Mangione lawyers to meet federal prosecutors amid reports of plea deal
Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York, are meeting federal prosecutors on Friday amid US media reports of a potential plea agreement. Mangione faces two federal charges of stalking…
Colombia rescuers cling to hope as quake survival window closes
Rescuers in Colombia made a last-ditch effort to locate earthquake survivors early Thursday, as the critical 72-hour window for finding people alive drew to a close. Our journalist Rosa Perez gives us the lastest information. Keywords for this article…
Michael Ryan: Family of Irish plane crash victim awarded $29m in damages
Flight ET302 took off from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at 08:38 local time (05:38 GMT) on 10 March for a two-hour flight to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Six minutes later, at 08:44, it crashed 30 miles southeast of the airport, near the town of…
Russia-Ukraine war: Grain hub attacks raise fears over global food prices
Kyiv and Moscow have been trading attacks on each other’s grain warehouses, as concerns mount that global food prices could rise as a result.Russia struck Ukraine’s largest grain shipment port on the Danube overnight, causing damage and…
Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes drop in Danube River level
Romania has shut down its only nuclear power station because of extremely low water levels in the Danube river caused by prolonged hot weather affecting much of Europe. The Cernavodă plant, where two reactors produce about 20% of Romania’s…
Solar eclipse 2026: Africa witnesses partial eclipse
Part of the world turned its eyes to the skies this Wednesday.The eclipse was also visible across Africa. In Tabarka, where the phenomenon was most pronounced in Tunisia, 59.06% of the Sun was obscured.The partial eclipse was also visible from Dakar and…
Air India to test all pilots for banned substances
Air India is to test all of its pilots for banned substances, starting immediately. It comes after an incident last week in which its Phuket to Delhi flight suddenly lost altitude, with a preliminary report saying the senior pilot had to retake their…
Lagos: Electric vehicles offer an alternative as fuel prices soar
If you know Nigeria’s city of Lagos, you’re surely familiar with the hum of its traffic jams. But a new sound is emerging… or rather, one is disappearing.As soaring fuel prices have hit Nigeria in recent years, some motorists are…
Concern grows over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
Concern about living conditions on a US aircraft carrier that has been deployed in the Middle East for more than 250 days is leading a US senator to demand answers from the military about the vessel and putting more pressure on the Trump administration…
Eurovision: Winners involved in ‘armed conflict’ now ineligible to host contest
The winning country in Eurovision will be ineligible to host the contest the following year if involved in an armed conflict or a «sensitive geopolitical situation» that could impact the safety of the event, organisers said on August 12. The rules for…