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Engineers said to be supporting missile launches and reports of North Koreans killed near Donetsk North Korean military engineers have been deployed to help Russia target Ukraine with ballistic missiles, and fighters operating in occupied areas of the country have already been killed, senior officials in Kyiv and Seoul said. There are dozens of North Koreans behind…

Former President Bill Clinton will hit the trail this weekend to begin what is expected to be a very targeted push across battleground states through Election Day, three sources familiar with his plans told CNN. The former president will seek to appeal to rural voters, among whom polls have shown Vice President Kamala Harris is performing worse…

Rescue teams plucked Florida residents from the flotsam of Hurricane Milton on Thursday after the storm smashed through coastal communities where it tore homes into pieces, filled streets with mud and spawned a barrage of deadly tornadoes. At least eight people were dead. Arriving just two weeks after the misery wrought by Hurricane Helene, the system also…

The King paid tribute to Ms Ebert’s “extraordinary resilience and courage”. She was recognised with an MBE for her services to Holocaust education in January 2023. One of the last remaining survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp has died aged 100. Lily Ebert died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family, her great-grandson Dov Forman said…

The Airbus A350’s crew tried to revive the 59-year-old after he lost consciousness, but he was confirmed dead before the plane landed. A spokesperson said he had no known prior health problems. A plane was forced to make an emergency landing after its pilot died on board. The Turkish Airlines flight from Seattle to Istanbul was diverted…

Experts warned the storm could become one of Florida’s “most destructive hurricanes” with nearly six million people said to be in the potential path of the extreme conditions. Florida is bracing for winds of up to 160mph as people continue to evacuate ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. The storm has the “potential to be one…

Jennifer Lopez is still standing strong after her and Ben Affleck’s breakup — but admits it almost took her “out for good.” Two months after filing for divorce from the actor, Lopez clarified in an Interview magazine profile published Wednesday that she does “not regret” her choice “for one second.” The singer, 55, explained to Nikki Glaser…

Two civilians have been killed and several others wounded after the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired at least 150 rockets into northern Israel. Paramedics said a man and a woman in their 40s were fatally wounded by shrapnel in the border town of Kiryat Shmona. They were a couple who had been out walking their dog along…

False claims suggesting that Hurricane Milton was “engineered” and that the weather in Florida is being “manipulated” have been spreading on social media. There is no technology that allows humans to create and control hurricanes. But on platforms like X and TikTok, posts alleging – without evidence – that the US government is secretly controlling the weather…

Israel’s defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country’s retaliation for a recent Iranian missile attack will be “lethal” and “surprising,” while the Israeli military pushed ahead with a large-scale operation in northern Gaza and a ground offensive in Lebanon against Hezbollah militants. On the diplomatic front, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden held…

Twin brothers who were born conjoined recently celebrated their first birthday after undergoing successful separation surgery. Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia, were born via cesarean section on Sept. 29, 2023. The brothers — who shared part of their sternum, diaphragm, abdominal wall and liver — weighed a combined 6 pounds. On Aug. 21,…

Hurricane Milton is just a matter of hours away from making landfall, as officials in the US warn “this is your last chance” to get out as deaths are likely unavoidable. A popular TikTok user known as “Lieutenant Dan” has refused to evacuate his boat in Tampa Bay as Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall. Joe…

EU envoys agreed on Wednesday to give Ukraine up to 35 billion euros as part of the bloc’s share in a larger planned loan from the Group of Seven nations (G7) backed by frozen Russian central bank assets, a statement from the Council of the EU said. The G7 and European Union announced in June they would…

U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a call on Wednesday amid tensions with Iran, while Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant promised an Israeli strike against Iran will be “lethal, precise and surprising.” The 30-minute call was the first known chat for Biden and Netanyahu since August and coincides with a sharp escalation…

From his “Taj MaPaul” mansion in Puerto Rico, the Trump-loving heavyweight champ of viral trolldom talks about bouncing back from punchline to powerhouse as he prepares to meet Mike Tyson in the biggest boxing match of all time. What does it feel like to take a punch to the face from a legit boxer? Since turning his…

A woman living in Kitsap County, near Seattle, Washington, called 911 after a gang of 100 raccoons arrived at her house and began scratching at her doors and windows. A woman’s home became the target of a 100-raccoon siege, as the ‘aggressive’ creatures swarmed her property, demanding food and trapping her inside. The usually nocturnal trash-diggers in…

