Economic losses from natural disasters down by a third in 2025: Swiss Re
Global economic losses from natural disasters are projected to have dropped by 33 percent to $220 billion in 2025, despite the damage wrought by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer Swiss Re said Tuesday.
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Indonesians reeling from flood devastation plea for global help
Nurlela Agusfitri has nowhere to turn after losing her home and business to devastating floods that wreaked havoc on her Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing more than 1,000 people.
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Timeline: How the Bondi Beach mass shooting unfolded
Australia is reckoning with one of its deadliest mass shootings after a father and son opened fire on crowds gathered for a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach.
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Bondi Beach suspect visited Philippines on Indian passport
The father and son behind one of Australia's deadliest mass shootings spent nearly all of November in the Philippines, authorities in Manila confirmed Tuesday, with the father entering on an Indian passport.
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Kenyan girls still afflicted by genital mutilation years after ban
Maasai women erupted with mocking heckles as a community elder, wrapped in a traditional red blanket, claimed that female genital mutilation had all but stopped in their community in southern Kenya.
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Djokovic to warm up for Australian Open in Adelaide
Serbian great Novak Djokovic will play the Adelaide International as he kicks off his bid for an 11th Australian Open title and an elusive 25th Grand Slam crown, officials said Tuesday.
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Man bailed for fire protest on track at Hong Kong's richest horse race
A man who ran on to the track during Hong Kong's richest horse race to call for government resignations over a deadly fire has been released on bail.
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Men's ATP tennis to apply extreme heat rule from 2026
The ATP men's tennis tour will introduce an extreme heat policy from 2026 after criticism from players who sweltered through some tournaments this year.
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Cunningham leads Pistons past Celtics, Nuggets outlast Rockets
Cade Cunningham scored 32 points as the Detroit Pistons held off the Boston Celtics 112-105 to extend their lead at the top of the Eastern Conference standings on Monday.
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10-year-old girl, Holocaust survivors among Bondi Beach dead
A young girl and two Holocaust survivors were among 15 people shot and killed by a father and his son at a Jewish Hanukkah festival gathering on Australia's Bondi Beach.
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