A rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days after the double-earthquake disaster in Venezuela. The miraculous story of the three-year-old’s rescue in the worst-hit northern region came as tens of thousands of people remained without adequate shelter after the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude quakes struck less than a…
Heavy rainfall has led to sometimes deadly flooding in several West African coastal countries, including the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Benin, local authorities reported on Wednesday. In the Ivory Coast, 59 people have been killed since the start of the rainy season in May, according to the government’s spokesman. In neighbouring Ghana, 12 people died in floods at the…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) cautioned on Tuesday that Venezuela’s medical infrastructure is under intense duress following last week’s devastating double quakes, which inflicted damage on multiple hospitals and left a number of health workers unaccounted for. The UN health agency reported that the successive 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude tremors have claimed over 1,700 lives and injured roughly 5,000 more,…
A civilian plane transporting skydivers went down near Tomblaine in eastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people aboard, according to local officials. The crash ranks among the deadliest light-aircraft incidents in recent French history. Yves Seguy, prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, confirmed that the victims comprised five instructors, five students, and the pilot. He added that no one…
Austria and Algeria were the last two teams to qualify for the round of 32 in the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. Both teams played out a 3-3 draw in their final Group J match at GEHA Field in Kansas City, Missouri, cancelling out each other’s goals to settle for a…
Burkina Faso has formally severed diplomatic relations with France, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions with its former colonial power. In a statement read out on national television on Friday, the military government announced that the split took effect from June 26, 2026. The administration of Captain Ibrahim Traoré, which seized power in September 2022, has increasingly adopted a…
