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Congo’s leader calls for massive military mobilization as Rwanda-backed rebels expand their control
Rwanda's leader also threatened to “deal” with any confrontation from South Africa regarding the conflict. In his first public remarks since the M23 rebels advanced into eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, on Monday, President Félix Tshisekedi late Wednesday vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” to push back the rebels while reaffirming his commitment to a peaceful resolution.
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A Russian drone strikes an apartment building in Ukraine, killing at least 4
A Russian drone blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack, killing at least four people and injuring nine others, officials said Thursday. The Shahed drone blew out a wall and surrounding windows in the apartment block in Sumy, a major city, just after 1 a.m., the Sumy regional administration said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it “a terrible tragedy, a terrible Russian crime.”
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Maine high court strikes down law that allowed lawsuits for decades-long sex abuse claims
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned a 2021 law that had paved the way for dozens of child sexual assault lawsuits.
AFP
Plane carrying 64 collides with helicopter, crashes in Washington
A passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into Washington's Potomac River Wednesday after colliding midair with a military helicopter, with US media reporting multiple bodies pulled from the dark, near-freezing water.US media, citing local sources, reported multiple bodies had been recovered, with CBS News saying at least 18, and NBC more than a dozen.
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'Feel a heavy heart for them': Residents left stunned, saddened after Reagan Airport crash
While officials have not said how many people died or were injured, the crash has already taken an emotional toll on the local communities.
AFP
Shell annual profit drops to $16 bn as oil prices fall
British energy giant Shell on Thursday announced a 17-percent drop in annual net profit owing to weaker oil and gas prices as well as asset write-offs.In late 2024, Shell announced it was cutting hundreds of jobs from its oil and gas exploration division to reduce costs.
AFP
Hamas hands over woman hostage as third exchange begins
Palestinian militant group Hamas on Thursday handed over Israeli woman hostage Agam Berger, a soldier, as a third hostage-prisoner exchange got under way, an AFP journalist reported.Before Berger was handed over Thursday, Hamas had released seven hostages, with 290 prisoners freed in exchange.
CBS News
What we know so far about the midair collision over the Potomac River
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
Associated Press
What to know about the collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter near DC
The aircraft plummeted into the Potomac River and multiple people were killed. The crash occurred in some of the most tightly controlled and monitored airspace in the world, just over 3 miles (5 kilometers) south of the White House and the U.S. Capitol. A few minutes before the jet was to land, air traffic controllers asked American Airlines Flight 5342 if it could land on a shorter runway and the pilots agreed.
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An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died
Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam's holy book in Sweden in 2023. Videos of the Quran burnings got worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in several Muslim nations, leading to riots and unrest in many places. The Stockholm District Court said a verdict scheduled Thursday in a trial in which Momika was a defendant was postponed because one of the defendants had died.
AFP
French economy shrinks as political crisis eclipses Olympic boost
The French economy grew 1.1 percent in 2024 but shrank in the fourth quarter as a political crisis gripped the country after a boost from the Paris Olympic Games, official data showed Thursday.The eurozone's second biggest economy performed worse than expected in the fourth quarter as it contracted by 0.1 percent, figures from the INSEE statistics institute showed.
Reuters
UK warns Rwanda of threat to aid over its involvement in DRC conflict
Britain has warned Rwanda that its involvement in an escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo could jeopardise the over $1 billion of aid it receives every year. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured Goma, a city of 2 million people in the DRC, on Monday, ignoring widespread calls for them to halt their offensive and enact a ceasefire. Rwanda has denied its involvement.
Reuters
Air traffic controller audio captures moments before and after Washington plane crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair collision over Washington on Wednesday night. Audio from LiveATC.net, a respected source for in-flight recording, captured the final communications between the three crew members of the helicopter - call sign PAT25 - before it collided with the CRJ700 Bombardier jet carrying 64 passengers and crew. An air traffic controller then redirected planes heading to runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport to go around.
Reuters
Moments before deadly stampede at India's Maha Kumbh, devotees pleaded to open more routes
Moments before a deadly stampede at the world's biggest religious gathering in India, Hindu devotees queuing to take a spiritual bath in a river said they pleaded with police to open barricaded routes to thin out a surging crowd. Police did not respond, they said, and soon people squeezed in the massive crowd began fainting, creating panic at the Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu festival in the northern city of Prayagraj.
Reuters
Philippines president plans to meet Trump to discuss immigration policy
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday he plans to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss various issues including immigration, in an effort to influence policy he said could impact a large number of Filipinos in the United States. "We will see how we can influence policymaking in terms of immigration," Marcos said without saying when that meeting would take place. Speaking to reporters on various topics, Marcos also said he would return a Typhon missile system to the United States if China ceased what he said was aggressive and coercive behavior and its claiming of territory in the South China Sea.
TODAY
She said she had cancer for 8 years. The truth was more complicated
Who is Amanda Riley? Where is she now? What is the true story of her faking cancer? Read on for an update about Amanda including her husband Cory filing for divorce.
AFP
Turkey's actors, artists under pressure as govt turns up the heat
Ayse Barim, a renowned manager of Turkish television stars, has always steered clear of politics, but that did not help her escape prison on charges of "attempting to overthrow the government". It's clear that the government wants to break that," Esen said.
AFP
Fury over prices in Croatia sparks growing retailer boycotts
Fed up with paying ever increasing prices at grocery stores and shopping outlets, Croatians have begun channeling their anger into a nascent boycott movement targeting retailers that shows signs of spreading across the Balkans.Despite the economic complexities, public perception has increasingly homed in on retailers, with social media posts showing Croatians the prices for the same products abroad -- with vast differences.
CNN
What we know about the passenger plane collision near Washington, DC
Hundreds of first responders are diving in frigid water looking for survivors after a passenger plane collided with a US Army helicopter midair at Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, Wednesday.
AFP
'Incomprehensible': Red Cross museum fears closure amid Swiss funding cuts
The Red Cross museum in Geneva is warning that it risks closure after its funding was axed in a broad government cost-cutting plan, with some suggesting it could be moved to Abu Dhabi.Others have raised the possibility of moving the museum, with suggestions that Abu Dhabi, which hosts other museums including an outpost of the Louvre, could house its collection.

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