The vehicle spewed burning carbon from its exhaust system, igniting several fires Friday on Oak Glen Road in Cherry Valley, and authorities were asking anyone who may have seen such a vehicle at the time to contact investigators, according to a statement from the California Department of Forestry and Fire […]
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LOS ANGELES: More than 1,300 firefighters were battling a blaze that was burning out of control Sunday (Aug 3) in southern California, threatening thousands of people and homes east of Los Angeles. The so-called Apple Fire that broke out Friday near the city of San Bernardino has so far charred […]
LONDON: Britain is considering minting a coin to commemorate India’s independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, amid growing interest in recognizing the contributions of people from the black, Asian and other minority ethnic communities. British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak asked the Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) in a letter to pursue recognition […]
SYDNEY: Five alleged members of an Australia-based organised crime ring have been charged after hundreds of kilos of cocaine were discovered in a plane that crashed after takeoff in Papua New Guinea, police said on Saturday (Aug 1). Australian Federal Police allege that “greed played a significant part in the […]
WASHINGTON: Connie Culp, the first US recipient of a partial face transplant, has died at age 57, according to Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic, where she underwent the delicate operation nearly 12 years ago. The health centre listed no cause of death in its tweet on Friday (Jul 31), quoting one of […]
MIAMI: Isaias weakened slightly to a tropical storm on Saturday (Aug 1) after lashing the Bahamas, but forecasters warned it would likely grow into a hurricane again as it approaches coronavirus-stricken eastern Florida overnight. Isaias, which was moving northwest off the Bahamas’ Andros Island with maximum sustained winds of 110kmh […]
FLORIDA: Hurricane Isaias strengthened slightly as it lashed the Bahamas on Saturday (Aug 1), bearing down on Florida and was expected to approach the southeast of the state later in the day before traveling up the eastern US seaboard. Isaias was carrying top sustained winds of 140kph and was located […]
BAGHDAD: Iraq will hold its next parliamentary elections nearly a year early, the premier announced on Friday (Jul 31), as he seeks to make good on promises he offered when he came to power. “Jun 6, 2021, has been fixed as the date for the next legislative elections,” said Prime […]
LONDON: Three British teenagers were sentenced to a combined 42 years in jail by a judge on Friday (Jul 31) for killing a policeman who was dragged behind a car for more than a mile, in a case that shocked the country. In August last year, the trio were stealing […]
JOHANNESBURG: When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa’s government-run Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up isolation wards to treat them. They can’t keep up. Video filmed inside the hospital and seen by Reuters shows patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, being treated in […]