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Another 18 people injured when Gloria funicular railway car derails and apparently crashed into a buildingA day of national mourning has been declared in Portugal after at least 15 people were killed when Lisbon’s well-known Gloria funicular railway car derailed and crashed on Wednesday.An emergency services spokesperson said some foreign nationals were among the dead but would not identify the victims or disclose their nationalities. At least 18 people, including a child, were injured, five of them seriously. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/03/at-least-three-people-killed-many-injured-in-lisbon-funicular-crash Author : Helen Livingstone and agencies Publish date : 2025-09-04 01:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Will Thilly danced, backspun and moon-walked at Cranford meeting while raising questions on local tax hikesA man from New Jersey has gone viral after breakdancing at a local town hall meeting.Will Thilly, a resident of the township of Cranford, just outside New York City, on Tuesday took to the podium by performing a wordless robot dance. As he made his way up the aisle, he spun around and danced without music, leaving the room in an awkward silence. Some attendees looked away while others buried their faces in their hands. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/new-jersey-breakdancing-tax-town-hall Author : Maya Yang

Former foreign affairs minister avoided Beijing photocall featuring Vladimir Putin. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe government will provide $1m of funding to support Afghanistan, after it was hit wth a deadly earthquake.In a statement, the foreign minister, Penny Wong, said the earthquake has exacerbated the dire humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/sep/04/australia-politics-live-bob-carr-daniel-andrews-beijing-putin-question-time-labor-coalition-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-ntwnfb Author : Krishani Dhanji Publish date : 2025-09-03 21:23:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealedUS politics live – latest updatesChildren in Florida will no longer be required to receive vaccines against preventable diseases including measles, mumps, chicken pox, polio and hepatitis, said Joseph Ladapo, the state’s surgeon general, on Wednesday in a speech during which he likened vaccine mandates to “slavery”.Ladapo, hand-picked for the role by Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, is a long-time skeptic of the benefit of vaccines, and has previously been accused of peddling “scientific nonsense” by public health advocates. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/florida-vaccine-mandate Author