A woman in her 60s has died following a three-vehicle crash in County Donegal. It happened on the N25 at Moonameen at about 14:10 local time on Sunday. The woman, who was a passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene, her body has been removed and a post-mortem examination will take place in due course. … Read more
Reuters Rescuers work at the site of a building that collapsed in Mandalay, Myanmar Four more people have been pulled from rubble nearly 60 hours after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, killing at least 1,700 people in the south-east Asian country. The survivors were rescued from a collapsed school building in … Read more
Sebastian Usher BBC Middle East analyst Dr Mark Perlmutter An image supplied by Dr Perlmutter shows medics operating on a wounded Palestinian in Gaza Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing An American surgeon who’s been working in two Gaza hospitals for the past three weeks has said that wounded Palestinian … Read more
Republican calls to investigate a group chat in which White House national security officials shared sensitive military information has intensified, with Oklahoma Senator James Lankford saying it is “entirely appropriate”. Lankford stopped short of calling for officials to resign when speaking to CNN on Sunday, but he joins a growing number of Republicans who have … Read more
A test rocket aimed at kickstarting European satellite launches has crashed back to Earth moments after taking flight. The unmanned Spectrum rocket, which took off from a Norwegian spaceport on Sunday, was billed as the first attempt at an orbital flight to come from Europe. German start-up Isar Aerospace developed the rocket and had warned … Read more
Nadine Yousif and Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto Reuters Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, has taken a diplomatic approach to the trade war Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is willing to walk into the “lion’s den” to sway American officials against Canadian tariffs – wooing the US president with meetings at Mar-a-Lago and cosying … Read more
Days after the Myanmar earthquake, rescue efforts have been continuing in neighbouring Thailand’s capital city, Bangkok, where a skyscraper that was under construction collapsed. Dozens of workers were trapped and there have been a number of confirmed fatalities. BBC correspondent Arunoday Mukharji visited the scene and said there was a “lot of work still left … Read more
Donald Trump has said he “couldn’t care less” if carmakers raise prices after his 25% tariffs on foreign-made vehicles comes into effect. Some analysts have warned that Trump’s charges on businesses importing vehicles could lead to the temporary shutdown of significant car production in the US, increase prices, and strain relations with allies. But speaking … Read more
EPA The wildfire destroyed national treasures like Goun Temple, a Unesco World Heritage Site A 56-year-old man is being investigated in South Korea on suspicion of starting a deadly wildfire that killed 30 people. The man, who has not been named, was performing an ancestral rite by a family grave on a hill in Uiseong … Read more
A man was taken into custody after crashing into 13 vehicles while trying to evade police in Long Beach, California on Friday. Ariel footage shows the suspect speeding into oncoming traffic and colliding head-on with multiple vehicles, before crashing into a strip mall parking lot. Truck driver Ricardo Colindes told CBS News he was dropping … Read more