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Forty thousand tourists flee France's millionaire peninsula inferno - while separate blaze threatens Madrid

2026-07-24

British tourists who fled from the French cape inferno have described escaping from ‘enormous’ flames after being woken in the night with emergency texts.

Shirtless madman climbs LA’s Sixth Street Bridge, holding traffic hostage

2026-07-24

A shirtless nutjob scaled the Sixth Street Bridge in downtown Los Angeles Friday morning, causing traffic chaos below as he refused to come down.

Jewish leaders fault Mamdani rhetoric as Upper West Side stabbing, hate crime probe continues

2026-07-24

Jewish leaders in New York City are speaking out against Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rhetoric as an investigation continues into a potential hate crime.

'Thank you, friends': PM Modi hails 'love, support' of youth in new late night video

2026-07-24

Dispute Over Trump Tariffs Snarls Russia Sanctions Deal

2026-07-24

A bipartisan bill championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham has become mired in a dispute over expanding President Trump’s tariff power.

CDC says massive cyclospora outbreak is now in nine states

2026-07-24

The four newly linked states — Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania — join Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and hard-hit Michigan.

Romanian jet fighter shoots down suspected Russian drone

2026-07-24

The incident adds to concern that Moscow’s war on Ukraine risks spilling over to entangle neighbouring NATO states.

Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite linked to four more states

2026-07-24

Federal health officials on Friday said they have linked cases of a diarrhea-causing parasite tied to shredded lettuce to an additional four states, expanding the scope of the largest U.S. outbreak of cyclospora.

A former nun explains why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life

2026-07-24

Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery at age 24, and lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. Her memoir is Cloistered: My Years as a Nun.Originally published March 20, 2024.

Palestinians Stream Back to Northern Gaza on Foot

2025-01-27

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken.