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Apr 4, 2026 - World

Initial reports suggested parts of arena’s wall had collapsed, but Alianza Lima says there were no structural failuresOne person has been killed and dozens more injured at the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium in Lima, Peru, according to the football club Alianza Lima.Hundreds of fans were attending a “flag-waving event” on Friday around the stadium, a day before a derby match between the home team Alianza Lima and local rivals Universitario de Deportes. Continue reading...

Apr 4, 2026 - World

Russia and Ukraine traded deadly strikes overnight and on Saturday morning, killing 10 people and wounding several dozen more, officials on both sides said Saturday.

Apr 4, 2026 - World

London police are urgently investigating how armed protection officers guarding Mayor Sadiq Khan left a bag of guns outside his home.

Apr 4, 2026 - World

In Tokyo, the birthplace of Japan’s popular Somei Yoshino cherry blossom variety, many of the trees planted during the country’s postwar advancement of the 1960s are now getting old and frail

Apr 3, 2026 - World

Ripple effects of oil and fertiliser shortage felt by farmers in India and Sri Lanka despite governments saying there is enough stock to go roundGurvinder Singh never thought the war in Iran would touch his quiet corner of Punjab.Yet looking out over his smallholding, where he alternates between wheat and rice crops in the state known as India’s breadbasket, the 52-year-old farmer can barely think of anything else. His anxiety over a conflict playing out thousands of miles away is crippling as he fears what will come of this season’s rice crop. Continue reading...