Villagers claim their peaceful community has been destroyed by ongoing HS2 works, with a Ukrainian refugee saying the construction is 'louder than Russian bombs in Kyiv'.  Locals in the picturesque Water Orton, in Warwickshire, say heavy machinery is causing their homes to vibrate with a cloud of dirt and dust hovering over their gardens. ...

Venezuela’s socialist regime this week announced the start of a construction project to “transform” the Helicoide (“The Helix”), its largest and most infamous torture complex, into a “cultural center.” In a video published on Monday by Venezuelan Communications Minister Miguel Ángel Pérez Pirela and shared by other regime-affiliated social media accounts, acting President Delcy Rodríguez is heard ...

(R) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)/ (Background) Cuban coast guard ships docked at the port of Havana on February 25, 2026. Cuba’s coast guard said on February 25, 2026, it shot dead four people and wounded six others. (Photo by Adalberto ROQUE / AFP via Getty Images)...

Search and rescue teams grappled with hazardous weather and unstable snowpack this weekend as they recovered the bodies of skiers killed in a massive avalanche near Castle Peak in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.  The slide, which struck midweek during a severe winter storm, is now linked to nine fatalities, making it among the deadliest avalanche incidents in U.S. history....