A French prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation Friday for unvoluntary manslaughter aggravated by breach of safety rules after 11 people died this week in a fire that broke out at a vacation home for adults with disabilities. The blaze in Wintzenheim on Wednesday killed
Two kittens have died, and another two are feared missing after they were “thrown from a car” in Hull. The RSPCA said the two black-and-white kittens were found on the side of the road on Stanhope Street, Goole, and taken to a
Salvage crews boarded the Fremantle Highway cargo ship on Friday, the first time they’ve been able to do so since it caught fire earlier in the week. The ship was carrying 3,783 new vehicles, 498 of which were electric, when it caught
At least 34 people have been killed and thousands have had to evacuate as wildfires rip through Algeria, according to the country’s interior minister. On Monday a total of 97 wildfires were recorded across 16 provinces, incinerating forest, crops, and farmland. According
Ukrainians living close to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) fear that Putin’s army will only allow those with Russian passports to leave the area in the event of an explosion at the site. Kyiv has been warning for weeks that Moscow
Five brothers and sisters lost their parents when the private jet they were riding in missed the runway and crashed in Southern California. The family has launched a fundraiser to help the five children following the tragedy. Manuel Vargas-Regalado, 32, a marine
An American woman said she told her new husband she loved him and was certain they would die when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, killing 22 people. Lauren, 35, and Matt Urey, 39, returned to New Zealand from their home
Two children, ages 4 and 15, died while families fled a Taliban demolition of their shantytown homes in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to an aid group. The immediate cause of death of the two Afghan children is still unknown. The demolition of the
Postmortem examinations have revealed causes of death for two Irish teenagers who died on the Greek island of Ios within hours of each other. And the families of Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall, both pupils of Dublin’s St Michael’s College, have paid
Two teenagers who had just finished studying at the same school have died in separate incidents on the Greek Island of Ios. Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall had reportedly both recently finished the Irish equivalent of A level exams, Leaving Certificate Examinations. Their