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Lightning strikes kill 16 on way to wedding party in Bangladesh

Lightning killed at least 16 people who were travelling to a wedding party in western Bangladesh and injured several others, including the groom, an...

Belgium seizes tens of millions of counterfeit cigarettes

Belgium’s customs officers arrested 40 people on Wednesday and seized tens of millions of counterfeit cigarettes in raids targeting illegal production sites across the...

China seals off city as worst coronavirus outbreak in a year grows

China’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic has escalated with dozens more cases around the country, the sealing-off of one city...

Firefighting planes resume flights over wildfire north of Athens

Firefighting planes have resumed operations to tackle a major forest fire on the northern outskirts of Athens that forced thousands to flee their homes...

Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St Louis couple

Missouri governor Mike Parson announced on Tuesday he had fulfilled his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social...

84-year-old German fined over wartime weapons collection including tank

A German court has convicted an 84-year-old man of illegal weapons possession for having a personal arsenal that included a Panther tank, an anti-aircraft...

China orders mass testing in Wuhan as Covid-19 outbreak spreads

China has suspended flights and trains, cancelled professional basketball games and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as widening outbreaks of the Delta variant...

Qantas furloughs 2,500 staff amid lockdowns in Australian cities

Australia’s Qantas Group says it expects Sydney’s Covid-19 lockdown to last for at least another two months and it will furlough 2,500 staff due...

Death toll in central China floods now exceeds 300

More than 300 people died in recent flooding in central China, authorities said, three times the previously announced toll. The Henan provincial government said 302...

Malaysian politicians stage protest over parliament closure

Malaysian police have blocked opposition politicians from marching in protest over a two-week lockdown of parliament, which they say is a ploy by the...

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