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Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.An Ontario Provincial Police officer was killed in a motorcycle crash on Highway 401 in Cobourg, Ont., on Monday,…

The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution calling for an EU-wide definition of rape based on the absence of freely given and informed consent. It is now up to the European Commission to propose legislation, which would then need to be approved by EU member states, usually a political…

A series of coordinated attacks carried out by ⁠⁠armed groups across Mali has exposed security vulnerabilities in the military-ruled country, analysts say.Since gaining independence from French rule in 1960, the West African nation has navigated cycles of political instability, punctuated by persistent attacks from armed groups, military coups and financial…

Quick-thinking middle school students in Mississippi kept their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a four-lane highway. The bus had just left Hancock Middle School in Hancock County on Wednesday with about 40 children on board when Leah Taylor, 46, had an asthma attack. She…

Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that also saw a total of 10 prisoners released as the leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West, officials in both countries said on Tuesday. Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish…

Preliminary reports indicate Cessna aircraft may have crashed due to bad weather conditions that caused low visibility.Published On 27 Apr 202627 Apr 2026A plane has crashed on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital, Juba, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot.The country’s civil aviation authority said on Monday that initial…

Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that also saw a total of 10 prisoners released as the leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West, officials in both countries said on Tuesday. Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish…

Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell ‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement.Thornell died Thursday at a hospital in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie from complications…

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Ukrainian interceptor systems shot down more than 33,000 Russian drones in March, a record monthly figure since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine’s defence minister said. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s domestically-developed long-range attack drones struck a Russian oil refinery and terminal on the Black Sea for the third time in…

Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that also saw a total of 10 prisoners released as the leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West, officials in both countries said on Tuesday. Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish…

Mali’s security crisis has worsened since rival armed groups have allied and launched coordinated attacks across the country.Al-Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for attacks by gunmen that began on Saturday. They were carried out in Kati near Bamako as well as the capital’s airport and other…

By Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 25 Apr 202625 Apr 2026At least 14 people have been killed in a highway bombing in southwestern Colombia, according to regional authorities.Octavio Guzmán, the governor of the Cauca region, said the explosive device was detonated on Saturday on the Pan-American Highway, in the…

Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that also saw a total of 10 prisoners released as the leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West, officials in both countries said on Tuesday. Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish…