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NJ Transit Weighs World Cup ‘Special-Event’ Fares Topping $100 for MetLife Trips

NJ Transit says the eight World Cup match days would cost $48 million to run.

Kabul’s Water Crisis Reaches Critical Point

Delhi’s Matiala Fire Contained After Nightlong Battle as Damage Count Is Disputed

Rocinha’s Viral Drone Tours Add VIP Lounge, Fueling Fresh Debate Over Favela Tourism

Buenos Aires Authorizes Controlled Re-Entry and Stabilization Work After Parque Patricios Collapse

Gas Explosion and Fire Partially Collapse Salvador Apartment Building

ATU Confirms Naranjal Station Dogs Safe at Ancón Shelter as Talks Produce First Adoptions

BSR Targets Easter for Berlin’s Grit Cleanup, Calls for Resident Help

Power Restored in Copacabana and Leme After Carnival Outage, Light Says

Unidentified Woman Found Dead in South Branch of Chicago River Near Ashland Avenue

Salt-Laced Meltwater Blamed as Hundreds Still Without Power in Brooklyn and Queens

Fire Destroys 5–7 Homes in Santos’ Vila Gilda Stilt Community

UIC Issues Safety Alert as Police Probe Nearby White Castle Shooting and Car Fire

Most Power Restored in Brooklyn After Salt-Damaged Cables Trigger Dayslong Outages

Santos Fire Displaces 115 in Dique da Vila Gilda With No Deaths Reported

San Francisco Installs Pizza-Box Bins in North Beach Pilot

Cornice Falls From BCR Museum in Piura, Prompting Safety Cordons

Milwaukee Apartment Garage Collapse Triggers 14-Day Repair Order From City

Fire Guts Shanties in Kolkata’s Garden Reach on Christmas Evening

Stocksbridge Faces Uncertain Future as Steelworks Seeks Buyer Under Government Control