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Updated 3 hours, 32 minutes ago

‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls FlyDubai cockpit attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacker, an Omani national, was arrested in Saudi Arabia and w…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Volcanic lava threatens church, more homes on La Palma

Molten rock from the Sept. 19 eruption on La Palma has consumed over 1,500 buildings

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Brazil and Japan report first cases of the omicron variant

the finding illustrates the difficulty in containing the virus in an age of jet travel and economic globalization

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Omicron variant may have reached Europe earlier than thought

Much remains unknown about the new variant

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
WHO warns that new virus variant poses 'very high' risk

little is known for certain about the variant

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Doctor: Many South Africans ill in surge have mild symptoms

'Most of these patients have been treated at home'

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
EXPLAINER: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?

'the most heavily mutated version of the virus we have seen'

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
New virus variant emerges in Africa, stokes worldwide fears

As with other variants, some infected people display no symptoms, South African experts said

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Cases soar but Swiss eschew lockdown as COVID law vote looms

'It’s not the time to decree a tightening of measures nationwide'

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Scholz seals deal to crown career as German chancellor

He is unflappable and unshakably self-confident, but no master of rhetoric

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Suspected traffickers arrested over migrant boat sinking

At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
New Zealand to start reopening borders to world from January

all incoming travelers will still be required to isolate themselves for seven days

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
It's not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement

Many activists have been dismissed as tools of foreign interference

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
West Africa has highest numbers of child soldiers, says UN

More than 3,500 children have been abducted

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Bus crashes, catches fire in Bulgaria; at least 45 dead

Seven survivors were taken to hospitals after the crash

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Jobs lost, middle class Afghans slide into poverty, hunger

International aid also fueled projects around the country that provided jobs