Moscow shooting survivor recounts harrowing moments
Russian artist Alyona Kazinskaya and a friend had bought last-minute tickets to see Soviet-era rock group "Picnic" perform last Friday night (March 22) near Moscow, not knowing they would be caught up in the deadliest attack inside Russia in 20 years. This report contains graphic images. Olivia Chan has more.
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45 dead after bus plunges off cliff in South Africa
A bus crash in South Africa's northern province of Limpopo resulted in 45 deaths and one serious injury, South Africa's Department of Transport said on Thursday (March 28).
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Pope visits female prison for Easter foot-washing ritual
Pope Francis looked well as he washed and kissed the feet of 12 women prisoners during a traditional ritual on Thursday (March 28). The ritual commemorates Jesus' gesture of humility towards his apostles at the Last Supper on the night before he was crucified.
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Turkey's local vote a test for Erdogan and rival
Turkey holds municipal elections across 81 provinces on Sunday (March 31), with President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party aiming to reclaim cities it lost in 2019, including the country's largest city of Istanbul and the capital Ankara. Fiona Jones reports.
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Iraqi farmers cling to sidr trees amid water crisis
Decades of conflict, an irrigation crisis and lower levels of rainfall have devastated Iraq's palm tree farms. But struggling farmers have replaced their crop with sidr trees, which consume far less water and are able to rely on salty groundwater. Rachel Judah has more.
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Pope, looking healthy, begins events before Easter
Pope Francis looked well as he began four intense days of events leading to Easter on Thursday (March 28), and renewed his own ordination vow on the day the Roman Catholic Church marks Jesus's founding of the priesthood the night before the crucifixion.
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Ukraine foreign minister Kuleba visits India
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited New Delhi on Thursday (March 28) to advance Kyiv's vision of a path to peace in Ukraine and to strengthen ties with India.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters enter British ministry
A few dozen protesters entered the Department of Business and Trade in London on Thursday (March 28) to call on the British government to end arms sales to Israel. The protesters staged a sit-in in the lobby of the building, unfurled Palestinian flags and chanted "Stop arming Israel". Two made it further inside but were quickly returned to the lobby by the building’s security personnel.
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Officials obtain Baltimore ship crash 'black box'
Federal safety officials revealed crew calls for help on Wednesday (March 27) after retrieving the "black box" data recorder of the cargo freighter that knocked down a highway bridge over Baltimore Harbor, coming as divers recovered the bodies of two workers whose vehicle plunged in the water as the bridge collapsed. Diane To reports.
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Israeli soldiers play with Gaza women's underwear in online posts
Reuters has investigated numerous examples of Israeli soldiers posting photos and videos of themselves toying with lingerie found in Palestinian homes. Lucy Ha has more. This video contains graphic content.
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Russia won't attack NATO, will shoot down F-16s: Putin
Russia has no intention of going to war with NATO, but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot down by Russian forces, President Vladimir Putin said late on Wednesday (March 27).
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Disney, Florida settle battle over theme park land
Walt Disney and appointees of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis reached a settlement on Wednesday to end a high-profile lawsuit in state court over control of the special district that includes the Walt Disney World theme parks. Ryan Brooks reports.
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Puerto Rico declares health emergency over dengue surge
Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency on Wednesday (March 26) following a significant increase in the number of dengue cases on the island.
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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82
Former U.S. senator and Democratic Party vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman died on Wednesday at age 82 in New York City after suffering complications from a fall, his family said. Gabe Singer reports.
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Israel agrees to reschedule cancelled US talks on Rafah
Israel has asked the White House to reschedule a high-level meeting on military plans for Gaza's southern city of Rafah that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had abruptly canceled, officials said on Wednesday (March 27), in an apparent bid to ease tensions between the two allies.
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Researchers make medical tests from used chewing gum
Researchers in Scotland are hoping to tackle a huge plastic pollution problem by making single-use medical tests, or lateral flow tests (LFTs), with discarded chewing gum and other waste plastics. Kristy Kilburn explains.
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Supporters of suspended UNRWA staff protest in Beirut
Dozens of people protested outside the Beirut office of the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) on Wednesday (March 27) after it put a staff member on administrative leave over possible violations of staff conduct regulations.
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Couple who survived Moscow terror attack attends memorial show
Olga and Efim Fidrya, who survived the massacre at Crocus concert hall near Moscow last week, attended a memorial show in St. Petersburg on Wednesday (March 27) put on by Soviet-era rock band Picnic, who was scheduled to play the night of the attack.
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US court freezes Texas border law in win for Biden
A U.S. appeals court has kept on hold a Republican-backed Texas law that would let state authorities arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border - a statute that President Joe Biden's administration has argued intrudes on the authority of the federal government. Zachary Goelman produced this report.
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Solar eclipse to draw record crowd to Niagara Falls
Business owners and short-term renters on the Canadian side of Niagara falls are speeding up preparations to welcome a million people expected to flood the region to experience a rare solar eclipse in the backdrop of the popular destination. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.
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Strikes on Gaza's Rafah raise fears assault could begin
Israel bombed at least three homes in Rafah overnight, raising new fears among the more than a million people sheltering in the last refuge on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip that a long-threatened ground assault could be coming. Olivia Chan has more.
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International pressure on Israel won't work: Netanyahu
sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday (March 27) his cancellation of a planned visit to Washington by top aides this week was meant to show Hamas that Israel would not bend to growing international pressure to halt the war in Gaza.
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Blackouts brew unrest in Cuba's Santiago
With daily power failures, tensions in Cuba, even in areas sympathetic to Fidel Castro's 1959 communist Revolution, have begun to simmer. Reuters interviewed more than two dozen residents and local officials in the Santiago de Cuba neighborhoods who have shared their frustration with food shortages and electricity outages that sometimes top 10 hours daily. Sean Hogan reports.
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Bus crash on German motorway leaves several dead
Several people were killed and more than 20 injured in a coach crash on a motorway near the eastern German city of Leipzig on Wednesday (March 27), police and the bus operator said.
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State governor: Baltimore bridge rebuild 'imperative' for U.S. economy
Maryland Governor Wes Moore said on Wednesday (March 27) that rebuilding Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is "imperative" to supporting the U.S. economy.
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