Heavy rains in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state have resulted in 31 confirmed deaths, with the toll expected to rise. More than 70 people remain missing, and approximately 17,000 have been displaced. The state’s civil defense reported that nearly half of
A bus crash in northern Pakistan killed at least 15 people and left more than 20 seriously injured, police say. The bus was traveling to Hunza on the Karakoram Highway when it lost control and plunged into a ravine. Hunza, a popular
Tragedy has struck the cricket world as Worcestershire’s young talent Josh Baker was found dead at his home by a friend after failing to turn up for a match. The 20-year-old left-arm spinner, who had represented England at Under-19 level and made
A 19-year-old footballer who was “shot dead by a farmer” has been pictured for the first time. The young man, Marcus Smith, suffered deadly gunshot wounds in the early hours yesterday morning at a remote property in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire. Police were
Five people have died after drinking a poison potion in a Santeria ‘power’ ritual, police in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca said Wednesday. Iván García Alvarez, the Oaxaca state police chief, said four men and one woman died after drinking a
A farmer has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after a man was shot dead and another seriously injured following a “burglary” in a quiet rural village. Police were called following reports of a break-in at a remote farmhouse
Heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 10 people and left 21 missing since Monday, the country’s civil defense said Wednesday. An additional 11 people were injured and more than 3,300 were forced to leave
A section of a highway in southern China collapsed on Wednesday, causing 18 cars to tumble down a slope. The collapse, which occurred around 2 a.m., resulted in at least 24 deaths. Witnesses reported hearing a loud noise and seeing a hole
A woman turned up for a hospital scan and was told by medics that she was already dead. Susan Johnson, 62, from Scarborough, was told by Bridlington Hospital that according to their records she had been dead four months. It meant Mrs
Authorities in Kazakhstan arrested former interior minister Erlan Turgumbayev on Tuesday. The Prosecutor General’s Office detained Turgumbayev on charges of “abuse of power and official authority resulting in grave consequences.” His charges were linked to the deadly police crackdown during the 2022