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American journalist abducted in Iraq, security officials say
New York Times, Published on 01/04/2026
» NEW YORK — An American journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad by “unknown individuals” Tuesday evening, and government security forces have begun operations to find her and track down the abductors, according to Iraq’s Interior Ministry.
Frantic search for the missing after at least 24 killed in Texas flood
New York Times, Published on 05/07/2025
» KERRVILLE — Flooding that began before dawn Friday swept through a summer camp and homes in central Texas, the United States, killing at least 24 people and setting off frantic searches for missing children and others swept away.
Over 200 dead in Air India crash
New York Times, Published on 12/06/2025
» AHMEDABAD — More than 200 people were killed when an Air India flight crashed shortly after taking off in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the city police commissioner said.
Dozens injured when driver ploughs into parade crowd in Liverpool
New York Times, Published on 27/05/2025
» LONDON — A driver slammed a car into a crowd celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League victory, seriously injuring a child and an adult and sending more than two dozen people to hospitals, officials in England said Monday.
Short of prison space, UK looks to US model of time off for good conduct
New York Times, Published on 23/05/2025
» LONDON — In February, Britain’s justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, travelled to Texas. As a lawmaker from the centre-left Labour Party, her trip to the Republican state was somewhat off-brand, but she was on a serious mission: to try to find solutions to Britain’s chronic prison overcrowding crisis.
Wildfire burns in 3,200 acres of New Jersey forest area
New York Times, Published on 23/04/2025
» PINE BARRENS — A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey spread to 3,200 acres of the heavily forested area by Tuesday evening, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile (27.3-kilometre) stretch of one of the state’s busiest highways, authorities said.
Roof collapse in Dominican Republic kills at least 67
New York Times, Published on 09/04/2025
» SANTO DOMINGO — Using heavy machinery, drones, dogs and dozens of rescuers, officials worked frantically Tuesday to find survivors of a deadly roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic, where authorities said at least 67 people died.
Military fires on Chinese aid convoy in Myanmar, rebels say
New York Times, Published on 02/04/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — Soldiers in Myanmar opened fire on a convoy of vehicles carrying relief supplies from the Chinese Red Cross for earthquake victims in the badly hit city of Mandalay, according to a rebel armed group in Myanmar.
Strong quake leaves at least 20 dead in Myanmar
New York Times, Published on 28/03/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, strongly shaking buildings across a vast expanse of Southeast Asia and causing damage in cities as far away as Bangkok in neighbouring Thailand. At least 20 people were killed in Myanmar, and three in Thailand.
California asks insurers to spare wildfire victims ‘the list’
New York Times, Published on 07/02/2025
» LOS ANGELES — California’s top insurance regulator urged insurance carriers Thursday to pay policyholders the full amount of the belongings in their coverage without requiring them to itemise every object lost — an undertaking that has burdened thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires last month.