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Dashcam Footage Captures Deadly Shopping Mall Explosion in Taiwan

At least four people were killed and 26 others injured in a suspected gas explosion in the food court of a Taiwan shopping mall on Thursday morning, according to Taiwan’s state-owned news outlet. The explosion occurred in the city of Taichung, about 100 miles southwest of Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, local officials said. The fire department … Read more

new video loaded: Indian Migrant Says Deportation Flight Was ‘Torture’ transcript Back transcript Indian Migrant Says Deportation Flight Was ‘Torture’ As India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, meets with President Trump, issues around immigration are likely to be a source of tension, including a U.S. military flight that returned shackled migrants to India. Harwinder Singh was … Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India began meeting senior U.S. officials in Washington ahead of his anticipated visit to the White House to meet President Trump on Thursday. Mr. Modi has a warm personal relationship with Mr. Trump, and the two leaders have called each other friends. But Mr. Trump has criticized India for its … Read more

A jet of steam rises with a hiss as a red hot poker plunges into a bowl of cider. A garlanded woman spears a piece of toast with a long fork and lodges the offering among the branches of a tree. Then, amid shouts from the watching crowd, the torch-lit ceremony ends with gunfire ringing … Read more

When President Trump said on Wednesday that he might soon meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to discuss an end to the nearly three-year war in Ukraine, he named what may have seemed like an unusual venue for the talks. “We expect that he’ll come here, and I’ll go there and we’re going to … Read more

For President Vladimir V. Putin, one phone call marked a turning point as great as any battle in his three-year war. In a lengthy call on Wednesday, President Trump delivered a message to Mr. Putin that encapsulated much of how the Russian leader sees today’s world: that Russia and the United States are two great … Read more

Not so long ago, Taiwan basked in seemingly boundless, bipartisan support in Washington, where the island has long been regarded as a valiant democratic partner against China. Now, a few weeks into President Donald J. Trump’s second term, Taiwan is adjusting to a shift in its relationship with the United States, its primary backer — … Read more

A powerful tropical cyclone was barreling toward the Pilbara region in northwestern Australia on Thursday and was expected to bring destructive winds and flooding to a remote region that is home to ports and mines that are crucial to the global economy. Tropical Cyclone Zelia had sustained wind speeds of about 127 miles per hour … Read more

Trump and Putin held a call on peace in Ukraine President Trump said that he had a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, which he characterized as the beginning of a negotiation to end the war in Ukraine. Afterward, Trump said he had spoken with President Volodymyr Zelensky of … Read more