A powerful winter storm has struck southern California, bringing relentless rain, strong winds and mountain snow to parts of the state.
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Cyclone Ditwah, which struck Sri Lanka in late November, has caused an estimated US$4.1 billion in direct physical damage to buildings and contents, agriculture and critical infrastructure, according to a World Bank Group Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) report released today. This damage is equivalent to about 4 percent of Sri Lanka’s GDP.
President Donald Trump has suspended the US green card lottery scheme in the wake of a mass shooting at Brown University last week in which two people were killed.
The British Parliament has drawn attention to the impact of Cyclone Ditva on Sri Lanka and the humanitarian assistance being provided to affected communities.
Zohran Mamdani has made history by winning New York’s mayoral election, becoming the city’s first Muslim mayor and its youngest in more than 100 years.
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King Charles III has appointed Bishop Sarah Mullally of London as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, marking a historic moment for the Church of England.
There have been reports of protesters entering Singha Durbar and the Parliament building complex as of Tuesday afternoon (9)
Taliban interior ministry says that the death toll from the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan is 610 and More than 1,300 people have been injured.
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale on Friday evening struck Iran's north-central province of Semnan.
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Several flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali have been cancelled or delayed after one of country's most active volcanoes erupted.
An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operating as Flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on the afternoon of June 12, 2025.
At least 22 people have been injured and three remain in a serious condition after a Mexican Navy training ship crashed into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge.
The first Augustinian Pope, Leo XIV is the second Roman Pontiff - after Pope Francis - from the Americas. Unlike Jorge Mario Bergoglio, however, the 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost is from the northern part of the continent, though he spent many years as a missionary in Peru before being elected head of the Augustinians for two consecutive terms.
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