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Drone footage shows shocking scale of India train crash
No more survivors found following massive derailment which killed more than 280.
India’s deadly train crash renews questions over safety as government pushes railway upgrade
From 2017 to 2021, there were more than 100,000 train-related deaths in India.
A British reporter had a big #MeToo scoop. Her editor killed it
New York Times: Britain’s news media has a complicated relationship with outing its own.
Pope warns of risk of corruption in missionary fundraising after investigation
He warned the Vatican’s fundraisers of financial corruption creeping into their work.
Allies clash with Russia, China over North Korea
Pyongyang is threatening another military spy satellite launch soon.
Jailed Putin critic Navalny demands moonshine and a kangaroo
"I will continue to fight for my inalienable right to own a kangaroo."
Connecticut lawmakers vote to allow people to use deadly force as the bear population grows
Lawmakers allow people to kill bears if they inflict harm or enter buildings.
Indian train tragedy: At least 288 dead, more than 900 injured
More than 200 people are still believed to be trapped in the wreckage.
Bible banned in schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’
A parent has persuaded schools that verses are too vulgar or violent for younger children.
India train tragedy: At least 207 people killed, 900 injured in twin derailments
Rescuers were attempting to free 200 people feared trapped in the wreckage.
Teen reported to anti-terror police by mother handed life sentence
The young man is to serve a minimum jail term of six years for plotting a terror attack.
Woman walking on California beach finds ancient mastodon tooth
Something unusual was sticking out of the sand during the woman's beach walk.
Missing man’s body mistaken for horror movie prop, inquest hears
Man's dead body found in truck, thought to be a prop, used in horror film.
The mystery of the disappearing van Gogh
New York Times: Trail leads to Caribbean tax havens and a jailed Chinese billionaire.
Two dead: Man accused of running over mates who tried to stop him driving drunk
Neighbours heard a "loud thud" before discovering the carnage.
With a new, improved ‘einstein’, puzzlers settle a math problem
New York Times: Tiling aficionados may have found the shape of their dreams.
Potatoes spilled on key bridge cause havoc in Denmark
A 57-year-old truck driver was detained after Danish mishap.
'I love her very much': Heartbroken mum's support for daughter who stabbed son to death
'It’s so hard to know that she did this to him, my poor son.'
Mexican police find 45 bags of human remains
The bags found in a gorge contain remains of men and women.
New details emerge on Jeffrey Epstein's death
Newly-obtained records shed light on the frantic aftermath after his death.
Watch: Wild moment rogue taxi driver pulls gun on terrified passenger
A taxi ride turned into a man's worst nightmare as his life flashed in front of his eyes.
New footprints revive hope of finding missing Colombian children
Small footprints found in jungle lift hopes of finding four who survived plane crash.
US store owner shoots black child in the back over a bottle of water
Police say the shooter got into a fight with thieves in 2018 and shot a man in the leg.
Watch: Crowd gasps as Joe Biden takes nasty fall on stage
US President stumbles after handing out diplomas to Air Force graduates.
Australia’s ‘trial of the century’ stains its most decorated soldier
New York Times: A judge finds war crime allegations are substantially true.
Prosecutors have tape of Trump discussing classified documents - report
Trump said he wanted to share information but knew there were limitations on the records.
Madeleine McCann prosecutors to examine objects found in Portugal search
Investigators are still piecing together what happened on the night child disappeared.
Child one of three to die in Russian missile bombardment of Kyiv
Russia has kept up a steady barrage on the Ukrainian capital in recent weeks.
Australia’s most decorated living veteran loses war crimes defamation case
Ben Roberts-Smith unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, a judge rules.
Trump or not, US meltdown could be inevitable
Financial Times: Is Trump a symptom, rather than the cause of the US’s turmoil?
Trump was taped discussing sensitive document he had kept after leaving office
New York Times: In the recording Trump indicated he knew the document was secret.
Guam typhoon: Many remain without electricity
Only 28 per cent of power had been restored on the oppressively hot and humid island.
Watch: Driver inches from death as missile explodes on busy Kyiv motorway
Dashcam captures terrifying moment missile rains down on packed motorway.