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Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine whether the country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has struck an Atlantic cruise ship, amid reports that several passengers have already returned home. Argentina, the departure point for the cruise to Antarctica, is consistently ranked by the

When British settlers began constructing Christchurch city 170 years ago, they largely overlooked the nearby Waimakariri River, which winds from the South Island’s alps toward the eastern coast. Rain and glacial movements forced the braided river – a globally uncommon form with many intertwined channels – to reshape itself, at times

Russia has instructed foreign embassies in Kyiv to pull out their staff should it decide to strike the Ukrainian capital during Moscow’s Victory Day parade this weekend. This warning comes even though President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered a truce that would cover the period before, during and after the

Kyiv has denounced Russia for launching a barrage of more than one hundred combat drones and three missiles against several Ukrainian cities overnight, despite a unilateral 24‑hour ceasefire declared by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy announced the truce after the Kremlin signalled a willingness to observe a ceasefire on Saturday

Pope Leo stated that he has never backed nuclear weapons and urged critics to speak truthfully, responding to Donald Trump’s recent claim that the pontiff “endangers many Catholics” with his position on the Iran conflict. After departing the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, on Tuesday evening, the

Three people with suspected hantavirus, including a British doctor, have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship. The British crew member, a Dutch colleague and another passenger were taken from the Dutch‑flagged MV Hondius for onward travel to the Netherlands, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Spanish health officials