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Machado vows to return to Venezuela after earthquake death toll rises to over 1,700

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday that she is "willing to do whatever it takes" to enter Venezuela to help with the country's recovery efforts following last week's earthquakes.

General view of a demolished building at Caraballeda after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean on June 27, 2026 in La Guaira, Venezuela.
A combination of satellite images shows high-rises in Caraballeda, Venezuela, before (left) and after the earthquakes that hit the country, December 28, 2025, and June 26, 2026.

Israeli satellite imagery reveals catastrophic quake damage in Venezuela where 68,000 still missing

Police watch as people swim in the Canal Saint-Martin after public swimming was permitted in certain areas due to high temperatures amid a heatwave in Paris, France, June 26, 2026.

France records 1,000 excess deaths during record-breaking heatwave

THE TAIPEI Synagogue.

Taiwan's Jewish community establishes first-ever cemetery in Taipei, buries 74-year-old man


South Korea’s ex-PM Lee Hae-chan dies of heart attack during official visit to Vietnam

Lee, 73, died on Sunday after emergency medical aid for a heart attack, a South Korean presidential advisory panel said in a statement.

South Korean special envoy Lee Hae-chan attends talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at the foreign ministry in Beijing, China, May 18, 2017.

At least 18 dead, 10 missing, as passenger boat capsizes off Basilan, Philippines

The accident occurred after midnight on Monday as the passenger vessel, MV Trisha Kerstin 3, was en route to Jolo in Sulu province, after departing Zamboanga.

 Fishermen unload mangrove seedlings that they will plant along a coastal area as part of efforts to reduce flooding on January 22, 2026 in Tibaguin Island, Hagonoy, Philippines.

Recovery efforts for New Zealand landslide victims suspended after crack found at site

Six people, including two teenagers, are presumed dead after heavy rains triggered Thursday's landslide at Mount Maunganui on the island's east coast.

HEAVY MACHINERY has been brought in at the scene of a landslide triggered by heavy rains on January 23, in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, January 24, 2026.

Iranian man pretends to be dead for three days, fearing a regime execution - report

According to the account shared by the IHRDC, the family of the man spent three days looking for their son, who had gone missing, searching hospitals and the Behesht Zahra cemetery.

Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.

Spain declares three days of mourning for victims after deadly high-speed train crash

Rescuers continue to look under the wreckage of twisted train cars to locate victims of the collision.

Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026.

Deadly autonomy: How haredi society's contempt for law has killed its children - opinion

Leadership begins with accountability. When leaders refuse to acknowledge responsibility, they abandon the very people they claim to represent.

Kindergaten owner arrested in Romema, Jerusalem, after two babies died due to illegalities. January, 19.

Jerusalem daycare tragedy exposes years of neglect, lawlessness, and failed oversight - editorial

What unfolded in Jerusalem was not merely a tragic accident. It was the foreseeable result of a prolonged erosion of governance, oversight, and responsibility.

First responders at the scene where dozens of toddlers were suspected to have been badly poisoned at a daycare in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.

Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91

Born in Berlin in 1934 to Latvian Jewish parents Jacob and Polin Levinson, Taft was photographed when she was 6 months old by a German photographer, Hans Ballin.

HESSY TAFT poses holding a photograph of herself taken in 1935 by well-known German photographer Hans Ballin during an interview with Reuters July 9, 2014.

Footage shows bodies of hundreds of slain Iranian protesters piled up at forensic center - HRANA

HRANA estimated there were some 250 bodies at the facility, and published a video on X/Twitter that appears to show deceased people, in open body bags, lying in rows.

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026.

Rock musician Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, passes away 78

He was diagnosed with cancer in July and "succumbed to underlying lung issues" surrounded by loved ones, the statement said. It did not mention when or where he died.

BOB WEIR poses at the red carpet during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, February 2, 2025.