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Authorities confirmed that first responders are shifting from a rescue to recovery operation and that authorities ‘do not expect to find anyone else alive in the area’.

THE ECONOMIST: Evidence shows universal childcare can come with hidden costs for children.

Dramatic footage has surfaced showing a UPS plane engulfed in flames and flipping during takeoff, as the death toll rises to nine and fears grow over what caused the deadly midair disaster.

2025 has been a devastating year for aviation, marked by catastrophic crashes worldwide. Here are some of the most significant air disasters that shook the globe this year.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Zohran Mamdani, a once unheralded state lawmaker from Queens whose affordability platform and charisma fuelled a meteoric political rise, has become the 111th mayor of New York.

US authorities have provided a harrowing update on the ‘catastrophic’ UPS plane crash in Kentucky at a petroleum recycling plant, confirming fatalities, which they believe will increase.

The former anchor was standing outside the home where her mother was found with multiple stab wounds.

Teachers are facing intense backlash after their group costume was ‘misunderstood’.

They were packaged to look like genuine products, but concealed multiple dangerous substances.

A former teacher shot by a six-year-old student in her classroom has recalled the horrifying moments after the gun went off as she testified in her $40 million court case.

The travel and home rental platform says it will utilise its technology to block Halloween parties this weekend.

A judge has ruled in favour of the 22-year-old Utah man charged with shooting dead right wing political activist Charlie Kirk at a university rally.

The man is in the ICU and is now facing two possible amputations.

A US Navy helicopter and fighter jet have crashed within minutes of each other during operations in the South China Sea.

‘I had to wet my face a little bit to make sure I wasn’t dreaming.’