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At Least 22 Dead in Wedding Hall Disaster

The overnight blaze swept through a crowded reception hall in Lingwala, where officials said difficult evacuation conditions contributed to panic. KINSHASA, Congo — At least 22 people were reported dead after a fire erupted during a wedding celebration in Congo’s capital, according to an initial casualty count from the mayor of Lingwala, though later official statements gave a lower figure as authorities worked Saturday to reconcile the toll. The fire broke out during the night …

Child Dies After Visiting Petting Zoo

Health authorities are investigating after the girl developed a life-threatening illness following a visit to a petting farm in Victoria. MELBOURNE, Australia — A 3-year-old girl has died after spending six weeks in intensive care with a rare, life-threatening complication of a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infection, with her family saying she may have contracted the bacteria while visiting a petting farm in Victoria. The girl, whose family has asked that she not be publicly …

Fitness Influencer Banned From Flight for Trying to Board ‘Naked’

Edda Elisa Pilz says she was stopped at Berlin Brandenburg Airport until she zipped a jacket over her workout clothes. BERLIN — German fitness influencer Edda Elisa Pilz says she was temporarily stopped from boarding a Lufthansa flight at Berlin Brandenburg Airport after a gate agent objected to her sportswear and required her to cover up before she could enter the aircraft. Pilz said the dispute unfolded during hot weather in June as she approached …

9-Year-Old Girl Found Dead After Mother Injects Children

Her 9-year-old daughter died in the October 2025 incident in Islip, while a boy and another girl survived. OXFORD, England — An Oxfordshire coroner has ruled that a 49-year-old mother died by suicide after an inquest heard she injected herself and her three children with insulin at their home in Islip, where her 9-year-old daughter died and two other children survived. The ruling came at an inquest held Sept. 1 at Oxford Coroner’s Court into …

Man Jailed After Recording Wife’s Affair With Robot Vacuum

A Taiwan court sentenced the man to five months after finding that secretly recording his wife violated her sexual privacy rights. TAOYUAN, Taiwan — A Taiwanese man who used a camera-equipped robot vacuum to record evidence of his wife’s affair won damages in a civil case but was later sentenced to five months in prison for making the intimate recording without her consent, according to court reporting in Taiwan. The unusual case centered on competing …

Band’s Keyboardist and Family Found Dead

Two men were arrested after the killings at an Atizapán de Zaragoza apartment, while the couple’s 6-year-old son survived unharmed. ATIZAPÁN DE ZARAGOZA, Mexico — Jonathan Samuel Meléndez Ochoa, a 38-year-old keyboardist and co-founder of the Mexican band Camilo Séptimo, was killed along with his pregnant wife, their 3-year-old daughter and a 21-year-old woman who worked in their home, authorities said. State of Mexico prosecutors said the four victims were found late Sept. 1 inside …

Mass Shooting Leaves One Dead and Five Injured

Police are searching for one or more shooters after gunfire erupted as an overnight techno event ended at Aarau’s horse racing track. AARAU, Switzerland — A 22-year-old woman was killed and five other people were wounded early Sunday when gunfire erupted near a techno rave at a horse racing track in northern Switzerland, setting off a large police operation and an intensive search for the person or people responsible. The shooting was reported shortly after …

At Least 472 Dead After Floods, 1,500 Missing

A glacier collapse sent rock, ice and mud through Himalayan valleys, while new barrier lakes raised fears of another destructive surge. KATHMANDU, Nepal — The death toll from catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border has climbed to at least 472, while more than 1,500 people remain missing as rescue crews search Himalayan valleys devastated by a massive glacier collapse. Nepal’s disaster management authority said Friday morning that 469 people had been confirmed dead and 977 …

Donkey Jumps into Motorhome and Attacks 3 People

Police say Freddy bit and kicked people near a Holßel roundabout before his owner helped bring the escaped animal under control. GEESTLAND, Germany — A runaway donkey named Freddy climbed into a motorhome and injured three people Friday after escaping with a mare near a roundabout in Holßel, a community in northern Germany, according to Cuxhaven police. A 33-year-old woman required hospital treatment. Passersby reported seeing Freddy and the loose horse near the roundabout on …

Passengers Faint and Vomit During Flight Delay

The Aug. 10 flight to Birmingham departed more than an hour late after a technical problem and an onboard medical issue. LUQA, Malta — Passengers aboard a delayed Ryanair flight from Malta to Birmingham, England, said travelers fainted, vomited and removed clothing as they waited for more than an hour inside an aircraft without working air conditioning before departure. The incident happened Aug. 10 aboard Ryanair flight FR7268 from Malta International Airport. The airline said …