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Three 9-year-old children and three adults are dead after a shooting at the Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee. The shooter, described as a 28-year-old from Nashville, en
Three 9-year-old children and three adults are dead after a shooting at the Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee. The shooter, described as a 28-year-old from Nashville, en
Search and rescue efforts are under way after one of the deadliest tornadoes to have ever hit the US state of Mississippi. At least 24 people have died following Friday night's tornado, with more thought to be tra
At least 12 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck the southern coast of Ecuador. Buildings have been damaged in several cities following the 6.7 magnitude quake. The southern province of El Oro
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken part in what some are calling the biggest protest in the country's history. Protests against government plans for a radical overhaul of the judicial system have been run
According to scientists more than 171 trillion pieces of plastic are now estimated to be floating in the world's oceans. Plastic kills fish and sea animals and takes hundreds of years to break down into less harmfu
Rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in Turkey after two new earthquakes hit the country, killing at least three people. Tremors of 6.4 and 5.8 magnitude struck in the south-east near t
New Zealand has said rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle will cost billions of dollars, on par with the Christchurch earthquake from 12 years ago. Gabrielle brought widespread flooding to the North Island in mid-Feb
Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such as Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Evita, has written the anthem for King Charles III’s coronation, adapting a piece of
The death toll across Turkey and Syria following last week Monday’s catastrophic earthquake has reached 33,181, according to the latest figures. The death toll in Turkey has climbed to 29,605, according to Turkis
Auckland and Coromandel are under NZ MetService’s highest severe weather warnings possible as Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle tracks closer to New Zealand bringing strong winds and heavy rain. MetService upgraded 19 s
The combined death toll from the earthquake in Southern Turkey and Northern Syria has surpassed 25,000 and hope is fading of finding many more survivors, despite cases of miraculous rescues. German rescue workers a
Linkin Park has released a song called “Lost,†which features the band’s late frontman, Chester Bennington. Remaining members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Rob Bourdon, Joe Hahn and Dave “Phoenix†Farrell ha
A "high-altitude object" was shot down over Alaska yesterday. White House Spokesman John Kirby says the unmanned object was "the size of a small car" and was over a sparsely populated area at the time. Kirby s
More than 12,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, according to officials. Thousands of buildings collapsed and aid agencies a
Offers have poured in from Japan, the EU and others to support Turkey and Syria to deal with the devastating earthquake damage as rescuers continue racing against time to find survivors trapped under rubble. A powe
Wikipedia has been blocked in Pakistan for hosting "blasphemous content". The move was announced after the free online encyclopaedia was given a 48-hour deadline to remove some material. The Pakistan Telecommu
Apple sales dropped at the end of 2022 as shoppers squeezed by the rising cost of living cut back their purchases. Sales at the iPhone giant fell 5% in the three months to December compared with the same period in
The FBI is searching President Joe Biden's home in Rehoboth (Reh-Ho-Berth), Delaware as part of an investigation into classified documents. In a statement, Biden's lawyer, Bob Bauer says the search was planned with
The death toll has risen to 100 people after a mosque suicide bombing which targeted policemen in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan. The mosque is within a high-security zone and an investigation is under way into h
