US death row inmate conscious, speaking after failed execution — Report A Tennessee death row inmate, Christa Pike, is conscious and speaking six days after surviving a botched execution, CNN reports. Pike’s lawyers disclosed the development in a statement released on Tuesday, saying she remained in hospital receiving critical medical care after surviving two doses of pentobarbital during the…
Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed on Monday because of a wave of student protests that has shaken the country, the education minister said. Lessons will be “totally or partly suspended” in some “400-500” high schools, as the security conditions “have not been fulfilled”, said Education Minister Edouard Geffray on Sunday, adding that…
The co-pilot of the FlyDubai plane who allegedly attacked the plane’s captain and attempted to crash a flight bound for Israel on Wednesday is an Omani national who was previously suspended from flying by Oman Air after being identified as a security risk, according to senior intelligence and law enforcement officials. Multiple sources familiar with the investigation identified the…
The European Union Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, says the current hold on EU budget support to Sierra Leone is due to technical reasons and not linked to allegations that the country is harbouring Dutch cocaine fugitive Jos Leijdekkers. Brunner spoke on Thursday in Luxembourg after a meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers where…
The State of Tennessee is preparing to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, nearly 32 years after she was convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, in a case that has remained one of the state’s most closely watched death-penalty cases. Pike, now 50, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 10:00…
Former US President Bill Clinton hosted His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio and First Lady Dr. Fatima Maada Bio at a special Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) dinner in New York on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly. The exclusive dinner, convened by the 42nd President of the United States, brought together Heads of State, business leaders…
