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Another strain of bird flu (H5N1) has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Cornwall, with a mass cull of the birds ordered by the government. All birds at the St Ives premises will now be humanely killed, with a 3km protection zone and 10km protection zone put in place. The last avian flu outbreak in the…

On the last night of their lives, Jagdish Patel, his wife and their two young children tried to slip into the U.S. across a near-empty stretch of the Canadian border. Wind chills reached minus 36 Fahrenheit (minus 38 Celsius) that night in January 2022 as the family from India set out on foot to meet a waiting…

Authorities said the 21-year-old student is alleged to have went on a stabbing spree in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. Eight people have died after a stabbing attack at a Chinese school, with 17 others injured. Authorities said in a statement that a 21-year-old student is believed to have carried out the attack in Yixing City,…

You may have seen the word “Bluesky” popping up on your social media pages recently and wondered what people are talking about. It is an alternative platform to Elon Musk’s X and in terms of its colour and logo, it looks quite similar. Bluesky is growing rapidly and is currently picking up around one million new sign-ups…

The first time Azaan made the jump across the wall, he broke his arm. Braving the 20ft (6m) drop into a wide trench below is, for many Afghans, the only way to cross into Turkey from Iran – and yet hundreds risk it each day. “I was in severe pain,” the former Afghan army officer told the…

Donald Trump, who is set to return to the White House after his victory over Kamala Harris in the November 5 US presidential elections, has appointed former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard as his US Intelligence Chief. The 78-year-old leader has secured all seven swing states, including Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Nevada. On Wednesday evening…

Flood-hit towns near the eastern city of Valencia were rushing on Tuesday to clear the sewage system of mud and debris, pile sandbags and cancel school classes as they prepared for another approaching storm. Two weeks after the worst floods in Spain’s modern history killed more than 200 people, national weather service AEMET issued an orange alert,…

Several airlines have cancelled flights between Australia and Bali due to dangerous ash clouds from a volcano near the Indonesian holiday island. Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia advised passengers of the disruptions on Wednesday, saying the ash from Mount Lewotaobi Laki-laki made it unsafe to fly. The volcano spewed a 9km (6.2 miles) ash column into the…

North Korea has ratified a mutual defence treaty with Russia signed by the two countries’ leaders in June, which calls for each side to come to the other’s aid in case of an armed attack, state media KCNA said on Tuesday. The report came amid international criticism over increasing military cooperation between the two countries, with North…

CRAZY plans for the longest skyscraper have been revealed and show an odd-looking U-shaped building that would overcome the “limit of the skies”. The proposed “Big Bend” in Manhattan, New York, plans to become the longest building in the world at a staggering 4,000ft in one continuous upside down U. The bizarre shaped building has been designed…

VLADIMIR Putin has amassed 40,000 of his soldiers and 10,000 North Koreans as he plots to attack Kursk in just days, a report claims. The Kremlin leader is set to try and claw back the area of Russia which Ukraine seized back in August. Putin could begin the combined assault with Kim Jong-un’s troops sent to fight…

The relations between the two countries came under severe strain following Trudeau’s allegations in September last year of a ‘potential’ involvement of Indian agents in Nijjar’s killing. Separatist leader Arsh Dalla was arrested by Canadian authorities on Sunday in connection with a recent shooting incident in Milton. He was designated an “individual terrorist” by Indian authorities last…

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation told Reuters on Sunday, as President Joe Biden plans to urge Trump not to abandon Kyiv. Trump and Putin spoke in recent days, said the source. Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

Authorities say at least 25 people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a railway station in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province. Dozens of others were injured in the blast, which happened as a popular morning train was about to leave Quetta station in southwestern Pakistan for Peshawar. A separatist militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, said…

Qatar has told Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel it will stall its efforts to mediate a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal until they show “willingness and seriousness” to resume talks, its foreign ministry said on Saturday. The Gulf country has been working alongside the United States and Egypt for months on fruitless talks between the…

The win over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris marks Trump’s second in Arizona since 2016. After a delay in vote counting, Donald Trump is projected to win the final swing state of Arizona. With this, Trump secured 312 electoral votes over his Democratic rival Kamala Harris’ 226 votes, marking a clean sweep in the US election. Arizona…

