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At least 25 people were killed Sunday by shelling at a market on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk in Russian-occupied Ukraine, local officials reported Sunday.

For Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, 2024 has started with renewed bombardment by Russian missiles. But inhabitants, loathe to leave again, are adapting to life with such dangers. A key question is education, which has been almost exclusively online for the past two years. Many school buildings have been destroyed and all are considered unsafe. So the city, and its region, are taking education underground – quite literally. Gulliver Cragg reports.

A deadly landslide in China’s Yunnan province has left two dead and dozens missing. The incident in Zhaotong City occurred early Monday, trapping 47 people.

The US has seen nearly 90 deaths from severe winter storms in the past week. Tennessee recorded 25 deaths, and Oregon, under a state of emergency, reported 16 due to ice storms.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has exited the 2024 presidential race and has thrown his support behind former president Donald Trump.

Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of cities across France on Sunday to call on President Emmanuel Macron not to sign into law tough new legislation on immigration that they say bears the footprint of the far right and betrays French values. 

Scientists have warned about the terrifying risk of defrosting ancient deadly viruses.

Hundreds of thousands joined rallies in Germany against the far-right AfD party again on Sunday, at the culmination of a week of protest that has seen demonstrators turn out in unusually large numbers across the country. 

‘When it exploded, the earth trembled.’

A new survey lists glass eyes, a clown costume and witchcraft paraphernalia as just some of the weirdest items.

It follows after six children had to be rescued from a rip current off a beach in Australia.

Medics believe Hamas fighters could have built an immunity to the fungus

‘I had a crack at vodka…’

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt hints at further tax cuts Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has strongly suggested that he’s thinking about reducing taxes…

Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear to the United…

Donald Trump says Colorado ballot ban could unleash ‘chaos’ Donald Trump is calling on the US Supreme Court to quickly…

Wilman Sandoval, 23, was arrested on Sunday and flashed a grin in his mugshot.

It’s been described as a bombshell moment. The upper echelons of Sweden’s government and defence forces last week shocked the nation by explicitly warning that war might come to Sweden, and that each and every Swede should prepare themselves. While some have taken the warning seriously and flocked to the stores to stock up on fuel and survival kits, others have accused the country’s leaders of fear-mongering.

This means Russia could use warships to deter any UK trawlers.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was slated for liftoff on Wednesday, but the private aerospace company was forced to delay the mission as it worked to complete final checks.

He doesn’t often speak about it.

At least nine killed as Pakistan launches strike into Iran Pakistan has conducted missile strikes within the borders of Iran,…

Earthquakes can’t be predicted.

Worst, worst nightmare.

At least 16 airstrikes hit the Suluki Valley, described by Lebanese sources as the “densest bombardment of a single location” since border area hostilities began three months ago.