A months-long standoff between South African authorities and illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine in the town of Stilfontein ended this week with at least 78 people killed – likely from starvation, rights groups say. On Thursday, South African police confirmed it ended a rescue operation launched on MondayContinue Reading
Magdeburg has been enveloped in grief since an attack that killed a nine-year-old boy and four women at a Christmas market on Friday evening. About 200 people were also injured when a man rammed a car into the busy market in the eastern German city. The suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, aContinue Reading
The three officers were convicted in the death of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, a Black man who died in police custody. Three former members of Brazil’s Federal Highway Police have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the torture and death of a Black man held in the boot ofContinue Reading
New York Police Department releases CCTV stills showing a man wearing a hooded jacket with his face clearly visible. Police in the United States have released new images of a “person of interest” in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel. The CCTV stillsContinue Reading
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Brian Thompson was the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, a major US insurance company. Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest health insurance companies in the United States, has been shot and killed in New York City, according to media reports. Thompson was walking towards theContinue Reading
The looting of 97 trucks of a UN aid convoy in sight of Israeli military installations at the Karem Abu Salem crossing (Kerem Shalom for Israelis) has exacerbated the suffering of the blockaded Gaza Strip, already in an acute humanitarian crisis. The 109-truck convoy of aid shipments from several UNContinue Reading
Former President Donald Trump hammered home an anti-immigration issue in his closing argument pitch to voters on October 27 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. But before Trump spoke, the event made headlines for a series of racist jokes by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. He called Puerto Rico an “islandContinue Reading
A series of bomb threats against multiple Indian airlines has rocked the country this week, throwing authorities there and across five other nations into a scramble to investigate threats amid long delays and flight diversions. India’s flagship carrier, Air India, has been the target of more than a dozen warningsContinue Reading
Singapore – Singapore, a nation consistently ranked as among the least corrupt in the world, is gearing up for that rarest of things: a high-profile corruption trial. S Iswarana former transport minister best known for his role in helping to bring the Formula One (F1) night race to Singapore, isContinue Reading
The suspect remains at large after deadly and random attack on festival-goers in the western German city of Solingen. Three people have been killed and four others seriously injured in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. At about 10pm local timeContinue Reading
