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New Zealand 15 hours ago

New Zealand queen ascends to Māori throne at age 27

New Zealand’s Māori king, Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, 69, has died. His daughter, Ngā wai hono i te po, 27, is the new queen and the second woman to become Māori monarch.

Africa 17 hours ago

Kenya school dormitory fire kills 17 students, seriously burns 13, death toll may rise

A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya has killed 17 seriously burned 13 others, according to police. The cause is still under investigation, and they fear the death toll may rise.

Harvey Weinstein 1 day ago

Harvey Weinstein has sexual assault charges dropped by UK prosecutors

Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service has decided to discontinue criminal proceedings against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, authorities say.

United Kingdom 2 days ago

Another migrant boat spotted on English Channel day after mass-casualty wreck

Another boat carrying suspected migrants has been spotted in the English Channel, just a day after a dozen others died trying to cross the same body of water.

United Kingdom 2 days ago

Government, regulatory failures made London's Grenfell Tower a 'death trap,' report says

Decades of bureaucratic and regulatory failure turned London's ill-fated Grenfell Tower into a "death trap," according to a report released Wednesday.

Germany 6 days ago

Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the first since the Taliban takeover in 2021

For the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Germany has deported Afghan nationals to their home country; the 28 individuals were described as 'convicted criminals.'

Europe 6 days ago

Explosive experts safely detonate a rare World War II bomb at major chemical plant

Following the recent discovery of a World War II bomb in northwestern Czech Republic, experts detonated it at a chemical plant in a controlled explosion.

World Health Organization 6 days ago

WHO to deliver 1.3M polio vaccine doses to 640K children in Gaza

The World Health Organization is launching a campaign to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children against polio after the first case of the disease in Gaza in 25 years was reported.

Florida August 29

Florida convict to be executed for killing college student in forest, raping another

Loran Cole, who in 1994 killed a college freshman and raped his sister, is scheduled to be executed early Thursday evening at Florida State Prison.

Africa August 27

A dam collapse in eastern Sudan kills at least 30 people following heavy rains, a UN agency says

At least 30 people were killed and the homes of 50,000 people were damaged or destroyed after Sudan's Arbaat Dam collapsed; the nearly 25-mile-long dam was damaged due to heavy rains.