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Search teams are still digging at the site of deadly mudslides in southern Ethiopia as the death toll rose to 257, according to the UN humanitarian office. Heavy rain triggered deadly slides on Sunday and Monday in a remote part…

Joe Biden’s decision to step down as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president has opened the door for other contenders to become the Democratic nominee in November. He has thrown his support behind US vice president Kamala Harris, and other…

US vice president Kamala Harris has moved swiftly to attract Democratic delegates to her campaign for the White House after US president Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns within the party that he would be unable to defeat Donald Trump.…

A large explosion tore through the streets of central Tel Aviv early on Friday morning, raining down shards of shrapnel and injuring at least 10 people. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the drone strike. Israel’s emergency response service…

A global tech failure disrupted operations across multiple industries on Friday, halting flights and forcing a number of broadcasters off-air, as the outage upended everything from banking to healthcare systems. What happened? CrowdStrike, a US cybersecurity company, is among the…

Two Australian and three Indonesian nationals survived a tourist helicopter crashed in Bali, after it became entangled in a kite string, officials said on Friday. The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter, owned by PT Whitesky came down in Pecatu…

Shannen Doherty finalised her split from her husband, Kurt Iswarienko, just hours before her death at the age of 53, and she was granted a rare posthumous divorce two days later. Doherty, the star of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed,…

European leaders can have a “renewed confidence” in their relationships with the UK, Sir Keir Starmer said, as he sought to build bridges after years of Brexit troubles. The UK prime minister hosted leaders from across the continent, both EU…

Two Amur tiger cubs had their first public outing on Thursday at Cologne Zoo in Germany, one of several zoos that has sought to help keep up the numbers of the rare big cats. The cubs, a female named Tochka…

An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this year’s crop of Kennedy Centre Honours recipients. Director Francis Ford Coppola and the Grateful Dead will be honoured for lifetime achievement in the arts, along…