At least 717 pilgrims have been killed in a stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage and 863 injured in crush at Mina outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence directorate said, as the death toll continued to rise. The directorate said at least 863 other pilgrims were injured in Thursday’s stampede, which took place in Mina, […] More
A top US executive at Volkswagen has admitted that his company “totally screwed up”. It cheated on emissions test and now says 11 million cars worldwide are affected. The company is spending 7 billion so far on the scandal. Source: Goodmorning America Volkswagen shares have tumbled more than 20%, their biggest ever one-day fall, as […] More
A federal jury on Monday convicted a man of murder for pushing his wife to her death off a cliff as they hiked in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park to celebrate their wedding anniversary, rejecting his claim that her fall was a tragic accident. It took the jury about 10 hours to find Harold Henthorn, […] More
Pope Francis is just hours away from arriving to the USA and he is topping off his visit to Cuba celebrating another mass in Santiagao de Cuba attended by thousands. He will be greeted by President Barack Obama as he arrives in Washington DC, this afternoon on his first leg of a 3 city tour […] More
Burkina Faso’s army chiefs and French President Francois Hollande on Monday ordered coup leaders to lay down their arms as troops headed from the provinces towards the capital Ouagadougou. France had condemned the military coup in Burkina Faso and urged its residents in the country to stay indoors. The former colonial power called for the […] More
Boats working to rescue 9 fisherman from life raft after boat starts taking on water in Frobisher Bay off Nanuvut, Canada. The 9 crew members of Atlantic Charger are alive, in raft, awaiting vessel. Atlantic Charger owner, Brad Watkins confirmed that all 9 crew members will be transported to the province once rescued but no […] More
Authorities say the pilot of a plane that crashed near a Central California military base ejected in midair and safely parachuted to the ground. Kings County Fire Chief Bill Lynch tells The Sentinel newspaper in Hanford that the pilot walked to emergency responders after reaching the ground Monday afternoon. The newspaper reports that the plane […] More
Police officers in Dallas were involved in a shooting early Monday that left one suspect dead. It happened at the Avondale Parc Apartments, located in the 10800 block of Stone Canyon Road, near Royal Lane. The officers were actually responding to an earlier disturbance involving a car crash at the apartment complex at around 11:45 p.m. […] More
South Korea and six Central American countries, including El Salvador and Panama, launched their first round of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA). The start of negotiations for the seven-way FTA is the result of the countries’ trade ministers agreeing to sign a high-level, comprehensive FTA three months ago. The six Central American countries […] More
The German government asked Carmakers for information on Monday to ascertain whether they were involved in falsifying car emissions data, as Volkswagen has admitted to doing in the United States. “We expect from manufacturers reliable information so that the Federal Motor Transport Authority or KBA can investigate whether similar manipulation has taken place in Germany […] More