Four people were killed and dozens of others were injured after a bus rolled over on an “extremely icy” highway in British Columbia on Christmas Eve, the authorities said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the bus crashed around 6 p.m. local time on Highway 97C east of Merritt, about 170 miles northeast of Vancouver. […]
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Updates: Queen’s Coffin Leaves Balmoral, Beginning Procession to Edinburgh
The royal family will gather for ceremonies in Scotland before the coffin is flown to London on Tuesday.
Fire at Cuban Oil Facility Leaves Dozens Injured, Hundreds Evacuated
HAVANA — Lightning struck a crude oil storage facility on the northern coast of Cuba, igniting a fire that on Saturday had left dozens of people injured, 17 firefighters missing and prompted the evacuation of some 800 people, according to the authorities. Images of the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, in Matanzas Province, 60 […]
Pelosi Leaves Taiwan, but Tensions Rise in Her Wake
Lithuania was the only European Union member to openly support Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania’s foreign minister, said on Twitter that she had “opened the door to Taiwan much wider.”Credit…Janis Laizans/Reuters BRUSSELS — Europe is increasingly wary about China’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang, crackdown in Hong Kong, widespread censorship and […]