikes as the country, in the midst of a state of emergency, battles challenges on multiple fronts. Protesters used rocks and burning tires to disrupt traffic in five of Ecuador's 24 provinces

Agnes Wanjiru murder: Kenya family's anger over UK army 'cover-up'

FCC revokes China Telecom’s US operating licence, citing national security

Rust: Assistant director had been sacked before over gun safety

US revokes licence of top Chinese telecoms company

UN says national climate targets 'fall far short'

Despite stronger promises, the world is set to overshoot climate targets, UN gap report finds

In India, Students Who Celebrated Pakistan’s Victory in a Cricket Match are Booked Under Anti-Terror Law

One of world’s biggest pension funds to stop investing in fossil fuels | Fossil fuel divestment

Fleeing Afghanistan: 'Women are imprisoned, while the criminals are free'

The Harder They Fall: 'Raising hell' in Netflix's all-black Western

How a supply chain shortage hurts local businesses

A man was 'covered' in poop after a passing plane dumped toilet waste over his backyard, lawmaker says

Austrian government proposes law to legalize assisted suicide

German police halt armed far-right vigilantes on Polish border

Can Lego help save Singapore's coral reefs?

Climate change: Pledge of $100bn annual aid slips to 2023

The Russian-based agency that orchestrated last year's SolarWinds cyberattacks — Nobelium — has hit hundreds more companies and organizations, according to Microsoft. The company said it believes the activity shows Russia is seeking to grab a technological foothold in the US

German court sentences ISIS bride to 10 years in prison for allegedly letting Yazidi girl kept as slave die of thirst

Facebook has removed a video from its platform that featured Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro linking COVID-19 vaccines to the onset of AIDS

$200 million in gold extracted by Amazon mining company using illegal licenses, an amount equivalent to 3 tons of gold removed from inside a conservation area

German police stop far-right vigilantes patrolling Polish border

Sudan coup: Seven protesters killed and dozens injured

Covid: Biden sets new rules as air travel to the US reopens

NBA player Enes Kanter wears ‘Free China’ shoes featuring image of Winnie the Pooh during game -- Kanter’s latest pair of shoes feature Kanter holding the head of Winnie the Pooh along with a Tiananmen Square drawing

France moves to shield local bookstores from Amazon with law on minimum delivery charge

John Wayne Gacy murder victim named 45 years after vanishing

Greenhouse gas levels hit record high and increased at faster rate in 2020

Facebook takes down Brazilian president Bolsonaro video over false claim linking COVID-19 vaccines to AIDS

Collector returns Mayan artefact to Guatemala

Herbalist’s murder highlights assault on Mayan spirituality in Guatemala

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen calls for urgent external regulation. Ex-employee tells UK MPs Mark Zuckerberg ‘has unilateral control over 3bn people’ due to his position.

Israel to build 1,300 new West Bank settler homes

The Gambia: 'We are crying for justice'

How can Coca-Cola solve its plastic problem?

Inside the Indonesian cave where oldest animal art was found

Cambodia has begun to press the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan to document how it acquired dozens of Khmer Empire antiquities that Cambodian officials, citing new evidence, believe were looted during the country’s decades of war and tumult

James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther in Friends, dies aged 59

Facebook whistleblower meets safe content campaigner

Tens of Millions of Filthy, Used Medical Gloves Imported Into the US

James Michael Tyler: Friends' actor dies aged 59

James Michael Tyler: 11 of Gunther's funniest Friends moments

Jair Bolsonaro is accused of crimes against humanity in Brazil

Burning cargo ship spews toxic gas off Canada's Pacific coast

Colombia has captured one of the world's most wanted drug lords, Dairo Antonio Úsuga

‘Why did we fight?’ Challenge of governing is wearing down Taliban.

Turkish lira hits record low after Erdogan seeks expulsions

China's 'sinicization' push leads to removal of mosque domes

At least 25, including minors, died in illegal refinery blast in Nigeria

Colombian drug lord Otoniel to be extradited to US

Canada: Evacuations as ship spews toxic gas off coast

India wants compensation for climate damage caused by rich nations

"China has no role in choosing next Dalai Lama", says Arunachal Monastery Head

How Facebook neglected the rest of the world, fueling hate speech and violence in India

Moscow decries U.S. move to call Russians 'homeless' for visa purposes

7 in Hong Kong die from bacterial outbreak linked to freshwater fish, as experts caution market shoppers

Cargo carrier on fire near Victoria, crew could be forced to abandon ship

Colombia's most wanted drug lord Otoniel captured

Jamaica man attacked after using gay dating app - Victim’s penis partially severed before he was set on fire

Rajasthan teacher beats student to death, tells his father he's 'acting dead'

What's next after the release of Meng Wanzhou?

