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Hope was fading on Friday for 44 construction workers buried for days in the rubble of a building that collapsed in South Africa. Authorities say rescuers are now faced with the challenge of moving thousands of tons of concrete with…

Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of bodily mutilation that some readers may find upsetting The ringleader of an extreme body modification conspiracy who cut off men’s genitals and uploaded videos to his “Eunuch Maker” website was jailed for a…

Greta Thunberg has joined pro-Palestine protests in Malmo against Israel competing in the Eurovision Song Contest. The climate activist, 21, was at the Stop Israel demonstration, between Stortorget and Molleplatsen in the centre of the city on Thursday ahead of…

Harvey Weinstein was expected in a New York City courtroom on Thursday as authorities consider California’s extradition request to serve his pending sentence for a 2022 rape conviction in Los Angeles. The 16-year sentence Weinstein received in 2023 for raping…

The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press on Thursday. Rasoulof, 51, known for his…

Nissan’s profit for the fiscal year through March jumped 92% to 426.6 billion yen (£2.1 billion), as sales grew in all major global markets except China, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday. Annual sales surged nearly 20% to 12.7 trillion…

Russia wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry on Thursday for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II that President Vladimir Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a…

Torchbearers are to carry the Olympic flame through the streets of France’s southern port city of Marseille, one day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for the welcoming ceremony. The torch begins its 11-week journey across the country…

A Georgia appeals court has agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former US president Donald Trump. Mr Trump and some other…

Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested demonstrators, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school’s president as city officials prepared to appear before Congress on the protest’s handling. Washington DC Mayor Muriel…