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25,000 U.K. ambulance workers go on strike in blow to health service

“People are waiting longer because we can’t get to them. It’s a lack of capacity in every department,” said one…

Russia replaces military commander in Ukraine after just 3 months

Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine for the past three months, will become Valery Gerasimov’s deputy, the…

Video shows angry guest smashing sports car through hotel lobby

The car hurtled haphazardly around the lobby as bewildered spectators asked each other what was going on.

Bodies on the road after suicide bomber targets Afghan Taliban regime

Officials and witnesses said there was a large explosion outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just as employees were leaving…

Cardinal George Pell, a divisive Catholic Church leader, dies at 81

Even after his acquittal on sex abuse charges in Australia, Pell’s reputation remained tarnished by the scandal and his handling…

Police identify man allegedly killed in “swarming” attack by 8 teen girls

“I’ve been in policing for almost 35 years and you think you’ve seen it all,” Toronto Police Sgt. Terry Browne…

Declassified map sparks treasure hunt for riches looted by Nazi troops

One man with a metal detector said he’d scoured the area for decades and “found some nice Roman objects,” but…

Michael Morell on the strategic challenges ahead in 2023

Morell discusses the Russia-Ukraine war and weighs the probability of war in 2023 between Iran and Israel, as a hardline…

6 wounded in knife attack at Paris train station, suspect shot

France’s interior minister said if it wasn’t for police officers’ “extremely rapid intervention, there would surely be deaths.”

“Great hope” as Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is officially declared over

Officials are lauding the country’s response to the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, but some say delays meant missed…

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