Daily Archives: Dec 30, 2014
Alexei Navalny detained at Moscow rally after breaking house arrest
Alexei Navalny and more than 100 other demonstrators have been arrested at a rally in central Moscow, activists say. The Russian opposition leader had urged...
Woman shot dead by two-year-old boy at Wal-Mart Idaho
A woman has been killed in a Wal-Mart in Hayden, Idaho, after a two-year-old boy accidentally shot her with a gun he found when...
Norman Atlantic: Two Albanian seamen killed while towing fire-stricken ferry
According to new reports, two Albanian seamen have been killed on a tugboat while towing the fire-stricken Norman Atlantic ferry. Both men died after being...
George H.W. Bush released from Houston hospital
Former President George H.W. Bush has been released from hospital in Texas more than a week after being admitted suffering from a shortness of...
Heather Cho arrested: Former Korean executive charged with violating aviation safety law
Former Korean Air executive Heather Cho, who delayed a plane over how nuts were served, has been arrested. TV footage showed Heather Cho, also known...
Ukraine: Radioactive leak detected at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant
Ukraine reports claim that a radioactive leak has been detected at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe. Levels of radiation are 16.8 times...
Ebola outbreak: Patient zero Emile Ouamouno likely infected by playing with bats
According to scientists, a two-year-old boy called Emile Ouamouno from Guinea - the Ebola victim who is believed to have triggered the current outbreak...
AirAsia plane crash: Forty bodies recovered from Java Sea
Rescue teams in the search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 have recovered at least 40 bodies from the sea, the Indonesian navy says. The bodies...
Venezuela denies ice cream shortage amid Coromoto row
Venezuela’s tourism ministry has denied reports that a shortage of milk is behind the closure of a famous ice cream shop in the city...
Luise Rainer dies of pneumonia aged 104
Oscar-winning star Luise Rainer, who became the first winner of consecutive awards in the 1930s, has died at the age of 104. German-born Luise Rainer...
Alexei Navalny gets suspended sentence while his brother is jailed in fraud case
Vladimir Putin’s critic Alexei Navalny has avoided jail after getting a suspended sentence in a high-profile fraud case. Alexei Navalny, 38, was given a suspended...
AirAsia missing plane: Debris and body spotted floating in Java Sea
Indonesian search teams have spotted debris and a body at sea in the hunt for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, officials say. Several objects and a...
Norman Atlantic: Authorities not certain how many people still missing
Italian authorities are not certain how many people are still missing from the Norman Atlantic ferry off Corfu, with evacuation complete. One man died trying...