Speculation was mounting Friday that Russia’s military could have had a role in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people and left 29 survivors injured in Kazakhstan on Christmas day, with experts casting doubt on Moscow’s suggestion that a bird strike was to blame. Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer 190 aircraft, was…
At least 69 people, including 25 Malians, have died after a boat bound for Spain from West Africa capsized off Morocco, Mali’s authorities have confirmed. The “makeshift boat” was carrying about 80 people, but only 11 people survived, said a statement from the Ministry of Malians Abroad. At least nine of the survivors are from…
While the festive season might be a distant memory, many are still longing for snowy scenes in the UK. Although Britain may occasionally don a white coat around Christmas, true winter wonderlands are still rare. But for those with an appetite for the extreme, cast your gaze to the coldest village on Earth, where temperatures…
A second person has died following a fatal hit-and-run crash in Blanchardstown in Dublin. A car struck four pedestrians near Blanchardstown Shopping Centre at about 17:45 local time on Thursday. A woman in her 30s was pronounced deceased at the scene on Thursday evening. On Friday morning, Gardaí (Irish police) said that a man in…
BBC Kate Booth said a pine tree she’d planted as a little girl “blew over like a matchstick” A woman has described how her 60ft pine tree “blew over like a matchstick” when a tornado struck two villages last year. Winds of up to 160mph swept through Millbrook and Carrbrook in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, on…
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN staff were at Yemen’s international airport in Sanaa on Thursday during an Israeli air strike. In a social media post, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he and staff were about to board a plane when the airport came under aerial bombardment. “One of…
Winter winds in the US have delivered deadly surf conditions to western states and reports of tornadoes to Texas, as parts of the US faced severe weather over the holidays. With waves as high as 30ft (9.1m) in some areas of California, the US National Weather Service issued a high surf advisory for the US…
Supriya Kantak / Courtesy Prime Video Waack Girls is a dance drama centred around six women A woman dances in the spotlight, the glittering tassels on her dress shivering and swaying in tandem with her moves. But it’s her arms that catch the light; they wave, spin and whip through the air at breath-taking speed,…
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