BBC: Hawaii has been hit by flash floods and mudslides that have swept away homes after category one Hurricane Lala skirted Big Island, leaving one person dead in a car accident. More than 100 properties were uprooted from their foundations on Big Island, but Governor Josh Green said there “amazingly” did not seem to have […]
BBC: For most Indians, paying by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has become almost absurdly routine. Scan a QR code, tap a few buttons and the money moves instantly. There is no card machine, no cash, and – most importantly – for the user, no visible fee. That may be about to change. India has paved the […]
BBC: Just three days after a 14-year-old opened fire at his school, killing eight people before shooting himself, another incident in the same province illustrated even more starkly Thailand’s troubled relationship with guns. Chalong Riewrang, a 71-year-old former politician, went into the local administration office to discuss a large sum of money he says he […]
BBC: At least seven people have been killed in Russia after what officials called the “largest-scale” attack launched by Ukraine this year. Some 822 drones were used – 600 aiming for Moscow, according to its regional governor who said the Russian capital had suffered “one of the most massive drone attacks in recent memory”. A […]
BBC: Rescue teams in Indonesia have been searching for survivors of Saturday’s major earthquake which left at least 47 people dead. The magnitude 7.7 quake struck the island of Flores shortly before 05:00 (22:00 GMT on Friday) and had a depth of 15km, Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency stated. Preliminary reports indicate hundreds of buildings […]
BBC: Hawaii is bracing for what could be its first direct hit from a hurricane since 1992, as category one storm Lala churns off its coast. With wind speeds as high as 80mph (130km/h), Lala gained hurricane strength on Saturday. In a worst-case scenario, it could dump up to 25in (63cm) of rain on Big […]
BBC: Australia’s most populous state will launch a gun buyback scheme later this year, becoming the first to offer cash in exchange for firearms in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack. Gun owners in New South Wales (NSW) will be offered up to AUS$1,000 (£523) to hand over eligible handguns, shotguns and rifles […]
BBC: Iran has called for the release of three Iranian pilots it said were captured by Qatar after two fighter jets werehit by air defences during a military operation at the start of the US-Iran war. In a letter to the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Iran’s Brig Gen Mohammad […]
BBC: Firefighters battled a wildfire tearing through Belgium’s largest nature reserve on Saturday, with the blaze described as the country’s worst in recent history. Residents were ordered to evacuate two nearby villages as the flames consumed a third of the High Fens, with local officials warning the fire – which had been burning since Friday […]
BBC: Five people have been injured, one critically, in a shooting at Virginia State University which involved multiple suspects. Officers responded to the incident outside a residence halls at about 01:28 local time (05:28 GMT) on Saturday, the university said. Five individuals, who were all found with gunshot wounds, were taken to local hospitals. Four […]
