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At least 10 killed in care home blaze in northeastern Spain

World News // 1 week ago

At least 10 killed in care home blaze in northeastern Spain

Nov. 15 (UPI) -- At least 10 people were killed Friday and two people injured, one of them critically, in a fire at a care home in a small community near Zaragoza in Spain's northeastern Aragon region, Spanish authorities said.

Sri Lanka's leftist National People's Party coaltion sweeps to power in parliamentary election

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Sri Lanka's leftist National People's Party coaltion sweeps to power in parliamentary election

Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The National People's Power alliance of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept to power after a snap parliamentary election in which voters handed the left-leaning alliance a landslide victory.

Kim Jong Un orders mass production of suicide attack drones

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Kim Jong Un orders mass production of suicide attack drones

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the "full-scale mass production" of new suicide attack drones, state media reported Friday, amid growing military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow.

'We will smoke them out': South Africa seeks arrest of illegal miners hiding underground

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'We will smoke them out': South Africa seeks arrest of illegal miners hiding underground

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government is making an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them, officials announced Thursday.

Tokyo police arrest American tourist for allegedly defacing shrine gate

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Tokyo police arrest American tourist for allegedly defacing shrine gate

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Tokyo authorities arrested a 65-year-old U.S. tourist for allegedly defacing the grate of a local shrine on Tuesday.

World Bank: Lebanon's war-inflicted losses reach $8.5 billion

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World Bank: Lebanon's war-inflicted losses reach $8.5 billion

BEIRUIT, Lebanon, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Crisis-ridden Lebanon has suffered physical damages and economic losses estimated at $8.5 billion during more than a year of Hezbollah-Israel clashes turned into a war, with housing the hardest hit, the World Bank says.

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crime in forced displacement of civilians in Gaza

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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crime in forced displacement of civilians in Gaza

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Israel has deliberately displaced Palestinian civilians in Gaza and is responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a report.

Climate Action Tracker: Global warming projections flatline with no improvement since 2021

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Climate Action Tracker: Global warming projections flatline with no improvement since 2021

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Climate Action Tracker said Thursday there has been a three-year standstill in global warming projections, with no improvement since 2021. The world is on a path to reach 2.7°C of warming.

Egypt's foreign minister says Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire "a priority," warns of full-scale war

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Egypt's foreign minister says Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire "a priority," warns of full-scale war

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that an unconditional cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel is "the first priority," calling for intensifying international and Arab efforts to prevent a large-scale war.

British consumer group launches $3.8B 'abuse of dominance' class action against Apple over iCloud

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British consumer group launches $3.8B 'abuse of dominance' class action against Apple over iCloud

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A British consumer advocacy group has launched a $3.8 billion antitrust class action against Apple on behalf of its 40 million U.K. customers alleging the U.S. tech giant is fleecing them by locking them into iCloud.

One man dead, evacuations ordered after explosions near Brazil's Supreme Court

World News // 2 weeks ago

One man dead, evacuations ordered after explosions near Brazil's Supreme Court

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Two explosions near Brazil's Supreme Court and Congress forced evacuations Wednesday night with one man found dead in what some authorities are calling a suicide attack.

U.S., Finland and Canada agree to icebreaker collaboration pact

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U.S., Finland and Canada agree to icebreaker collaboration pact

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Political leaders in the United States, Finland and Canada announced Wednesday that the three nations will build world-class icebreakers for the Arctic and polar waters.

Amazon Haul to compete with Chinese retailers on ultra-low price products

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Amazon Haul to compete with Chinese retailers on ultra-low price products

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Amazon Haul was unveiled Wednesday in beta form, designed to compete with Chinese retailers Temu and Shein on sales of ultra-low price products.

Advanced Micro Devices to lay off roughly 1,000 workers, 4% of global workforce

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Advanced Micro Devices to lay off roughly 1,000 workers, 4% of global workforce

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Advanced Micro Devices said Wednesday roughly 4% of approximately 26,000 employees worldwide will be laid off. About 1,000 AMD workers will lose their jobs.

Competition heats up for potential sale of 7-Eleven chain

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Competition heats up for potential sale of 7-Eleven chain

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard isn't the only retail giant proposing to buy the 7-Eleven stores from its Japanese owner.

Two Somali pirates sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist

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Two Somali pirates sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Two Somali pirates were sentenced to three decades in prison over the kidnapping of an American journalist held in captivity for nearly 1,000 days, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

FBI arrests CIA official in document leak of Israeli military plans against Iran

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FBI arrests CIA official in document leak of Israeli military plans against Iran

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- CIA official Asif W. Rahman was arrested by the FBI Tuesday in Cambodia on two counts of violating the Espionage Act in classified documents leaks about Israeli military plans. He will appear Thursday in a Guam court.

Russia launches massive missile, drone attack on Kyiv as it ramps up airborne offensive

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Russia launches massive missile, drone attack on Kyiv as it ramps up airborne offensive

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine, the third in three days, but Ukrainian air defenses shot most of the airborne ordnance out of the sky with only one person reported hurt.

U.S. says Israel now in compliance with law on humanitarian assistance to Gaza

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U.S. says Israel now in compliance with law on humanitarian assistance to Gaza

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The United States has determined that Israel has substantially met its demand to take "concrete steps" to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza within 30 days or risk losing military assistance provided by Washington.

U.S. confirms North Korean soldiers have begun combat operations against Ukraine

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U.S. confirms North Korean soldiers have begun combat operations against Ukraine

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- North Korean soldiers deployed to the Kursk region of Russia have begun combat operations against Ukrainian troops, the U.S. State Department confirmed Tuesday.

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