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Workers waded through a rubbish-filled river in Manila, collecting waste that washed in during days of heavy rain. The nine-day downpour, exacerbated by tropical storms, was equivalent to more than a month's worth of rain in some areas. It...

Russia has released a former US Marine who was jailed in 2022 and was reportedly in extremely poor health. Robert Gilman, from Massachusetts, was freed "from detention for humanitarian reasons" and flying on a US plane to Washington,...

Thailand's government will immediately stop issuing gun permits after a shooting incident last week in which a 14-year-old killed eight people and himself.Existing gun owners are already banned from carrying their weapons in public.The South East Asian country has...

The Perseid meteor shower is set to provide a late-summer show in the skies over the United States.The meteor shower, which NASA calls the best of the year, is set to peak on Aug. 12...

Search for survivors after powerful earthquake in Colombia - CBS News ...

Rescue workers and volunteers rushed to clear rubble as they searched for survivors in Colombia early Tuesday after the country was struck by its strongest earthquake on record.As of Monday afternoon, at least 132 people...

A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.It is the first conviction against Assad, who fled from Damascus...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles in its attacks, as another night of bombardment killed at least nine civilians and injured dozens of others.Zelenskyy said Russian forces used ballistic...

A family captured video of the moment they fled their home during an earthquake in Colombia.Liliana Pérez Ocampo and her family escaped moments before their home was rocked by a 7.4 magnitude quake on Monday."At first, we thought it...

Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat, US media report.The US president boarded Air Force One in view...