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Two high speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided central Spain south of Madrid. Officials warn that the death toll is likely to increase. Follow DW

The collision occurred on the Madrid-Seville line south of the city of Toledo, according to network manager Adif.

<p>The potential for a wider outbreak is low, but experts are still investigating how the disease-causing virus leaped from animals to humans in the first place</p>

In addition to freezing Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) payments to all private post-secondary institutions, the province has paused at least some funding through Better Jobs Ontario, which helps unemployed people get skills training. But the government won’t explicitly say so. There has been no public communication from the government about the st

An attacker with two knives wounded a policeman guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade overnight, before the officer shot the assailant dead, Serbia's outgoing interior minister said on Wednesday.

Crash occurred near Urda in Toledo province, south of Madrid, on high-speed line connecting the capital with Seville.

Finlay O'Neill thought his sporting days were over when his dislocated a knee at the age of 16. Now he is preparing to play a part in England's bid to retain the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup.

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Funding will cover more courses for mid-career workers who want to move into technology, maritime and offshore, and financial services roles.

A driver allegedly fleeing from police in the Idimu area of Lagos State has killed a motorcycle rider and injured two others after losing control of his ve Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-driver-fleeing-police-arrest-kills-okada-rider-injures-two/

A drone strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces on Monday hit a busy market in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur region, killing at least 36 people, according to the international medical charity Doctors without Borders. "Nyala Teaching Hospital, which is supported by Doctors without Borders teams, has so far received the bodies of 36 people who were killed, 21

<p>US military says it carried out an airstrike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in latest attack in region</p><p>The US ⁠military ⁠<a href="https://x.com/Southcom/status/2115116783199735980">said</a> on ​Tuesday ⁠it killed ⁠five ​people ‌after ‌an airstrike on a ‌suspected drug-trafficking vessel in ​the ⁠eastern Pacific.</p><p>Tuesday’s strike was among

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Iziaq Salako, has urged graduates to prioritise skills acquisition and integrity over reliance on academic certificate Read More: https://punchng.com/minister-urges-graduates-to-prioritise-skills-over-academic-certificates/

Of the 70 members of the Indian contingent who competed in 63 skill categories, 12 were from Tamil Nadu

Menteri Ketenagakerjaan (Menaker) Yassierli mengatakan ajang&nbsp;Indonesia Skills Competition (InaSkills) 2026 ...

Drone hit a market in the city that serves as the de facto capital of the paramilitary RSF in Darfur, resident says.

Jordan said Tuesday its airstrikes in southern Syria killed more than 20 Daesh militants and destroyed a weapons depot, while Damascus condemned the operation as a violation of sov...

Employers of labour express worry over the quality of Nigerian graduates, citing a major skills gap between university curricula and workplace expectations Read More: https://punchng.com/employers-fault-university-curricula-over-graduates-skills-gap/

A Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital killed one person and wounded eight, mayor Vitali Klitschko said, adding that medical facilities and a dormitory were damaged.

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed 16 suspected ISWAP fighters during coordinated air and artillery strikes on terrorist enclaves in Lake Chad. Read More: https://punchng.com/military-strikes-iswap-enclaves-in-lake-chad-kills-16-terrorists/

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A university don, Prof. Abiodun Aibinu, has stated that equipping Nigeria’s youth with real digital capabilities is the foundation for the next economy. Read More: https://punchng.com/don-youth-digital-skills-key-to-next-economy/

The Kogi State Police Command has begun an investigation after a corporal allegedly shot dead his female colleague before shooting himself in Ajaokuta. Read More: https://punchng.com/probe-begins-after-kogi-policeman-kills-female-colleague-self/

Church mourners die on Kenya’s Nairobi-Mombasa Highway weeks after another crash killed 17 people.

Queensland butchers are battling to survive amid a skills shortage, with one set to stop serving customers due to a lack of available staff, while others have begun recruiting from overseas.

Two Israeli strikes hit students and security guards at the Islamic University in Gaza City.

