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A handout photo provided by the Bolivian Prosecutor’s Office shows one of two buses involved in a collision near Uyuni. At least 37 people died and some 30 others were injured after two buses collided, according to Bolivia's National Police.

At least 37 die, dozens injured in bus crash in Bolivia

At least 37 people have died in Bolivia after a crash involving two buses in the country's west, authorities say.

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Charlotte Peet, a British journalist living in Brazil, has been missing for nearly two weeks.

Desperate search for journalist missing in Brazil for nearly two weeks

The 32-year-old disappeared after asking her friend if she could stay with them in Rio de Janeiro.

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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro says he has ‘no concerns’ about the charges against him.

Brazil ex-Prez Bolsonaro charged on alleged poison coup bid

The charges against Brazil’s former president after his 2022 election defeat included an alleged plot to poison his successor and assassinate a Supreme Court Judge.

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A Delta Air Lines plane has crashed and flipped in Canada.

US plane crashes and flips at international airport

A Delta Air Lines plane has crashed and flipped after attempting to land at an international airport.

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A woman in her 50s had both hands bitten off by a shark in the shallow waters of at a Blue Hills beach on Providenciales, on the Turks and Caicos Islands, on February 7.

Tourist has both hands bitten off by shark during photo attempt

The Canadian tourist in her 50s was airlifted off the Turks and Caicos island for treatment.

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Santiago Bourdieum died after jumping from the cliffs at Spitting Caves in Hawaii.

Cliff jump goes horribly wrong as instructor leaps to death

Chilling footage shows the fitness instructor taking a run up before plummeting down the 15m rock face and not resurfacing.

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Trump is playing puppet master with Europe

Trump plays puppet master with an increasingly angry Europe

LATIKA M BOURKE: With one phone call, Donald Trump hijacked the agenda in Europe without leaving the Oval Office, angering European leaders who find themselves on the back foot in Russian-Ukraine negotiations

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A humpback whale has swallowed a kayaker in extraordinary scenes.

WATCH: Incredible moment kayaker swallowed by whale

Miraculous footage has emerged as a kayaker lived to tell the tale after being swallowed and then spat out by a whale. SEE THE FOOTAGE

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Aluminium and steel tax will throttle American industry and fragment global markets — and harm the countries closest friends more than their foes.

Donald Trump’s tariffs will rust relations with world

Aluminium and steel tax will throttle American industry and fragment global markets — and harm the countries closest friends more than their foes.

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An accident involving a bus on a route in and out of Guatemala City has killed at least 55 people.

Horror as bus plunges off bridge killing at least 55

Authorities say at least 55 people have died after a bus involved in a crash on a busy highway spared off a bridge and down into a steep gorge.

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Australia should not become complacent to Trump tariffs.

Business warns not to be complacent in face of Trump tariffs

One of Australia’s leading business figures says Australia cannot afford to assume Donald Trump won’t also target Australia with taxes on exports to the United States. 

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Donald Trump’s tariff strategy is a dangerous game that can just as easily lead to miscalculations and corrosive uncertainty for the global economy.

How Trump’s tariff turbulence will cause economic pain

Donald Trump’s tariff strategy is a dangerous game that can just as easily lead to miscalculations and corrosive uncertainty for the global economy.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, centre, talks to Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez, right, and a worker during a tour at the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City on February 2, 2025.

‘Unacceptable’: Rubio threatens Panama president over canal

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is arguing that the presence of two Hong Kong companies and other Chinese firms violates a treaty Panama has with the United States.

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Trump is ripping up the playbook on diversity.

How diversity became a dirty word in Trump’s playbook

JACKSON HEWETT: A former journalist’s crusade against inclusive practices in education wrote the guide for the new US administration, but will the world follow suit?

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Extra troops would be joining 2200 active-duty and thousands of National Guard troops on the border. (AP PHOTO)

Border bolstered: Military sent in to secure US border

The Pentagon will begin deploying about 1500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border of the United States, officials say.

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