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Russia is ramping up strikes on Ukraine, killing at least 11 people today, according to Ukrainian officials. The latest attacks come after the U.S. decided to stop sharing satellite intelligence with Ukraine. NBC News' Meagan Fitzgerald has the latest.
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At least 20 people were killed when Russia's military launched a flurry of missile and drone attacks in eastern Ukraine Saturday, damaging multiple apartment buildings in the town of Dobropillya. The strikes come after the U.S. paused intelligence and military aid to Ukraine in the wake of President Trump's Oval Office face-off with Ukrainian...
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State agencies responding around Pine Barrens, where homes, chemical factory and Amazon warehouse are at riskQuick-moving brush fires burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, fanned by high winds that spewed thick grey smoke into the sky and prompted the evacuation of a military base and the closure of a major...
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US pushes to remove references to sanctions and Russia's war in Ukraine from a Canadian draft statementThe US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia's so-called "shadow fleet” of oil tankers, according to reports last night.Canada, which has the current Group of Seven presidency, proposed the measure...
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Supreme court justice who frequently votes alongside conservative colleagues branded 'DEI judge' Amy Coney Barrett, the Donald Trump-appointed conservative supreme court justice, has been branded a "DEI judge” by furious rightwing figures, after she voted to reject Trump's attempt to freeze nearly $2bn in foreign aid.Coney Barrett, part of the...
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Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press recalls experience of watching Brad Sigmon die for 2001 murdersA reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad has described the experience, saying that the killing was now "etched” in his mind.Jeffrey Collins, who has witnessed executions in...
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Free training classes for firefighters and other first responders are provided through Fema at the Maryland siteThe country's pre-eminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by Donald Trump's administration.The Federal Emergency Management...
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About 745 civilians among those killed in fighting in Latakia province between security forces and fighters loyal to former president AssadMore than 1,000 people, including 745 civilians, were killed in the two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and fighters loyal to the former Assad regime and ensuing revenge killings, a war monitor...
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Up to 700mm in rainfalls and destructive gusts predicted to hit south-east Queensland and northern NSWEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSwathes of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales were on alert for flash flooding and damaging winds as more than...
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Intense fighting in Syria over two days has resulted in a death toll exceeding 1,000, marking one of the deadliest incidents in the 14-year conflict. Clashes between government forces and loyalists of ousted President Assad led to significant civilian casualties and mass displacement, with significant tension remaining in the region.
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A war monitoring group says the death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, including nearly 750 civilians, making it...
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One trade war down, two to go — maybe more. U.S. President Donald Trump has dialled back tariffs, but his biggest target is now coming into focus. And it's bad news if you're one of the hundreds of thousands of Canadians with a job connected to the auto sector.
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Much of the security is on the passenger side of the terminal, Geoff Askew says, not on the tarmacEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia's smaller and regional airports are rife with security vulnerabilities, industry insiders have warned, after the dramatic...
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Nominee for undersecretary for defense policy says Aukus deal to deliver Virginia class submarines could leave US sailors 'vulnerable'Read more: Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?One of Donald Trump's top picks for the Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia under the Aukus...
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One truck rolled several times into a paddock and another tipped onto its side, attempting to avoid the first vehicle, at around 5pm on SaturdayEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThirty-two people were involved in an incident in which two Australian defence force...
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From Istanbul and Warsaw to New York and Los Angeles, activists demand equality and the end of gender-based violenceWomen took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa and elsewhere to mark International Women's Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence.On the Asian side of Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, a rally in...
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Conservative bloc and SPD to start full coalition talks as chancellor-in-waiting plans to revive ailing economyGermany's conservative election winner, Friedrich Merz, came a step closer on Saturday to forming a government that he says will revive Europe's top economy and its armed forces with massive new spending.The bold moves are part of his plan...
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WA Labor premier Roger Cook said his party had been rewarded for delivering a sensible and stable governmentEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRoger Cook has declared he's ready to get back to work after Western Australian Labor secured a third term with another massive...
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Communities in northern NSW and south-east Queensland remain on alert for heavy rain and flooding Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastResidents in two states are facing a massive clean-up task, with more than 330,000 homes and businesses left without power on Sunday...
