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Buildings collapse and landslides after 7.3 magnitude Vanuatu earthquake A 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck near Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, triggering landslides, crushing cars and flattening multiple buildings, including a complex that is home to multiple western embassies. Power and mobile networks across the country have been cut off and the full extent of the … Read more

Francesco Tosto/BBC The BBC first interviewed Baraa after she fled the Old City of Homs as a child nearly a decade ago “Even now, I look back and wonder how we survived this nightmare,” Baraa quietly reflects. Now 20 years old, the university student joined the joyous celebrations engulfing the streets of Syria last Sunday … Read more

A high-ranking general in the Russian armed forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was leaving a residential block early on Tuesday when a device hidden in a scooter was detonated, Russia’s investigative committee said. It added that Kirillov’s assistant … Read more

Reuters Olaf Scholz has been Germany’s chancellor since 2021 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in parliament, paving the way for early elections on 23 February. Scholz called Monday’s vote and had expected to lose it, but calculated that triggering an early election was his best chance of reviving his party’s … Read more

Getty Images Prosecutors said Carlos Watson orchestrated a years-long scheme that resulted in “tens of millions of dollars” in losses to investors The founder of Ozy Media, Carlos Watson, has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for lying about his once-trendy start-up in order to attract investors. Prosecutors said the ex-Goldman Sachs banker … Read more