The death toll from the twin earthquakes has climbed to 1,430, while at least 68,900 people remain unaccounted for As rescuers search for survivors in the aftermath of Venezuela’s twin earthquakes, a young girl who spent two days trapped beneath the rubble of her collapsed five-story apartment building has recounted her ordeal to RT. The powerful earthquakes that hit the Bolivarian republic earlier this week killed at least 1,430 people, while at least 68,900 others remain unaccounted for, according to the local authorities. Rescue operations continue but hopes of finding survivors are fading. Andrea Valentina Canonico, who survived the disaster in La Guaira, the hardest-hit state, recalled that the collapse happened almost instantly. “Everything collapsed in five seconds, I think, no more,” she said. “I remember opening my eyes... and then I found myself among the debris with an...
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The US President has urged the Senate to “immediately” confirm Oklahoma law enforcement veteran Lance Schroyer as the agency’s director US President Donald Trump has nominated Oklahoma law enforcement veteran Lance Schroyer to lead US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency at the center of the administration’s controversial crackdown on immigrants. If confirmed, he would become ICE’s first permanent director in nearly a decade. In a social media post on Saturday, Trump urged lawmakers to act quickly. “The Senate must CONFIRM Lance, IMMEDIATELY – Do not delay.” He went on to describe Schroyer as a former Oklahoma state trooper and Marine who has “what it takes to DETAIN AND DEPORT Illegal Alien Criminals... at a rate never seen before.” A sweeping immigration enforcement campaign launched by Trump shortly after taking office has led to thousands of ar...
Half a century after Ebola first emerged, its horror still dominates headlines – even as less spectacular viruses may pose a greater danger Reports of a new pandemic seem to appear every month, as journalists and international organizations sound the alarm about each new disease. These days, of course, everyone is worried about the new Ebola outbreak. The virus is spreading rapidly, and many people have died. This is indeed cause for concern, and it would be inhumane to believe otherwise. However, we have less reason to fear Ebola and other ‘sensational’ viruses than their alternatives. Read more Health officials issue urgent funding warning over Ebola outbreak Death from Africa Fifty years ago, a storekeeper at a cotton factory in the small town of Nzara in Sudan started feeling ill; his condition...
Keir Starmer’s resignation exposes a deeper British crisis: voters no longer accept Ukraine posturing as a substitute for competence at home Britain has lost yet another prime minister, its fourth since 2022, after Keir Starmer, the latest occupant of 10 Downing Street, announced his resignation after less than two years in office. The drama has unfolded almost exactly as it did with Boris Johnson. Four years ago, Johnson’s own party colleagues removed him from office in the hope that his departure might save the Conservatives from electoral disaster. It didn’t but it merely hastened the collapse. Now Labour, with its own ratings falling sharply, is attempting the same trick. Unlike the Conservatives, however, it does at least have a plausible saviour waiting in the wings, the still relatively popular mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham. Whether he can succeed where his predecessors failed is ano...
A California court has ordered a new sentence hearing for former film producer Harvey Weinstein amid a years-long legal battle A California appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for former US film producer Harvey Weinstein while upholding his convictions for raping and sexually assaulting Russian-born model-actress Evgeniya Chernyshova. The original 16-year term was based “solely on an aggravating factor that no longer exists,” the court stated in a ruling on Friday. The disgraced Hollywood movie mogul, who was accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women, was sentenced in 2023 for “forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object and forcible rape” of the actress during a film festival in Los Angeles in 2013. During that sentencing hearing, Weinstein maintained his innocence, calling the Siberian-born actress’ testimony a “made-up story...
The bloc has said it will keep supporting refugees from the country, while also taking Kiev’s defense needs into account The European Commission has proposed excluding military-age Ukrainian men from temporary refugee protections granted by the EU, while maintaining the scheme for others who fled the conflict with Russia for another year. Kiev announced a general mobilization shortly after the escalation of the conflict in February 2022, barring almost all men considered eligible for service from leaving Ukraine. However, many of them still managed to escape the country; adult males currently account for around 27% of all Ukrainians benefiting from EU protections, with the rest being women and minors, according to the bloc’s data. In a statement on Friday, the European Commission said that it is asking member states to back the prolongation of the scheme, providing Ukrainian refugees with residence p...