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More than 100 are dead in two crashes this year, and Pedro Sánchez will face the voters on Nov. 29.

Elke Sommer, the cool blond star whose distinctive German accent and regal bearing lent her a certain exotic quality that she brought to such 1960s films as the Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark, Bob Hope’s comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!, The Oscar starring Stephen Boyd and spy entry The […]

A canine unit and cranes have been deployed to aid search and rescue efforts following the deadly crash.

Rescuers ⁠picked through mangled carriages on Thursday in a search for victims of Spain's second fatal high-speed train ⁠crash this year, with the death toll rising to 69 and the public ​demanding explanations for the latest accident. Cranes had worked through the night to lift parts of the wreckage of Wednesday's crash, while emergency workers removed what

Hundreds of households in North Carolina remain without a private bridge two years after Hurricane Helene. Many are frustrated by a state program’s progress.

As Dan Rather turns 95 this Saturday — just days before the 2026 midterm elections — the recent documentary “Rather,” about both the newsman’s life and the modern state of journalism, couldn’t be more timely. And now, it will be easier than ever to watch the 2023 Frank Marshall-directed film, which will now stream for […]

A mysterious shipwreck off Turkey’s coast may be the oldest ever discovered, dating back approximately 4,500 years to the age of the Egyptian pyramids. Although the wooden vessel has disappeared, its surviving pottery cargo reveals clues about an ancient trading network that may have connected distant Mediterranean civilizations. Researchers believe the ship

Tonga's win over Lebanon kicked off what's expected to be a lopsided weekend in the Rugby League World Cup but there's still something to be gained amid the blow-outs.

Engineers sprang into action amid concern that an 82-year-old WWII shipwreck's crumbling masts could topple and set off its 1,500-ton sunken explosives payload.

The remains of a downed Soviet fighter plane from World War II were uncovered recently in a remote Hungarian town, officials said.

This week on Culture Bites , Enas Refaei and Farah Andrews ponder the connections that civilisations built through travel almost 5,000 years ago. They share the story of a shipwreck that was discovered off Turkey's Mediterranean coast, believed to date back to the early Bronze Age . Archaeologists were able to unlock some of the vessel’s history based on pot