Three gunmen have pulled up to a party in northern Mexico and opened fire on revellers, killing six people and wounding 26 others. Two of the dead were aged under 18, and five of the wounded were children. Four of the wounded were reported to be in critical condition at local hospitals, while 13 others … Read more
Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American dual citizen abducted by Hamas on October 7, has been released — marking the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas. Edan was one of the 17 hostages released on Sunday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: More hostages released. Watch the … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president is inaugurating a ‘super pharmacy’ in a bid to end the woes of patients throughout the country who are often told they need a specific medicine — but the hospital in question doesn’t have it. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s solution was to outfit a big warehouse on the outskirts … Read more
A Perth man who was allegedly beaten and mugged outside a Bali nightclub is now struggling to get home in time for his brother’s wedding. Matthew Stevenson, 27, from Midland, said his cheek was broken when he was set upon by a group of men outside the Engine Room in Kuta on Friday night. WATCH … Read more
Michael Sopejstal, who lives in Illinois, said he takes a drive through Indiana over to Michigan every few weeks to eat at his favourite restaurant. He also makes sure to buy a Lucky for Life ticket for 10 or 20 draws, according to the Michigan Lottery. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Powerball winner shares biggest mistake … Read more
NEW YORK — Aigul Akhmetshina likes to describe herself as “just an ordinary girl from a small village in the middle of nowhere in Russia.” Not quite. Akhmetshina started performing folk songs of her native Bashkortostan while still a toddler. Her family couldn’t afford a piano, so her first instrument was a button accordion. At … Read more
A truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza that was on the verge of expiring has been extended by two days, raising the prospect the Palestinian group will free hostages beyond the 69 already released. The truce will prolong a pause in the seven-week war between Israel and the Islamist Palestinian group, which triggered the … Read more
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who admitted to helping her boyfriend kill her abusive mother in a case that generated international attention, was released from prison on parole Thursday local time, a Missouri corrections official told CNN. Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 after confessing that she convinced her boyfriend to stab her mother Dee … Read more
Maine’s top election official has disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s US presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the attack on the Capitol. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, concluded that Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in … Read more
The body of a man missing in the US state of Michigan since October has been found — in the ventilation system at a community college. Jason Anthony Thompson, 36, had disappeared last month, and his family reported him missing on November 1. His body was found at a campus building at the Macomb Community … Read more
