Mother Nature has been busy in Sydney: The New South Wales capital was battered by “monster surf” overnight into Wednesday, with 18-foot waves crashing into local beaches and coastal walkways—even damaging Bondi Beach’s famous Icebergs Pool. The Guardian reports that the pool’s glass fences were smashed and its railings “mangled” from the swells. Security […]
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Their death sentences over the botched 2024 coup effort have been commuted to life imprisonment. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi has downgraded the death sentences of three United States citizens convicted for taking part in a failed coup attempt last year, reducing their punishments to life imprisonment. Tshisekedi issued the
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As Israel issues wide new forced displacement orders across the Gaza Strip, Palestinians say they are crushed by exhaustion and hopelessness at the prospect of fleeing once again. Many are packing a few belongings and trudging off in search of new shelters despite there being no safe spaces in the war-torn enclave. Some say they
In recent weeks, China has been practicing unusual maneuvers off its southern coast involving three special barges. The vessels have linked up one behind another, forming a long bridge that extends from deeper waters onto the beach. That feat has been a warning to Taiwan. The vessels’ debut suggests that China’s People’s Liberation Army may
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German police officer among those held in raids against the ‘Ndrangheta over sales of expensive food and equipment. German and Italian authorities have arrested dozens of suspects, including a policeman, in raids against the ‘Ndrangheta criminal organisation over fraud involving the sale of expensive food and pizza-making equipment. The ‘Ndrangheta is considered Italy’s wealthiest and
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The body of the fourth U.S. Army soldier who went missing during a training exercise in Lithuania last week was found Tuesday afternoon, military officials announced. The soldier, whose name was not released pending family notification, was the last to be found after the bodies of three other soldiers were found Monday. The four
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A poet and a composer are inspired by Libyan history to create a modern peace anthem for their divided country. Could Libya solve its political problems by revisiting a decades-old agreement that once brought its warring tribal factions together in national reconciliation? Since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the country has been in
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At least six of the court’s eight justices need to uphold Yoon’s impeachment to remove him from office. South Korea’s Constitutional Court has announced that it will on Friday issue its ruling on whether to permanently remove impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office. The court said in a statement on Tuesday that it will
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Tom Bateman State Department correspondent Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Reuters Mourners gathered at a funeral on Monday after the bodies of 15 people, including paramedics and a UN worker, were found in a mass grave, according to the UN The US has said it expects “all parties on the ground” in Gaza to comply
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Investigation launched as relatives accuse mining companies of doing ‘less and less’ to guarantee safety. A blast at a mine in Spain’s northern Asturias region has killed at least five workers and injured four others, according to local emergency services. The accident occurred Monday morning at the Cerredo mine in Degana, some 450km (280 miles)
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