Fears of new arms race after Chinese missile test

Iran: The painful choices of being pregnant and unmarried

Why Kenyan churches are banning politicians from pulpits

In rebuke, US demands Israel explain terror listing for Palestinian NGOs

'UN will die the same day!' Putin issues ominous warning as Russia rejects security revamp

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro cited bogus UK report that complete vaccination against CoV2 leads to AIDS on live broadcast

California Travel Blogger Killed In Apparent Crossfire From Mexico Shootout

EU scientists reveal long-term brain damage caused by Covid

More than 130 countries agree on 15% global minimum corporate tax

Safe houses for Afghans who helped Canadian military and NGOs will be 'scaled back'

Greta Thunberg: 'We need public pressure, not just summits'

30 live interceptions of armed Russian jets during [UK] carrier group aircraft operations in the Mediterranean

Record-breaking ferris wheel opens in Dubai

Canadian students told not to speak during lunch because they could spread COVID-19

Ice loss, toxic algae blooms: Canadian study looks at Northern Hemisphere's warming lakes

Joel Souza, filmmaker wounded in Alec Baldwin gun incident, 'gutted' at friend's death

40 shipping containers have fallen into the ocean after ship hits rough water off B.C. coast | Globalnews.ca

Covid: Romania's health system torn apart by pandemic

Trafficked to Europe for sex: A survivor’s story

The soft toys parents hope connect kids to their faith

Abortion in Mexico: Fight for rights just beginning, women say

Former refugees in US to Afghans: 'You are not alone' 

Canada scraps COVID-19 travel advisory; Ontario to end mask, vaccine rules by March

Will Apple be the last US tech giant left in China?

Australia's free trade talks with European Union paused until 2022 as France's anger over AUKUS submarine deal continues

Texas abortion law to stay in place until Supreme Court decision

Kerala floods: Our son was buried by mud - we couldn't save him

Record 21 humpback calves spotted in Salish Sea in Canada over feeding season as whale numbers rebound

Israel outlaws Palestinian rights groups, alleging terrorism. Israel has effectively outlawed six prominent Palestinian human rights groups by declaring them terrorist organizations

Climate change will bring global tension, US intelligence report says

Putin rails against cancel culture and suggests teaching gender fluidity to kids is a 'crime against humanity'

In rebuke, US demands Israel explain terror listing for Palestinian NGOs

Kosovo's president orders two Russian diplomats expelled

Middle East: Deadly Palestinian and Israeli clash

Syria's President has rewarded himself at least $100M from int'l aid, group says

EU leaders call for tougher migration controls amid border surge

Palestinian NGOs declared PFLP terrorist arms by Israeli government

South African ex-policewoman killed relatives and boyfriend for insurance cash

US intel warns China could dominate advanced technologies

EU leaders give Merkel an ovation at final summit

La Palma: Scientists collect volcano samples

Putin says Western military backing of Ukraine threatens Russia

Group that spread false Covid claims doubled Facebook interactions in six months

Labour union stages rallies, strikes in South Korea

Leaked documents show Australia lobbied to change key IPCC climate change report, Greenpeace says

Hacker Steals Government Database Of All Argentine Citizens

Climate change will bring global tension, US intelligence report says

Steve Bannon: House votes for ex-Trump aide to face contempt charge

A mysterious 'A Team' rescued dogs trapped by lava from La Palma, Spain volcano : NPR

Covid: Virus may have killed 80k-180k health workers, WHO says

Taliban behead junior volleyball player who was part of Afghan women’s national team: Report

Enes Kanter: Boston Celtics star under fire over China comments

US surgeon explains pig kidney-human transplant test

Pablo Escobar's Cocaine Hippos Are Legally People, Court Rules

Afghanistan is facing a total economic meltdown: Without functioning banks and liquidity, ordinary Afghans are cut off from their life savings and have no way of surviving

Judge rules Afghan militant has been held in Guantánamo illegally

Australia branded [by Climate Council] worst climate performer [among comparable developed countries since nations pledged in the 2015 Paris agreement] ahead of UN summit

An NBA star labeled China's Xi a 'brutal dictator' in pro-Tibet posts. The backlash was swift.