Authorities are investigating racist text messages sent to black Americans across the country telling them to report to a plantation “to pick cotton”. Black Americans, including school and college students, were among the recipients in states including Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania. “The FBI is aware of the offensive and racist text messages sent…

The highest number of verified deaths was among children aged between five and nine years old, according to the UN’s Human Rights Office. Nearly 70% of deaths in the Gaza war, which have been verified by the United Nations, were women and children, its Human Rights Office has said. The UN has analysed killings in the first…

Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, having promised action on issues including immigration, the economy and the war in Ukraine. He looks likely to enjoy plenty of support for his political agenda in Congress after his Republican Party regained control of the Senate. In his victory speech, Trump vowed he would “govern by…

Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has prompted a major rethink in German political circles and wider society about obligatory military service. Germany’s government has given the green light to a draft law that paves the way for the return of national service. The legislation will allow Berlin to gauge the willingness of the country’s 18-year-olds to serve…

– An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organisations said on Wednesday. The WHO declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years in August after a new variant of the…

– Donald Trump reshaped the U.S. electorate once again this year, piling up support among Hispanic voters, young people, and Americans without college degrees — and winning more votes in nearly all of the country as he reclaimed the presidency. Following the Republican’s populist campaign, in which he promised to shield workers from global economic competition and…

Eighteen members of a people-smuggling gang accused of arranging thousands of small boat English Channel crossings have been jailed in France. The group – which prosecutors described as “merchants of death” – comprised mostly of Iraqi Kurds and were prosecuted after a Europe-wide operation in 2022 which led to arrests in Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands.…

After months of ads, social media brawls, unsolicited campaign phone calls, and polling models showing near statistical ties, almost one in three Americans (28%) don’t care who wins the election anymore, they just want it to be over. This was especially true for millennials, as 35% said they just want to put the historic event behind them.…

Nearly 20,000 people were forcibly displaced in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics from tent camps or shelters in the Paris region, a coalition of more than 100 community groups said Monday. In its report, the group Le Revers de la Médaille, which translates as “the other side of the medal”, claimed that 19,526 people were displaced…

Most Orthodox Jews vote Republican, but the rabbis cited grave concerns over Trump’s moral character A group of American rabbis, all identifying as Orthodox, published a letter of support for Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday. The organizers described the move as a “rabbi rebellion” given that Orthodox Jews have reliably voted for Republicans and turned out…

“What’s coming up for me is deep heartbreak,” says Ama Francis, climate director at the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP). “There’s been this push towards more xenophobic immigration policies across both sides of the aisle. That has significant implications for who the United States considers itself to be — but also for how people can seek safety…

Residents had been attending a prayer service in a metallic structure when the lightning struck. Fourteen people have been killed in a lightning strike on a makeshift church at a refugee camp in northern Uganda, police have said. A further 34 people were injured, police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke said. The victims have not yet been identified. The…

The sanctions announced by the US State Department target 19 Indian companies and two individuals accused of allegedly supplying materials and technology to Russia to support its military amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday reacted to the recent US sanctions imposed on several Indian firms and nationals, with a…

The deadliest flash floods in Spain’s modern history have killed at least 214 people and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region of Valencia, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. In a televised statement, Sanchez said the government was sending 5,000 more army troops to help with the searches…

Prospects of a ceasefire between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground on Friday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 people in the Gaza Strip, according to medics in the Palestinian enclave, and bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs. The Israeli military said it killed senior Hamas official Izz al-Din Kassab in an airstrike in the…

Rescue teams are searching for survivors and bodies after flash flooding swept through large areas of Spain, following a year’s worth of rain in one day. At least 205 people have died, mostly in the Valencia region, according to local authorities. Hundreds of volunteers stream in as police fear more bodies hidden Hundreds of people in cars…

Rocket barrages from Lebanon into northern Israel killed four foreign workers and three Israelis on Thursday, Israeli medics said, the deadliest cross-border strikes in Israel since it invaded Lebanon. Israel kept up airstrikes it says targeted Hezbollah militants across Lebanon, where health authorities on Thursday reported 24 people killed. U.S. diplomats were in the region pushing for…

