By: Jonathan Mason-June 5th, 2023 Several international media sources are reporting that Russia’s defence ministry says it has repelled a major Ukrainian attack in Donetsk, in the latest sign that a widely expected counter-offensive may have started in the Eastern part of Ukraine. Video of what Russia says is the battle shows military vehicles under […]

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By Jonathan Mason-June 5th, 2023. Prince Harry’s court case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) started today in London. Prince Harry is suing the newspaper group over 33 stories, some of them as much as 20 years old, that he claims were based on information obtained illegally by accessing cell phone voicemail recordings. Prince Harry did […]

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By Jonathan Mason-June 4th, 2023. The Government of the Virgin Islands has announced in a press release that it is seeking ways to manage the threat of the sargassum seaweed and has concluded a two-day trainer’s workshop for in sargassum management. The aim of the workshop was to build the capacity of coastal and marine […]

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By Jonathan Mason-June 3rd 2023. It is customary for airlines to weigh passengers’ baggage before boarding, but now one international airline is also weighing the passengers as part of a survey. The weigh-in takes place before passengers reach their boarding gate. Anyone who doesn’t want to take part in the survey can simply skip it. […]

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By Jonathan Mason-June 3rd,2023. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Justice are investigating after a group of migrants from Texas were dropped off in front of a church in Sacramento without warning, state leaders announced on Saturday, reports KCRA News of Sacramento, California. In the statement, Newsom said that he and California […]

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By Jonathan Mason–June 4th 2023. President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday–just two days before the default deadline– that raises the debt ceiling of the United States and avoids a default on the debt of the US federal government. The White House announced the signing, done in private without press at the White House, in […]

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By Jonathan Mason-June 3rd 2023 People in Britain would be more upset to see Gibraltar or the Falkland Islands leave the UK than they would if Northern Ireland did, according to a new YouGov poll published in British media. The poll asked people “How would mainland Britons feel if [x] left the UK?” The five […]

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Editor-June 3rd, 2023. Two protesters were arrested attempting to disrupt the Epsom Derby – but were removed by police and failed to interrupt the historic horse race. One man burst onto the track just after the race started at 1.30pm before being tackled to the ground. Minutes later, a woman attempted to climb the fence […]

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By Editor: June 3rd, 2023. India’s deadly train crash on Friday was the latest in a string of accidents to involve the country’s railways, which carries more than 12 million people daily. Despite government efforts to improve rail safety, several hundred accidents happen annually on India’s railways. Most are blamed on human error or outdated signalling […]

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By Editor-June 3rd,2023 At least 280 people have been killed and more than 1,000 are injured in a crash involving three trains in India’s eastern Odisha state. Rescue operations involved 200 ambulances. One passenger train derailed when it collided with a goods train, with carriages falling on to the adjacent track. It was struck by […]

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