NEW DELHI — It has been a wedding like no other — and the festivities have been going on for months. So where does one start? With a three-day pre-wedding celebration in March when Rihanna and Akon performed for a star-studded 1,200-person guest list? Or a four-day European cruise in May that featured on-deck concerts … Read more
At least 17 people have died in the collapse of a two-storey school in central Nigeria, with many others trapped in the rubble. The school was in the community of Busa Buji in the city of Jos North. According to local media reports, the collapse occurred about 8.30am local time, when many teachers and students … Read more
A man has been accused of trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China — by stuffing them into his pants. Customs officers in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen intercepted the man travelling through Futian Port, a checkpoint between Hong Kong and mainland China, the agency said on Tuesday. During an … Read more
LONDON — Italy’s Jasmine Paolini faces the Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova for the Wimbledon women’s championship. The match Saturday at Centre Court is the first singles final at the All England Club for each player. The seventh-seeded Paolini is playing for the trophy at a second consecutive Grand Slam tournament after losing to Iga Swiatek … Read more
Now this is a wedding … This weekend many hundreds if not thousands of couples will seal their love with an … I do. Perhaps it’ll be a lavish ceremony with hundreds on the guest list, perhaps small, with a few close friends and family. Maybe a groomsman might get too drunk, or the celebrant, … Read more
British police investigating the deaths of two men whose remains were found in suitcases in Bristol, have made further grim discoveries. The suspect being sought has been named as 24-year-old Colombian national Yostin Andres Mosquera. Detectives launched a major manhunt after the remains of two men were found at Bristol’s Clifton Suspension bridge on Thursday. … Read more
MUMBAI, India — The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, married his longtime girlfriend early Saturday in what many dubbed the wedding of the year, attended by global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians, highlighting the billionaire’s staggering wealth and rising clout. The wedding rituals, including exchanging garlands by the couple and walking around … Read more
Dozens of bodies have been dug out of collapsed buildings and pulled off rubble-covered streets, after an Israeli assault in a district of Gaza City. The discovery of the bodies came after Israeli troops reportedly pulled out of parts of the Tal al-Hawa and Sinaah neighbourhoods following days of bombardment and fighting there. The Israeli … Read more
A US judge has dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin after his lawyers alleged police hid evidence of the source of the live round that killed Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer made the ruling three days after Baldwin’s trial began in New Mexico, after hearing evidence on the defence … Read more
British police have launched a manhunt after two suitcases containing human remains were discovered on Clifton Suspension Bridge in the southwestern city of Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police said on Thursday that it received a call at 11.57pm local time the day before about a man with a suitcase “acting suspiciously” on the bridge. By … Read more
