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2022

# Train Crash

Over 150 people injured in train collision near Barcelona

18 medical units were deployed to the area

19.6k

Dec 7th 2022, 9:58 AM

# US Senate

Georgia's runoff senate vote is a high stakes test for Biden

Joe Biden has said the senate seat is ‘critical’ for the Democrats.

13.2k

Dec 6th 2022, 8:53 AM

# China

Chinese police arrest protestors and BBC journalist as anti-lockdown protests erupt

Large crowds gathered in Shanghai to protest

9.3k

Nov 28th 2022, 8:28 AM

Sponsored

Galway-Mayo rivalry and Dublin aim to make amends: Allianz Football League talking points

Four huge games in store this weekend in Croke Park.

# Refugees

‘I walked to Poland’: Thousands embark on ‘harrowing’ 43-mile walk to border

Manny Marotta described the ‘brutal’ 20-hour journey, seeing toddlers ‘dragged out of bed’ and Ukrainian men being conscripted to fight ‘on the spot’.

24.8k

Feb 25th 2022, 3:17 PM

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# India

Daily coronavirus cases in India dip below 100,000

India peaked at adding more than 400,000 cases a day in May, but new infections and deaths have declined across the country since then.

10.3k

Jun 8th 2021, 9:23 AM

# The Kennedys

Recovery mission underway for two members of Kennedy family missing on US canoe trip

Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her son Gideon did not return to shore at Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, on Thursday.

167k

Apr 4th 2020, 5:15 PM

# Jailed

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault

Weinstein was found guilty at a court in New York last month.

63.3k

Mar 11th 2020, 3:05 PM

# super-ish tuesday

Sanders and Biden draft in big guns ahead of make or break showdown in Michigan

Sanders’s campaign could be in major trouble if he fails to win the state.

14.9k

Mar 10th 2020, 7:20 AM

# chris matthews

US TV host retires abruptly from show, apologises for inappropriate comments about women

Chris Matthews said he incorrectly thought certain “compliments on a woman’s appearance” were ok.

70.4k

Mar 3rd 2020, 8:08 AM

# Inquiry

Placido Domingo says he is 'truly sorry' after investigation finds multiple harassment complaints from women

The investigation was carried out by the US union representing opera performers.

20.5k

Feb 25th 2020, 11:35 AM

# Chicago

Actor Jussie Smollett faces six new charges over claim he was victim of hate crime

Smollett was previously charged with lying to police but they were subsequently dropped.

19.2k

Feb 11th 2020, 10:37 PM

# eric eoin marques

Irishman faces at least 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in the US to facilitating the distribution of child abuse material

Eric Eoin Marques was extradited from Ireland to Maryland last year.

30.8k

Feb 6th 2020, 10:24 PM

# Acquitted

'It was evil, corrupt, it was dirty cops': Trump goes on hour-long 'tirade' after his impeachment acquittal

Trump addressed a friendly crowd who applauded during multiple parts of his speech.

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Feb 6th 2020, 7:41 PM

# State of the Union

Trump refuses to shake Pelosi's hand, then she rips up his speech

The US President declared America is “stronger than ever before” in his State of the Union address.

83.3k

Feb 5th 2020, 7:18 AM

# Texas

Two killed in shooting at university residence in US

The shooting happened in a dormitory at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

13.1k

Feb 3rd 2020, 8:11 PM

# Outbreak

Built in 10 days, China's coronavirus hospital takes first patients as death toll passes SARS

China has also made an appeal for medical masks and protective suits.

170k

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Feb 3rd 2020, 9:01 AM

# Allegations

Prince Andrew 'uncooperative' in Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, says NY prosecutor

Geoffrey Berman says the FBI had contacted Prince Andrew’s lawyers and asked to interview him.

31.0k

Jan 27th 2020, 5:43 PM

# Ukraine

Democrats focus on Trump’s ‘dangerous’ abuse on second day of impeachment trial

“The president’s conduct is wrong. It is illegal. It is dangerous,” Jerrold Nadler said.

8.7k

Jan 23rd 2020, 10:36 PM

# Ukraine

US Senate leader backs down on proposed impeachment trial rules after backlash

Donald Trump has denounced the proceedings as “a total hoax”.

33.8k

Updated

Jan 21st 2020, 10:29 PM

# Outbreak

First case of new coronavirus on US soil after man returns from China

The man returned to the Seattle area in the middle of last week after traveling to Wuhan in central China.

