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Image for Poland's second school knife attack in two days kills one, raises copycat fears
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Poland's second school knife attack in two days kills one, raises copycat fears

By Kuba Stezycki and Kacper Pempel LESZCZYDOL-NOWINY, Poland, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old former...

8th October, 2026

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Six dead after explosion destroys building in Athens

ATHENS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Six people have died after a two-storey residential building in a touris...

27th September, 2026

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Two injured in blast at train station in southern Germany

AUGSBURG, Germany, Sept 2 (Reuters) - An unknown object exploded near a train station in the souther...

2nd September, 2026

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Car rams into pedestrians in France, kills 1, injures 10

PARIS, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A car deliberately rammed into a group of pedestrians who were standing in...

27th August, 2026

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West Nile virus outbreak kills four in North Macedonia

Aug 19 (Reuters) - Four people have died from West Nile fever out of 38 testing positive for the dis...

19th August, 2026

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Irish police say deadly motorway stunts being staged for 'social media likes'

DUBLIN, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Ireland's police chief has warned that some young people are driving the...

17th August, 2026

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UK PM to chair emergency meeting on heatwaves, drought

Aug 12 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the government's emer...

12th August, 2026

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Spain prepares for eclipse under shadow of wildfire risk

By Corina Pons MADRID, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Spain is rolling out a massive police operation and public...

11th August, 2026

Image for Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home and school before shooting himself
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Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home and school before shooting himself

By Chalinee Thirasupa and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANG KRUAI, Thailand, Aug 7 (Reuters) - A teenage Tha...

7th August, 2026

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Factbox-Major vehicle-ramming incidents in Germany since 2016

BERLIN, July 26 (Reuters) - Germany has seen a series of vehicle-ramming incidents since the 2016 at...

26th July, 2026

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Vehicle mows down crowd at Berlin Pride festival, killing one

BERLIN, July 25 (Reuters) - A vehicle is believed to have charged into a crowd near Berlin's Pride c...

25th July, 2026

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Man attacks two tourists with knife near ancient Acropolis site in Greece

ATHENS, July 21 (Reuters) - A 60-year-old man attacked two Greek-American tourists with a knife on T...

21st July, 2026