World

Man crushed by telescopic urinal dies

A man died after he was crushed and trapped underneath a telescopic public urinal while working on the device in central London.

January 28, 2023 8:09 am
 

New Zealand

2 dead, 2 missing as Auckland hit by catastrophic floods

Two people have died and two people are missing in Auckland, police have announced. Both of the people who died were found in floodwaters on the North Shore.

January 28, 2023 7:50 am
 

World

Tyre Nichols death: Memphis braces for release of police beating video

Memphis braced for public outrage on Friday after it releases video of five police officers, now charged with murder, in a traffic stop that authorities say resulted in the brutal beating and death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man.

January 28, 2023 7:28 am
 

New Zealand

Auckland Airport shut until at least noon following flooding

Auckland Airport will remain shut until at least midday Saturday due to flood damage sustained overnight and its effect on terminal infrastructure.

January 28, 2023 7:15 am
 

World

Fortune of Asia's richest man hit by fraud claims

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani saw more than $20bn (£16bn) wiped off his fortune on Friday, after investors fled his companies for a second day prompted by fraud claims made by a US investment firm.

January 28, 2023 5:28 am
 

World

Nepal deputy PM loses job after top court rules his ID invalid

Nepal’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that deputy prime minister Rabi Lamichhane had stood for election with invalid citizenship papers, annulling his status as a lawmaker and effectively removing him from office.

January 28, 2023 5:15 am
 

New Zealand

State of emergency declared in Auckland over flooding

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he’s “pleased an emergency declaration has been made due to flooding in Auckland tonight”.

January 27, 2023 6:15 pm
 

World

Gandhi’s killer Godse ‘real patriot’ for some Hindu nationalists

Ashok Sharma has devoted his life to championing the deeds of an Indian “patriot”: not revered independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, but the man who shot him dead.

January 27, 2023 5:10 pm
 

World

NATO war involvement ‘growing’ with arms to Ukraine

Russia says the delivery of NATO battle tanks to Ukraine is evidence of “direct and growing” US and European involvement in the war, with one analyst suggesting supplying nations could become potential targets.

January 27, 2023 3:27 pm
 

World

Space rock passes closer than some satellites

Now it’s over, we can say it: a biggish asteroid passed by Earth a short while ago.

January 27, 2023 2:22 pm
 

World

Blinken headed to Mideast as US alarm over violence grows

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend, the State Department announced Thursday, as the U.S. expressed alarm about escalating violence after Israel’s single deadliest operation in the West Bank in two decades.

January 27, 2023 1:23 pm
 

World

Tensions soar in Haiti’s capital after police officers killed

Protesters erect burning barricades in Port-au-Prince as anger bubbles over following recent killings by Haitian gangs.

January 27, 2023 12:12 pm

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