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A surge of jellyfish clogged cooling canals, forcing EDF to shut down four of Gravelines' six reactors. The incident highlights marine threats to nuclear safety.
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Cameroon is grappling with a surge in femicides that has drawn international attention and domestic condemnation. In the first four months of 2024, at least 50...
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Thieves stole priceless Bronze Age gold rings, bowls, and bracelets from Villena Museum in Alicante, Spain, in a swift, professionally executed robbery.
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An Israeli court acquitted Yona Schreiber, who attacked a French nun in Jerusalem’s Old City, citing a psychotic episode, and ordered him to a psychiatric hospital for up to six years.
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A 19‑year‑old German man was arrested after a domestic‑violence incident at a private school near Berlin killed an 18‑year‑old student and a 30‑year‑old man. Authorities say it was not a mass shooting.
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Senior official of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Nickolay Mladenov, warned at the United Nations Security Council that a collapse of the Gaza ceasefi...
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Norwegians gathered at Oslo’s Palace Square to lay flowers in front of the royal residence as the palace announced that King Harald V’s condition had become “ex...
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Actress Blake Lively was awarded $400,000 of the $8 million she sought from former co‑star Justin Baldoni to cover legal fees in a defamation dispute, a US Dist...
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Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor best known for bringing Optimus Prime to life in the original *Transformers* television series and its subsequent Hollywo...
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BBC Studios has confirmed that the long‑running motoring programme Top Gear will return to television after a four‑year hiatus. The announcement came during the...
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Nearly 500 people in the UK have been infected with salmonella linked to imported eggs, with two new clusters raising total cases to 474 and two deaths reported.
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Dame Jenni Murray, the veteran BBC broadcaster who hosted Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour for 33 years, died on 12 March 2024 at the age of 75, eight days after a car co...
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