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Lyle Menendez has been denied parole one day after his brother Erik was similarly blocked from being freed from prison after more than three decades. The Menendez brothers, who were convicted in the 1989 killings of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion, were both rejected for release after separate, lengthy hearings before California's parole board. It marks a major setback for the pair who had seen recent court wins […]
Six people were killed and 10 are missing after part of a bridge under construction collapsed on Friday in northwest China, state media reported. A video published by state broadcaster CCTV showed the middle of the bridge’s arch section suddenly giving way and plunging into the waters of the Yellow River below. The cause was a steel cable failure, state news agency Xinhua said. The People’s Daily newspaper said 15 […]
Palestinians are fleeing parts of Gaza City after the Israeli military began the first stages of a planned ground offensive, officials in the city say. Israel's troops have established a foothold on the outskirts of the city - which is home to more than a million Palestinians - after days of intense bombing and artillery fire. It has prompted UN Secretary General António Guterres to renew calls for an immediate […]
More than 20 people have died on Wednesday in a torrential spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, where downpours have swept away entire villages over the last week, killing more than 400. Eleven people died in the touristic northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan and 10 others in Karachi, the financial capital in the south, due to urban flooding that caused house collapses and electrocution, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of six Palestinian journalists in Gaza. The reporters—five of whom worked for the Al Jazeera media network—were killed in a targeted Israeli strike in Gaza City on Sunday. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said this at a news briefing on Monday in New York “These latest killings highlight the extreme risks journalists continue to face when covering the ongoing war. “The Secretary-General calls […]
Indian officials say at least 68 people are unaccounted for a week after a deadly wall of icy water swept away a Himalayan town and buried it in mud. On top of four people reported to have been killed, it takes the likely overall toll of the August 5 disaster to more than 70 dead. Videos broadcast by survivors showed a terrifying surge of muddy water sweeping away multi-storey apartment […]
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has recorded a significant boost in its efforts to train and certify Nigerian artisans internationally, as City and Guilds of London (UK) has approved the ITF as a certified examination centre. This development positions the ITF among six other centres across Nigeria that have received similar approvals. The approval, which was signed by the Chief Executive Officer of City and Guilds, Kirstie Donnelly, indicated that […]
A train derailed in the southern Iranian province of Kerman on Friday, injuring more than two dozen people though no deaths were reported, according to local media. “Thirty people were injured when a train derailed on the Kerman-Zarand railway path,” Babak Mahmoudi, head of the Red Crescent Society’s Relief and Rescue Organisation, told the Mehr news agency. A statement from the public relations office of the national railway body carried […]
Once branded "Australia's worst mother" but now considered the victim of one of its greatest miscarriages of justice, Kathleen Folbigg has been offered A$2m (£975,580, $1.3m) in compensation for 20 years of wrongful imprisonment. Ms Folbigg was convicted over the deaths of her four babies in 2003, but freed in 2023 after a judicial review of her case found they may have died of a genetic condition. Legal experts […]