The United States has received information that indicates that “right now” there are 8,000 North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region, deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood told the Security Council on Thursday. “I have a very respectful question for my Russian colleague: Does Russia still maintain that there are no DPRK troops in…

The US firm can reportedly only return to the Russian market if it complies with the court decision. Google has reportedly racked up a fine of more than two undecillion rubles – two followed by 36 zeros – after it removed state-run and pro-government accounts from YouTube. Put another way, an undecillion is a trillion times a…

Canada’s deepening dispute with India over its alleged campaign of violence against Sikhs in Canada could intensify Indian-based cyber espionage and hold back immigration, but analysts and experts see no immediate impact on trade. Concern about a widening rift between the two countries comes after a senior Canadian official told a parliamentary national security committee on Tuesday…

In an aircraft hangar at Joint Base Andrews, just outside of Washington, DC, one of the government’s most secretive groups gathered recently to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Though there were drinks, cake and speeches, right from the start, it was clear this was not an ordinary birthday party. “Please note that this is an unclassified event, so…

With only a week to go until the election, Kamala Harris has delivered her “closing argument” to voters, warning that Donald Trump will have an “enemies list” if he is elected. Meanwhile, a Grammy-winning rapper has said he rejected $3m by the Trump campaign to join him on stage. That’s all our coverage on the US election…

The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine’s use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia’s war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia. The North Korea deployment is fanning Western concerns that the 2-1/2-year conflict in Ukraine could widen, even…

Iran has executed German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, following his conviction for “leading terror operations”, state media is reporting. Sharmahd was sentenced to death last year for “corruption on Earth”, having been accused of leading a US-based pro-monarchist group. He had denied the charges, with his family maintaining he was only a spokesman. Germany’s foreign minister said Berlin…

Jamaica Bay is quietly earning a reputation as the Big Apple’s version of the Bermuda Triangle — with at least eight dead bodies discovered in and around the area over the past year, some under mysterious circumstances. Investigations into five of the eight “floaters” who washed ashore or turned up in either Jamaica Bay or the nearby…

China will take “countermeasures” to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the government said, lambasting a $2 billion arms sale package by the United States to Taiwan. The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties, to the constant anger of Beijing.…

Israel’s opposition leader has criticised the decision to avoid “strategic and economic targets”, saying on X that “we could and should have exacted a much heavier price from Iran”. Iran’s president has warned against further attacks on his country after Israel targeted military sites in pre-dawn airstrikes on Saturday. In a statement on X, Masoud Pezeshkian gave…

Lyle Menendez and his brother Erik are currently serving life in prison without parole for the shotgun murders of their father and mother – Jose and Kitty Menendez – in 1989. Two brothers who were convicted of killing their parents and featured in Netflix shows could be freed early after 34 years behind bars. Lyle Menendez, 56,…

Israel’s military said on Thursday it killed a Hamas commander who took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, assault on southern Israel and also worked for the U.N. aid agency in the Gaza Strip. The agency, UNRWA, has been accused by Israel of having many employees who double as members of Hamas and other armed groups. The…

Two attackers killed five people and wounded 22 others on Wednesday in what Ankara called a terrorist attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters, where witnesses said they heard gunfire and an explosion. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said both attackers were killed after the attack, adding two of the injured are in critical condition. TV broadcasters showed…

The United States said for the first time on Wednesday that it had seen evidence that North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, a move that could mark a significant escalation in Russia’s war against its neighbor. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking in Rome, said it would be “very, very…

A TERROR drone attack launched by Hezbollah directly hit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s seaside residence inside Israel. Declassified images shared by Israeli authorities show the extent of damage caused by one of the drones that managed to elude the Israeli air defences. The pictures, previously censored by the Israeli military, reveal a massive crack in the leader’s…

At the BRICS meeting in Kazan, which was attended by leaders from 32 countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted Russia’s strategic partnerships with China and India. Despite international concerns, both Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized strengthening relations with Russia. Putin used the occasion to reaffirm his position on the global stage…

