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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen equalled Ayrton Senna’s career total of 41 victories with a dominant win at the Canadian Grand Prix. The Dutchman’s sixth triumph in eight races this season gave him a 69-point lead in the championship and was the 100th victory for his Red Bull team. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso passed Lewis Hamilton’s […]
An Ecuadorean woman has died days after mourners at her funeral were shocked to find her alive in her coffin. Bella Montoya, 76, was first declared dead by a doctor at a hospital in the city of Babahoyo last week. But when mourners attending her wake heard her knocking on her coffin, she was immediately […]
Nearly 40 pupils have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group (IS). Five militants attacked the Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe at around 23:30 (20:30 GMT) on Friday. They entered dormitories, setting fire and using machetes to kill and maim the pupils, officials said. The Allied […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing at the start of two days of talks with Chinese officials. The visit is the first by an American diplomat to China in almost five years. US officials say the main goal of the talks is to stabilise a relationship […]
Brazil played in an all-black kit for the first half of their win against Guinea in Spain as part of an anti-racism campaign. The South Americans abandoned their usual yellow colours for the 4-1 win at Espanyol’s stadium in Barcelona. It follows Brazil forward Vinicius Jr being the target of racist abuse multiple times in […]
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Around 170 people been relocated from the western French town of La Laigne after an earthquake on Friday evening. The quake, believed to have been between magnitude 5.2 and 5.8 was felt from Rennes in the north-west to Bordeaux in the south-west. Homes, schools and churches were damaged, with hundreds of buildings declared uninhabitable. Earthquakes […]
Mali’s foreign minister has called on the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping force from his country “without delay”. Addressing the UN Security Council Minster Abdoulaye Diop accused the force ‘Minusma’ of having “become a part of the problem in fuelling communal tension”. Minusma has more than 13,000 troops. Its decade-old mission has failed to stop […...
Russia has already stationed a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Vladimir Putin says. Russia’s president told a forum they would only be used if Russia’s territory or state was threatened. The US government says there is no indication the Kremlin plans to use nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine. “We don’t see any […]
England stunned Edgbaston by declaring against Australia on the first day of an Ashes series that more than lived up to the hype. Joe Root’s masterful unbeaten 118 pulled England from 176-5 to 393-8 when captain Ben Stokes executed the earliest first-innings declaration in Ashes history. Root added 121 with Jonny Bairstow, who crunched 78 […]
Australia has been rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct against an opposition senator. On Wednesday, Senator Lidia Thorpe accused David Van of sexual assault and harassment – claims he strongly denies, and that she later withdrew. Mr Van was then removed from the Liberal party by leader Peter Dutton, who said other allegations had emerged. […]
Survivors from a fishing boat that sank off southern Greece in one of Europe’s worst migrant disasters say up to 100 children may have been on board. At least 78 people have already been confirmed dead in the disaster. But many more could still be missing at sea, with reports suggesting that up to 750 […]
This last week has seen two very white, very important politicians having to slide down the pallang, certainly not to obscurity but to real shame and huge setbacks. Yes, they are the yellow haired charlatan reprobates who think they know it all from the US of America and the UK. Ex-President Donald Trump has been […]
At least 15 people have died after a “very serious” crash in the Canadian province of Manitoba, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said. The crash was between a semi-trailer truck and a handi-transit vehicle, which was carrying mostly seniors. Police said the crash happened on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, two hours west of […]
Survivors from a fishing boat that sank off southern Greece in one of Europe’s worst migrant disasters say up to 100 children may have been on board. At least 78 people have already been confirmed dead in the disaster. But scores more could still be missing at sea, with reports suggesting that up to 750 […]
England have preferred Stuart Broad over Mark Wood to join James Anderson and Ollie Robinson in their pace attack for the first Ashes Test. Anderson has recovered from a groin injury and Robinson from an ankle problem to line up in the team to face Australia at Edgbaston on Friday. Off-spinner Moeen Ali is in […]
More than 100 people have drowned and more are missing after a boat carrying them down the River Niger in south-western Nigeria capsized on Monday, authorities say. The vessel was carrying around 300 passengers travelling from Kwara state to Niger state after a wedding. Search and rescue efforts were continuing, officials said. The boat capsized […]
At least 79 people have died and more than 100 have been rescued after their fishing vessel capsized off the coast of southern Greece. But survivors and Greek officials say that hundreds more migrants were on board. The government says this is one of Greece’s biggest migrant tragedies, and has declared three days of mourning. […]
Two Japanese soldiers were killed and another injured after a new recruit opened fire at a military training range in central Japan, officials says. An 18-year-old trainee was detained on the spot and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said. They allege the male shooter fired his rifle at colleagues during a shooting drill […]
Malaysia is seeking Interpol’s help in tracking down a New York-based comedian who joked about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Jocelyn Chia, a US national who grew up in Singapore, is being investigated under laws related to incitement and offensive online content, police say. Her joke, posted online last week, prompted an official protest […]
Mourners at the funeral of an elderly Ecuadorian woman were startled to discover she was still alive. Bella Montoya, 76, was declared dead last week following a suspected stroke. Five hours into her wake on Friday, relatives preparing to change her clothes ahead of the burial found her gasping for air. Ms Montoya is now […]
JP Morgan has agreed to pay roughly $290m (£232m) to settle a lawsuit brought on behalf of alleged victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Attorneys for the bank said it was “in the best interests of all parties, especially the survivors who were the victims of Epstein’s terrible abuse”. The lawsuit had alleged the […]
Former United States President Donald Trump is spending the night in Miami, Florida, before he appears in court there on Tuesday charged with mishandling national security files. The former US president flew from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to his Trump Doral resort near Miami. He is facing dozens of charges of illegally […]
Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian PM who bounced back from sex scandals and corruption allegations, has died aged 86. He died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, according to Italian media. Berlusconi was born in Milan in 1936 and rose to prominence as a media tycoon, building a vast business empire that included TV […]
Around 13,000 people have been evacuated in north-east Philippines as the country’s most famous volcano, Mayon, continued to ooze lava. Riding lorries and buffalo-drawn carriages, people living within the “permanent danger zone” or six-kilometre radius fled to shelters. Known for its “perfect” conical shape, Mayon started spewing lava last week. But evacuations only ...
BBC reported that at least 10 people have died and more than 20 others are in hospital after a wedding bus crashed in an Australian wine region. The passengers were returning from a wedding at a winery on Sunday night when their coach overturned on Wine County Drive near Greta in Hunter Valley, New South […]
At least 10 people have died and 25 others are in hospital after a bus crash in Australia’s wine region. Emergency services were called to Wine County Drive in Hunter Valley, New South Wales (NSW) on Sunday, after reports a coach had rolled over. The driver of the bus, a 58-year-old man, is under arrest […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have confirmed that his country’s long-awaited counter-offensive against Russia has started. “Counter-offensive and defensive actions are taking place,” he said. But he added that he would not talk in detail about which stage or state the counter-offensive was in. The comments come after an escalation of fighting in the [...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have confirmed that his country’s long-awaited counter-offensive against Russia has started. “Counter-offensive and defensive actions are taking place,” he said. But he added that he would not talk in detail about which stage or state the counter-offensive was in. The comments come after an escalation of fighting in the [...
Nearly 12 Sri Lankan migrants stranded in Diego Garcia for over 20 months have attempt suicide, the BBC reported. The BBC reported that 89 migrants have been stranded for months on the tiny British territory in the Indian Ocean after being rescued from their struggling fishing boat in October 2021. Court documents filed in London […]