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Two teenage students were shot dead at a bus stop in South Seattle on Friday afternoon. Police responded to reports of gunfire near Rainier Avenue South and South Henderson Street just before 4pm, where they found both victims with fatal gunshot wounds. Daily Express :: News Feed
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How we verify videos from Iran
Despite an internet blackout, some Iranians have managed to use VPNs and Starlink satellite internet to share photos and videos. But how do we know these visuals really show what they claim? CBC’s fact-check team breaks down our verification process. CBC | World News
Read More »UK snow map shows 380-mile sheet blanketing Britain – 70 counties hit
The latest snow maps show a huge chunk of the UK covered in a sheet of snow. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Two children among five injured in gas explosion at Australian holiday park
Emergency services were called after a barbecue gas explosion on Saturday morning that has left five people hospitalised including two children under five Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Israel says Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt will reopen on Sunday
Israel will reopen the Rafah border crossing on Sunday for people to travel between Gaza and Egypt, a government agency said, the first opening of effectively the sole route in or out of the Palestinian territory since May 2024. CBC | World News
Read More »Hikers spot hundreds of flowers blooming on Jan. 1 in U.K.
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we see the blooming changes that hikers have noticed in the U.K., get a look at EV models with built-in solar panels and check out an award-winning forest grown from memorial trees. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump names former Fed official turned critic Kevin Warsh as his pick for next chair
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Fed, a decision likely to result in sharp changes to the powerful agency that could bring it closer to the White House. CBC | World News
Read More »UK high street brand plunges into administration – 591 jobs lost
The company will close 21 venues. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Prosecutors can’t seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione, judge rules
Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.” CBC | World News
Read More »Ghislaine Maxwell’s cringeworthy two-word ‘nickname for Andrew’ exposed in Epstein files
Andrew Mountbatten-Winsor is thought to be included in many of the newly released Epstein files. Daily Express :: News Feed
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