Young children have been left shaken up after their primary school was struck by lightning, causing a “small blaze”, in Worcestershire. Pupils from Wilden All Saints School in Stourport-on-Severn were frantically evacuated from the building just moments after they had completed their
Moscow launched a series of missiles and kamikaze drone strikes at Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight. This came hours after Russia had accused Ukraine of launching an attack against President Putin in Russian territory – an allegation denied by Kyiv. We’ll
The U.S.-led coalition carried out a drone strike Wednesday in northwestern Syria targeting a senior al-Qaida leader, the U.S. military said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the strike hit a chicken farm near the town of
Teachers are today staging the latest in a series of strikes over their ongoing claim for improved pay and conditions. Tens of thousands of teachers will follow up their five days of strike action during the past three months by again staying
A Ukrainian drone strike caused a massive fire to erupt at an oil depot in Crimea, a Russia-appointed official reported Saturday. Mikhail Razvozhayev, Russia’s selected governor of Sevastopol, said that authorities had spotted two “enemy drones” that attacked the depot, with four
Britain’s High Court ruled Thursday that part of a strike by thousands of nurses planned for next week is illegal, handing a small victory to the government in its bitter dispute with public sector unions. The court said a six-month strike mandate
A military expert has suggested that Russia’s bombing of the city of Belgorod could have been a “deliberate act” by soldiers rebelling against the war in Ukraine. Discussing the possible cause for what looked to be an accidental strike on the city
More than 155,000 Canadian public sector workers went on strike Wednesday at midnight after failed negotiations with the country’s federal government for better pay and an expansion of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), a
Roughly a third of federal workers in Canada walked off the job Wednesday after failing to reach a deal for wage increases. The strike was announced after the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the union representing the workers, failed to reach
Members of the RCN voted by 54 percent to 36 percent, with a 61 percent turnout, to reject the Government’s offer of a five percent pay rise for 2023-24 and a one-off cash payment for last year of at least £1,655. Meanwhile,