Month September 2023

Whale capsizes boat leaving 1 person dead, another injured in ‘absolute freak accident’: officials

A breaching whale Saturday capsized a nearly 15-foot boat off the coast of Australia, leaving one man dead and another in the hospital, officials said.  “At 6 this morning, police responded to reports of two people in the water,” New… Continue Reading →

UK home secretary says multiculturalism has ‘failed’ as Europe faces migrant crisis

U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said this week multiculturalism has “failed” as she faced Europe’s migrant crisis head-on and called for a change to what she described as outdated asylum and refugee rules. Braverman, the U.K.’s top immigration minister, spoke… Continue Reading →

French government combats bedbug epidemic in Paris, urges calm

The French government is urging calm as it works to combat an outbreak of bedbugs in the capital city of Paris. Recent videos from Paris residents showing bedbugs infesting public transportation, movie theaters and other areas of daily life have… Continue Reading →

Russian Paralympians cannot use flag at Paris games

Russian athletes competing at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris will not be allowed to use their nation’s flag.  The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) voted Friday on the eligibility of Russian athletes, allowing individuals to compete under neutral banners.  Russia has… Continue Reading →

Married pilot snorts cocaine off topless woman in booze-fueled romp before flight: report

A British Airways pilot was suspended and eventually fired after he was reported for drinking and using cocaine the night before a return flight to London. Mike Beaton, a pilot with British Airways, had a night off after a flight… Continue Reading →

Libyan coast guard boat rams into migrant dinghy, throwing 50 into Mediterranean

A Libyan coast guard boat rammed into a dingy carrying some 50 migrants just off Libya’s coast on Friday, partially sinking the vessel. Many of those onboard were thrown into the Mediterranean Sea and had to swim to another Libyan… Continue Reading →

Acting Spanish PM gets second chance at power as conservatives struggle to set up new government

Spain’s acting center-left Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez lost July’s national election but now has a shot at returning to power after the leader of the country’s conservatives failed for a second time Friday to get parliament’s support for a new… Continue Reading →

Eswatini, one of the world’s last monarchies, holds largely ceremonial elections

The small southern African nation of Eswatini held elections Friday to decide part of the makeup of its Parliament, even as its extremely wealthy king retains absolute power, political parties are banned and elected representatives can merely advise a monarch… Continue Reading →

US-backed Syrian Kurds report capture of key Islamic State figure

Syrian Kurdish fighters and American forces have captured a senior member of the Islamic State group, a militant described as one of its “key facilitators,” the force said Friday. Mahmdouh Ibrahim al-Haji, also known as Abu Youssef, was taken into… Continue Reading →

Security forces replace militants in Palestinian refugee camp as cease-fire holds

A Palestinian security force deployed Friday in a school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp in the country’s south, replacing gunmen who had occupied it since fighting broke out in late July leaving more than 30 people dead. The… Continue Reading →

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