Researchers from the orbital mapping firm LeoLabs are raising alarm bells about the dangerous amount of space junk littering our planet’s orbit that will inevitably create a catastrophe. In an interview with Forbes, LeoLabs senior technical fellow Darren McKnight described the issue as a “ticking time bomb” waiting in the wings. With our planet veritably surrounded by…

The figure includes money raised into the campaign proper since July 21, as well as an affiliated fundraising vehicle that powers national and state Democratic Party groups. Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign operation crossed the $1 billion fundraising threshold in September, two months after she took over as the Democratic Party’s standard-bearer, according to two people…

Thirteen US states and Washington DC are suing TikTok over claims it is harming children’s mental health and not doing enough to protect them. The lawsuits allege the video-sharing app is designed to be addictive and keep teenagers glued to the screen. TikTok said the claims were “inaccurate and misleading” and pointed to features such as default…

Justin Timberlake temporarily said bye, bye, bye to the stage. The “SexyBack” singer announced he was postponing Tuesday night’s concert at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, due to an undisclosed “injury.” “I’m so sorry to postpone tonight’s show,” Timberlake shared via Instagram. “I have an injury that is preventing me from performing. I’m so disappointed to not…

Melania Trump detailed her first meeting with now-husband Donald Trump in her new eponymous memoir, admitting the politician was on a date with another woman when he began flirting with her. In the book, Melania explained that she was at a Fashion Week party in 1998 with a friend when the former president approached them — despite…

Sixty of the wealthiest people in the UK collectively contributed more than £3bn a year in income tax, the BBC has learned. The amount of income tax they paid is roughly equivalent to around two-thirds of Labour’s entire additional spending commitments in their manifesto earlier this year. Each of the 60 individuals had an income of at…

The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday authorized the restoration of social media platform X´s service in Brazil, over a month after its nationwide shutdown, according to a court document that was made public. Elon Musk’s X was blocked on Aug. 30 in the highly online country of 213 million people — and one…

Pursuing a 100th career title, Novak Djokovic had an easier time in his second match at the Shanghai Masters in ousting Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday. Djokovic clinched the match with his 19th winner, placing a forehand behind the Italian who was racing back across the baseline after being pushed wide by the service. The fourth-seeded…

Donald Trump has had a controversial relationship with Vladimir Putin since his 2016 campaign for president. Mr Trump’s campaign called the book “the work of a truly demented and deranged man”. Donald Trump sent Vladimir Putin COVID test machines for his personal use back in 2020, a new book has claimed. US author and famed Watergate reporter…

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau signed an order banning Omar Binladin from France and that Binladin had previously been deported. A son of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has been deported from France, where he lived for years painting landscapes in a Normandy village and barred from returning after posting comments on social media deemed to have…

As well as the western toad tadpoles, the 2024 Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award winners also feature pictures of a fight between an anaconda and a caiman, ants preparing to feast on a beetle, and a young falcon learning to hunt. A marine conservation photojournalist’s “magical” picture shining a light on the underwater world of a…

As global conflicts continue to ignite, a startling new survey reveals that 80% of Americans are worried about the possibility of World War III. The study, conducted by Talker Research, paints a sobering picture of a nation on edge as international tensions rise and an uncertain election year looms. The survey, which polled 1,000 Americans across party…

Americans are revolting against McDonald’s and fast-food chains. That’s hurting french fry suppliers like Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston, the largest producer of french fries in North America and a major supplier to fast-food chains, restaurants and grocery stores, is closing a production plant in Washington state. The company announced last week that it would lay off nearly…

In Lisa Marie’s memoir From Here to the Great Unknown she opens up about how she struggled to say goodbye to her son Benjamin Keogh after his death Lisa Marie Presley revealed in her new memoir that she kept the body of her son Benjamin Keough in her LA home for two months after his death because…

The mayor of Tampa, a city that’s in the crosshairs of Hurricane Milton, issued a grave warning to Florida residents who don’t heed calls to evacuate ahead of the monster storm. “If you choose to stay … you are going to die,” Mayor Jane Castor bluntly said on CNN while talking about the dangers of Milton, a…

No strings attached. Al Pacino’s rep clarified that he and Noor Alfallah are “just friends” and “co-parents” to their 1-year-old son after she was spotted spending time with Bill Maher over the weekend. “Al and Noor are very good friends, have been for years, and are co-parents to their son Roman,” the “Godfather” star’s rep told People…

Netflix has lined up five sponsors for its live boxing match next month pitting veteran pugilist Mike Tyson and influencer-turned-fighter Jake Paul. The streamer has inked deals with energy-drink brand Celsius, DraftKings Sportsbook, Experian, Meta Quest and beer brand Spaten (Brazil) as presenting sponsors for the fight and related programming. Magno Herran, Netflix’s VP of global marketing…

