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A skydiving aircraft crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, local authorities said. The accident occurred near the city of Nancy at around 11:00 am local time, according to Yves Séguy, prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, reports AP. Emergency responders rushed to the crash site immediately after the incident, while investigators began gathering statements from ...

A severe heatwave that has already claimed dozens of lives across Western Europe is tracking eastward, bringing sweltering conditions to Germany and Poland. As originally reported by Reuters, temperatures in these regions are projected to approach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) over the weekend. Prior to shifting east, the weather system baked Britain, France, and Switzerland with record-breaking June ...

The earthquake-related death toll in Venezuela has risen to 589, more than doubling from the previous count, and the number of injured is now 2,980, said Acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday afternoon. On Thursday night, the official death toll was 235, with 4,300 injured. She said there have been 214 aftershocks so far since the twin earthquakes struck on ...

Residents walk among the rubble of building damaged in earthquakes the previous day in Venezuela’s Catia La Mar on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey) Residents walk among the rubble of building damaged in earthquakes the previous day in Venezuela’s Catia La Mar on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey) Rescue teams and residents continued searching through collapsed buildings in northern Venezuela on Thursday ...

Powerful twin earthquakes that shook Venezuela killed at least 32 people and injured more than 700, interim president Delcy Rodriguez said on Thursday. “At this time, we have received reports of 32 deaths” and “more than 700 injured,” Rodriguez said in an address to the nation, adding she did not yet have data on the “hardest-hit region” of La Guaira, ...

President Donald Trump has been instructed to halt the war in Iran or seek congressional approval before continuing military action. The Republican-controlled US Senate approved the measure where a handful of Republicans joined Democrats in Tuesday’s 50-48 vote, reports BBC. The same measure was passed by the US House of Representatives earlier this month. But the resolution is largely symbolic ...

Thousands of protesters marched through Albania’s capital Saturday, one of the largest demonstrations since rallies against a planned resort linked to US President Donald Trump’s family began almost three weeks ago. Since late May, protesters have gathered every evening to oppose the construction of a luxury hotel linked to Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, planned in a ...

Much of Western Europe was sweltering in a gruelling heatwave on Friday with the mercury expected to continue rising in the coming days, likely shattering yet more temperature records. France was hit hard, forcing hundreds of schools to tweak their timetables to cope. Forecasters warned of an “intense and long-lasting” heatwave that could see temperatures in Paris soar above 40C ...

The Unite Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a 30-day grace period for individuals who were previously exempted from visa overstay fines due to regional flight disruptions. According to the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security (ICP), the grace period came into effect on June 10 and will remain valid until July 9, 2026. The initiative offers eligible ...

Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire beginning at 4pm (1300 GMT) on Friday, a US official said, after an escalation in hostilities in Lebanon sorely tested the US-Iranian interim deal to end the wider Middle East conflict. A senior Israeli official and two Hezbollah sources confirmed the ceasefire to Reuters. “If Hezbollah does not attack us, then for ...