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Identifying the victims of a New Year’s fire in Crans-Montana that killed more than 40 people could take days or weeks because of the severity of the burns.

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas.

More affordable prices and the lack of an entrance fee made the bar an attractive alternative to more upmarket establishments.

Mr. Galeppini, 17, was a promising young golfer from Genoa who lived in Dubai with his family, the Italian media reported.

The Zaporizhzhia plant, occupied by Russia, would be crucial to powering Ukraine’s postwar recovery.

Brenna Henn had a long-term grant to study the genetic diversity of Africans and people of African descent. Then her N.I.H. funding was cut.

The local police said that their preliminary toll was about 40 dead, with roughly 115 injured, in the early morning blaze at a bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana.

Transfers of patients to hospitals in Germany, Italy and France began on Thursday. France said on Friday that 11 injury victims would be hospitalized there.

The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.

It was a haven for the young, where they could find hot chocolate when they wanted quiet and affordable drinks when they did not. Then it turned into a place of death.

The town is known for its gourmet food and luxury stores, and for hosting major sporting events. The Crans-Montana Resort, which does not operate the bar that caught fire, was acquired by Vail Resorts in 2024.

F.C. Barcelona’s liabilities have reached 2.5 billion euros, the result of financial mismanagement and vaulting ambition.

About 40 people celebrating at a ski resort bar were killed, and 115 were injured, many of them young, the authorities said.

At least 80 people were released, including one with U.S. ties, though more than 800 remain detained in Venezuela for opposing President Nicolás Maduro’s rule, rights groups say.

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