Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela within about a minute of each other on Wednesday, causing buildings to collapse and other damage in Caracas. The rare back-to-back tremors, measuring magnitudes 7.1 and 7.5, rank among the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in more than a century. A vehicle is trapped in a fissure in La […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk has lost his trillionaire status less than a fortnight since reaching the milestone, as swings in the share prices of SpaceX and Tesla drag on the tech mogul’s own fortune. Musk made history as the world’s first paper trillionaire earlier in June, following the blockbuster float of his SpaceX rocket company. Shares in […]
Continue ReadingA number of options are available to a judge in place of a conventional sentence for Eleanor Donaldson, who was found by a jury this week to have aided and abetted her husband Jeffrey Donaldson’s sex offending. The judge at Newry Crown Court could issue a number of treatment orders or else an absolute discharge. […]
Continue ReadingUS president Donald Trump said six people have been arrested over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the president’s 14 million dollar-plus (£10.7 million) rehabilitation project gone awry becomes a flashpoint ahead of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations. In a social media post, Mr Trump claimed without offering any supporting evidence that there had […]
Continue ReadingToday show host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal to viewers on Tuesday to come forward with any information about her missing mother, a day after news organisations said a ransom note received months ago had indicated that she was dead. “We are in agony, and we cannot be at peace. … We love our […]
Continue ReadingHarry Styles fans have been warned to stay hydrated and wear loose and breathable clothing to his gig at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday. The One Direction star will take to the stage amid scorching temperatures in the UK. It is forecast to be 33C in Wembley at 5pm when the doors to the concert open […]
Continue ReadingA three-year-old boy who ended up in a zoo’s crocodile enclosure is no longer in a critical condition and is now stable in hospital, police have said. The boy, from Cambridgeshire, was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge last Thursday following the incident at Johnsons of Old Hurst. A 30-year-old man from Norfolk was arrested […]
Continue ReadingFrance is enduring a gruelling heatwave with temperatures soaring above 40C. The national weather service, Meteo France, said that most of the country is entering what is described as a “plateau” of unrelenting heatwave conditions that is not forecast to start easing before Friday at the earliest. Multiple towns in western and central France, including […]
Continue ReadingKeir Starmer has announced he will resign as British Prime Minister less than two years after coming to power. In a statement outside 10 Downing Street, Starmer said his party had asked: “whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election”. He said: “I have heard the answer of my parliamentary […]
Continue ReadingThree pupils have been killed and another seven were injured after two young students opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines, police said. The suspects, aged 14 and 15, were armed with one pistol each. They were later arrested. The suspects and the victims were students of the San Jose National High […]
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