AP New Delhi restricted many private vehicles from the roads Monday to try to lessen pollution as people gasped and their eyes burned in toxic smog that exacerbated a public health crisis. The “odd-even” scheme will restrict private vehicles with odd-number license plates to driving on odd dates while even-numbered plates are allowed on even-numbered
AP For many Vietnamese, a job in a Western European country is seen as a path to prosperity worth breaking the law. But the risks of doing so are high and the consequences can be deadly, as the discovery of 39 bodies in a truck in England last week proved. The victims were believed to
BBC US President Donald Trump has announced he will make Florida his permanent home instead of Trump Tower in New York. He said he had been badly treated by New York’s political leaders, despite having paid millions of dollars in tax. Trump was born in New York but has increasingly spent more time at his
AFP A shoot-out in the northern Brazilian city of Manaus between police and suspected drug traffickers left 17 people dead, local authorities announced on Wednesday. “The individuals exchanged fire with the police, 17 were hit by bullets and transported to hospital, where they were confirmed dead,” the state security secretariat said of the incident late
AFP Boeing announced Thursday up to 50 of its popular 737NG planes had been grounded after cracks in them were detected, in another blow to the US aircraft maker following two deadly crashes. Australian national carrier Qantas became the latest airline to take one of the planes out of the air, as it said it
AFP At least 71 people were killed and dozens injured after cooking gas cylinders exploded on a train packed with pilgrims in Pakistan on Thursday, some dying after leaping from carriages to escape the inferno, authorities said. Television footage showed flames pouring out of three carriages as people could be heard crying during the incident,
BBC Dennis Muilenburg, chief executive of Boeing, was quizzed on Tuesday by the Senate Commerce Committee over the deadly 737 Max 8 crashes. Two deadly 737 Max 8 crashes killed a total of 346 people. Muilenburg admitted the firm had made “mistakes”. The fleet has been grounded for 10 months and BBC Radio 4’s Today
BBC The UK is set to go to the polls on 12 December after MPs backed Boris Johnson’s call for an election following months of Brexit deadlock. By a margin of 438 votes to 20, the House of Commons approved legislation paving the way for the first December election since 1923. The bill is still
BBC A lorry driver is due to appear in court charged over the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated trailer in Essex. Maurice Robinson, 25, of Craigavon in Northern Ireland, is due to appear via videolink at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The bodies were found in a trailer in the early hours
AP The European Council president says the bloc has agreed to grant Britain a new Brexit delay to Jan. 31 next year. Donald Tusk said on Twitter “the EU 27 has agreed that it will accept the UK’s request for a Brexit flextension. The decision is expected to be formalized through a written procedure.” Tusk’s
AFP A 67-year-old woman has given birth in China, a hospital said on Monday, with the parents claiming they are the country’s oldest couple to have a natural birth. The woman, surnamed Tian, delivered a healthy girl by Caesarean section on Friday, Zaozhuang city’s Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital told AFP. “The child was
BBC A body has been found and four people are missing in flooding that has hit parts of north-east Spain. A woman and her son were inside a mobile bungalow when the River Francolí burst its banks and washed it away. Flash floods in northern Italy left two people dead on Tuesday and roads in
AFP British police said 39 bodies were found near London on Wednesday in the container of a truck thought to have come from Bulgaria. Essex Police said the people were all pronounced dead at the scene in an industrial park in Grays, east of London. Early indications suggest the victims are 38 adults and one
AFP Thirty years after the first-ever gay civil unions in Denmark, same-sex marriages are today allowed in 28 countries, but homosexuality remains illegal in some parts of the world. After the liberalisation of same sex marriage came into force in Northern Ireland on Monday, here is an overview of the global situation. On October 1,
BBC Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party has retained power in a narrow Canadian election win, but he will now be prime minister of a minority government. The Liberals are projected to win 156 seats, 14 short of a majority, and will find it harder to pass legislation in Mr Trudeau’s second term. The opposition Conservatives are
CNN Prince Harry has said that every camera flash takes him “straight back” to the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997. In an interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby, the Duke of Sussex described the emotional toll of living in the spotlight. When asked if he feels at peace yet about the death of
AFP Rescuers in Japan worked around the clock on Tuesday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful weekend typhoon that killed more than 70 people and caused widespread destruction. Hagibis slammed into Japan on Saturday, unleashing fierce winds and unprecedented rain that triggered landslides and caused dozens of rivers to burst their
CNN Republican lawmakers will face fraught questions most have tried to dodge over President Donald Trump’s fight against impeachment as they return to Washington for a week pulsating with political drama. First up on Monday, Trump’s former top National Security Council Russia specialist Fiona Hill is expected to give a deposition to House committees and
AFP Britain and the European Union on Monday entered a pivotal week that will determine if they are still on course to reach amicable divorce terms and when Brexit might finally occur. Queen Elizabeth II is due to step into the fray by performing her ceremonial duty of informing parliament about the government’s agenda for
BBC More than 110,000 people are taking part in search and rescue operations after Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan on Saturday. The typhoon – the worst storm to hit the country in decades – has left at least 37 dead, with 20 missing. Typhoon Hagibis also caused the cancellation of three Rugby World Cup matches but
