Some six passengers were hurt when the unknown gas was released at the German airport, forcing check-in desks to shut down as a precaution. The travellers were sprayed by an irritant at around 11am on Monday, near the check-in desks at Terminal 1. Firefighters rushed to the scene after receiving […]
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Alex Woolfall was on holiday at the Caribbean island of St Martin when the hurricane hit. The PR consultant, from London, was forced to shelter in a concrete stairwell of the Westin Hotel as howling winds battered the building. He wrote: “My God this noise! It’s like standing behind a […]
The Pope left Colombia on Sunday after appealing to the country to “untie the knots of violence” after a 50-year civil war. His last day in the Andean country got off to a rocky start when he lost his balance and bumped his head while riding in the popemobile. He […]
Faced with the rapid progress of Kim Jong Un’s weapons program, some South Korean officials have called for American tactical nuclear weapons to be redeployed in their country. The South Korean foreign minister appeared to pour cold water on this idea, however, telling a press conference Monday that this wasn’t […]
The German Chancellor will speak to Putin as part of high-level talks to put more pressure on the North Korean regime to stop is flagrant misuse of nuclear weapons. Berlin remains ready to support discussions about ways to find a peaceful solution to the crisis, spokesman Steffen Seibert told a […]
Two trains collided in a station in central Switzerland, Swiss police said, injuring around 30 people. The accident happened in Andermatt, a mountain town in the canton of Uri. Police did not comment on the severity of the injuries, but emergency services have rushed to the scene. More to follow…
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Don Ohlmeyer, the “Monday Night Football” producer who came up with the phrase “Must See TV” in leading NBC to the No. 1 prime-time spot, died Sunday. He was 72. “It is with heavy hearts we share that Don Ohlmeyer, our beloved husband, father and grandfather, […]
GETTY North Korea has warned the west will pay “due price” in case of more sanctions against them The UN Security Council is set today to decide on a watered-down US-drafted resolution to impose new measures on North Korea over its latest nuclear test, diplomats said, but it was unclear […]