#BREAKING Spain train collision death toll more than doubles to 64: regional authorities
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🇮🇱 🗳️ Netanyahu bloc leads after two-thirds of Israeli votes counted, no majority
Two-thirds of the votes have been counted in Israel's pivotal general election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp ahead of his main rival Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc. The partial hange as more votes are counted. Following the vote, both Netanyahu and his Eisenkot vowed to form a government despite neither being projected to win a majority
Two-thirds of the votes have been counted in Israel's pivotal general election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp ahead of his main rival Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc. The partial hange as more votes are counted. Following the vote, both Netanyahu and his Eisenkot vowed to form a government despite neither being projected to win a majority
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🇬🇧 British comedian and actor Russell Brand told his rape trial on Wednesday he believed consent was "fundamental" to sexual relations, as he gave evidence for the first time.
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🇪🇸 A high-speed train collision south of Madrid killed 31 people and injured 80 on Wednesday, with the toll likely to rise, regional authorities said, in Spain's second such disaster this year.
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🛳️ Around 200 passengers who paid to live on a cruise ship while travelling the world were abruptly left in Cambodia after the company ran out of money -- but one passenger told AFP on Wednesday he would do it again.
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🇹🇷 Turkey hosted talks between Libya's eastern and western administrations last week with an ultimate goal of reunifying them, but no agreement has emerged, a senior Turkish official familiar with the talks told AFP Wednesday.
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🇦🇺 Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will learn Friday if she has succeeded in overturning her conviction for killing three people with a poisoned beef Wellington lunch.
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🇮🇳 Cyclone Arnab lashes India coast, three killed
Ferocious winds and torrential rain lashed India's southeastern coast after a cyclone made landfall, killing at least three people before the storm weakened, officials said.
Ferocious winds and torrential rain lashed India's southeastern coast after a cyclone made landfall, killing at least three people before the storm weakened, officials said.
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🇪🇸 A collision between two high-speed trains south of Madrid killed 30 people on Wednesday and the toll could rise, regional authorities said in Spain's second such disaster this year.
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🇪🇸 A high-speed train collision south of Madrid killed at least 30 people on Wednesday, regional authorities told AFP in an updated toll as Spain reeled from its second such disaster this year. [1/2]
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🇪🇸 The toll from government sources in the central region of Castilla-La Mancha comes after a collision between two high-speed trains in southern Spain in January resulted in the deaths of 46 people. [2/2]
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🇮🇳 India has vowed "swift action" after a cheetah was shot dead, the first such killing since the country began reintroducing the animals in 2022, the government said Wednesday.
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🇮🇩 Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in central Jakarta to protest against economic hardship, graft and the government's handling of devastating wildfires causing toxic haze that has sickened thousands.
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🇨🇺 🇺🇸 Cubans react to US offer to work with the CIA
Cubans react with disdain to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's call for Cubans to make "discreet" contact with US intelligence services.
Cubans react with disdain to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's call for Cubans to make "discreet" contact with US intelligence services.
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🇸🇬 Runners swap streets for shopping malls as haze chokes Singapore
As toxic haze from Indonesian wildfires chokes Singapore, marathon runners are taking their training indoors, running inside a shopping mall ahead of the city-state's marathon next month.
As toxic haze from Indonesian wildfires chokes Singapore, marathon runners are taking their training indoors, running inside a shopping mall ahead of the city-state's marathon next month.
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🇮🇱 🗳️ The camp of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ahead of his rival's opposition bloc but still short of a majority on Wednesday after two-thirds of the votes were counted in Israel's pivotal general election.
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🇨🇳 China said Wednesday it took "seriously" an apology from Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe after comments he made poking fun at Mao Zedong sparked a social media storm and saw Spanish football yanked off state TV.
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🇮🇩 Gasping for air: Borneo residents struggle as island burns
More than 11,000 people have been treated for respiratory infections in Palangkaraya, on the island of Borneo during the wildfire crisis that has also affected Indonesia's neighbours with toxic haze pollution.
More than 11,000 people have been treated for respiratory infections in Palangkaraya, on the island of Borneo during the wildfire crisis that has also affected Indonesia's neighbours with toxic haze pollution.
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