The Rock waxwork museum makes skin tone fix after criticism
Paris's Grevin Museum says it has "remedied the skin tone" of the life-sized wax figure overnight.
2023-10-24 21:15
Nigeria's paramilitary raids birthday party, arrests 76 gay people
Seventy-six people were arrested for attending a birthday party for gay people in northern Nigeria, the country's paramilitary agency said on Monday, adding that the organizer had also planned to hold a same sex wedding, which is illegal.
2023-10-24 20:57
Hong Kong may seek to kick-start ailing property market in policy address
By James Pomfret and Clare Jim HONG KONG Hong Kong is expected to announce lower stamp duties for
2023-10-24 20:52
A family's desperate search for missing Tanzanian student in Israel
The BBC names a Tanzanian student still missing in Israel weeks after Hamas attacked civilians.
2023-10-24 20:47
Ukraine's leader says Russian naval assets are no longer safe in the Black Sea near Crimea
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe bases and secure maritime corridors in the western part of the Black Sea
2023-10-24 20:25
Freed hostage says she was held in 'spider's web' of Gaza tunnels
Speaking after being released by Hamas, Yocheved Lifschitz said she "went through hell" while in captivity.
2023-10-24 19:58
Coke raises full-year sales forecast after stronger-than-expected third quarter
Coca-Cola is raising its full-year revenue forecast after a stronger-than-expected third quarter
2023-10-24 19:50
France's Macron proposes that anti-Islamic State coalition fights Hamas
By Noemie Olive JERUSALEM (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron proposed on Tuesday that an international coalition fighting against Islamic State
2023-10-24 19:23
Cargo ship crash - latest: Body found and four still missing after British boat sinks in North Sea
One person has died and four are still missing off the coast of Germany after a British cargo ship collided with another boat in the North Sea. The ships, Polesie and Verity, collided in the early morning about 14 miles south-west of the island of Helgoland, Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said. German authorities say four people remain missing and two have been rescued. Verity was headed from Bremen, Germany, to the English port of Immingham. The other ship, the Bahamas-flagged Polesie, remained afloat with 22 people on board. A P&O crusie called the Iona which was travelling from Hamburg is helping with the urgent rescue mission as German officials confirmed te According to reports, people on board were panicked when there was an announcement at 6am this morning alerting customers to the incident. A spokesperson for P&O Cruises said: “P&O Cruises Iona is currently involved in a search and rescue operation off the coast of Germany. “The incident is ongoing and Iona’s cooperation complies with international maritime law as well as being consistent with the company’s moral and legal obligations.” The emergency command said one person was rescued from the water and was being given medical treatment.
2023-10-24 19:21
Kremlin says Russia ready to endure more Western sanctions
MOSCOW Russia's economy has adapted well to years of Western sanctions and so it does not fear the
2023-10-24 18:51
Brazil drought reveals ancient rock carvings of human faces
The carvings of human faces on the shore of the Amazon are thought to be at least 1,000 years old.
2023-10-24 18:47
Off-duty pilot accused of trying to disable jetliner faces first court hearing
An off-duty pilot accused of trying to shut off the engines of an Alaska Airlines jet on a
2023-10-24 18:47