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World in brief: January 21, 2025
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, January 21, 2025

IVORY COAST:  A crash involving a freight lorry and a passenger bus in Ivory Coast today killed at least 17 people and left several injured, authorities said.

The vehicles collided in Ponan-Ouinlo, a village in the west of the country, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement, without specifying the cause of the accident. An investigation has been launched.

TURKEY: A fire at a ski resort hotel in north-western Turkey today killed at least 10 people and hospitalised 32 others, officials said.

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