Cannabis with an estimated value of more than €2m (£1.8m) has been seized in County Donegal. Gardaí (Irish police) and revenue officers seized the drugs in Lifford on Tuesday in a joint operation involving the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and Donegal Divisional Drugs Unit and Revenue’s Custom Service. About 112kg of … Read more
Getty Images The council said it received complaints about members of the public and particularly tourists touching the Molly Malone statue Stewarts are to be stationed next to a statue of Molly Malone in Dublin to discourage people from touching it. Dublin City Council is running a pilot scheme for a week in May after … Read more
Stephen McDonell China Correspondent EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Taiwan Navy ships patrol Keelung harbour as China stages military drills in the Taiwan Strait China’s military conducted a live-fire exercise in the Taiwan Strait to simulate strikes on key ports and energy facilities, it said on Wednesday. The exercise, codenamed “Strait Thunder”, is an escalation of military drills China … Read more
A powerful king tide caused damage as it battered Sydney’s coast on Tuesday evening. Waves reaching 5.5 metres shattered glass and lifted floors at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Icebergs pool. The surf club’s manager said the sheer magnitude of water was like nothing he had seen before. Further down the coastline, residents in Botany Bay were … Read more
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize “large areas” of the territory. In a statement on Wednesday, Katz said the expanded operation aimed to “destroy and clear the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure”. Seized areas would be “incorporated into Israeli security zones”, he said. He … Read more
Anna Meisel & Paul Kenyon BBC File On 4 Investigates Getty Images The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a comprehensive review into shipments of waste tyres from the UK to India. Last week, BBC File on 4 Investigates heard that millions of these tyres – sent for recycling – were actually being “cooked” in makeshift … Read more
Heavy rainfall caused flashing flooding on Greece’s Paros island on Monday, 31 March. Drone footage captures the scale of destruction in the capital, Naousa, with damage to vehicles and authorities working to clear mud from the streets. Schools were closed Monday and authorities urged residents to avoid travel, according to local media. Further heavy rainfall … Read more
Conservative TV company Newsmax has seen its stock market valuation surge by more than 2,200% since its debut in New York on Monday. The US firm’s shares, which were originally priced at $10 (£7.75) each, stood at $233 at the end of Tuesday’s trading session. That means it has a market value of almost $30bn, … Read more
Wisconsin voters have elected a Democratic-backed judge to serve on the state supreme court, according to US media projections, following the most expensive judicial election in US history. Susan Crawford is on course to beat conservative rival Brad Schimel, reports NBC and CNN, which would keep intact the 4-3 liberal dominance of the Midwestern state’s … Read more
Zeyar Htun and Tessa Wong BBC Burmese and BBC News BBC / Neha Sharma Soe Nay Oo was an imam in Myanmar but had been working for a human rights group in Thailand after fleeing the 2021 coup As the call to prayer rang out in Sagaing last Friday, hundreds of Muslims hurried to the … Read more