First he fled North Korea. Now he's escaped from a Chinese prison, and has a $23,000 bounty on his head

Taliban agree to new polio vaccination across Afghanistan

Beirut port blast judge still wants to question ex-ministers

Netflix employees protest 'transphobic' Dave Chappelle comedy show

‘Chairman of everything’: Xi Jinping prepares to rewrite Chinese Communist Party history

UK doctors call for urgent return of Covid restrictions as experts monitor new mutation

Taliban behead women's volleyball player & post pic of head online

Covid: WHO warns pandemic will drag on into 2022

China: The patriotic 'ziganwu' bloggers who attack the West

The remote British island hoping to see more visitors

God and robots: Will AI transform religion?

How green politics are changing Europe

Barbados just appointed its first president as it becomes a republic

UK agrees free trade deal with New Zealand

Brazil’s Bolsonaro accused of “crimes against humanity” over COVID response

Morocco bans UK flights due to Covid cases rising

Animals Recognized as Legal Persons for the First Time in U.S. Court

Egypt: Nearly 100 women become the first female judges to join State Council

Arrest after mock gallows erected outside Houses of Parliament

Paris Hilton: I couldn't sleep for 20 years from memories of youth care abuse

Gabby Petito: Items found in search for missing fiancé Brian Laundrie

Paris Hilton pushes for US youth care abuse reform

“Muslims attack Hindus 400 times a year”, Bangladesh rights group says

All Afghans have the right to a passport - Taliban

New archaeological find proves that vikings were in North America by 1021 CE, roughly 500 years before Christopher Columbus

Entire Family Mysteriously Dies Just Minutes After Entering 5-Star Hotel's Sauna

When a cobra became a murder weapon

The US suburban couple accused of a bungled treason plot

The Indian women widowed by Covid-19

Sudan on the brink amid scramble for democracy

Capitol riots officer: The moment the mob took me

Leaked Covid-19 report calls for mass homicide charges against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

Brazilian Leader’s Pandemic Handling Draws Explosive Allegation: Homicide. A long-awaited report from a panel of Brazilian senators concludes that Jair Bolsonaro purposely let the coronavirus kill Brazilians in a failed bid for herd immunity

Tibet activists unfurl flag at Beijing Winter Olympics flame ceremony - France 24

China, Russia navy ships jointly sail through Japan strait

Oleg Deripaska: FBI searches US homes linked to Russian oligarch

FBI raids homes linked to Russian oligarch and Putin associate Oleg Deripaska

A long-awaited report from Brazil’s Senate concludes that Jair Bolsonaro purposely let the coronavirus kill Brazilians in a failed bid for herd immunity

U.S. tells Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine, stop cyberattacks on America and allies

Romania's COVID-19 deaths hit record as intensive care beds run out

Navy report blames crew for devastating fire on the Bonhomme Richard

China, Russia navy ships jointly sail through Japan strait

At least 1,100 children taken from homes of innocent families as the result of the Dutch government's child benefits scandal

Austria driver sought after two migrants found dead on bus

Plane crashes in Texas with no serious injuries

Pornhub owner settles with Girls Do Porn victims over videos

Pope Calls for Universal Basic Income, Shorter Working Day

Israel approves West Bank residency for 4,000 Palestinians, after 10-year freeze

Narendra Modi: 'Why is the Indian PM's photo on my Covid vaccine certificate?'

The key moments of Colin Powell's life

'He lied': Iraqis still blame Powell for role in Iraq war

Protesters Interrupt Olympic Torch-Lighting Ceremony To Condemn China’s ‘Genocide’

Afghanistan: US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad steps down after withdrawal

Covid: Australia's Flying Doctors take vaccines to vast remote areas

The shortages hitting countries around the world

Eric Zemmour: Far-right journalist cast as Macron election rival

Romans have elected a centre-left former economy minister as their next mayor, rejecting by a large margin a right-wing contender dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism, near final results showed Monday