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A national power outage brought play to a dramatic halt at the Madrid Open, one of the biggest tournaments on the tennis calendar outside of the four Grand Slams. The unexpected blackout, affecting vast areas across Spain and parts of neighboring Portugal, forced players off the courts mid-match and left fans in stunned confusion.

VANCOUVER — Tragedy struck Vancouver’s Filipino community on Saturday night as a car plowed through a packed street festival, killing at least nine people and injuring 20 others in what officials have described as a devastating "car ramming attack."

A devastating explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, has left at least five people dead and more than 700 injured, Iranian state media reported on Saturday. The massive blast, which erupted from several cargo containers filled with chemicals, sent shockwaves across the region and ignited fears of further instability.