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Indonesia volcano eruption leaves 270,000 stranded as airports extend closure

Snaking queues formed at the departure halls in Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Monday as stranded passengers sought refunds and tried to get updates on when they would be able to fly.Finna, who was supposed to fly home to...

Europe wrestles with impact of historic regional gains for Germany’s AfD

"Seismic", "a socio-political earthquake", "a watershed moment for Germany".This was how political analysts and many media outlets described the stunning victory of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in local elections in Germany on Sunday. Is that an...

Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation

Australians would be able to switch off social media algorithms under draft legislation to be proposed this week.Communications Minister Anika Wells, who last year helmed the government's world-first social media ban for under-16s, said the digital duty of care...

AfD wins big in German regional election, falls short of bid to become first far-right party to lead a state since WWII

The far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a resounding victory in a regional election Sunday, but fell a little short of winning a majority in its quest to form the country's first far-right state...

Indonesia volcano eruption cancels hundreds of flights at major airport hub

A volcanic eruption in Indonesia on Sunday has forced the cancellation of all flights at the capital city's airport as volcanic ash drifted across the western parts of the country.No casualties were reported and no...

25 years after 9/11 began America’s longest war, the Taliban is back in control

Twenty-five years after 9/11 began America's longest war, and five years after it ended, the Taliban is firmly back in control in Afghanistan. Imtiaz Tyab in Kabul with a look back on America's longest war. Source link

Five dead after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport

An Amazon Air cargo plane overshot the runway while attempting to land at Miami International Airport, killing five people and seriously injuring five more.The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft crashed just before 14:00 local time (19:00 GMT) after departing from...

USS Lincoln heads home as war with Iran escalates

Nearly 5,000 troops aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are finally heading home after nearly 300 days of deployment. Meanwhile, fighting amplified in the Gulf region over the weekend as the U.S. and Iran traded attacks. Tom Hanson has the...

Austria’s Islamic headscarf ban in force as under-14s go back to school

Some teachers have expressed concerns about having to enforce the ban.The Green Party's Sigi Maurer accused Education Minister Christoph Wiederkehr, from the liberal NEOS, of "creating new conflicts and offloading them onto the teachers".She said teachers were "already under...

Indonesia fires: The volunteer firefighters risking their lives to defuse ‘carbon bombs’

Indonesia is in the throes of a wildfire catastrophe.Amid a so-called "Super El Niño" that has supercharged local drought conditions, thousands of active fire hotspots are spreading and multiplying across the country, fuelling a transnational haze crisis that is...
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Black woman found hanging from tree was dead before body was ‘staged’

Warning: This story contains distressing detailsPolice in the US state of Mississippi have said that they believe a black...
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