US Marine from California identified as one of 4 people killed in Philippines plane crash

9 février 2025 à 19:29

A U.S. Marine from California has been identified by military officials as one of four people killed when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines

Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro, whose postmodern chairs graced waiting rooms and museums, dies

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9 février 2025 à 15:57

Yrjö Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland as well as collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has died

Rescuers hunt for 28 people still missing after a landslide in southwest China; 1 body recovered

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9 février 2025 à 09:25

Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province are battling against time to locate 28 people missing after a rain-triggered landslide that buried their homes

Dalai Lama's elder brother, who led several rounds of talks with China, dies at 97

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9 février 2025 à 07:50

The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the exiled Tibetan government in India, Gyalo Thondup, who led several rounds of talks with China and worked with foreign governments for the Tibetan cause, has died

PHOTO COLLECTION: Westminster Dog Show

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9 février 2025 à 01:08

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Rescuers search for some 30 people after a landslide in southwest China

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8 février 2025 à 18:09

Chinese rescuers are searching for some 30 people after a landslide in southwestern Sichuan province buried 10 houses The Ministry of Emergency Management deployed hundreds of rescuers including firefighters following the landslide Saturday in Junlian county

Here's what we know about a commuter plane crash in Alaska that killed 10 people

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8 février 2025 à 17:17

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down in the icy Bering Sea

Zelenskyy confirms a new Ukrainian offensive in Russia's Kursk region

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8 février 2025 à 15:45

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed a new Ukrainian offensive in Russia’s Kursk region and said that North Korean troops are fighting alongside Russian forces there

It's a girl! Swedish royals announce birth of daughter

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8 février 2025 à 11:49

It’s a girl

PHOTO COLLECTION: Asian Winter Games

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8 février 2025 à 11:24

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Canadian foreign interference agency says it detected a 'malicious activity' targeting candidate

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8 février 2025 à 02:19

A Canadian government department that tracks suspected foreign interference says it has detected a “coordinated and malicious activity” targeting federal Liberal Party leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland

Springfield, Ohio, sues neo-Nazi group that it says led Haitian intimidation

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8 février 2025 à 00:21

An Ohio city inundated with threats last year related to an influx of Haitian immigrants has sued a neo-Nazi group that it says was at the heart of the onslaught

Spanish and Danish royals gather in Athens for Greek society wedding

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7 février 2025 à 22:48

Members of Spanish and Danish royal families have gathered in Athens for the wedding of Nikolaos, son of Greece’s late former King Constantine II, and Chrysi Vardinogianni

Aaron Hernandez's brother sentenced to time served in shooting threats case

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7 février 2025 à 22:24

The brother of the late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been sentenced to 18 months of prison time already served for threatening to carry out a shooting at the University of Connecticut and to kill three people in 2023

Dolly, the oldest rhino in the US, has died at a Tennessee zoo at age 56

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7 février 2025 à 21:25

The oldest rhinoceros in the United States has died at the zoo in Knoxville, Tennessee

A look at the hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza, by the numbers

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7 février 2025 à 20:25

Israel and Hamas are in the midst of a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas is releasing dozens of the hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners

A Stradivari violin made in 1714 sells for $11.3M at auction

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7 février 2025 à 20:14

A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari has sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York, short of estimates that would have made it the most expensive instrument ever sold at auction

PHOTO COLLECTION: Ovechkin on track to break Gretzky's NHL career goals record

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7 février 2025 à 19:13

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Los Angeles sheriff deputy found guilty of excessive force in arrest of woman caught on video

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7 février 2025 à 18:30

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who was recorded violently tackling and pepper-spraying a woman while she filmed a man being handcuffed has been found guilty of excessive force

‘It looks like a stream of blood.’ A river near Buenos Aires turns red, sparking fears of toxic leak

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7 février 2025 à 18:00

A stream winding through a populous area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires has turned crimson red in recent hours that has sparked fears of industrial chemical dumping

Nielsen says Christmas had more viewing on streaming services than any day ever

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7 février 2025 à 17:10

Christmas Day marked a milestone in media history, even if it's likely to be surpassed

A person is killed in Brussels in the fourth shooting in a week linked to drug gangs

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7 février 2025 à 16:04

Gunfire in Brussels has killed one person in what Belgian officials say was the fourth shooting in the past week believed linked to drug gangs, prompting a government vow to boost police on the city’s streets

New York temporarily shutters bird markets after seven cases of avian flu are detected in NYC

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7 février 2025 à 15:54

New York has ordered a weeklong shutdown of all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester and Long Island after seven cases of avian flu were detected at bird markets in the city

Russia claims it's taken another eastern Ukraine town. Kyiv officials make no comment

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7 février 2025 à 15:06

Russia’s Defense Ministry is claiming that its forces have captured the mining town of Toretsk, their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defenses are creaking

Thousands block Athens traffic to protest delays in Greek rail disaster inquiry

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7 février 2025 à 14:53

Several thousand high school and university students have blocked traffic in central Athens in an anti-government protest against delays in an investigation into a 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives

A small plane loses altitude after takeoff and slams into a Sao Paulo avenue, killing 2 passengers

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7 février 2025 à 14:43

A small aircraft has crashed on an avenue in Sao Paulo, killing at least two of its passengers

Santorini restricts traffic and imposes more precautionary measures against earthquakes

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7 février 2025 à 13:37

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has visited earthquake-struck Santorini, as the Aegean island imposed more precautionary measures amid intense seismic activity

China lashes out at US ‘coercion’ after Panama declines to renew agreement

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7 février 2025 à 23:08

China lashed out at what it called U.S. ‘coercion’ after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with Beijing

PHOTO COLLECTION: New York Fashion Week

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7 février 2025 à 08:39

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PHOTO COLLECTION: Costume Designers Guild Awards

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7 février 2025 à 08:28

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Crews search for missing Alaska plane with 10 onboard

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7 février 2025 à 06:48

Authorities are searching rural Alaska for an aircraft that went missing while carrying 10 people

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, actor Hailee Steinfeld walk red carpet at NFL Honors

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7 février 2025 à 03:24

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and his fiancee, actor Hailee Steinfeld, were all smiles as they posed for pictures and mingled with celebrities as they walked the red carpet at the NFL Honors

New Mexico courtroom devolves into brawl as men rush defendant in homicide case

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7 février 2025 à 02:29

A routine hearing in a New Mexico state courtroom devolved into chaos when two people rushed the defendant in a murder case, setting off a brawl with flying fists and kicks

22 states sue New York state, alleging environmental fund is unconstitutional

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7 février 2025 à 00:11

Twenty-two states are suing New York state, contending that a new law forcing energy companies to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change damage is unconstitutional

'SNL50' anniversary special will feature Steve Martin, Bad Bunny, Chappelle, McCartney and more

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6 février 2025 à 20:12

The “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special will include guest appearances by Tom Hanks, Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, John Mulaney, Dave Chappelle and numerous other stars who’ve been associated with the show over the years

Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey, the daughter of George Halas, dies at 102

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6 février 2025 à 19:11

Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during four-plus decades as principal owner, has died

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