17.1k

Jan 21st 2020, 7:43 PM

# Justin Trudeau

Canada will provide money to families of those in plane shot down by Iran

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the families will each receive 25,000 Canadian dollars

10.5k

Jan 17th 2020, 6:49 PM

# Toronto

Canadians living near nuclear power station sent emergency incident message by mistake

More than an hour later, a message was sent saying the first one was a mistake.

23.9k

Jan 12th 2020, 5:07 PM

# Fallout

Trump boasts that Soleimani got 'American justice' as House vote to curb his military moves in Iran

Trump said he had no plans to take further military action.

14.5k

Jan 10th 2020, 7:30 AM

# Philadelphia

Ikea to pay family over €40 million after 2-year-old boy killed by falling dresser

Jozef Dudek died in 2017 of his injuries after a recalled dresser tipped over onto him.

63.9k

Jan 7th 2020, 3:30 PM

# blast off

SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites to test less reflective coating

Observatory director Jeff Hall said the satellites will be a growing risk to stargazers in the future.

12.5k

Jan 7th 2020, 9:03 AM

# Pennsylvania

Police in the US searching for person who tried to release bedbugs in Walmart store

The store manager contacted police on Saturday after store employees found pill bottles with bugs in them.

24.9k

Jan 6th 2020, 9:30 PM

# the ghost of Manzanar

Mystery skeleton found in California hills revealed as WW2 Japanese-American prisoner

Giichi Matsumura left a US internment camp in the final days of World War II.

29.3k

Jan 4th 2020, 7:25 PM

# Amen

'Father, release his power' - Evangelical leaders pray for Donald Trump in Miami megachurch

Trump spoke to more than 5,000 Christians at the event last night.

52.7k

Jan 4th 2020, 12:27 PM

# Krefeld Zoo

Scores of animals killed in fire at German zoo

Local media reported that New Year’s Eve fireworks could have started the blaze.

25.6k

Jan 1st 2020, 1:35 PM

# Troops

Trump deploys hundreds of US soldiers to Middle East after embassy attack in Iraq

Thousands of soldiers may be deployed in the coming days.

19.8k

Jan 1st 2020, 8:32 AM

# Mogadishu

Death toll rises to 78 after truck bomb explodes during rush hour in Somali capital

Mayor Omar Mohamud Mohamed said that university students were among those killed.

14.7k

Dec 28th 2019, 1:03 PM

# United States

13 wounded, four critically at house party shooting in the US

Shots were fired just after 12.30am (6.30am Irish time).

22.6k

Dec 22nd 2019, 1:13 PM

# Löw Blow

Donald Trump defies impeachment and mocks Democrat's dead husband at Christmas-themed rally

Trump implied that Representative Debbie Dingell’s husband could be ‘looking up’ from hell.

81.4k

Dec 19th 2019, 7:26 AM

# impeachment

Trump says Salem 'witches' were better treated than he has been in impeachment process

In a letter sent on the eve of his expected impeachment, the US President has maintained that he did nothing wrong.

12.5k

Dec 17th 2019, 8:20 PM

# Georgia

Runner who slapped female reporter's bottom on live TV arrested

Alex Bozarjian told police the man had slapped and then grabbed her buttocks.

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Dec 14th 2019, 5:01 PM

# RIP

Oscar-nominated star of Do the Right Thing Danny Aiello dies aged 86

Aiello died last night after a brief illness.

16.8k

Dec 13th 2019, 4:27 PM

# Chile

Chilean military plane 'disappears' with 38 passengers on board

The C-130 Hercules carried 17 crew members and 21 passengers.

18.9k

Dec 10th 2019, 7:19 AM

# sex crime

R Kelly charged with paying bribe before marriage to 15-year-old Aaliyah

Kelly was 27 when he married a then 15-year-old R&B singer Aaliyah in 1994.

45.0k

Dec 6th 2019, 9:33 AM

# Holey Artisan Bakery

Bangladesh court sentences seven militants to death for 2016 café attack

Twenty hostages were killed, including 17 from Japan, Italy and India.

6.8k

Nov 27th 2019, 7:33 AM

# adnan syed

US Supreme Court rejects bid for new trial in case covered by popular podcast Serial

Adnan Syed is serving a life sentence after he was convicted in 2000 of killing 17-year-old Hae Min Lee.

15.1k

Nov 25th 2019, 11:00 PM