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China announced tariffs of up to 100% on Canadian canola, pork, and other foods in retaliation for Canada's steep taxes on Chinese electric vehicles, steel, and aluminum. These tariffs, set to start on March 20, also serve as a warning against cooperative actions with the U.S. regarding trade, especially under North American free trade agreements.
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Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani has warned that an attack on Iran's Gulf coast nuclear facilities would leave countries across the region without water. Iran has a nuclear power plant at Bushehr on the Gulf coast, though its uranium enrichment facilities, key to building atomic weapons, are located...
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A federal judge in Missouri ruled that China was responsible for covering up the COVID-19 pandemic and hoarding protective equipment, entering a $24 billion judgment. Missouri officials plan to enforce the judgment by seizing Chinese assets. The ruling highlights China's alleged actions of withholding virus information and limiting PPE supply,...
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Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus expressed strong concern over recent attacks on women in Bangladesh, describing them as a deviation from the country's vision. With increasing reports of sexual violence, including rape and harassment, human rights groups highlight growing lawlessness and a lack of accountability as key issues contributing to the...
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Local officials from Russia's ruling party have caused controversy by presenting mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine with gifts of meat grinders, an appliance widely used to describe Russia's brutal tactics on the front line. The local party later posted a video in which one of the soldiers' mothers awkwardly thanked the party for the gifts and...
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The death toll from clashes between security forces and Assad loyalists, along with subsequent revenge killings, has risen to over 600. Alawite communities faced severe violence, with many homes looted and burned. The Syrian government claims to have regained control of most areas impacted by the conflict.
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More than 50 freed Israeli hostages urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fully implement the Gaza ceasefire deal and secure the release of those still held in the Palestinian territory. In the footage, Angrest, who turned 22 in November, also calls on the Israeli authorities to implement the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
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Thailand's supreme administrative court has abolished a 1975 education ministry regulation controlling students' hairstyles, deeming it unconstitutional and outdated. The decision, welcomed by students petitioning since 2020, allows greater freedom in personal expression. Schools will now decide hairstyle rules individually, some involving parents...
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Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz came a step closer on Saturday towards forming a government which he has pledged will revive Europe's top economy and its armed forces with massive new spending. The likely future governing allies have already surprised European partners with their plan to spend hundreds of billions of euros to...
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Ayatollah Khamenei says US demand to reopen talks on Iran's nuclear programme is aimed at dominationIran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has criticised what he described as bullying tactics a day after Donald Trump threatened military action against Iran."Some bully governments – I really don't know of any more appropriate term for some...
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Ubiquity of then-illegal relations at King's College, Cambridge, explains puzzling 1952 admission, says scholarFor decades, it has puzzled historians. Why, in the course of reporting a burglary to the police in 1952, did the maths genius Alan Turing volunteer that he was in an illegal homosexual relationship? The admission enabled the police to...
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The territory is mired in a 'grey zone' of uncertainty as the peace process has stalled and neither side seems willing to compromiseFears of a return to war in Gaza are intensifying this weekend, with faltering diplomatic efforts and almost daily airstrikes by Israeli forces in the devastated territory.There has been relative calm in Gaza since a...
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After the US president's vow to take over the Arctic island, pro-independent voices are growing louder but some want to work with WashingtonWhen it comes to the issues on the table – schools, healthcare, independence – Tuesday's election is "not that exceptional”, says Greenlandic politician Aaja Chemnitz Larsen. And yet, it will potentially...
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Latest attacks came hours after Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin was 'doing what anybody would do'Russia launched a devastating attack on Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more, hours after Donald Trump defended Vladimir Putin and said the Kremlin leader was "doing what anybody would do”.Two ballistic missiles...
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This blog is now closed but you can read Luke Harding's report from Ukraine hereAccording to Reuters, Two Majors, a pro-Russian war blogger, wrote on Telegram on Saturday that Russian troops had begun an assault on Sudzha, a major town about 6 miles (9.5 km) from the border, and that the situation for Ukrainian troops in Kursk was "close to...
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The ceasefire in Gaza is perilously close to collapsing. Food shortages have become acute, and Palestinians living in the territory are struggling to feed their families. All aid into the territory has been stopped as Israel pressures Hamas for a deal.
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