Dutch drug trafficker who once faked his own death killed in Mexico

Marco Ebben, 32, is listed by Europe's law enforcement agency's "most wanted fugitives" list for international drug smuggling.

Source: CBS News

Storm-fueled mud submerges roads in California town hit by LA wildfires

Residents in Sierra Madre begin cleanup effort after strongest storm of year sweeps through southern California

Residents of a southern California mountain community near the Eaton fire burn scar dug …

Source: The Guardian

Hamas to free three more hostages: Men among 80 residents taken from Nir Oz kibbutz

Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages on February 15 and Israeli forces began releasing hundreds of prisoners in return. Militants in the southern Gaza Strip paraded the three hostages …

Source: France 24

French customs seize dinosaur teeth found in lorry

The teeth belonging to creatures from roughly 70 million years ago were discoveredin a lorry.

Source: BBC

As vaccination falters, polio back in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Wild poliovirus was almost eradicated globally two years ago, but poor conditions are causing cases to rise in Afghanistan and spill into Pakistan.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Trump administration backtracks on firing nuclear arsenal workers

Cuts to nuclear security workforce were made on Thursday – but agency can’t find workers to offer them their jobs back

The US agency charged with overseeing nuclear weapons is …

Source: The Guardian

German conservatives insist they're the anti-AfD 'firewall'

The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told supporters in Nuremberg that their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are …

Source: Deutsche Welle

More than 25 people arrested in Lebanon after attack on UN convoy

More than 25 people have been arrested in Lebanon after a convoy carrying United Nations peacekeepers came under attack on Friday. The force’s outgoing deputy commander and a Nepalese soldier …

Source: France 24

Teen dead and five injured in Austria knife attack

The suspect, who is a Syrian asylum seeker, was detained at the scene and is being questioned by police.

Source: BBC

With a cost-of-living election to fight, Dutton strikes a delicate balance on the ‘trans debate’

The opposition leader doesn’t want to give oxygen to distractions that might appear divisive – and Liberal insiders believe it’s the right choice

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Source: The Guardian

Musk’s takeover of US health agencies raises pandemic threat, experts warn

Doge wreaks havoc on HHS and CDC as Trump seeks to grant committee sweeping governmental powers

The “department of government efficiency”, the Donald Trump-created program known as Doge and …

Source: The Guardian

Ukraine will have ‘low chance’ of surviving without US support, Zelensky says

Ukraine may not survive should it lose the backing of its main ally the United States in the face of Russia’s war of aggression, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an …

Source: France 24