by mgall74 | Nov 26, 2025 | World News
A group of 24 Nigerian girls who were abducted from their boarding school over a week ago have been released, the country’s president said.Armed assailants stormed the school in Nigeria’s Kebbi State on 17 November, killing two members of staff and...
by mgall74 | Nov 26, 2025 | World News
Activists perform on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Rome, on Tuesday. Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse hide caption toggle caption Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse ROME — Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that...
by mgall74 | Nov 26, 2025 | World News
A team of UK and Indonesian scientists have found a rare Rafflesia hasseltii in a rainforest in West Sumatra.Indonesian botanist Septian Andriki and University of Oxford Botanic Garden deputy director Chris Thorogood trekked through dense rainforest in Indonesia for...
by mgall74 | Nov 25, 2025 | World News
Watch: People cling to floating debris during catastrophic floods in ThailandParts of Thailand are battling record floods, which have killed at least 18 people and prompted authorities to deploy military ships and helicopters to support relief efforts.The deluge has...
by mgall74 | Nov 25, 2025 | World News
A parking inspector and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than €1m (£878,000) from the parking meters of a small German town.The unnamed municipal employee is thought to have taken coins out of parking meters in Kempten “on numerous...
by mgall74 | Nov 25, 2025 | World News
PA MediaUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Dan Driscoll in KyivWhen talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war took an unexpected turn last week, with the leak of a peace plan said to come from the US, the Trump administration dispatched an unlikely...