Society
The Spanish government on Tuesday approved a joint commission to plan and coordinate reconstruction in Valencia after the Oct. 29 flash flood that killed 230 people.
William Stevenson, Jill Biden’s ex-husband, was charged with first-degree murder in Delaware after his wife, Linda Stevenson, was found unresponsive on Dec. 28, officials said.
A collision between a migrant speedboat and a Greek coastguard patrol off the island of Chios killed at least 14 people, and rescuers searched for survivors.
The U.S. Justice Department said it had identified about six million pages related to Jeffrey Epstein but had released just over half, renewing scrutiny of victims' protections and implicated figures.
A 14-year-old pupil stabbed a 60-year-old art teacher in a classroom at La Guicharde college in Sanary-sur-Mer, southern France, leaving her critically wounded; he was detained on an attempted-murder charge.
Savannah Guthrie withdrew from NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage after her 84‑year‑old mother, Nancy Guthrie, vanished from her Catalina Foothills home late Saturday night, investigators said they had few leads.
At a Tuesday hearing in Utah, a prosecutor denied conflict after the defense sought to disqualify his office, alleging the prosecutor’s daughter attended the rally where Charlie Kirk was killed.
Thirteen-year-old Austin Appelbee swam about four kilometres to shore off Western Australia to fetch help, enabling rescuers to locate his mother and two siblings who were swept out to sea.
U.S. Olympic officials renamed their community space at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics from Ice House to Winter House after criticism that the name evoked the U.S. immigration agency ICE.
Ten men were charged in Lille, northern France, with chemically drugging and raping a five-year-old child between November 2024 and February 14, 2025; the child's father was among the suspects.
Francisco de Borbón, a relative of the king emeritus, was arrested in an Audiencia Nacional probe into an alleged criminal organization tied to an ex‑UDEF chief who hid €20 million.
Residents, family members, staff and the management of Vordenstein nursing home in Schoten went to court to challenge its planned closure after the facility lost its recognition following negative inspections.
A Valencia jury on Tuesday found Miguel V. N. guilty of murdering Canon Alfonso López Benito, saying he acted with an unidentified accomplice and stole the victim's payment cards.
The World Health Organization appealed for $1 billion to support essential health services in countries facing emergencies, citing shrinking budgets and needs in places such as Sudan and Gaza.
Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette‑Marit, went on trial in Oslo on 38 charges including rape, assault and drug offences, and pleaded not guilty.
