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Unlike the Olympic Games, where there is usually a designated athletes' village, organisers have opted to use temporary accommodation for competitors.Beyond the container huts, between 4,000 and 5,000 participants will be staying on an Italian cruise ship which docked...

The Houthis have recently seized control of large swathes of Yemen's Red Sea coast from Saudi-backed pro-government forces.Last week, they captured the strategic port city of Mokha and Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the southern gateway to...

The EU is set to ban the use of social media, certain gaming platforms and AI chatbots by children under 15 without parental supervision, as part of a wider push to protect them online.“No social media under the age...

At least 12 people have been killed, including children, and dozens are missing after a war-damaged building collapsed in the Gaza Strip, according to local rescue teams.Video footage shows the search for bodies and survivors continuing in the rubble...

As more states have begun to introduce wealth taxes, billionaires and other ultrawealthy individuals have been forced to make the hard choice between sucking it up and paying the bill or moving elsewhere. Those who have chosen to dodge proposed...

Three people have died and two others taken to hospital after a news helicopter crashed in suburban Los Angeles, fire authorities in the city have said.NBC Los Angeles confirmed the helicopter was its NewsChopper4, which also operated for Telemundo...

Relations between the two countries have been on a downward spiral since President Donald Trump returned to office early last year, with the US leader cutting aid, expelling the South African ambassador and offering "refuge" to white South Africans...

A runaway horse was chased by police on motorbikes in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when it escaped before a parade on 13 September. The unharmed horse was eventually cornered by police, before being lassoed. Police officers followed and cornered...

At least three people are dead after a helicopter crashed between two commercial buildings in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday evening near the scene of an earlier fatal bus collision, according to the LA Fire Department.In addition to...

Coast Guard personnel and FBI agents boarded a Texas-bound commercial oil tanker last month before it could arrive at a port after determining the ship's network may have been compromised by a foreign actor as...