Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drownThey could have been on a school trip. Fifty teenagers from Vietnam, dressed for the biting cold in puffer jackets, smart trainers and woolly beanies, sat on the pavement by the bus shelter outside Gare Calais listening to music and watching videos on their smartphones.They were waiting for the 423 bus to take them back to a forest outside Dunkirk, where they have been staying at night with...
he conventional wisdom in the United States is that Iran has conducted a “blatant and powerful act of direct war” against Israel. However, the Iranian attack has been a long time coming in view of the past ten years of Israel’s cyberwar against Iran; the assassination of senior Iranian nuclear scientists on Iranian territory; and the killing of at least 18 Iranian generals and military commanders. The drone and missile attack on April 13th was carefully calibrated to target the Nevatim air...
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All PSSA tests will move online in 2026 in an effort to save more classroom time for instruction, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday.
As coach Ty Lue prepared his Clippers this week to face the Dallas Mavericks in the playoffs Sunday, he was asked if part of his game plan included not having Kawhi Leonard in Game 1. “No, I’m preparing for him, to have him on the court,” Lue said before practice Wednesday. That was the strongest statement Lue has made yet about Leonard’s availability, even though it wasn't a full declaration that his star would play in the first game of the first-round best-of-seven series. Leonard missed the...
Iran's foreign minister on Friday refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country and described the weapons that were used as more like children's toys. "What happened last night was not a strike," the foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said in an interview with NBC News' Tom Llamas. "They were more like toys that our children play with – not drones." Amirabdollahian, who spoke to NBC News in New York where he was attending a U.N. Security Council session,...
Rayner faces pressure over claims that she may have broken electoral law by registering at the wrong address more than a decade ago - and owed capital gains tax on the sale of a house.
Liverpool lost 1-0 against Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon at Anfield. Eberechi Eze scored the only goal of the game to hurt their title hopes. IAN LADYMAN and CHRIS SUTTON have their say on the Premier League's Player of the Year - Listen to the
Every time Tom Brady has a chance to close the door, he keeps it open. The greatest quarterback of all time is retired. Except for the fact the 46-year-old living legend recently appeared in a vide
Israel has demanded the return of at least 40 captives if there was going to be a pause in fighting. But new reports state that most of those taken during the October 7 terrorist attack may already be dead. READ MORE:
Great American Hamburger & Pie Co.'s Post was permanently closed Thursday. A paraplegic man filed suit against the owners and their landlord in January after finding a 'high threshold' on two visits to the burger joint last year. Owners George and Helen Koliavas decided that the best moved was to close
Ms Hall has suggested that if elected she will update Transport for London's (TfL) conditions of carriage to include a ban on people playing loud music.