India and China have agreed on patrolling arrangements to de-escalate tensions along a disputed Himalayan border which has seen deadly hand-to-hand clashes in recent years, India’s top diplomat has said. Vikram Misri said on Monday the two sides have agreed on “disengagement and resolution of issues in these [border] areas that had arisen in 2020”. He was…

Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow’s partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are urging President Vladimir Putin to find a way to end the war in Ukraine. The BRICS group now accounts for 45% of the world’s population and 35% of its economy, based…

Police, prosecutors and forensic examiners in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa all conspired to cover up the killing of an opponent of the ruling-party state governor, using a blood-stained truck found at the crime scene, federal prosecutors said Sunday. The bombshell statement by federal prosecutors backs up the version of imprisoned drug lord Ismael “El Mayo”…

A top election law expert says Elon Musk is breaking the law by giving away $1 million to a number of registered voters in Pennsylvania and other swing states who sign his PAC’s petition. At a rally in Harrisburg, PA Saturday, Musk announced plans to give out $1 million per day up until the election to signers…

Billionaire Elon Musk promised on Saturday to give away $1 million each day until November’s election to someone who signs his online petition supporting the U.S. Constitution. And he wasted no time, awarding a $1 million check to an attendee of his event in Pennsylvania aimed at rallying supporters behind Republican Donald Trump. The winner was a…

Boeing has offered striking machinists a 35% pay rise over four years in a new contract proposal they hope will end a month-long strike. About 33,000 unionised workers, mostly in Seattle, will vote on Wednesday whether to accept the offer from the aviation giant. They have been on strike since 14 September, halting production of the firm’s…

Cuba is experiencing a nationwide blackout after its main energy plant failed, knocking out power to its 10 million people. Its power grid collapsed at around 11:00 (15:00 GMT) on Friday, the energy ministry announced on social media. Grid officials said they did not know how long it would take to restore power. The island has suffered…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (October 18, 2024) said it is difficult to specify a timeline for ending the prolonged war in Ukraine but asserted that his country will win, as he appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s concern over the situation. Days ahead of the 16th BRICS Summit to be hosted by him, Mr. Putin also…

China’s economy grew at the slowest pace since early 2023 in the third quarter, and though consumption and industrial output figures for last month beat forecasts a tumbling property sector remains a big challenge for Beijing as it tries to boost growth. The world’s second-largest economy grew 4.6% in July-September, official data showed, a touch above a…

An Israeli drone captured Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s last minutes alive — as the Oct. 7 mastermind swung a piece of wood in a futile attempt to take out the device before he was killed, officials said. Shocking footage shows the moment a drone is deployed to check a building in Rafah that a group of IDF…

North Korea’s constitution now defines the South as a “hostile state”, according to state media, in the first mention of what Pyongyang’s recent constitutional revisions entailed. State newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported the change as an “inevitable and legitimate measure”, at a time when tensions between the Koreas are at their highest point in years. The North on…

U.S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes early Thursday morning targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear what damage was done in the strikes. However, there are no previous reports of the B-2 Spirit being used in the strikes targeting the Houthis, who have been attacking ships for months in…

A Russian man was rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine, but his brother and nephew have died, officials said Tuesday. The prosecutor’s office in the far east of Russia said that the man was rescued Monday by a fishing vessel…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was set to at least partially unveil a plan to win the war against Russia to his country’s Parliament on Wednesday after weeks of dropping hints about the blueprint to lukewarm Western allies, including U.S. President Joe Biden. The plan — comprising military, political, diplomatic and economic elements — is considered by many…

The United Nations Security Council on Monday expressed strong concern after several U.N. peacekeeping positions in southern Lebanon came under fire amid clashes between the Israeli military and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. In a statement adopted by consensus, the 15-member council also urged all parties – without naming them – to respect the safety and se curity of…

The catching of the booster was not guaranteed. Both it and the launch tower had to be in good, stable conditions but the manoeuvre is considered a major breakthrough as, previously, early stages of rocket launch vehicles were regarded as expendable. A SpaceX booster rocket has returned to earth and been caught by giant robotic arms –…

A man with a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s rally in Coachella Valley, California, on Saturday night. Police officers in California arrested a man with weapons near a rally being held by Donald Trump, it has emerged. The 49-year-old man was found in possession of a shotgun, a…