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At least 34 people have died after consuming toxic bootleg alcohol in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said. The incident took place in Kallakuruchi district where several residents fell ill after consuming the liquor on Tuesday night. At least 80 people are being treated in hospitals for illnesses such as excessive diarrhoea and officials say the death toll could rise further. Two people have been arrested so […]
Heavy monsoon rains have triggered landslides in Bangladesh and India, killing at least 15 people, injuring several others and displacing millions, according to officials. Eight Rohingya Muslims were among those killed by mudslides in the early hours of Wednesday, Mohammad Shamsud Douza, a senior Bangladesh government official in charge of refugees, said. The disaster is the latest in a series triggered by extreme weather in South Asia and around the […]
American intellectual, linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky was discharged from a hospital in Sao Paolo Tuesday, the facility said, and would continue an undisclosed treatment at home. The report came as the 95-year-old’s wife, Valeria Wasserman, dismissed media reports that Chomsky had died, saying in an email to AFP: “It’s false. He is well.”The newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported that Chomsky was recently taken to […]
The US Supreme Court has unanimously rejected an effort to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The decision, which came two years after the court rescinded the nationwide guarantee to an abortion, was welcomed by pro-choice activists. The justices decided the plaintiffs, a group of anti-abortion doctors and activists, did not have a legal right to sue. But they left the door open to other attempts to limit the […]
Of people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago, the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities were among the hardest hit. Twelve people from the commthe 72unities died, half of whom were children. Ethiopia and Eritrea may have a history of conflict, but here in London the communities are united in their grief and fight for justice. Now they are preparing to mark the seventh anniversary of […]
A gold signet ring that belonged to a former prime minister has been sold at auction for £9,500 after being found in a field. It was discovered in a pasture for sheep near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, by 85-year-old metal detectorist Tom Clark. Later it was identified as belonging to George Grenville, who was UK prime minister between 1763 and 1765. The ring sold during an auction at Noonans Mayfair to a […]
The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi's vice-president has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared from airport radars. The plane, a military aircraft, was flying in bad weather. Soldiers had been searching Chikangawa Forest overnight and into the morning in an effort to find the plane. In a news […]
At least 38 people from the Horn of Africa have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, local officials say. Survivors have told rescuers that the vessel, which was carrying around 250 people, sank due to strong winds. The search continues for nearly 100 people who are still missing. Local authorities in Rudum, east of Aden, said that those on board were migrants, mostly from Ethiopia, who […]
An aircraft carrying Malawi's Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the president's office has said. The Malawi Defense Force aircraft "went off the radar" after it left the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning, it added. The president ordered a search and rescue operation after aviation officials were unable to contact the aircraft. It was supposed to land at Mzuzu International Airport, in the country’s […]
