LUIGI MANGIONE CHARGED WITH MURDERING HEALTHCARE CEO IN NEW YORK
A 26-year-old man has been charged with murder over last week’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. Luigi Mangione was taken into custody at a…
REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDERGROUND AT NOTORIOUS SYRIAN PRISON
The Syrian civil defence group known as the White Helmets says it is investigating reports from survivors of the country’s notorious Saydnaya prison that people are being detained in hidden…
S KOREA PRESIDENT ORDERED ARREST OF OWN PARTY LEADER
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered the arrest of his own ruling party’s leader Han Dong-hoon when he declared martial law on Tuesday night. The arrest list also included…
UNKNOWN FLU-LIKE DISEASE KILLS AT LEAST 79 PEOPLE IN DR CONGO
At least 79 people have died from an unknown disease that is causing flu-like symptoms in south-western Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry says. The health ministry says the…
DIDDY ACCUSED OF DANGLING WOMAN FROM HIGH BALCONY IN NEW CASE
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused in a new lawsuit of dangling a woman from the 17th-floor balcony of an apartment during an altercation. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles…
JAGUAR’S NEW ELECTRIC CONCEPT CAR DIVIDES OPINION
Luxury car maker Jaguar has unveiled its new electric concept car, less than a fortnight after the release of a teaser video that stirred online controversy. The unveiling of the…
ZELENSKY SUGGESTS WAR COULD END IF UNOCCUPIED UKRAINE COMES UNDER NATO
President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested that the parts of Ukraine under his control should be taken “under the Nato umbrella” to try and stop the “hot phase” of the war.…
ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT HIT BY POWER CUT DURING BUDGET SPEECH
A power cut plunged Zimbabwe’s parliament into darkness as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was finishing his budget speech. The lights flickered and died, leaving top officials like President Emmerson Mnangagwa,…
IS NAMIBIA GOING TO ELECT ITS FIRST FEMALE LEADER?
If things work out as Namibia’s long-time governing party hopes, the country will be electing its first female head of state this week. But a mood of disillusionment with liberation…
JUDGE DISMISSES SPECIAL COUNSEL’S ELECTION CASE AGAINST TRUMP
A federal judge has dismissed a major case against Donald Trump that alleged he illegally sought to overturn the 2020 election. Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who brought the criminal…