The UK prime minister is meeting the Taoiseach in Co Cork for the second UK-Ireland Summit. Keir Starmer was greeted by Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Fota House ahead of a series of meetings involving ministers from both governments. Earlier, the two leaders visited the Tyndall National Institute, an electronics research centre at University College Cork. […]
Continue ReadingMeghan Markle has surprised young patients during a visit to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Meghan, 44, joined children at the hospital for painting and craft activities and met with patients in their rooms. Photos shared on the hospital’s Instagram page captured the duchess chatting with families and taking part in the art sessions. “Today […]
Continue ReadingA documentary about Girl Scouts, which was executive produced by Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, has been bought by an independent production company. The US rights to Cookie Queens – a coming-of-age story about the annual American tradition of Girl Scouts selling cookies – have been acquired by Roadside Attractions, Variety magazine said. Harry […]
Continue ReadingThe Michigan State Police have reported an active shooting incident on Thursday at the Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and law enforcement authorities were on the scene. FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X: “FBI personnel are on the scene with partners in Michigan and responding to the apparent vehicle ramming and active […]
Continue ReadingA political party created just four years ago and led by an ex-rapper has swept Nepal’s parliamentary poll, results published by the electoral commission on Thursday showed. The election – the country’s first since last year’s youth-led revolt – was won by the Rastriya Swatantra Party, or RSP, of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah. The RSP won […]
Continue ReadingA Russian court has convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in years. A faction of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the March 22, 2024, massacre at the […]
Continue ReadingIran targeted the world’s busiest international airport on Wednesday and attacked commercial ships in an escalation aimed at generating global economic pain to pressure the United States and Israel to end the war. On Thursday, an Iranian attack sparked a major fire on Bahrain’s Muharraq Island, home to the island kingdom’s international airport. Authorities urged […]
Continue ReadingAn inmate has appeared in court charged with the prison murder of Soham killer Ian Huntley. Anthony Russell, 43, appeared by video-link for a five-minute hearing at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court, County Durham, on Wednesday afternoon. Wearing a grey sweatshirt and sitting at a table, he spoke only to confirm his name and that he […]
Continue ReadingNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter have observed tests of strategic cruise missiles fired from a warship, state media reported, as North Korea threatened responses to US-South Korean military exercises. Images sent by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) showed the two in a conference room looking at a screen showing […]
Continue ReadingAt least six people have been killed and three others taken to hospital with severe injuries after a bus caught fire in a town west of the Swiss capital, police said. Police spokesperson Frederic Papaux, of the Fribourg region, said an unspecified “voluntary act” could be the cause of the inferno on Tuesday evening in […]
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