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Man stabs four to death in New York's Queens, police shoot him dead
The New York City Police Department said a girl called to report the incident in Queens' Far Rockaway neighborhood and said "her cousin is killing her family members".
Eleven climbers killed as Indonesia volcano erupts, search on hold
Three survivors were found on Monday along with the bodies of the 11 climbers, among 75 in the area at the time of Sunday's eruption, said Jodi Haryawan, spokesperson for the search and rescue team.
Nine dead after armed men raid Peru's Poderosa mine - ministry
The attackers entered the mine shaft, using explosive charges, and taking four people hostage.
Israel strikes southern Gaza, US VP Harris calls for restraint
Saleh Al-Arouri told Al Jazeera TV that Israeli hostages held by Hamas are soldiers and civilian men who previously served in the army.
China's respiratory illness rise due to known pathogens, official says
The spike in illness in the country where COVID emerged in late 2019 attracted the spotlight when the World Health Organization sought information last week, citing a report on clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children.
Munich flights, trains cancelled as heavy snow blankets Bavaria
Flights were not scheduled to depart or arrive at Munich airport until at least 6 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Sunday according to a statement on its website.
Judge rejects Trump immunity claim in 2020 election case
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found no legal basis for concluding that presidents cannot face criminal charges once they are no longer in office. Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 U.S. election, served from 2017...
Strong quake in Philippines triggers tsunami warnings and evacuations
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System, which initially warned of waves of up to 3 metres above the usual high tide level, later said there was no longer a tsunami threat.
Astronomers surprised to find planet 'too massive for its star'
But the discovery of a planet at least 13 times Earth's mass orbiting very close to a red dwarf only 11% of the sun's mass has astronomers going back to the drawing board on planetary formation theory involving this prevalent type of star. The mass ratio of this plane...
Scores reported killed in Gaza as fighting shatters Israel-Hamas truce
Eastern areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza came under intensive bombardment as the deadline lapsed shortly after dawn, with columns of smoke rising into the sky.Residents took to the road with belongings heaped up in carts, fleeing for shelter further west....