At least eight people were killed and 32 others were injured in a collision between a freight train and a bus in the Thai capital Bangkok on Saturday, officials said. Deputy Transport Minister Siripong Angkasakulakiat told reporters that initial reports showed that the public bus had been stopped at a red light on the railway … Read more
Given that the whale was a similar humpback, found close to where he was released, the likelihood that it was ‘Timmy’ seemed high from the start.Image: Markus Golejewski/dpa/Picture Alliance Divers have been able to confirm that a dead humpback whale spotted off the Danish coast is the same creature that was nicknamed “Timmy” after it … Read more
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A new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has caused at least 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths, according to the latest figures released on Saturday. There is currently no vaccine available for the strain, known as Bundibugyo, which is considered highly lethal, the country’s health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing in Kinshasa. Source … Read more
Police in London were on standby on Saturday as thousands of protesters joined the latest rally organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, rallied 150,000 people in central London last September for a rally proclaiming “national unity, free speech and Christian values”. Who is Tommy Robinson? The public profile … Read more
A senior Islamic State group leader, described as “the most active terrorist in the world”, has been killed in a joint operation by US and Nigerian forces in the west African country, the two countries’ presidents said. Source link
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Thousands of people began rallying in London Saturday at a march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson and a counter-demonstration fused with a pro-Palestinian protest, amid a huge police presence. Source link
Merz seen in Wurzburg believes coalition could be more harmoniousImage: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters/dpa/Picture Alliance A poll has shown that about 47% of people in Germany would like to see an end to the current ruling coalition of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD). YouGov survey conducted for the weekly sunday world … Read more
The Israeli military said on Saturday that it had killed the head of Hamas’s military wing Ezzedine Al-Haddad during an air strike carried out the previous day in Gaza. Haddad’s wife and daughter were also killed in the attack, according to a Hamas source. Source link