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EuroWire, ADAMUZ: Spanish authorities on Tuesday raised the confirmed death toll from a high-speed train collision near the southern town of Adamuz to 41, as recovery teams continued working through mangled carriages and debris. Emergency services said 122 people were

EuroWire, WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is circulating plans for a new international body called the Board of Peace, with a proposal that countries could pay $1 billion to secure permanent seats, according to official documents and public statements from

EuroWire, EDINBURGH: Researchers have produced the most detailed map yet of the landscape buried beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet, revealing a rugged terrain of mountains, valleys, canyons and plains that shapes how the continent’s ice moves. The map, described in a

EuroWire, CONCEPCION: Wildfires driven by extreme heat and strong winds swept across Chile’s Biobio and Nuble regions, killing at least 19 people and forcing large-scale evacuations as firefighters struggled to contain fast-moving blazes near populated areas, authorities said on Monday.

EuroWire, ASUNCIÓN: The European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur signed a long-negotiated free trade agreement on Saturday, concluding talks that began in 1999 and setting up one of the largest trade accords the EU has ever concluded.

EuroWire, LONDON: United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is in London this weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, an event that opened in the British capital in January 1946 as the

OSLO: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has drawn criticism in Norway and elsewhere after presenting her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump during a White House meeting, a gesture Nobel officials quickly said does not and

WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed a 25% tariff on a narrow range of advanced computing chips, including Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence processor, under a presidential proclamation that cites national security concerns tied to semiconductor supply chains. The measure, signed

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to the Federal Reserve in a criminal investigation involving Chair Jerome Powell, escalating a clash between the White House and the central bank that has drawn bipartisan concern and unsettled financial

EuroWire, WASHINGTON: The United States will suspend the processing of immigrant visa applications for nationals of 75 countries starting Jan. 21, the State Department said, citing public assistance concerns under longstanding “public charge” standards used in immigration adjudications. The pause