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At least 21 dead after Italian bus carrying tourists falls from Venice overpass

At least 21 people died this morning and 18 were injured after a bus carrying tourists to a campground crashed off an overpass near Venice in northern Italy and caught fire, city officials said.

October 4, 2023 12:19 pm
 

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US agency, California gathering details of accident involving robot taxi and pedestrian

U.S. and California officials said this morning they are in discussions with General Motors’ (GM.N) self-driving unit Cruise about an accident in San Francisco involving a pedestrian hit by a vehicle into the path of a robot taxi.

October 4, 2023 11:28 am
 

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Hospitality workers, Las Vegas casinos in crunch time for labor talks

Unions representing roughly 53,000 Las Vegas workers on Tuesday kicked off critical negotiating sessions with hotel and casino operators after its members voted at the end of September to authorize a city-wide strike.

October 4, 2023 10:30 am
 

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Americas rights court condemns violence against Haiti journalists

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Tuesday condemned an escalation of violence against journalists in Haiti, saying media workers are among those who have been killed, kidnapped and lost their homes as gang violence has surged.

October 4, 2023 9:32 am
 

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Canada wants private talks with India to resolve diplomatic spat

Canada wants private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader.

October 4, 2023 8:21 am
 

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Republican US Rep Matt Gaetz moves to oust McCarthy as speaker

Far-right Republican Representative Matt Gaetz on Monday moved to oust fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, injecting an additional element of chaos into an already tumultuous Congress.

October 3, 2023 5:24 pm
 

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104-year-old US woman skydives from plane, aiming for record

A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after making a tandem jump and landing 4100 metres later at a northern Illinois airport.

October 3, 2023 4:50 pm
 

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Afghan embassy in Delhi cease operations

The embassy of Afghanistan in India’s capital New Delhi will cease operations from Oct. 1, due to a lack of support from India and a reduction in personnel and resources, the embassy said in a statement on social media platform X.

October 3, 2023 3:46 pm
 

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Venezuela's political opposition rejects request to delay primary

Venezuela’s opposition election commission said it will move forward with its late October primary vote to pick its presidential candidate for next year’s general election, after the country’s national electoral council sought a delay.

October 3, 2023 3:29 pm
 

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India's monsoon rains hit five-year low due to El Nino

India’s monsoon rainfall this year was its lowest since 2018 as the El Nino weather pattern made August the driest in more than a century, the state-run weather department said on Saturday.

October 3, 2023 2:44 pm
 

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Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak

The death toll from Bangladesh’s worst dengue outbreak on record has topped 1,000 this year, official data showed, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country.

October 3, 2023 1:25 pm
 

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UN authorizes Haiti security mission to fight gangs

The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a foreign security mission to Haiti, a year after the Caribbean country asked for help to fight violent gangs that have largely overrun its capital Port-au-Prince.

October 3, 2023 12:21 pm

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