Google’s Android app store is an illegal monopoly — and now it will have to change. Today, Judge James Donato issued his final ruling in Epic v. Google, ordering Google to effectively open up the Google Play app store to competition for three whole years. Google will have to distribute rival third-party app stores within Google Play, and it must give rival third-party…

A US federal judge has ruled that Google must allow Android apps made by rival technology firms onto its Google Play app store for three years starting next month. The change was among several remedies ordered by Judge James Donato in a case brought against Google by Epic Games, the maker of the hit video game Fortnite.…

A year on from the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, a total of 97 hostages remain unaccounted for. According to Israel, 251 Israelis and foreigners were taken on 7 October 2023. Israel’s official figure for those held in Gaza is 101 – this includes four people taken hostage in 2014 and 2015. Two of these are believed to…

Taylor Swift was back at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night to see her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs play the New Orleans Saints after the pop superstar had missed the team’s previous two games on the road. Swift is in the final days of a break from her record-setting Eras Tour, which resumes with…

The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from the social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald Trump. The justices did not explain their reasoning and there were no noted dissents. The company, known as Twitter before it was purchased by billionaire Elon Musk,…

Hollywood star Keanu Reeves made his professional auto racing debut on Saturday in an event in which “The Matrix” star spun out at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Reeves spun into the grass without a collision on the exit of Turn 9 a little more than halfway through the 45-minute race. He re-entered and continued driving, signaling he…

The storm comes less than a fortnight after Hurricane Helene caused widespread damage and killed more than 200 people. A hurricane set to hit the US has strengthened into a Category 5 storm – as Florida prepares for its largest evacuation in seven years. Hurricane Milton is forecast to make landfall on Wednesday. The weather system was…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear weapons and would not rule out using them if it came under enemy attack, state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday. Kim mentioned South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol by name for the second time in a…

Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa and Hamas vowed to rise again as Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon, a year after the devastating Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war. Israelis held ceremonies and protests on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by…

Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 — are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers who found shrinking longevity increases in countries with the longest-living…

It is over 20 years since Concorde’s last flight, and since then the idea of supersonic flight has mostly been grounded. Many countries have blocked planes from travelling at such high speed due to the disturbance from noisy sonic booms when they break the sound barrier, and the technology is expensive with tickets historically out of reach…

When Melinda French Gates was running the world’s biggest philanthropy with her husband, Bill Gates, she insisted on staying on the sidelines of politics. She was half of one of America’s most celebrated couples, and she did not want to invite backlash from governments around the globe, to say nothing of getting crosswise with Washington by endorsing…

Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during an appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.” The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla who also purchased X, Musk joined Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday at the site where the former president…

The British actor, who has a genetic condition that causes tumours to grow along the nerves, is in a movie about an actor with the same illness who undergoes a medical trial that successfully removes them. Actor Adam Pearson, who has a disfiguring facial condition, wants to help others learn about such differences as he plays a…

Once Savanna Harrison accepts a “mission”, she can go as far as setting up dates with a cheating partner to prove their infidelity. “I went on Facebook to see if he would go to the extent of meeting up with me. He did… but I never went.” Savanna Harrison, 27, is a professional “checker”, using social media…

Korean-made crime-comedy-thriller “I, The Executioner,” a sequel to 2015 hit ‘Veteran,” continued its spree at the top of the South Korea weekend box office. It earned $1.68 million in its fourth full weekend session, ahead of top-ranked new release “Joker: Folie a Deux.” “I, The Executioner” saw its market share slip to 29%, according to data from…

Madonna mourned the loss of her brother Christopher Ciccone after he died from cancer at age 63 on Friday. “My brother Christopher is gone,” the “Material Girl” songstress, 66, wrote in a tribute on Instagram Sunday. “He was the closest human to me for so long. Its [sic] hard to explain our bond. “But it grew out…

A British climber who went missing in the Himalayas has spoken of her relief after surviving for two days in “brutal” conditions that put her life in danger. Fay Manners, originally from Bedfordshire, and her climbing partner, Michelle Dvorak from the United States, were stranded on Chaukhamba mountain in northern India when the rope lifting their food,…

A woman who spent 48 years wondering why an application for her dream job was never answered has finally found out why. Tizi Hodson, 70, from Gedney Hill in Lincolnshire, could not believe her eyes when she opened the post to discover her original letter applying for a job as a motorcycle stunt rider, sent in January…

