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Three has always been the number associated with ‘charm’, but for Bartłomiej “Foka” Kubkowski’s, it was five, as that is how many attempts it took to swim across the Baltic Sea. On Sunday at around 8 pm local time, the swimmer came ashore at Dziwnów beach in Poland, which was…

Monrovia, Liberia – On the streets of Liberia’s capital, the signs of the kush crisis are increasingly hard to miss. Young people gather in neighbourhoods where families say addiction has pulled children away from school, their homes and their communities.Kush, a cheap and highly addictive synthetic street drug, has spread…

DUXBURY, Mass. (AP) — Jurors walked through the Massachusetts home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, a rare visit Friday that let them see firsthand the place where an outwardly ordinary family life unraveled into tragedy.After being driven past two businesses relevant to the narrative of the January 2023…

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.Growing up on a cattle farm in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., Joshua Kutryk says he dreamt of going to space…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife made between $1.7 million and $2 million annually from 2022 through 2024, and they paid about half a million a year in federal and state taxes, according to tax returns released by his office.The Democrat’s office released more than…

WestJet and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have reached a tentative deal, ending a strike ​that has led to the cancellation ‌of hundreds of flights, both sides said early Monday.CUPE, which represents 4,400 flight attendants with the Calgary-based airline, sought pay for its members from ⁠the time they…

Firefighters in Greece were hoping to contain a wildfire on the outskirts of Athens on Tuesday that is burning for a fifth day, with easing winds enabling the use of vital aircraft. “Today, more than 30 aircraft will be deployed in the area,” enabling access to difficult mountain terrain, fire…

Listen to this articleEstimated 2 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.Seven more whales are on the move from Marineland, headed to a new home at an aquarium in the…

Parisians are taking to the Seine on a new type of electric surfboard that lifts riders above the water, creating the sensation of flying. Known as an e-foil, the board combines an electric motor, a submerged hydrofoil and a rechargeable battery, allowing it to glide above the river’s surface once…

UN ‘deeply saddened’ by Monday attack on convoy in Jonglei State, calls for investigation.Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026The United Nations has said that it was “deeply saddened” by the killing of five humanitarian workers after their convoy was ambushed in South Sudan.UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a news…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor said Monday that state officials could pursue billions of dollars in civil damages after revelations that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents repeatedly allowed shipments of fentanyl to flow into drug-plagued communities as investigators sought to build bigger cases. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham…