Dozens of Mexico students mysteriously poisoned
At least 57 students were poisoned by an unidentified substance in a rural secondary school in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, according to local authorities.
The mass poisoning on Friday ...
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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles in seventh of recent launches
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, authorities in neighbouring countries said, the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days that added to widespread alarm in Washington ...
Binance-linked blockchain hit by $570 million crypto hack
A blockchain linked to Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has been hit by a $570 million hack, a Binance spokesperson said on Friday, the latest in a series of ...
Divers to check damage to blast-hit Crimea bridge key to Russia’s war (Update 1)
Russian divers were to examine on Sunday the damage from a powerful blast on a road-and-rail bridge to Crimea that is an imposing symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the ...
Taiwan signals its chip firms will follow new US rules on China
Taiwanese semiconductor companies attach “great importance” to complying with the law, the island’s government said on Saturday, signalling they would comply with new US export controls that aim to ...
Erdogan says Turkey’s rate cuts will continue “as long as I am in power”
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday that the central bank would continue to cut its policy interest rates every month for as long as he stayed in power, after ...
City coast to victory as Haaland scores again
Erling Haaland scored for the 10th game in a row in all club competitions as Manchester City cruised to a 4-0 win at home to Southampton on Saturday to move ...
UEFA president Ceferin to stand for re-election in 2023
Aleksander Ceferin will stand for a third term as president of UEFA when it holds its congress in Portugal next year, European soccer‘s governing body said on Saturday.
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Germany urges NATO to do more to defend against Putin’s ‘delusions of grandeur’
NATO must do more to protect itself against Russia and President Vladimir Putin, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Saturday, because we “cannot know how far Putin’s delusions ...
McLaren’s Ricciardo to sit out 2023 season
Daniel Ricciardo on Saturday said he won’t be racing in Formula One next season but was setting his sights on a return to the grid in 2024, after the latest ...
Ireland ‘numb’ as death toll at petrol station explosion reaches nine
At least nine people have died after an explosion at a petrol station in the Irish county of Donegal, Irish police said on Saturday, with search and recovery efforts continuing.
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Iranians keep up the heat on leaders with protests, strikes
Iranians enraged over the death of a young woman in police custody braved bullets and tear gas on Saturday, a human rights group said, pressing ahead with protests against clerical ...
Saints braced for hurricane Haaland at Man City
Southampton’s biggest challenge, and maybe mission impossible, will be to keep Erling Haaland off the scoresheet when they visit Premier League champions Manchester City on Saturday.
Short of slipping ...
Putin marks low-key birthday as Ukraine pressures mount
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 70th birthday with little fanfare and a decree targeting a crucial Western energy investment, as signs grew that key parts of his Ukraine invasion ...
Exclusive: U.S. Navy jet flew across Baltic hours after Nord Stream burst
A U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft flew near the site of the ruptured Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea hours after the first damage emerged, according to tracking reviewed ...
Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teens in the West Bank, health officials say
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teens in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
One teen, 14, was shot in the city of ...
Chile’s Easter Island ‘Moai’ statues face irreparable damage after wildfire
A number of Easter Island’s iconic ‘Moai’ stone statues suffered irreparable damage after a wildfire swept through the island earlier this week, the island’s mayor told Reuters on ...
U.N. working to expand, extend for a year Ukraine Black Sea grain export deal
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his team are working to expand and extend for a year a U.N.-brokered deal allowing Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports, which could ...
Danish police arrest knife-wielding man at Iranian embassy
Danish police early on Friday arrested a 32-year old man after he had entered the grounds of the Iranian embassy in Copenhagen carrying a knife, it said in a statement.
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France’s Macron says still can’t attribute blame for NordStream attacks
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that Nordic leaders had told their European partners it was still impossible to say at this stage who was behind attacks on the ...
Macron says to discuss Pyrenees gas pipeline with Spain next week
French President Emmanuel Macron said in Prague that he will meet with his Spanish and Portuguese counterparts next week to discuss the cross-Pyrenees MidCat gas pipeline project and reach a “...
EU leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine, squabble over gas cap
European Union leaders on Friday agreed to give more financial and military aid to Ukraine, but a full day of talks in Prague’s ornate royal castle seemed to bring ...
Anti-nuclear Austria files legal challenge to EU green investment rules
Staunchly anti-nuclear Austria said on Friday it had followed through on a pledge to file a legal challenge to the European Union’s inclusion of natural gas and nuclear energy ...
Britain slaps down Russia’s push for secret U.N. vote on Ukraine
Britain on Friday rejected Russia’s call for a secret ballot in the U.N. General Assembly next week on whether to condemn Moscow’s move to annex four partially ...