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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…

Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even…

Relatives of passengers and crew killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine have gathered in Australia and the Netherlands to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 298 lives. Half of the victims of…

Democrats will look to hold a virtual vote to make President Joe Biden their party’s nominee in the first week of August, as Biden has rebuffed calls from some in his party to quit the race after his disastrous debate…

Ukraine and Russia have exchanged 95 prisoners of war each, officials in both countries said, three weeks after their last swap and as part of occasional agreements to send captured troops home. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Russian defence…