Survivors of a storm that sank a superyacht off the coast of Sicily recounted their ordeal to one of the doctors who rushed to their aid, with some saying it took mere minutes for the 180ft vessel to go down. Dr Fabio Genco, head of the Palermo Emergency Medical Services, told NBC News on Thursday … Read more
OULU, Finland — They’re the most fervent musicians no one has ever heard. Performers at this year’s Air Guitar World Championships in Finland tuned up Friday at the Olympics of air guitar for the 27th time, featuring dedicated competitors like “Shred Lasso” and “Guitarantula.” This year’s challenge began Wednesday with Airientation in Oulu, a city … Read more
Multiple people have reportedly been killed and injured in an attack at a festival in the city of Solingen in west Germany. Local new agencies are reporting three people have been killed in what’s believed to be a stabbing attack at a Fronhof marketplace. Festival organisers, Philipp Müller, said on stage that nine people were … Read more
Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr says he will suspend his campaign, and has endorsed Republican Donald Trump, likely ending a presidential bid that he began as a Democrat trading on one of the most famous names in US politics. His campaign indicated that he feared staying in the race would siphon support from … Read more
PARIS — Before he died this week, French film icon Alain Delon once suggested he wanted his beloved sheepdog Loubo buried with him. To the relief of animal lovers around France, Loubo will be allowed to survive. Delon, an internationally acclaimed and prolific actor and producer, died Sunday, aged 88, and will be buried on … Read more
The body believed to be that of Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, has been recovered from the wreck of the Bayesian superyacht that sank off Sicily this week. A CNN team on the ground saw divers carry the final body bag from a rescue boat onto the harbour of … Read more
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue. The laws were issued on Wednesday after they were approved by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, a government spokesperson said. The Taliban had set up … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia — Sphen, the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died at 11 years old, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday. Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now aged 8, came to international attention in 2018 when they … Read more
WASHINGTON — To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases. Their answer: Not many have done the job. And success often means someone has to pay a price, whether at the pump or elsewhere. In only 63 cases … Read more
A Californian woman fed up with packages being stolen from her post office box sent an Apple AirTag to herself in a cunning plan to track down the suspected thief. It worked. Several items had previously been stolen from the woman’s mailbox at Los Alamos Post Office when she came up with the idea, the … Read more
