US officials have charged a man with being a stowaway after he disembarked in Los Angeles from a Copenhagen flight without a ticket or passport. Sergey Ochigava, 46, had Israeli…
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France: Missing $806k ring found in hotel vacuum bag
A ring worth $806,000 (£643,000) which went missing at the Ritz hotel in Paris has been found in a vacuum cleaner. The owner, a Malaysian businesswoman who was a guest…
Australia: Government to halve immigration intake, toughen English test for students
The Australian government says it will halve the migration intake within two years in a bid to fix the country’s “broken” immigration system. It aims to slash the annual intake…
Zimbabwe: Harare and Gaborone announce visa-free travel deal
Zimbabwe and Botswana are working on a bilateral deal to scrap visa requirements for each other’s citizens. They join the growing wave of African countries easing entry restrictions for visitors…
UK: Airline adverts banned over ‘greenwashing’ claims
Adverts for Air France, Lufthansa and Etihad have been banned for misleading consumers about the airlines’ environmental impact. Air France’s ad said it was “committed to protecting the environment” and…
France: Small plane makes emergency landing in Paris suburb
A small twin-engine plane has been forced to make an emergency landing in a southern Paris suburb. The three people on board were taken to hospital requiring urgent attention, but…
Thailand: Bus crash kills 14 and splits vehicle in half
Fourteen people have died in Thailand after a double-decker bus veered off the road and smashed into a tree. Photos online show the bus leaning on its side and its…
France: Mother of suspect in Paris hummer and knife attack had ‘reported concerns’
The mother of a man suspected of stabbing a German tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in Paris reported concerns about her son weeks before the attack, a prosecutor…
France: Hummer and knife attack near Eiffel Tower leaves one dead and two injured
A man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris. The attack occurred near…
Italy: Bologna’s leaning tower sealed off over fears it could collapse
A medieval tower in the Italian city of Bologna that leans by as much as its famous counterpart in Pisa has been sealed off over fears it may collapse. Authorities…