Thousands of Serbians took to the streets in the city of Novi Sad in rage over last week’s roof collapse at a railway station that killed 14 people. Police officers in riot…
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France: Fifty-one migrants rescued from Channel
More than 50 migrants were rescued after a boat got into difficulty trying to cross the English Channel. The boat’s engine failed off the coast of Audresselles in northern France…
France: Court jails 18 members of English Channel people-smuggling network
A French court has found 18 people guilty in a major people-smuggling trial that has shed light on the often deadly business of transporting migrants and refugees on small boats…
Nepal: Top Slovak mountain climber falls to his death while descending Himalayan mountain
A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat of scaling the mountain’s perilous eastern face. Ondrej Huserka fell…
India: Bus crashes into a gorge leaving 26 dead
A poorly maintained and overcrowded bus veered off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Almora district, Uttarakhand, India on Monday, resulting in the deaths of at least…
Serbia: Railway station canopy collapse leaves eight dead
Eight people have died after a concrete canopy at a railway station in northern Serbia collapsed, the country’s Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said. People were sitting on benches under the…
Japan: Cyclists on phones face jail under new laws
Cyclists using a mobile phone while riding in Japan could face up to six months jail under strict new rules introduced Friday. Those who breach the revised road traffic law…
Canada: Authorities bank on overseas tourists to visit
Canada has launched a new drive to get more overseas tourists to visit the country. Yet staffing shortages, wildfires and a spat with China will not make the task easy.…
Taiwan: Typhoon Kong-rey halts business and flights
Typhoon Kong-rey, the biggest typhoon to directly hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years, has made landfall on the island’s eastern coast. Schools and workplaces across Taiwan were closed on Thursday…
Argentina: 10-storey hotel collapses trapping people under debris
Rescue workers in Argentina were scrambling to reach people trapped under debris after a hotel collapsed, with one person confirmed dead.The 10-storey Dubrovnik hotel, in the coastal city of Villa…