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Two people have died and four remain in intensive care after the terrifying incident.
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‘Negligence’: Horror scenes as lift plunge kills two people

Family members demand answers as staff members allegedly avoided using the elevator in the building.

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A barge on the Congo River, where a weekend boat collision has left at least 30 people dead.

At least 30 dead and dozens missing in horror boat collision

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, at an Invictus Games event in Canberra earlier this year.

Harry’s Invictus snub is reversed after royal intervention

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A fire has killed at least 19 girls and five boys, an official in ?South Kivu province says. (AP PHOTO)

Horror school fire kills at least 24 students

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex after a boat trip during the Invictus Games in 2023.

Harry and Meghan blame King’s letter for Invictus Games blow

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A woman accused of leaving her four young children at home alone to go on a three-day cruise has faced court.

Mum ‘went on cruise while baby and 3 kids were home alone’

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President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the White House in Washington on October 7, 2025.
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How Trump’s desire for Canada pushed it towards the EU

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Layne Lundeen, 67, had to be duct-taped by fellow passengers on a flight from Dallas, Texas, to Newark, New Jersey. Unknown

Duct-tape passenger breaks silence after viral image

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Mark Carney was wooed by EU head Ursula von der Leyen during her speech to the European Parliament. (EPA PHOTO)
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Battle with Trump is sending Canada into the arms of the EU

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Asia Pacific

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Rescuers carried bloodied children to waiting ambulances after a school roof collapsed in Pakistan. (AP PHOTO)
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Children’s death toll rises in horror school roof collapse

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Testing showed that some of the seized cocaine had been substituted for flour. (EPA PHOTO)

Cocaine held as evidence for seven years go missing in Fiji

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Global tensions continue as Anthony Albanese keeps a hectic schedule.
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PM’s delicate diplomacy with Xi and Trump is getting harder

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Rescue crews are working in difficult conditions to retrieve the bodies entombed in the wreck. (AP PHOTO)

Death toll rises two weeks on from devastating ferry capsize

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Two people have died and four remain in intensive care after the terrifying incident.

‘Negligence’: Horror scenes as lift plunge kills two people

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A man in a Ukrainian military uniform and a boy pass under protective netting.

Netting, drone detectors and guns, this is Ukraine survival

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A firefighter at a compound hit by a strike in Kharkiv, northern Ukraine, on October 12, 2026.

Zelensky defies Trump in return to Russian refinery strikes

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Starlink terminal camouflaged with a net near the eastern frontline in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in the summer of 2023.

Ukraine on brink as Starlink restricted amid Russia strikes

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Houthi missiles have reportedly hit the presidential palace used by the Yemeni government in Aden.

Presidential palace in Aden hit by Houthi missiles

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Yashar party Gadi Eisenkot has argued Hamas will remain in power as long as Benjamin Netanyahu does.

Netanyahu’s rival makes election promise to crush Hamas

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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Hossein Mohebbi considers new US attacks a possibility.

Iran on alert as US strike fears grow before midterms

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Influencer Brooke George in Instagram photos from her first visit to Dubai.

Influencer faces firing squad inside notorious Dubai jail

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At least four people, including three children, have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a school in Oregon. 
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Three children and teacher gunned down in school shooting

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Influencer Jennifer G Burnham's son, Baxter, has died.

Family’s heartache as influencer’s 4yo son suddenly dies

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Metallica Rose Harrison, left, with slain husband Charles and son Tristan, and, right, in a police mugshot.

Tearful mugshot of mum accused of killing hubby, son emerges

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Police have released bodycam footage of tense welfare checks with Justine May conducted just weeks before her two young children would be found dead.

WATCH: Cops’ tense checks on mum before kids found dead

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Harry and Meghan posed for selfies with well-wishers during their joint visit to Nottingham.

Selfie-aware: Harry and Meg make first UK joint appearance

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William Chapman died after being attacked inside a tiger enclosure at a UK zoo.

‘Traumatic’: Grim new details of fatal tiger attack emerge

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Russell Brand faces charges of rape and sexual assault after being accused by six women. (EPA PHOTO)

Brand ‘pranced like Basil Fawlty’ before rape, court told

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William Chapman died after being attacked inside a tiger enclosure at a UK zoo.

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