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"There's no such thing as a natural disaster," geographers like to say -- a reminder that human choices turn hazards into tragedies. The Texas flash floods this weekend that left scores dead, ...
French IT firm Capgemini said on Monday it was buying business process services provider WNS for $3.3 billion in cash to create a leader in AI agents for businesses. Both firms already help businesses ...
An Australian woman murdered her husband's parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms, a jury found Monday at the climax of a trial watched around the world. Keen home ...
The elegant 74-year-old Russian put her hand on her heart as the verdict fell. Five and a half years in prison for posts opposing the war in Ukraine. Then, according to a witness who saw her in the ...
All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi has been a refuge for generations of protesters escaping police crackdowns, proudly displaying the teargas canisters and spent cartridges once fired into the church.
Australian Erin Patterson served a beef Wellington lunch that was "delicious" by all accounts, using eye fillet steak, flakey golden pastry, and the deadliest mushrooms known to man. The keen home ...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles III on Monday paid tribute to the spirit of unity shown in the aftermath of the July 7 bombings in London, 20 years on from the attacks. On July 7, 2005 ...
Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest had "turned to ash" in wildfires as firefighters from neighbouring Jordan arrived Sunday to battle a fourth day of blazes ...
Tens of thousands of Afghans streamed over the border from Iran in the days before a return deadline set for Sunday, the United Nations said, sparking an "emergency" situation at border points. In ...
Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest had "turned to ash" in wildfires as firefighters from neighbouring Jordan arrived Sunday to battle a fourth day of blazes ...
Rebecca Atkins filed more than 250 job applications, and felt like every one was going into a gaping chasm -- one opened by the highest unemployment rate for recent college graduates in the United ...
President Joseph Boakai offered a state apology to Liberians Saturday over the brutal violence and lingering trauma caused by the country's two civil wars, as the nation grapples with how to remember ...