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At least nine people were killed and dozens injured in shootings at Tumbler Ridge secondary school and a nearby home in British Columbia; police said the suspect was found dead.
The FAA temporarily halted flights at El Paso International Airport under a 10‑day security order, then lifted it after officials said a cartel drone was neutralized, a claim others disputed.
A poll found nearly three in four Americans said ICE should be overhauled or abolished after the Minnesota killings of Good and Pretti, and President Trump’s approval fell.
The Trump administration removed the Progress Pride Flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York’s Greenwich Village, prompting condemnation from city officials and LGBT+ activists.
A man detained and questioned in connection with Nancy Guthrie's disappearance was released without charge after an FBI search of roadways near her Catalina Foothills home, officials said.
School shootings occurred in Russia and Thailand; Russian police said a student shooter killed one and wounded two, while Thai police detained a suspect amid conflicting reports about victims.
WHO and UNICEF said measles cases fell 75% in Europe and Central Asia in 2025, even as U.S. outbreaks and declining American vaccine confidence prompted fresh alarm.
Norway's Attorney General announced a review after criticism that Norwegian police aided Turkish authorities in a criminal case targeting a member of parliament, the office said.
Ukrainian civilians and troops faced severe winter conditions across front lines and cities, with power cuts, scarce food and -26°C temperatures that left many without heat or water.
French authorities said a third infant died after consuming recalled infant formula in France, though investigators said tests had not confirmed a causal link.
A man suspected of killing 17-year-old Lisa in Duivendrecht confessed to the murder, and prosecutors said he also admitted two rapes and an attempted rape in Amsterdam.
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France’s Court of Cassation upheld final 18‑year prison sentences for Mohamed Ghraieb and Chokri Chafroud over the 2016 Nice truck attack, preventing a third trial.
Legal and financial experts in Germany warned that widespread inheritance myths — including belief a spouse automatically inherits everything — and absent wills often cost heirs, urging clearer testamentary planning.
Dutch prosecutors demanded 12 years' imprisonment and compulsory psychiatric treatment for sextortion suspect Mark S., saying he had extorted dozens of women with nude images, while he denied guilt.
An Austrian woman filed a criminal complaint after surgeons at Kepler University Hospital in Linz removed her healthy uterus, and Linz prosecutors opened an investigation into possible bodily harm.
A Somali passenger jet carrying 55 people veered off the Aden Adde runway in Mogadishu and crashed into shallow water off a nearby beach during an emergency landing; all survived.
A two-year-old in Naples received a damaged, improperly cooled donor heart during a transplant and was left in life-threatening condition; two surgeons were suspended and pediatric transplants halted.
Pola Beltowska, a 19-year-old Polish ski jumper, received a wave of online abuse after Poland's mixed-team Olympic ski jumping squad was eliminated.
An armed man opened fire at a school in southern Thailand on Wednesday, took pupils and teachers hostage before police neutralized him, though some reports said he was arrested.
Gisèle Pelicot said she felt "like a rag doll" when police showed her images of rapes by the man she had lived with, she wrote in memoir excerpts.
A 13-year-old in Western Australia swam about 4 km then ran to shore and called Triple Zero after his mother and two siblings were stranded at sea, authorities said.
