At least 17 people, including women and children, have been killed after flash floods swept through several regions of Afghanistan following heavy rainfall and snowfall, ending a prolonged period of drought, authorities said on Friday (January 2).
A deadly explosion occurred during New Year celebrations at a luxury ski resort in Crans-Montana, in southwestern Switzerland, leaving at least 40 people dead and more than a hundred injured, Swiss police said. Many of the injured are reported to be in critical condition.
Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as New York City’s mayor on Thursday (January 1), marking a historic moment for the city.
Russian strikes that were carried out on Saturday cutpower to more than a million homes in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, energy company DTEK said.
train carrying 250 people derailed partially on Sunday in Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 98, officials said.
China has opened the world’s longest expressway tunnel to traffic in the north-western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The 22.13-kilometre Tian Shan Shengli Tunnel was opened on Friday, December 22, allowing vehicles to pass beneath the central Tian Shan mountain range. The tunnel is part of the G0711 Urumqi–Yuli Expressway, which also became operational on the same day.