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Super typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, has killed at least 59 people and injured hundreds in northern Vietnam, according to local authorities. At least 44 victims were killed by landslides, the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Monday. Yagi, which made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday, has been downgraded […]

Warning: This story contains distressing details from the start. “This is like doomsday for me. I feel so much grief. Can you imagine what I’ve gone through watching my children dying?” says Amina. She’s lost six children. None of them lived past the age of three and another is now battling for her life. Seven-month-old […]

Seventeen pupils have died after a dormitory at a boarding school in central Kenya caught fire on Thursday night, the Ministry of Education has said. There were fears the death toll could rise on Friday morning, with 14 other children taken to hospital with injuries. More than 150 pupils were in the dormitory when it […]

Donald Trump said he would enlist Elon Musk to run a “government efficiency commission” if he wins a second term as US president. Speaking to the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump said the X owner had agreed to head a task force to conduct a “complete financial and performance audit of the […]

Australia’s internet watchdog says she received “death threats” and that her children were doxxed after she was targeted by Elon Musk for attempting to regulate his social media platform. Earlier this year, the eSafety commissioner took X to court over its refusal to remove videos of a religiously motivated Sydney church stabbing for its global […]

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has hit out at French authorities, calling his arrest last week in relation to allegations of insufficient moderation on the messaging app “misguided”. In his first public statement since he was detained, he denied claims that Telegram is “some sort of anarchic paradise” as “absolutely untrue”. Mr Durov was […]

The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of killing four people at a high school in the US state of Georgia has been arrested. Colin Gray, 54, is facing four charges of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight of cruelty to children, said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). GBI Director Chris […]

Italian sprinter Alessandro Ossola arrived at the Paris 2024 Paralympics looking for a gold medal, but he will leave with “something amazing” after proposing to his girlfriend in front of tens of thousands of fans in the Stade de France on Sunday. At the end of his race, just after missing a place in the […]

Car company Volvo has announced it has abandoned its target to produce only fully electric cars by 2030, saying it now expects it will also be selling some hybrid vehicles by that date. The car maker blamed changing market conditions for its decision to give up a target it had announced only three years ago. […]