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December 20, 2024

Knife attack in Croatian school leaves 7-year-old dead, 6 people wounded, police say

A young male in Croatia's capital killed a 7-year-old girl and wounded a teacher and five other students in a knife attack at Precko Elementary School.

December 19, 2024

13 die as an Indian navy speedboat crashes into a passenger ferry off Mumbai

At least 13 people were killed after an Indian navy speedboat crashed into a ferry that was carrying more than 100 people; the ferry was on its way to a tourist destination off Mumbai.

December 18, 2024

2 pilots die in fiery small plane crash into vacant building near Honolulu airport

Shortly after taking off from Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, two pilots were killed when their small plane on a training flight crashed into a vacant building.

December 18, 2024

French high court upholds ex-president's corruption conviction

A Court of Cassation decision upheld the corruption conviction of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who now faces a year in prison.

December 16, 2024

Canadian Finance Minister resigns as Trudeau government's popularity flounders

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced her resignation from Justin Trudeau's Cabinet on Monday, a powerful blow to the Liberal Prime Minister's hold on the government.

December 14, 2024

Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, dies peacefully at home 83 years after bombing

Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died peacefully at his nephew's home in Lodi, California.

December 14, 2024

Exonerated woman awarded $34M after jury finds Las Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing

Kirstin Lobato, who was wrongly convicted twice and served nearly 16 years in a Nevada state prison for a 2001 killing she did not commit, was awarded $34 million in a civil trial.

December 13, 2024

New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world’s rarest whale died from head injuries

After completing the dissection of the first complete specimen of the world's rarest whale, scientists suspect the 16-foot spade-toothed whale died from head injuries.

December 13, 2024

France's Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as next prime minister

French President Emmanuel Macron named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government.

December 10, 2024

Brazilian President Lula in ICU after surgery to drain head hemorrhage, hospital says

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is recovering in an ICU after undergoing surgery to drain an intracranial hemorrhage following a fall at home in October.