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Guinea's Capital Buried: Landfill Collapse Kills 30 on the Day It Was Set to Close

Heavy overnight rain sent a mountain of rubbish crashing down onto shanty homes at Conakry's largest dump before dawn Sunday, killing at least 30 people — just hours before officials were due to shut the site for good.

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MARKETS

Nvidia Skids for a 7th Straight Day, Wipes Out $3.8 Billion From Jensen Huang, as Wall Street Braces for Earnings

17:18 ET

US · SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Deputy Who Killed Sonya Massey In Her Own Kitchen Dies In Prison, Six Months Into 20-Year Sentence

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FREEDOM 250

Trump Releases Bald Eagle, Waves Green Flag as IndyCar Finally Roars Through Washington

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US · BOCA RATON

Pilot Ditches Twin-Engine Plane in Ocean Off Boca Raton to Avoid Hitting Paddleboarders

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US · HILO, HAWAII

A Second Storm in a Week: Tropical Storm Moke Threatens New Flooding on Hawaii's Still-Broken Big Island

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US Blows Up Suspected Narco-Sub in Pacific, Ending Two-Month Strike Pause

A low-profile vessel and two people died in the first publicly announced Southern Spear strike since June, as the Pentagon's kill count in its hemispheric drug war tops 220 — and critics call it illegal.

MIDDLE EAST

Mossad Chief and Syria's Top Diplomat Meet Face-to-Face in Jordan as US Pushes De-Escalation Deal

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SUDAN

Under Siege: Sudan's El Obeid Swells With Refugees as UN Warns of a Second Darfur Massacre

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NORTH AFRICA

Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Tunisia's Coast, 12 Feared Dead as Lone Survivor Pulled From the Sea With Burns

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The WeeklyObserver

Guinea's Capital Buried: Landfill Collapse Kills 30 on the Day It Was Set to Close

Nvidia Skids for a 7th Straight Day, Wipes Out $3.8 Billion From Jensen Huang, as Wall Street Braces for Earnings

Deputy Who Killed Sonya Massey In Her Own Kitchen Dies In Prison, Six Months Into 20-Year Sentence

US News

Trump Releases Bald Eagle, Waves Green Flag as IndyCar Finally Roars Through Washington

Pilot Ditches Twin-Engine Plane in Ocean Off Boca Raton to Avoid Hitting Paddleboarders

A Second Storm in a Week: Tropical Storm Moke Threatens New Flooding on Hawaii's Still-Broken Big Island

World

US Blows Up Suspected Narco-Sub in Pacific, Ending Two-Month Strike Pause

Mossad Chief and Syria's Top Diplomat Meet Face-to-Face in Jordan as US Pushes De-Escalation Deal

Under Siege: Sudan's El Obeid Swells With Refugees as UN Warns of a Second Darfur Massacre

Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Tunisia's Coast, 12 Feared Dead as Lone Survivor Pulled From the Sea With Burns

Celebrity & Entertainment

Serayah Calls Off Engagement to Joey Bada$$, Accuses Rapper of 'Repeated Infidelity'

'I Was Told I Was Despicable': AnnaLynne McCord Says She Got Death Threats Over Crowdfunded Wedding to Danny Cipriani

Simon Cowell Vanishes From 'AGT' Judges' Table for Weeks After Back Surgery

Bret Michaels Pulled Off the Road by Doctors — Just One Show Into His 2026 Comeback

'I'm Willing to Talk to Anybody': The 32-Year-Old Socialist Set to Storm Congress and Rattle Democratic Leadership

Texas Gov. Abbott Rips AI Data Center Industry: They "Dug Their Own Grave"

Lawmakers From Both Parties Demand Faster Answers on Three Members Accused of Abuse

Nvidia in Talks to Pour Billions Into Perplexity at $30 Billion-Plus Valuation

Alibaba Torches $10 Billion in Fresh Stock to Chase AI — And Wall Street Just Punished It

Boston Symphony Dodges First Strike in 145 Years — For Now

Anthropic Will Warn Investors That America Is Turning Against AI

Sports

Klay Thompson Ditches Dallas Wreckage, Signs With Miami's Superteam

Wyndham Clark Torches Bellerive's Back Nine to Win BMW Championship, Completes Redemption Run

Enes Kanter Freedom Hauled Out of WNBA Game After Courtside Blowup With Natasha Cloud