Woman in critical condition after being set alight on tram in eastern Germany

A woman is in a life-threatening condition in hospital after an assailant poured a liquid over her on a tram in eastern Germany and set her alight.

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At least 59 dead and more than 150 injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia

A massive fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia &s eastern town of Kocani early Sunday, killing 59 people and injuring 155, authorities said.

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Threatened by US, Canada hugs France and Britain close
MONTREAL - With Canada's economy and even sovereignty under unprecedented threat from its southern neighbour the United States, its new leader has embarked on a trans-Atlantic trip to strengthen ties with traditional friends France and Britain.

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Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows
PARIS - In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.

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Japan cult widow speaks 30 years after subway attack
OSAKA (JAPAN) - Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed and kissed him in a coffin.

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Radical wind-powered mast propels ship across Atlantic
KINGSTON UPON HULL, UK - A pioneering rigid shipping mast has set off on its first journey, harnessing the wind to propel a cargo ship from England to Canada and using less fuel to help reduce emissions.

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