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Woman dies after walking into plane propeller
A skydiver has died after accidentally walking into a plane propeller.
Amanda Gallagher, 37, was taking pictures of other skydivers at Wichita Cook Airfield in Kansas on Saturday when she backed into the active propeller, according to US…
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Four Ghanaians who smuggled £4.3m worth of cannabis jailed 26 years
The gang of men who smuggled almost £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of Gari powder from Ghana to south Essex have been jailed for a combined total of 26 years.
The drug haul was discovered by border force officers inside a…
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Over 126 dead & missing after flooding in Philippines
The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and the president said Saturday that many areas remained isolated with people in need of rescue.…
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14-year-old boy commits suicide after he fell in love with AI chatbot
A teenage boy shot himself in the head after discussing suicide with an AI chatbot that he fell in love with. Sewell Setzer, 14, shot himself with his stepfather’s handgun after spending months talking to “Dany”, a computer programme based…
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Former President of Peru jailed 20 years for corruption
A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering.
Prosecutors say he took $35m (£27m) in bribes from a Brazilian construction company which was awarded…
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Russians feared dead after plane crash in Sudan
Russia's embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The…
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Hamas Reports 87 Dead in Israeli Airstrike
Gaza's health ministry reported that 87 people were killed and over 40 injured in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Lahiya.
Many remain trapped under rubble. Israel said it was verifying the casualty reports and accused Hamas of exaggerating…
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UK deports 44 Nigerians, Ghanaians in single flight
In a record-breaking deportation flight, it has been alleged that 44 Nigerians and Ghanaians were forcibly removed from the UK on Friday, marking a significant surge in immigration enforcement.
According to The Guardian.com/uk The Home…
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Four Takeaways from Harris’s Fox interview
Democratic US presidential nominee Kamala Harris has conducted a combative first interview with Fox News.
She clashed repeatedly with her host on topics such as transgender prisoners, illegal immigration and President Joe Biden’s mental…
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Toll rises to 153 from Nigeria fuel tanker explosion
The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday.
The blast, which happened late evening local time on Tuesday in Majiya, a village in…
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