A Precision Air flight carrying 39 passengers made a crash landing into Lake Victoria on Sunday while attempting to reach a nearby airport in Tanzania, the airline said.
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In an unexpected twist, two church leaders imprisoned in Iran were released in mid-October just days after a fire broke out in Tehran’s Evin Prison where they were jailed.
Here’s some advice for anyone following the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8: Be ready for a long night and maybe days of waiting before it’s clear whether Republicans or President Joe Biden’s Democrats will control Congress.
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TV celebrity Oprah Winfrey continued campaigning for Democrats by backing Democrat nominee John Fetterman over GOP nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz, despite her long history with the Republican Senate candidate.
An already record-breaking U.S. Powerball jackpot grew to a whopping $1.9 billion one after no one secured a winning ticket in Saturday night’s drawing, according to lottery officials.
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The U.S. is privately prodding Ukraine to signal a willingness to re-enter negotiations with Russia in a bid to keep global support for Kyiv, according to The Washington Post.
Ten-time Olympic medallist Katie Ledecky broke her second world record in just over a week on Saturday, beating the all-time women’s short-course time in the 800 meters freestyle at the Indianapolis FINA World Cup meeting on Saturday.
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Given his proclivity to bounce between being in and out of President Joe Biden’s good graces, it can be hard to track whether Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is a darling or villain of the left.
Thousands of people took to the streets across Peru on Saturday to demand the resignation of embattled President Pedro Castillo, a leftist whose government is under investigation for corruption.
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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has, for the second time in a month, denied a request to block President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. This time, though, the ruling amounts to little more than a footnote in a larger fight.