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At least 19 people are missing after a powerful mudslide swept away rows of houses in the town of Atami, west of Tokyo, Japanese...

The Lombardy region of Italy has recorded no daily coronavirus deaths for the first time in nine months. It was in the northern area...

Authorities in the Philippines have raised the danger level of the Taal volcano after it spurted a huge plume of gases and steam into...

It was a long wait for the Party’s party.  The thousands of people awarded a ticket to Tiananmen Square had left their quarantine hotels...

The spectator who caused a massive pile-up at the Tour de France has been arrested, according to a report by Reuters. A 30-year-old French...

It is unlikely the world “would have been on the verge of World War Three” if Russia had sunk a British warship near Crimea,...

A ‘heat dome’ engulfing Canada and the US states of Washington and Oregon is thought to have caused dozens of deaths, officials said on...

More than 20 million Australians – about 80% of the population – are now under some form of lockdown or COVID-related restrictions as officials...

Rebel forces in Tigray have moved into regional capital Mekelle following the withdrawal of Ethiopian National Defence Force soldiers from the city. The news...

Australians have been warned they face the most “serious crisis” in the COVID pandemic since last February/March as health officials battle to contain new...

France’s far-right have endured another miserable night in the country’s regional elections, with Marine Le Pen’s National Rally failing to win any of the...

A new recording featuring the sound of Mars has been released by China’s space agency. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released a series...

A Qatari sprinter who won bronze at the 2017 World Championships in London has died at the age of 24, the country’s Olympic Committee...

Almost £500m worth of drugs and precursors have been burned by Myanmar’s military authorities. Heroin, cannabis, methamphetamine and ketamine were among substances disposed of...

Colombian President Ivan Duque said a helicopter carrying him and several officials was shot at in a “cowardly” attack. Mr Duque said the presidential...

European leaders have rounded on Hungary’s leader over a new law which they say discriminates people from the LGBT+ community. The legislation, which bans...

Boris Johnson has insisted Royal Navy warship HMS Defender was sailing legally in Ukrainian waters and that Russia did not any fire warning shots....

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro loves meeting people; he can’t get enough of it, he travels the country looking to shake hands and kiss babies....

Russian forces fired warning shots at a Royal Navy destroyer after it entered the country’s territorial waters in the Black Sea, the Russian Defence...