Explosion at mosque in Syria’s Homs kills at least eight
Syria’s foreign ministry condemned the attack as a ‘desperate attempt to undermine security and sow chaos’.SANA, citing a security source, said that preliminary investigations indicate that explosive devices were planted inside the mosque. Authorities were searching for the perpetrators of the attack. A security cordon was placed around the mosque, Syria’s Interior Ministry said in... Read More
The Jukebox Man hits highest note to hand Harry Redknapp epic King George victory .
After a stirring battle and tense wait it was The Jukebox Man who was called a nose in front of the Joseph O’Brien-trained Banbridge.A quality field of eight assembled for the Steohen;s Day highlight, with the Willie Mullins-trained pair of Gaelic Warrior and Fact To File joined at the head of the betting by Nicky... Read More
A child is born: Italians celebrate village’s first baby in 30 years.
Feted birth of bambina Lara in Pagliara dei Marsi highlights sticky national debate over country’s ‘demographic winter’The parents put up a ribbon in the main square to spread the happy news. Axel has already become a central figure warmly welcomed by everyone with the villagers lining up outside the house to greet the newcomer. The... Read More
Man arrested after 14 people stabbed or sprayed with unspecified liquid at factory in Japan
Police in Mishima are investigatingPolice in Mishima are investigatingFourteen people have been injured in a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan, during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, officials said today. “Fourteen people are subject to transportation by emergency services,” Tomoharu Sugiyama, a firefighting department official in the city of Mishima, in... Read More
Inside Nick Reiner’s legal defense against murder charges – Los Angeles Times”
The slayings of Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and his photographer wife, Michele, have given rise to a complex and intensely watched legal struggle involving their accused son, prosecutors and defense attorneys, who all face key strategic decisions in the coming weeks and months. Prosecutors allege Nick Reiner fatally stabbed his parents inside the master bedroom... Read More
Sydney Sweeney: I want to make films on domestic violence that ‘save lives'”Sydney Sweeney: I want to make films that save people’s lives
Lionsgate Sydney Sweeney appears with her head turned to face away from the camera. She is wearing a white long-sleeved ribbed top and is in front of a dolls house.LionsgateSydney Sweeney plays housemaid Millie Calloway in The HousemaidSydney Sweeney wants to make films that will “impact and hopefully save people’s lives”, she has told the... Read More
A woman in her 80s has died following a serious assault inside a flat in Wiltshire, police said.
Emergency services were called to Keepers Road in Devizes at about 8.10am on Christmas Day. Police officers and paramedics attended but the woman was declared dead at the scene. Wiltshire Police said a 63-year-old woman, who is known to the victim, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. She has been taken to hospital for... Read More
Tajikistan says 5 killed in armed clash on border with Afghanistan –
Five people were killed in an armed clash on the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Tajik state media said on Thursday. Citing a statement by the Border Troops of the Tajik State Committee for National Security, state news agency Khovar reported that three people crossed into the country late on Tuesday in the Shamsiddin Shohin... Read More
Australia all out for 152 on Boxing Day Test, England bowled out for 110 in reply on day one at the MCG
Australia will take a 46-run lead into day two of the Boxing Day Test even after being sent in to bat first and being all out before tea for 152. Josh Tongue claimed five for 45 while Michael Neser top scored with 35 on a green top that ensured batting was difficult. As has so... Read More
Pope Leo condemns ‘senselessness’ of war in first Christmas message
Pope Leo XIV makes an appearance at the main balcony of St. Peter’s basilica to deliver the Urbi et Orbi messagePope Leo XIV makes an appearance at the main balcony of St. Peter’s basilica to deliver the Urbi et Orbi messagePope Leo XIV condemned the “senselessness” of war and the “open wounds” it leaves behind,... Read More