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He stood still until he felt it was safe, then walked through the store after closing time, authorities said.

The UK's weather forecaster, the Met Office, issued a rare red alert — the highest level of weather warning — for parts of Scotland, with "exceptional rainfall" expected to pose a "danger to life from fast-flowing or deep floodwater".

The slackening suggests the Russian effort to capture Avdiivka has "deflated".

It was a big night for England in the Rugby World Cup, and Catherine, Princess of Wales and Patron of the Rugby Football Union was allowed into the team changing room.

The colours that adorned the white marble included a particularly mysterious purple.

Leonardo da Vinci was in an experimental mood when he started painting the "Mona Lisa", new research suggests.

A centi-millionaire is defined as someone who holds more than US$100 million in investable assets.

Officials warned X on Tuesday that the company appears to have been hosting misinformation and illegal content about the war between Hamas and Israel, in potential violation of EU law.

A US F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone in northeast Syria that was operating near US military personnel and Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces.

New research suggests Mont Blanc, known as 'the roof of Europe', has been impacted by the continent's exceptionally dry summer.

Their experiments "have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules", the committee says.

Patients were wheeled out of the building in beds as a lone gunmen in a bulletproof vest opened fire.

Arguing that their rights are being violated, the plaintiffs hope a favourable ruling will force governments to accelerate their climate efforts.

The militarisation of Russia's public schools has intensified since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, driven not by a spontaneous surge of patriotic feeling, but by the government in Moscow.

Ukraine launched another missile attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-installed official said.

Police said at least four cars and a bus skidded off the road and crashed, and three people were hospitalised.

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The detective constable was left fighting for her life after falling off a cliff top while holidaying in Croatia.

Police in Spain have arrested a man on suspicion of sexual assault after he appeared to touch a TV journalist on the bottom as she was reporting live from the streets of Madrid.

The shock delivery brings a three year operation to a close. The detective at the thick of it said he and the police involved were going off to have a drink after returning the painting.

Massive trees have been uprooted and trampolines sent flying as the lower North Island of New Zealand was blasted with winds of around 246 km/h.

Family and friends of a Western Australian woman left fighting for life by a "devastating accident" in Croatia are pleading for help to get her home.

Residents watched on as 2.2 million litres of red wine were reportedly unleashed, flooding the town with a deluge of red wine.

Mark Dickey was carried out after he fell ill 1,000 metres below the surface.

Spread to major European cities feared after nearly 100 nests are found on the Italian island of Sicily.

From the decision to beatify an entire family, to the declaration an unbaptised baby was baptised in its "mother's blood", it's a move without precedent in the history of the Church.

Experts say a rescue operation to save the experienced caver could take days or even weeks depending on conditions.

The deadly attack came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv.

Satellite imagery from Maxar of Engels Airbase, deep inside Russia, shows two Tu-95 strategic bombers with car tyres on top of the airframes.

One of Greece's most famous landmarks is trialling limiting its daily visitors, starting today.

It's part of the government's plan to combat smoking.

This lunar phenomenon only happens once every two or three years - which is why the phrase "once in a blue moon" means something that happens infrequently - but when it does, it dazzles.

Thousands of air travellers around the world are facing delays after the UK's air traffic control system was hit by a breakdown that slowed takeoffs and landings.

While 18 people were rescued, an eight-year-old boy, and three girls aged between 14 years and eight months died after their boat sank.

The plane went down two months after Prigozhin mounted a day-long mutiny Putin decried as "treason".

Two Australian tourists have been seriously injured in 10-metre fall from a medieval wall in Croatia.

The Mediterranean Fertility Institute in Crete is accused of exploiting 169 women.

It's the latest departure by a major overseas company as the Ukraine war continues to rage.

Yevgeny Prigozhin isn't the only one of Vladimir Putin's adversaries who died in sudden or suspicious circumstances.

Italian police accuse two German tourists of spraying graffiti on the 460-year-old corridor.

The remains had clearly been there for some time, police said.

The burned bodies of 18 people were found as wildfires ripped through Greece on Tuesday and countries across Europe sweltered under yet another extreme heat wave.

If workers down tools at three West Australian plants, 10 per cent of global LNG supplies would be impacted.

Cork County Council said it was "deeply saddened over the tragic loss of two race participants" during the event in Youghal in south-west Ireland.

Dozens missing at sea are presumed dead after the crew of a fishing boat rescued almost 40 people and recovered several bodies.

Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to liberalise rules on cannabis, setting the scene for the European Union's most populous nation to decriminalise possession of limited amounts and allow members of "cannabis clubs" to buy the substance for recreational purposes.

The episode was the latest in tourists disrespecting landmark sites in the ancient Italian city.

A cloud of volcanic ash spewing from Europe's most active volcano has prompted the closure of one of Sicily's largest airports, leading to flights being delayed, cancelled and diverted.

Bright trails of light streaked across the night sky in the Northern Hemisphere as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaked early on Sunday, August 13. With only a sliver of moon in the sky, the conditions were ideal for seeing lots of meteors.

Devotees of O'Connor's singing and those touched by her sometimes-troubled life tossed roses and other flowers on the hearse.