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A huge explosion at a factory in northern China has killed four people and injured 84 others, with six people still missing, state media reported. The blast happened at around 15:00 local time (07:00 GMT) Sunday at Baogang United...

Italian-Thai Development, one of Thailand’s largest construction conglomerates, is in the spotlight after successive fatal incidents on its building sites.On Jan. 14, a crane collapsed onto a passenger train in the country’s northeast, killing at least 32 people. Just...

Sofia Ferreira SantosandAlicia CurryReutersAt least 39 people have died and dozens more have been injured after two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain, the country's Civil Guard has said.The accident near the city of Córdoba, in southern Spain, has...

Thiaw, meanwhile, had his media briefing cancelled after a ruckus broke out in the press room. But in an interview with BeIN Sport, he accepted that he should not have ordered his team off the field. "We didn't...

LONDON -- The leaders of all 27 European Union nations will meet for an "extraordinary meeting" later this week, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Sunday, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating pressure campaign to acquire...

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Corporate chiefs and government leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump swarm into Davos, Switzerland this week, joining an elite annual meeting that promotes dialogue and economic progress — even as a domineering tone from Washington has...

China's population fell for the fourth straight year in 2025 as its birth rates sunk to a record low, despite the government rolling out a spate of incentives to boost them. The country's population fell 3.39 million to reach...

Anna FosterPresenter, Today programmeUN Photo / Alba García RuizGuterres – a former Portuguese prime minister – took on the job of heading the UN in 2017, and will leave the role at the end of this year.In his annual...

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