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Xi Orders Rescue as Floods Hit Northwest China
In China's arid, mountainous northwest, a devastating series of flash floods has claimed 10 lives and left 33 people missing....
Turkey Wildfire Forces Closure of Critical Dardanelles Waterway
Turkey has temporarily closed the Dardanelles Strait, one of the world's most critical maritime passages, as raging wildfires spread dangerously...
California Wildfire: Fast-Moving Blaze Forces Thousands to Evacuate
A rapidly spreading wildfire northwest of Los Angeles has triggered mandatory evacuations for thousands of residents as extreme heat and...
5 Dead in China’s Xinjiang Suspension Bridge Collapse After Cable Snaps
Five tourists died and 24 others were injured when a suspension bridge catastrophically failed in China's northwestern Xinjiang region on...
Record-Breaking August Deluge Hits Hong Kong
A rare barrage of black rainstorm warnings has unleashed record-breaking floods on Hong Kong, paralyzing the Asian financial hub and...
Disturbing Allegations in South Africa as Farm Worker Says Women Were Fed to Pigs Under Duress
A South African farm worker has testified in court that he was forced to feed the bodies of two murdered...
Chinese Students Pressured to Spy on Classmates at UK Universities, Report Reveals
A damning report by UK-China Transparency (UKCT) has exposed allegations that Chinese students at UK universities are being coerced into...
Italy Cracks Down on Chinese Mafia; Arrests 13 in Nationwide Anti-Crime Raid
Italian authorities have arrested 13 suspected members of Chinese mafia groups in a sweeping nationwide operation targeting drug trafficking, sex...
Six More Die of Hunger in Gaza
Six more people have died of hunger in Gaza, pushing the death toll from starvation and malnutrition to 175 since...
ICE Recruitment Drive: US Government Proposes $50,000 Bonus for New Deportation Officers
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is rolling out unprecedented incentives (including $50,000 recruitment bonuses and $60,000 student loan...
Delta Air Lines Flight Diverts After Turbulence Leaves 25 Injured
A Delta Airlines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was forced to make an emergency landing at Minneapolis-St. Paul...
Australian Government Extends Social Media Ban to YouTube for Underage Users
Australia has announced it will include YouTube in its world-first social media ban for teenagers, reversing an earlier exemption for...
Massive 7.5 Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Far East, Triggers Pacific-Wide Tsunami Alerts
A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific Rim, from...
Federal Judges Asked to Unseal Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Records
The Trump administration has formally requested two Manhattan federal judges to unseal grand jury transcripts from the cases against Jeffrey...
NYC Shooting: Gunman Targeted NFL But Went to Wrong Office, Mayor Reveals
The gunman who killed four people in a Manhattan skyscraper shooting, including an NYPD officer, was targeting the NFL headquarters...
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