BARCELONA, Spain -- Two separate trains derailed in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia on Tuesday evening, killing one driver and injuring at least 20, local authorities said.
According to Catalan emergency services, one of the accidents occurred on the R4 suburban line near the town of Gelida in Barcelona province, where a retaining wall alongside the railway line suddenly collapsed as a train was passing. The collapse forced the train to derail and damaged the driver's cab. (Spain-Train)
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NEW YORK -- U.S. stock markets on Tuesday suffered their sharpest decline since October, as investors reacted to escalating trade tensions following U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats linked to Greenland.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 1.76 percent to 48,488.59. The S&P 500 sank 2.06 percent to 6,796.86, while the Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled 2.39 percent to 22,954.32. (US-Equities)
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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday condemned Israel's demolition of a UN compound in East Jerusalem, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN chief, said in a statement.
"The secretary-general condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli authorities' actions to demolish" the Sheikh Jarrah compound of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the statement said. (UN-Israel-Demolition)
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LONDON -- Britain's unemployment rate for people aged 16 and over was estimated at 5.1 percent in September to November 2025, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Tuesday.
The reading is unchanged from the estimate for the August-October period, but is above those of the previous quarter and a year ago, according to the ONS. (Britain-Job market) Enditem
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