“Our people respect the Russian and Ukrainian people,” says Savvo Dobrovic. “I simply haven’t noticed any bad relations.” It sounds like a recipe for tension and confrontation: tens of thousands of people from opposing sides in a bitter, protracted war descending on a small Balkan nation with its own very recent memories of conflict. But Montenegro has…

What do parasites and black holes have in common? According to astronomers, they both like to drain their host of vital resources. The James Webb Space Telescope recently observed a supermassive black hole starving its own galaxy to death. This black hole leached off so much energy from its host galaxy until it could no longer create…

Embarking on a cruise is more than just a vacation; it’s an adventure that combines luxury, exploration, and the timeless allure of the sea. From sun-kissed Caribbean islands to the majestic fjords of Norway, the world’s oceans and rivers offer an endless array of captivating destinations for cruise enthusiasts. Whether you’re a first-time sailor or a seasoned…

Two of the victims were randomly targeted and one was known to the suspect, local police claimed. A woman has been arrested in Canada after three people were killed in three consecutive days. Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, was arrested by police in Burlington, Canada, and accused of three separate murders which took place over the first three days…

Mr Ciccone appeared in his sister’s music videos, art directed her Blond Ambition World Tour and served as tour director for The Girlie Show tour. Madonna’s brother Christopher Ciccone has died aged 63, with the popstar remembering him as “the closest human to me for so long”. Mr Ciccone, who was an artist, dancer and designer, died…

“God save the Tsar!” was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday and who has been Russia’s paramount leader for nearly quarter of a century. The greeting came from ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin on his Telegram messaging channel minutes after midnight. Dugin, 62, has long advocated the…

The arrival of more than half a million school-age children since 2022 has strained school budgets and left teachers grappling with language barriers, a Reuters survey found. Dana Smith had been teaching first grade at the public school in the small Pennsylvania town of Charleroi for more than 16 years when she found herself confronting a new…

Florida prepared on Sunday for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward the U.S. state’s western coast, coming on the heels of the devastating Hurricane Helene. Milton, which strengthened from a tropical storm to hurricane on Sunday, was projected to make landfall on Wednesday as a…

Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks that sparked its war, as Israel’s defence minister declared all options were open for retaliation against arch-enemy Iran. Hezbollah rockets launched late on Sunday got past Israeli air defence systems and landed in Haifa, Israel’s third-largest…

A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday. Manawanui, the navy’s specialist dive and hydrographic vessel, ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu on Saturday night as it was conducting a…

The Mirror goes behind the scenes at Shropshire-based cloning lab Gemini Genetics, thought to be the only firm in Europe helping pet owners create genetic duplicates of their animals Bereaved pet lovers have been cloning their favourite animals after death to give them a new life through a UK lab which is ‘Europe’s only one of its…

As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump begin the final 30-day push for the White House, they are locked in a neck-and-neck race from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt. With polling averages showing all seven battleground states nearly tied, many Democrats believe their biggest advantage may be an extensive ground game…

In the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the United States this week, a new storm emerged on social media – false rumors about how disaster funds have been used, and even claims that officials control the weather. Local and national government officials say they are trying to combat the rumors, including one spread by…

Donald Trump returned on Saturday to the Pennsylvania fairgrounds where he was nearly assassinated in July, urging a large crowd to deliver an Election Day victory that he tied to his survival of the shooting. The former president and Republican nominee picked up where he left off in July when a gunman’s bullet struck his ear. He…

U.S. job gains increased by the most in six months in September and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, pointing to a resilient economy that likely does not need the Federal Reserve to deliver large interest rate cuts for the rest of this year. In addition to the bigger-than-expected increase in nonfarm payrolls reported by the Labor…

The debate over AI’s impact on art is hitting dance floors in Berlin, where DJ veteran Christian Becker keeps the crowd grooving at a trendy bar, manually transitioning between indie throwbacks and electronic tracks. Within the city’s iconic and diverse club scene — best known globally for its techno culture and industrial raves — the reception and…

Could the secret to maintaining a youthful, sharp mind be as simple as watching our sugar intake? A new study from Stanford Medicine suggests that glucose plays a surprising role in the aging brain’s ability to produce new neurons. As we age, our brains become less adept at producing new neurons, a process known as neurogenesis. This…

The king’s health crisis has forced the royals and their servants to consider what the change of reign will look like—and what they want to get done before it happens. It’s hard to understand almost anything that has happened in the royal story since February 5, 2024—the day King Charles announced to the world he had cancer—unless…

