Spain began three days of mourning on Thursday as rescuers equipped with drones raced to find survivors of the country’s worst floods in a generation that have killed 95 people.Flags flew at half-mast on government buildings throughout the country after a Mediterranean storm unleashed torrential rains and torrents of mud-filled water that swept away people, …
North Korea said Thursday it had test-fired one of its newest and most powerful missiles to boost its nuclear deterrent, Kim Jong Un’s first weapons test since being accused of sending soldiers to Russia.Seoul had warned a day earlier that the nuclear-armed North was preparing to test-fire another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or even conduct a …
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Rescuers raced Thursday to find survivors and victims of once-in-a-generation floods in Spain that killed at least 95 people and left towns submerged in a muddy deluge with overturned cars scattered in the streets.About 1,000 troops joined police and firefighters in the grim search for bodies in the Valencia region as Spain started three days …
Before the strike on his neighbourhood in eastern Ukraine, Volodymyr had planned to brave what promises to be the worst winter of the war yet with just a heavy blanket and two electric heaters.Then a Russian bomb struck, ripping open the windows of the sitting room in his Soviet-era apartment, tearing a hole in the …
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Facing a results vacuum that could grind on for weeks, US TV networks are preparing to fill the airwaves against a backdrop of unprecedented pressure to avoid mistakes and a torrent of disinformation.In 2020, it took four tense days for President Joe Biden’s victory to be announced.This year, experts and observers will once again be …
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The Los Angeles Dodgers produced a stunning fightback to defeat the New York Yankees and clinch the World Series on Wednesday with a dramatic come-from-behind 7-6 victory.On a night of spellbinding drama at Yankee Stadium, the Dodgers sealed their second Major League Baseball championship crown in five seasons and eighth overall after recovering from 5-0 …
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A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan’s Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating plastic yellow measuring spoon.The crab is far from alone. Plastic waste has become so pervasive in the natural environment that it is fundamentally changing the ways animals live and travel, according to scientists.Here …
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The British charity Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) “transformed” Natasha Baker’s life, she told AFP, teaching her “the tricks of the trade” that led her to become one of the greatest Paralympic dressage riders of all time.The 34-year-old — who lost the feeling in her legs after contracting transverse myelitis — is known as …
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What’s in a name? For Kamala Harris, it’s a way to assert her own authority, implicitly celebrate her identity — and blunt attacks by her White House rival, Donald Trump.The former Republican president persists in calling Harris by her first name at his rallies — a contrast to how he referred to the former Democratic …
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Donald Trump pulled an election stunt with a garbage truck Wednesday as the White House campaign was forced off-piste by muddled remarks from President Joe Biden about the Republican’s supporters that caused a headache for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.Harris had hoped to spend the day expanding on the final week “closing argument” she made at …
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