Society
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor moved out of his Royal Lodge residence near Windsor and relocated to King Charles III’s private Sandringham estate after the latest revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a royal decree to restrict openings of private vocational training centers nationwide, saying it would curb "chiringuitos" that lack public quality guarantees.
Maja T., a non‑binary German national, was convicted in Budapest and sentenced to eight years for violent attacks on alleged right‑wing extremists after a contested extradition from Germany.
Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway’s crown princess, told a Norwegian court he did not remember taking photos and videos police say showed him sexually assaulting a woman at Skaugum.
A 36-year-old Deutsche Bahn employee died after a passenger allegedly beat him during a ticket check on a regional train in Rhineland-Palatinate on Monday evening.
Gunmen killed more than 160 people in attacks on two villages in Kwara state, western Nigeria, on Tuesday, in what residents said may have been retaliation for a military operation.
A 14-year-old pupil in Sanary-sur-Mer stabbed his 60-year-old art teacher four times on Tuesday, admitted the attack was premeditated, and the teacher remained in critical condition.
Russian comedian Artemy Ostanin was sentenced in Russia to nearly six years in prison for "inciting hatred" over a stand-up joke about a wounded war veteran.
Thirteen-year-old Austin Appelbee swam about 4 kilometres to shore and ran 2 kilometres to seek help after his family were swept out to sea off Western Australia.
Lufthansa acknowledged for the first time that it was part of the Nazi regime after historians’ study found the airline used thousands of forced laborers during the Third Reich.
William Stevenson, once married to First Lady Jill Biden, was charged with first-degree murder and held without bail in Delaware after his wife Linda was found dead in December.
Actress Elisa Mouliaá withdrew her private accusation against former Sumar leader Íñigo Errejón in Spain, a move that left the sexual‑assault case likely to be archived, citing health reasons.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was criticised by the Manchester Jewish Representative Council for public comments defending Palestinian children and referencing alleged "genocide", which the council said risked fueling antisemitism.
U.S. foreign-aid cuts under the Trump administration deepened humanitarian crises, leaving Afghanistan with child hunger at 25-year highs, nearly 450 closed health centers and jeopardized labor-rights gains globally.
Chinese authorities detained two investigative journalists in Chengdu, Sichuan, after they published an article accusing a local Communist Party official of corruption.
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Fifteen people died when a migrant boat collided with a Greek coastguard vessel off Chios on Tuesday; authorities said the migrants' craft ignored signals and turned into the patrol boat.
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Pima County, Arizona, authorities said they had identified no suspect in the apparent abduction of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie, and were questioning contacts.
Fifteen migrants died off Chios in a boat accident, and the European Commission said it was monitoring the inquiry, which it said belonged to Greek authorities.
Fifteen migrants died when a migrant boat collided with a Coast Guard vessel off Chios on Tuesday night, and government ministers called smugglers "enemies" of the country.
Greek authorities opened an internal investigation after a collision off Chios that killed 15, and the coast guard said its patrol’s thermal camera had not been activated.
Authorities in Spain and Greece arrested suspects accused of sexually assaulting minors and recording or distributing footage — two Spanish minors were released to parents; a 26-year-old Greek suspect was detained.
A 17-year-old died when a car collided with a truck in Sindos, Thessaloniki Tuesday night, and police said the truck driver was detained then released on a prosecutor's oral order.
French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist announced on World Cancer Day that France would implement a nationwide lung cancer screening programme by 2030.
