Five people have been killed in a stabbing attack in Westfield Bondi Junction, an eastern suburb of Sydney, local police reported on Saturday. Earlier, New South Wales police confirmed that a “critical incident” took place following the shooting of an unidentified man in the area. They added that officers scrambled …
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning, damaging buildings and prompting a tsunami warning. The earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien Country at 7:58 am local time and was felt across the island, including its capital Taipei, officials said. At least four people …
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A powerful blast rocked the Russian city of St. Petersburg early on Saturday when a drone crashed into an apartment block, local media have reported. City authorities have confirmed “an incident” took place and that an evacuation was underway. According to local outlet Fontanka, the explosion occurred in the northern …
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Russian troops have captured the Avdeevka Coke and Chemical plant which Kiev turned into a heavily fortified position, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, adding that Ukrainian troops are in a headlong rout. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said that Russia’s ‘Center’ group of troops had taken …
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Ukrainian forces began fleeing the key Donbass town of Avdeevka in disarray a day before actually receiving an order to do so from Kiev’s freshly-appointed top general, Aleksandr Syrsky, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Sunday. The Russian military released drone footage on Sunday, purporting to show a chaotic rout …
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Crowds of rioters have set police and public transport vehicles on fire in the Irish capital, Dublin, amid rumors that a man who stabbed three children and a woman at a city school was a foreign national. Protesters began to assemble in the center of the city on Thursday afternoon …
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Pro-Palestinian protesters smeared red paint on the White House security fence in Washington, DC on Saturday evening, with some attempting to break through the gate, as they denounced President Joe Biden for backing Israel. Activists waved Palestinian flags and shouted obscenities directed at the president. They also violently shook the …
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A strike on a Gaza hospital that killed at least 500 Palestinians has sparked protests and riots in Muslim-majority countries, including Lebanon, Jordan, and Türkiye. Palestinian officials have blamed Israel for Tuesday’s deadly incident, although the Israeli government has denied responsibility, saying “terrorists” in Gaza hit the facility with a misfired rocket. …
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Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive has had no major impact on the frontline of the conflict so far, but has apparently resulted in large equipment losses for Kiev, according to Moscow. Up to 30% of the heavy equipment supplied to Kiev by its Western backers has been destroyed by Russian troops, President …
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A US military helicopter identified as a UH-60 Black Hawk crashed on Wednesday afternoon near Huntsville in northern Alabama. The crash was caught on camera around 3 pm local time. The video shows the helicopter dropping rapidly and then hitting the ground, followed by an explosion and a plume of …
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