A British Airways pilot, Mike Beaton, is facing severe consequences after allegedly engaging in a cocaine-fueled party in Johannesburg, causing a significant delay and ultimately losing his job. Reports suggest that Beaton, who is married and has a child, participated in the party in Johannesburg just hours before he was scheduled to fly a plane […]
Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in the study of antimatter, a mysterious substance believed to have been abundant at the beginning of the Universe. Antimatter is the counterpart of the familiar matter that comprises stars and planets, yet it has become exceptionally rare in the present-day Universe. Both matter and antimatter were produced in […]
The United Kingdom is still grappling with a nationwide crisis of nature loss, with precious animals and plants facing a continuous decline, according to a new State of Nature report by over 60 conservation organizations, government agencies, and academics. The report, which assessed over 10,000 species including mammals, plants, insects, birds, and amphibians, found that […]
Taiwan has marked a significant milestone in its quest to bolster its defense capabilities by unveiling its first domestically-produced submarine. In a ceremony presided over by President Tsai Ing-wen in the port city of Kaohsiung, the submarine named “Haikun” was launched. This move is seen as a response to increasing concerns about the possibility of […]
The judge in Donald Trump’s federal election meddling case has said she will not recuse herself, despite the ex-president’s requests she step aside. His legal team argued some of her past comments create a perception of bias against the former president. She has now ruled his lawyers failed to present evidence of those claims. Judge […]
There was a whiff of desperation in the air at the second Republican debate in Los Angeles on Wednesday night as Donald Trump skipped the event once again. The seven candidates on stage all trail Mr Trump by a significant margin in the race for the party’s nomination, so his rivals knew they had to […]
The judge in Donald Trump’s federal election meddling case has said she will not recuse herself, despite the ex-president’s requests she step aside. His legal team argued some of her past comments create a perception of bias against the former president. She has now ruled his lawyers failed to present evidence of those claims. Judge […]
South Africa is currently grappling with a significant challenge posed by a variety of quasi-criminal networks and syndicates, which operate across borders and engage in a wide range of criminal activities, including drug trafficking, armed robberies, and fraud. This is the sobering assessment of the 2023 Global Organised Crime Index, which was released on Tuesday. […]
President Joe Biden’s younger dog, Commander, bit another US Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening, CNN has learned, the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd. “Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family pet and was bitten. The officer […]
At least 100 people died and 150 others injured after a fire broke out at a wedding in northern Iraq, state media reported. The bride and the groom are reported to be among the victims, according to local media. The fire happened in the district of Al-Hamdaniya in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province late on Tuesday […]
Donald Trump “repeatedly” misrepresented his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars to banks and insurers, a New York judge has ruled. The decision resolves the key claim made by New York’s attorney general in her civil lawsuit against the former president. “The documents here clearly contain fraudulent valuations that defendants used in business,” the […]
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner private military group, has been buried in a private funeral held in St Petersburg, as confirmed by his press service. The ceremony took place in a “closed format” in his home city, and individuals wanting to bid farewell were invited to visit the Porokhovskoye cemetery. Prigozhin’s death was […]
