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Eleven killed after plane carrying skydivers crashes in eastern France

Eleven people have died after a civilian aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in the town of Tomblaine in eastern France, local authorities said. The pilot and 10 passengers died in the...

Trump threatens 100 per cent tariff over tech tax

United States president Donald Trump has vowed to impose a 100 per cent import tariff on any European...

Earthquake shifts political ground for Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez 

 Venezuela's strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez's early leadership but could also...

Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels

The price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through...

Burnham confirms Starmer succession bid as he is sworn in as MP

Andy Burnham has been officially sworn in as Makerfield's new MP amid loud cheers from his Labour colleagues...

Scientists working on universal flu vaccine

Scientists say they have made a breakthrough designing a vaccine against all 20 known types of flu. It uses the same messenger-ribonucleic-acid (mRNA) technology as...

Zelensky denounces latest Russian missile strikes

President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "crimes against humanity" after a new missile barrage caused blackouts across Ukraine. He told the UN Security Council...

USA- Employee kills six at Virginia supermarket

An employee at a Walmart supermarket in the US state of Virginia has shot dead six people and injured six others. Officers were called to...

Four Chinese nationals killed on marijuana farm in Oklahoma

Four people discovered murdered on a rural marijuana farm in the US state of Oklahoma were Chinese nationals, investigators say. The suspect, identified as Wu...

Children among the dead as quake hits Indonesia

Many of those killed and injured in a major earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java were children, rescuers say, as the death toll...

Agreement reached at climate change conference

A historic deal has been struck at the UN’s COP27 summit that will see rich nations pay poorer countries for the damage and economic...