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Teen girl's motive unclear in Wisconsin Christian school shooting

Police in Wisconsin were interviewing friends and family and examining the online presence of a 15-year-old girl to determine what drove her to open fire in a classroom at her private Christian school, killing a fellow student and a teacher before taking her own life.

December 18, 2024 6:27 am
 

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Fiji Airways awaits assessment before resuming flights

Fiji Airways is closely monitoring the situation in Vanuatu following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in it’s capital Port Vila.

December 18, 2024 5:58 am
 

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Broadcasting disrupted as Vanuatu faces earthquake fallout

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Vanuatu, leaving the capital city and surrounding areas reeling from significant damage, casualties, and disrupted services.

December 17, 2024 4:43 pm
 

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Vanuatu quake damage due to depth

Australian and New Zealand experts say while not all major earthquakes will trigger tsunamis, the one in Vanuatu today is expected to have caused significant structural damage due to its depth.

December 17, 2024 4:41 pm
 

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Teenage girl shoots dead fellow student and teacher at Wisconsin school

A 15-year-old girl opened fire in a Wisconsin school classroom on Tuesday, fatally shooting a fellow student and a teacher and wounding six other people before killing herself with the handgun, police said.

December 17, 2024 4:03 pm
 

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China extends visa-free transit stays to 10 days

China announced on Tuesday a relaxation of its visa-free transit policy, extending the permitted stay for eligible foreign travellers to 240 hours, or 10 days, from the original 72-144 hours, as authorities aim to lure more foreign visitors.

December 17, 2024 3:07 pm
 

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EU should ease Syria sanctions in return for 'positive steps', top diplomat Kallas says

The European Union should be ready to ease sanctions on Syria if the country’s new leadership takes “positive steps” to establish an inclusive government and respect women’s and minority rights, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.

December 17, 2024 2:33 pm
 

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Three killed in Wisconsin school shooting, including shooter

A juvenile student killed two people at a Wisconsin school before police found the suspect dead at the scene of the latest shooting to devastate a U.S. campus, authorities said.

December 17, 2024 11:35 am
 

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Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed them to hand over cash for phoney cryptocurrency investments.

December 17, 2024 10:33 am
 

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Women held as sex slaves in Sudan's South Kordofan

Women from Sudan’s South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report published.

December 17, 2024 9:16 am
 

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Rescuers comb debris for survivors, count dead in cyclone-hit Mayotte

Emergency workers searched for survivors and battled to restore services in Mayotte, France’s poorest overseas territory, where hundreds or even thousands, are feared dead from the worst cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean islands in nearly a century.

December 17, 2024 8:28 am
 

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German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote

The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government, clearing the way for an early election on Feb. 23 necessitated by the collapse of his government.

December 17, 2024 7:00 am

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