Israel said it had targeted the intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut and was assessing the damage on Friday after a series of strikes on senior figures in the group that Iran’s Supreme Leader dismissed as counterproductive. Israel has been weighing options in its response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Tuesday, which Iran had carried out…

The Biden administration will not renew a temporary humanitarian entry program for hundreds of thousands of migrants with U.S. sponsors who arrived in recent years, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. Some 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have entered the U.S. by air since October 2022 and received two-year grants under…

Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to flee, causing widespread shock even in a country grown accustomed to outbreaks of violence. More people were severely injured in the attack in the early hours of Thursday at Pont-Sonde, in the agricultural region…

A Ukrainian security source has shared drone footage with Sky News which shows strikes on troops in the Donetsk region – where Russian forces have claimed a series of towns and villages in recent weeks. Ukrainian aircraft fired British-French cruise missiles at Russian troops attempting to advance towards a key city in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian security…

The fates of nearly 100 hostages taken by Hamas during the brutal attack on 7 October last year is still unknown. As Israel marks the anniversary of the Hamas attack, it’s thought that 97 hostages are still yet to return home. While some have been killed, rescued by IDF forces, or returned home in an exchange, many…

As cannabis use continues to rise, a new study is warning about its effects on children still in the womb. International researchers have discovered a connection between pregnant women exposing their unborn children and changes in DNA methylation — a process that can influence gene activity — in genes crucial for brain development. These changes persisted into…

Gang members were said to have set fire to at least 45 homes and 34 vehicles, forcing residents to flee. At least 70 people have been killed in a gang massacre in Haiti, the UN has said. Armed gunmen belonging to the Gran Grif gang passed through the town of Pont-Sonde with automatic rifles, shooting at residents…

On The Trail Of The Golden Owl, a book of riddles published in 1993, contained 11 clues, and a hidden 12th one, leading treasure hunters to search for the long sought after prize. A 31-year-long treasure hunt for a golden owl has come to an end this week after the clues were finally solved. On The Trail…

Mark Cuban had an unconventional test to see if his wife Tiffany Stewart was the one. The “Shark Tank” star admitted he once put Stewart to the test to prove her love for him by making her go to White Castle for a greasy slider before they walked down the aisle. “That was the test before we…

Thailand is a country in shock: three days ago, 20 children and three teachers were killed when their bus was engulfed in flames. It was one of the South East Asian country’s worst road accidents, and investigators have uncovered a series of safety failures which some have suggested effectively turned the vehicle into a “bomb on wheels”.…

In the year 1939, as German tanks and soldiers invaded Poland, a famous Polish artist and his film-star wife pawned off their jewellery and fled the country. Stefan Norblin and Lena left behind their dream home, which they were in the process of building, and their entire artistic legacy in exchange for safety. The couple aimed to…

Paul Pogba says his “nightmare is over” after a four-year ban for a doping offence was reduced to 18 months following a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). Sources close to the 31-year-old Juventus midfielder told BBC Sport he can resume training in January 2025 and will be eligible to play again from…

Boris Johnson claimed a listening device was discovered in his personal bathroom at the Foreign Office in his new book titled ‘Unleashed’. Boris Johnson has claimed that a listening device was discovered in his personal bathroom at the Foreign Office following a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017. In his new book, Unleashed, the…

Sorry, the video player failed to load.(Error Code: 101102) A Mexican national was gunned down in broad daylight near a luxurious Cancun resort by two suspects who fled on jetskis as tourists huddled inside during the scary scene, according to reports. The fatal shooting happened around noon Wednesday in what authorities believe was a targeted attack behind…

The US Justice Department and Microsoft said Thursday that they seized 107 internet domains used by hackers linked to Russian intelligence to target US government employees, defense contractors, and civil society organizations. Federal investigators said hackers associated with an element of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) used 41 domains in a spear phishing campaign targeting US-based companies…

Attorney Tony Buzbee expects to increase the number of civil lawsuits he is filing against Sean “Diddy” Combs after receiving a new wave of calls from alleged victims. During a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 1, Buzbee said he and co-counsel — Andrew Van Arsdale of the AVA Law Group — planned to file 120 lawsuits after…

A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq a decade ago was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation months in the making that involved Israel, the United States and Iraq, officials said. The woman is a member of the ancient Yazidi religious minority mostly found in Iraq and Syria which saw more…

At least 78 people drowned when a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, a provincial governor said. Relatives sobbed on shore as victims were placed in body bags and carried away, a Reuters witness said, and video footage shared widely online showed a packed multi-deck vessel listing…