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A look back at the King who broke with tradition

Norway's King Harald V has died aged 89 after being treated for a bacterial infection in his blood.

Nepal army rescues survivors from hydropower tunnel

Nepal's Prime Minister Secretariat shared footage showing army personnel rescuing people from a hydropower tunnel.

Norway's King Harald dies aged 89

The late king, who reigned for 35 years, broke with tradition by marrying a commoner and celebrated Norway's diversity…

'High risk' of lake bursting and causing second flood, warns China

China says a lake formed after a recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border may burst in the coming days.

California Alone Is Holding $15 Billion in Money That Belongs to Its Residents

California is sitting on $15.485 billion in unclaimed property, spanning more than 84 million individual properties that…

USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

Nearly 30,000 pounds of raw beef imported from Argentina was recalled after being sold in Texas and Florida due to…

Tate brothers blast US jail conditions as they seek bail in UK extradition fight

Andrew and Tristan Tate's legal team argued in a Miami court that the two were not a flight risk.

$900M paid out to end wind farm project going to firm run by Mar-a-Lago neighbor

The Trump administration will pay German energy company RWE $1.2 billion to abandon offshore wind leases, with $900…

Meta Paid $17B – Gets to Write Safety Rules for Other SocMedia Platform

Meta settled a lawsuit with 52 state and local Attorneys General over child safety concerns, agreeing to pay between $12.

Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America

Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.

GOP heads to Supreme Court after losing case over TV election ad prices

GOP campaign committees want quick ruling before election ads ramp up next week.

Allan Little: I met dangerously fanatical Mladić early in Bosnian war

BBC special correspondent Allan Little met the "Butcher of Bosnia" in the early months of the Bosnian war.

Jury deliberating in trial of Lindsay Clancy, US woman accused of killing her children

Prosecutors argued Clancy made a calculated decision to murder the children, while the defence argued that she was…

Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'

Two workers at Frankfurt Airport in Germany have died from malaria following a rare outbreak that infected six…

Ukraine file complaint over FIA lifting Russia ban

The Ukrainian Automobile Federation requests an urgent investigation into its Russian counterpart, the RAF.

What we should make of CIA boss's secret trip to Moscow

There is nothing routine about John Ratcliffe making a secret, 10,000-mile return dash to Moscow, writes Frank Gardner.

RFK Jr. goes full anti-vaccine bananas over two measles deaths—one was a newborn

Kennedy and his allies have a history of downplaying vaccine-preventable deaths.

Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood

BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.

Two killed in 'violent incident' at school near Berlin

Police have arrested a man after an incident in which two people were killed including an 18-year-old.

Uefa pursuing criminal legal action against Infantino

UEFA is pursuing criminal legal proceedings against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over a scrapped plan to sell stakes…

Corporate political donations shatter record at $646M so far for US midterms

Uefa pursuing criminal legal action against Infantino and Fifa

Uefa is pursuing criminal proceedings against Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino over the failed plan to sell off…

Board of Peace's Gaza envoy criticises Israeli strikes and Hamas actions

Nickolay Mladenov warns that a collapse of last October's ceasefire would be "a point of no return" for the region.

Trade (and Tariffs)

This is an xkcd webcomic page featuring a comic titled "Trade (and Tariffs)" with links to the comic archive, related…

The monstrous crimes of Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia'

The Bosnian Serb commander led a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian conflict.

Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić dies aged 84

He was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the…

US Government Designates Host of Noblogs.org a "Global Terrorist"

The US government designated the Italian tech collective Autistici/Inventati as a "Global Terrorist" organization on…

ECB Answers Surveillance Fears Over the Digital Euro

The digital euro would offer more privacy than a traditional bank transfer.

Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist

The Treasure of Villena is a unique trove of almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles and bracelets dating back to the…