Australia hit by 4 shark attacks in 2 days
A surfer has been attacked by a shark in the fourth incident along the coast of New South Wales in 48 hours. Meanwhile, beaches have been closed across Sydney....
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One person killed in Barcelona train crash, days after deadly train collision in Adamuz
The crash in Catalonia in northeastern Spain came just two days after a separate deadly train collision killed at least 42 people in the country's south and injured dozens more....
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Spain announces three days of mourning after 40 people have died in the Adamuz tragedy
The President and the Minister of Transport visited the site of the accident Monday morning, later in the day the government decreed three days of mourning....
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Spain begins three days of national mourning after train crash as death toll rises to 40
Officials are continuing to investigate the causes of the incident that Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente has called "strange" since it occurred on a straight line and neither train was speeding...
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Spain: Driver killed, passengers injured in new train crash
A commuter train has crashed near Barcelona in northeastern Spain. The accident comes days after deadly high-speed train collusion in Andalusia killed 42....
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Wildfires ravage Argentina’s Patagonia
In just nine days, wildfires have destroyed over 15,000 hectares of Argentina’s Patagonia, with hundreds of firefighters and volunteers continuing to battle the flames, reports Charlotte Lam....
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Australians flee as wildfires rage
Another Australian summer, another spate of catastrophic wildfires. As DW's Stuart Braun watched the flames rip through Victoria in recent days, he says locals are getting out while they can....
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Safety concerns grow as second deadly train crash occurs in Spain
A commuter train near Barcelona ploughed into the rubble of a collapsed wall on January 20, killing one and injuring dozens. The latest incident is likely to raise more questions about Spanish transpo...
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Dozens injured by train crash in southern Spain still in hospital
The Spanish government vowed Monday to conduct a full investigation into the causes of a high-speed train collision that killed at least 39 people, with officials warning the death toll could rise as ...
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Investigation in Spanish train collision "could take months"
A high-speed train in southern Spain derailed on January 18, colliding with another high-speed train, killing at least 42 people and injuring more than 150, Spanish authorities reported. Two days late...
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Why this winter storm will likely be a wild one
Most of the US is bracing for a prolonged stretch of frigid weather and a massive winter storm that could wreak havoc on roads and power grids over the next several days. At least 170 million American...
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Passengers flying to Paris spent 21 hours stranded in the remote nation of Turkmenistan before a spare plane came to rescue them
A monument of Turkmenistan's former president, in Ashgabat. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images An Air France flight from India to Paris diverted to Turkmenistan. It was already running almost a ...
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Photos show empty supermarket shelves as millions across the US brace for Winter Storm Fern
Shoppers across dozens of US states have begun stocking up ahead of the historic winter storm. Jesse Barber for BI Winter storm Fern is expected to impact more than 30 US states starting Friday mornin...
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