<p>An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defence agency reported four others killed elsewhere in the territory.</p> <p>Reached for comment, the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.</p> <p>Al Shifa Hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Clayface,” now playing in theaters. Batman fans will have to wait patiently for the next installment in Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader saga, but they can get a peek at the rebooted DC Universe’s Gotham City in “Clayface.” “Clayface” is an R-rated body horror that follows […]

<p>An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defence agency reported four others killed elsewhere in the territory.</p> <p>Reached for comment, the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.</p> <p>Al Shifa Hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight

A Bauchi-based foundation, Wunti Al-Khair Foundation, has trained 30 youths in digital skills to promote employment and entrepreneurship in the state. Read More: https://punchng.com/foundation-equips-bauchi-youths-with-digital-skills/

Jordan’s King Abdullah vowed a forceful response after gunmen killed eight people and wounded 40 others during a funeral service at a Greek Orthodox church in the southern Karak go...

A 71-year-old man has been killed after being struck by a car in Full Self-Driving mode while crossing a freeway in California, United States. Read More: https://punchng.com/self-driving-car-kills-71-year-old-man-in-us/

<p>Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled</p><p>Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday killing one person, injuring more than 500, and uprooting trees and severing power as it weakened and ⁠headed north toward ⁠the ​Chinese coast.</p><p>Earlier classified as a super typhoon and one

The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project has graduated 120 Ogoni Persons Living With Disabilities after training them in skills like fish farming and Read More: https://punchng.com/hyprep-equips-120-pwds-with-skills/

A three-storey building under construction in Fadeyi, Lagos, has collapsed, killing one person and injuring three. The state government blames the develope Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-blames-developer-as-building-collapse-kills-one/

HYPREP has graduated 120 persons with disabilities in Ogoniland, Rivers State, equipping them with vocational skills and starter packs to become entreprene Read More: https://punchng.com/hyprep-equips-120-plwd-with-skills-starter-packs/

Minister Nuñez said the shootings happened at three separate locations in the towns of Trappes and La Verrière, near Paris, and that they took less than 15 minutes in total.

Authorities detained a suspect and are investigating whether the shootings, which wounded four other people, targeted a specific race, origin or religion.

Israel's Netanyahu says he ordered the military to cordon off a major city in the occupied West Bank after an attack by Palestinian gunmen that killed two Israeli soldiers.

French prosecutors are investigating the shooting as a suspected "terrorist" attack.

Israel’s PM is preparing to order a shutdown in the occupied West Bank lockdown after a shooting near Hebron.

China has ordered an ‘all-out’ rescue effort in Tibet after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more on Thursday. Read More: https://punchng.com/china-orders-all-out-rescue-after-tibet-quake-kills-16/

The National Emergency Management Agency says flooding has killed 245 people and displaced 214,997 across 28 states in Nigeria as of October 20, 2026. Read More: https://punchng.com/flooding-kills-245-displaces-over-214000-nigerians-nema/

PRINCE ALBERT — Patricia Farrell is not even a week removed from the death of her son in a military training exercise gone wrong.

A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake has struck Tibet in southwestern China, official media reported. Chinese state TV said it's the strongest quake to hit the remote Himalayan region in five years.

Number injured after magnitude 7 quake ⁠struck ⁠the southwestern region of China's Tibet has risen.

Some 1,500 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave since beginning of US-brokered ceasefire one year ago

Former Edo Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has urged Nigerian youths to embrace vocational skills, citing a high demand for electricians and chefs in the count Read More: https://punchng.com/oshiomhole-urges-youths-to-embrace-vocational-skills/

The airport is in Dammam, which is near the headquarters of oil giant Saudi Aramco. For weeks, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia has been attacking the kingdom’s aviation and energy sectors.

The leopard would be examined by a veterinarian before being released into a dense forest area, as directed by senior officials

Injured immediately transported to hospitals as aviation authority says updates will be forthcoming.

The Gombe State Government has declared a cholera outbreak in Billiri LGA after two people died. 74 patients have been treated and discharged. Read More: https://punchng.com/gombe-cholera-outbreak-kills-two-74-patients-discharged/

The Presidency is expanding its skills acquisition and entrepreneurship training as a non-kinetic approach to curbing crime and insecurity among young Nige Read More: https://punchng.com/presidency-expands-skills-training-to-curb-crime-insecurity/

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board plans to introduce life skills and critical thinking into the UTME to improve candidate assessment. Read More: https://punchng.com/jamb-plans-to-introduce-life-skills-critical-thinking-into-utme/

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A drone strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces on a fuel depot in the disputed Abyei region, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, has killed at least 153 people, official sources said on Wednesday. Three diplomatic sources, an aid worker and a conflict expert, told Reuters that the strike hit a fuel depot that had previously been used by the Rapid Suppo