Beyond the Headlines
More than 70 people have been killed after a suspension footbridge collapsed into the Macchu river in Morbi town, Gujarat, India. According to BBC, the bridge which collapsed on Sunday, plunged hundreds of people into the river with as many as 400 people said to have been on the bridge at the time. A […]
A 30-year-old man, Ernest Lacour has been arrested and charged with deliberately spreading the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Oklahoma City, USA. According to reports, Lacour who was diagnosed with the virus in 2019 has allegedly infected no fewer than three women with HIV in Oklahoma City. MSN said one of the victims who […]
More than 140 people were killed Saturday and some 150 were injured in a horrific stampede in central Seoul when a large crowd celebrating Halloween crammed into a narrow street, officials said. AFP photos from the scene showed scores of bodies spread on the pavement covered by bed sheets and emergency workers dressed in […]
Rishi Sunak is now officially United Kingdom’s Prime Minister after meeting with King Charles III on Tuesday morning. He met with the King in the palace’s 1844 room, where the King invited him to form a government. Sunak had arrived the Palace around 10:15am to meet the King, shortly after Liz Truss tendered her […]
Hundreds of people have marched to the streets in Paris, France to protest the murder of a 12-year-old girl identified as Lola found in a suitcase last week. Far-right politician Eric Zemmour and hundreds of others gathered in Paris to protest against the murder of the girl. Lola’s body was found in a suitcase […]
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday returned to Britain from a holiday to launch an audacious political comeback, as Conservative leadership rival Rishi Sunak reached the minimum threshold to contest the UK’s top job. Johnson cut short a Caribbean trip to join the race to replace outgoing leader Liz Truss, with allies telling […]
United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation. Truss, whose economic policies have been heavily criticised, had only been in office for 45 days. She announced her resignation while addressing a press conference outside No 10 Downing Street on Thursday afternoon. Over a dozen conservative members of parliament had demanded her resignation […]
France on Monday braced for nationwide transport strike action as the government and unions remained in deadlock over walkouts at oil depots that have sparked fuel shortages. Leading unions have called for strikes Tuesday in their biggest challenge yet to President Emmanuel Macron since he won a new presidential term in May. The move […]
Ethiopia has ordered banks to deny foreign currency to businesses importing non-priority goods, in an effort to shore up dwindling foreign reserves in one of Africa’s major economies. The move effectively freezes the import of dozens of items such as alcohol and cars, as businesses must register with banks to obtain the foreign currency […]
Rescuers worked on Saturday to free more than a dozen miners still thought to be trapped underground at a coal pit in northern Turkey, where a methane blast a day earlier killed at least 28 people. “Fifty eight of our miners were able to come out unharmed. We estimate that 15 of our miners […]
