A Tesla Cybertruck stuffed with firework mortars exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, says a media report. In the incident, which happened early on Wednesday, a suspect inside the vehicle was killed, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials said that a person died More
Scores of people have been killed and wounded in a deadly attack in the US city of New Orleans, CNN reported on Thursday. At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured on Wednesday morning when a driver crashed a pick-up truck into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations. With the Federal Bureau of Investigation More
Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine came to an end on Wednesday when a five-year deal between the warring countries expired. In the wee hours of New Year’s Day, Russia halted gas supplies through Ukraine as the warring nations failed to renew the agreement. The BBC quoted the European Commission as asserting the resilience More
At least 122 journalists and media workers, including 14 women, have been killed in 2024, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says. IFJ released on Tuesday the annual list of journalists and media workers killed in 2024. The federation deplored 2024 as the deadliest year for journalists, saying 58 percent of the killings occurred in More
A South Korean court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol, a media report said. South Korea slipped into political chaos about a month ago when the embattled president declared martial law — a decision that angered his party and allies. For the first time in South Korea’s political history, More
Former US pesident Jimmy Carter, also a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has passed away at the age of 100, a media report said on Monday. Carter died on Sunday afternoon at his home in Plains, Georgia, DW reported. He served one term in office as the 39th president of the United States (1977-1981) during a More
At least 66 people have died as a result of a traffic accident in the Sidama state of southern Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, authorities said on Monday. The Guardian quoted Ethiopian officials as saying four of the injured were transferred to a local hospital for medical treatment. The cause of the accident is More
The death toll from the disastrous South Korean Jeju Air plane crash has risen to 179, media reports said on Sunday. The Guardian reported the Boeing 737-800 Jeju Air plane skidded off the runway and crashed into a wall at the Muan International Airport. All 179 on board barring crew members were killed in the More
Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh died at the age of 92 late on Thursday evening at a hospital in New Delhi, according to Indian media on Friday. “As a mark of respect for the departed dignitary, it has been decided that seven days of state mourning will be observed throughout India,” the Indian government More
Five journalists with a Gaza-based television channel have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the embattled enclave, CNN reported on Thursday. The overnight air raid hit a vehicle of Al-Quds Today Television, parked outside Al-Awda Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the report said. While denouncing the attack, Al-Quds Today Television said the five were More
