Millions of people in New York City and a large swathe of the US north-east were stuck at home under road travel bans and blizzard warnings on Monday as a fierce winter storm barrelled into the region with heavy snowfall and high winds. Mobile phones across New York City received alerts on Sunday night announcing […]
Continue ReadingA packed bus on its way to Nepal’s capital has driven off a mountain road in Nepal, killing 19 people including a British national and leaving another 25 wounded. There were dozens of people on board the bus, which was heading from the resort city of Pokhara to Kathmandu when it drove off the Prithvi […]
Continue ReadingFormer two-division champion Conor McGregor claims he’s ready to return to the UFC, and this time against a “no name” foe. Sidelined since July 2021, McGregor has been rather vocal about returning to the Octagon. McGregor (22-6) went so far as to take to social media on Saturday and note that he’s just waiting for […]
Continue ReadingLondon police officers assigned to King Charles‘ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were instructed to provide security for a dinner party at Jeffrey Epstein‘s residence in New York in 2010, British media reported on Sunday. The Sunday Times, which first reported the story, cited emails from the Epstein files that appear to detail arrangements for Mountbatten-Windsor […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump has said he is raising the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from the 10% he had announced a day earlier. Mr Trump said in a social media post that he was making the decision “Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, […]
Continue ReadingNasa’s new Moon rocket has suffered another setback, putting next month’s planned launch with astronauts in jeopardy, the space agency announced. Officials revealed the latest problem just one day after targeting March 6 for humanity’s first flight to the Moon in more than half a century. Overnight, the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper […]
Continue ReadingUS president Donald Trump said on Saturday he will raise from 10 per cent to 15 per cent a temporary tariff rate on US imports from all countries, which he imposed after the US Supreme Court ruled against his signature tariff programme based on an economic emergency law. Infuriated by the high court’s ruling, Trump […]
Continue ReadingA student from Gaza has described how leaving her family to come to Ireland was the “hardest decision of my entire life”. Ghada Ashour, a speaker at Saturday’s National March for Palestine in Dublin, told the Press Association she left Khan Younis last September to study for a master’s degree in Ireland. She said her […]
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl has been named the best-selling album globally in 2025 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Her 12th studio album topped the IFPI’s general albums chart, sales chart for physical releases and paid downloads, and vinyl sales chart, having been released in October last year, as […]
Continue ReadingIsraeli air strikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight members of the militant Hezbollah group, including local commanders, officials said. The Lebanese health ministry put the death toll at 10, but did not distinguish between militants and civilians. The Hezbollah officials said eight militants were killed in strikes near the village of Rayak in north-east […]
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