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High-speed trains collide in Spain, 21 dead, dozens injured
AFP, Published on 19/01/2026
» MADRID - Spain on Monday reeled from a collision between two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia that killed 21 people and injured more than 70, with the prime minister lamenting a "night of deep pain".
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series as Blue Jays downed in thriller
AFP, Published on 02/11/2025
» TORONTO (CANADA) - The Los Angeles Dodgers conjured a stunning come-from-behind victory in extra innings to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 and clinch back-to-back World Series on Saturday in one of the greatest Major League Baseball championship deciders in history.
Sinner and Alcaraz set for gripping third act in US Open final
AFP, Published on 07/09/2025
» NEW YORK - Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the world's undisputed top two players, will square off in a third straight Grand Slam final on Sunday at the US Open with President Donald Trump in attendance.
Powerful 6.3 magnitude quake shakes central Colombia, damaging buildings
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» PARATEBUENO, Colombia - Buildings swayed, sirens blared and panicked Colombians raced onto the streets Sunday after a shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the centre of the country.
Powerful 6.3 magnitude quake shakes Bogota
AFP, Published on 08/06/2025
» BOGOTá - A powerful, shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook the Colombian capital of Bogota early Sunday, according to AFP reporters on the ground and the United States Geological Survey.
Ships still on fire after North Sea collision
AFP, Published on 11/03/2025
» GRIMSBY, England - Fires were still raging on Tuesday after a cargo ship laden with toxic materials slammed into a tanker carrying flammable jet fuel in the North Sea, as questions mounted about how the accident happened.
World’s biggest iceberg stalled, sparing wildlife haven
AFP, Published on 04/03/2025
» PARIS - The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation said on Tuesday.
Drone in Chiang Mai helps solve forest carbon capture riddle
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» CHIANG MAI: On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest.
One dead, four missing after two cargo ships collide in North Sea
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» BERLIN - One person has died and four are missing from the crew of a cargo ship that sank after colliding with another vessel in the North Sea, German authorities said on Tuesday.
Philippines, China trade blame over collisions in disputed sea
AFP, Published on 23/10/2023
» MANILA - Beijing and Manila traded blame for two collisions Sunday between Chinese vessels and Philippine boats on a resupply mission to Filipino troops on a remote outpost in the disputed South China Sea.