The US is sending air accident investigators to South Korea to help determine what went wrong with the Jeju Air plane that crash-landed at Muan airport and skidded in a barrier early on Sunday, killing 179. The team of investigators includes the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing, which…
Charles F Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent US media companies including Home Box Office Inc and Cablevision Systems Corp, has died at age 98, according to a news report. A statement issued on Saturday by his family said Dolan died of natural causes, Newsday reported late on Saturday. “It is with deep…
Seven people have been arrested after a murder investigation was launched into the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old man in Derbyshire, police said. East Midlands ambulance service contacted police at 8.20pm on Saturday to report that a man had been stabbed on Rose Avenue in the town of Ilkeston. Arriving at the scene, officers found…
Revellers could see their New Year’s Eve plans curtailed or cancelled as heavy rain, snow and strong winds are forecast to hit the UK, causing travel disruption for most of this week. The Met Office issued multiple yellow weather warnings for Monday to Thursday, with almost all of the country affected by at least one…
A reputed animal lover from Michigan was reportedly beaten to death while trying to stop his neighbor from beating a dog on Christmas Eve, according to authorities and people who knew the victim. Robert “Bobby” Cavanaugh, 60, was riding his bicycle through his mobile home community in the Detroit suburb of Madison Heights when he…
At least two people were killed and six more injured as several tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, damaging homes and flipping vehicles as the storm system moved east across Alabama early on Sunday. The US National Weather Service (NWS)’s severe storm tracker indicated the system was moving east through Alabama into…
Three people have died after falling from an overcrowded small boat trying to cross from France to the UK, as 2024 became the deadliest year on record for perilous sea crossings. The boat ran into trouble at about 6am on Sunday near Blériot-Plage, a public beach in Sangatte close to the French Channel port of…
Scorching temperatures and elevated fire dangers are forecast for the coming week as Australia rings in the new year – but light winds could protect towns from blazes becoming too severe. Perth was the first hit by the heatwave, with a high of 34C recorded on Sunday, and maximums above 32C forecast for every day…
Three of the UK’s biggest museums face the threat of strike action in 2025 by security guards over pay and conditions. Guards at the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum are in dispute with the external contractor, Wilson James. They want a basic pay rate of £16 an hour…
Georgia’s pro-western president, Salome Zourabichvili, has said she will leave the palace but remains the country’s legitimate officeholder, after refusing to hand over the keys to her successor in the wake of a controversial general election. Her comments on Sunday came moments before Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former football player turned far-right politician backed by the…
