Mali’s armed forces and their Russian allies have intensified drone strikes against insurgents, resulting in civilian deaths. Mali’s armed forces and their Russian allies have carried out what human rights watch (HRW) described as “apparent indiscriminate” drone strikes, along with other abuses, during an intensified offensive against insurgents in recent months. The operations have killed…
At 51, he moved to Sweden with his wife in the hope for a better life; at 60, he is being asked to return to Britain. With authorities on his back and no option in the future, Mark Smith has been forced into hiding alongside his wife Petra due to fears he will be deported…
A £25 million conservation programme has helped restore thousands of hectares of habitat across England, plant more than 127,500 trees and bring tens of thousands of people into nature-focused activities. According to a final independent evaluation published by The National Lottery Heritage Fund on October 5, 2026, the Species Survival Fund exceeded its original habitat…
More than half a million people joined marches in scores of cities Fresh clashes broke out in Paris Sunday a day after France suffered one of its worst days of unrest in years, with protests over high prices leaving one demonstrator dead, thousands arrested and shops across the country looted or damaged. Nationwide protests erupted…
President of the Maldives Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu will undertake a three-day state visit to Pakistan from Oct 20- 22, marking the first presidential visit from India’s Indian Ocean neighbour to Islamabad in over a decade. The last president to visit Pakistan was the overly pro-China Abdulla Yameen. According to a press release issued by…
There are two things Oscar- and Grammy-winning artist John Legend has always held close to his heart: music and his hometown of Springfield, Ohio. In 2016, that connection took physical form when he donated $500,000 towards the renovation of an auditorium inside The Dome, the former Springfield South High School. The result was the John…
Dillard School Senior ApartmentsPhoto credit: https://www.taxcreditcoalition.org/ Cassandra Henderson graduated from Dillard Junior High in Yanceyville, North Carolina, in 1968. Nearly six decades later, she moved back into the same building, not as a student but as a resident of the newly restored Dillard School Senior Apartments. The former school, which had stood empty for about…
A property-line disagreement in St. Charles County, Missouri, turned into a criminal case after police said a neighbour fired a gun toward a man repairing a fence. Paula Kohensky, 60, has been charged with first-degree assault or attempted assault and armed criminal action following the Sunday-night incident. According to court documents cited by First Alert…
A former legal secretary in Indiana is facing 42 felony charges and three misdemeanour charges after a three-year police investigation into alleged forged court orders, missing legal fees and fake criminal record expungements. According to a probable cause affidavit reported by Region News Source, 37-year-old Heather Ann Textor of Lowell was arrested after clients who…
In June 2016, television comedy host John Oliver bought nearly $15 million (£11.8 million) in unpaid medical debt for just $60,000 (£47,000) through a debt collection company created for the purpose. Instead of using debt collectors to demand payment from the roughly 9,000 patients linked to the accounts, the producers of HBO’s Last Week Tonight…
