Overhead power line reportedly snaps and falls onto a part of the crowd, triggering panic among devotees. At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in a crush after a large crowd gathered at a popular Hindu temple in northern India’s Uttarakhand state. The incident at the Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar city […]
Supporters of the recall movement are seen gathering in Taipei, Taiwan. Jan Camenzind Broomby for Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Jan Camenzind Broomby for Newsportu Taipei, TAIWAN — Opposition lawmakers in Taiwan have survived a bid to recall them from the island’s legislature, and will therefore retain a controlling parliamentary majority. The months-long recall campaign […]
As violence and rights abuses rage on, the coalition pledges to pursue a ‘secular, democratic’ and decentralised Sudan. A Sudanese coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has announced it is establishing an alternative government in a challenge to the military-led authorities in the capital Khartoum, with the northeastern African country’s brutal […]
Taiwanese people go to vote at a polling station in Taipei, Taiwan, on Saturday to determine whether to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party, in elections. ChiangYing-ying/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption ChiangYing-ying/AP/AP Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist […]
A group of uniformed men, at least one of them masked, walk up to a pair of watermelon sellers in a street on the outskirts of the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. The men are dressed in black, wearing tactical vests with patches bearing the emblem of a bogatyr – a mythic warrior of Slavic folklore […]
Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Getty Images It felt like there was a collective sigh of relief when a study, published this week, suggested 10,000 steps a day isn’t the health utopia we had all been led to believe. The news that we only had to reach 7,000 steps was enough to quite literally […]
The Samaritans are planning to close more than 100 branches across the UK and Ireland, the BBC has learned. In a presentation to staff, the suicide prevention charity’s chief executive said “at least half” of their branches will close. Dozens of branches have voiced concerns, some fearing the proposals will lead to an exodus of […]
The Philippine Supreme Court has blocked an impeachment trial against Sara Duterte, marking a victory for the country’s vice-president. The lower house of the Philippine parliament had voted to impeach Duterte in February after she was accused of misusing public funds and threatening to kill President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. But a court spokesperson told […]
President Trump answering questions at the White House on July 11. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Questions about the Epstein files keep coming. So do bits of information about President Trump’s ties to the late financier and convicted sex offender who died by suicide while in prison nearly 6 years […]
Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party is in a moment of crisis as nearly two-thirds of its legislators risk losing their posts through a mass referendum. Starting this weekend, voters across 31 districts in Taiwan will weigh in on whether they want to keep or remove their members of parliament. The “Great Recall”, as it has […]