The incident prompted protests in Houston on Wednesday, and four Democratic Congress members have demanded an independent investigation into Salgado’s death. In a letter to DHS, Sylvia Garcia, Al Green, Lizzie Fletcher and Christian Menefeewrote, wrote that the incident was “not the first time ICE agents have used unnecessary, deadly force”. They urged Senator Markwayne […]
Continue ReadingA passenger was reportedly nearly sucked out of a cabin window in mid-air on a Ryanair plane. Witnesses told local media the man, said to be a Serbian citizen in his 60s, was left hanging head first out of the window as far as his shoulders for several minutes, before other passengers on the flight […]
Continue ReadingLandslides triggered by one of the strongest storms in decades have killed at least 15 people in southern Philippines, as parts of East Asia brace themselves for the looming storm. Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point – roughly the width of France – is sweeping across the Pacific towards Taiwan. […]
Continue ReadingChina has successfully landed a reusable rocket for the first time in a major breakthrough for the country’s space programme, according to state media. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said the Long March 10B rocket lifted off from Hainan in southern China at 12:15 local time (04:15GMT) on Friday. Around six minutes after […]
Continue ReadingSouth Korean computer chip maker SK Hynix has raised $26.5bn (£19.8bn) in its New York share offering, marking the largest ever listing by a foreign firm in the US. The company, a key supplier to artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia, said on Thursday that it had sold 177.9 million American depositary shares for $149 […]
Continue ReadingLeaving the Sea of Azov is not necessarily a guarantee of safety from Ukraine’s drone strikes. Ukraine’s general staff released footage on Wednesday of a naval drone attack on a sanctioned tanker called Blue. The onboard footage shows the unmanned vessel evading fire as it approaches the tanker, before the video cuts out as it […]
Continue ReadingShe is concerned, however, that it will be difficult for voters to coalesce around any new candidate in just three months. “The thing I’m the most worried about is we run somebody and he or she loses, and then we spend the next four years pointing fingers at whose fault that was,” she said. In […]
Continue ReadingThe Maine Democratic Party has announced it will select a new nominee at a convention held sometime in the next two weeks. Media reports indicate hundreds of delegates will weigh in on the choice. The party will have to tread carefully when nominating a replacement aligned with the policies that Platner successfully ran on, while […]
Continue ReadingIn a first-of-its-kind study from Australia’s Macquarie University, in collaboration with Southern Medical University in China, researchers observed bees showing “emotion-like behaviours” previously only seen in mammals. The BBC’s Australia reporter Lana Lam explains how their work suggests that bees might have a much richer inner life than ever thought before.
Continue ReadingThe ICC has been investigating allegations of war crimes in Darfur for more than 20 years since the previous round of violence in the 2000s. “What we see is patterns of offending that in fact were the same patterns of offending 20 years ago when this situation was first referred to us by the Security […]
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