Ceiling collapses at nightclub in Santo Domingo: 58 dead and 160 injuredApril 8, 2025 The death toll continues to rise after the roof collapsed at one of the trendiest nightclubs in Santo Domingo, the Jet Set, in the Dominican Republic. According to a provisional report from the Emergency Operations Center, there are currently 79 dead. […]
Baidu launches Ernie 4.5 and X1, two new artificial intelligence models
The Chinese company Baidu has launched two new artificial intelligence models, the multimodal Ernie 4.5 and a new reasoning-focused model called X1. The company announced this, explaining that the Ernie 4.5 model has “excellent multimodal understanding capabilities. It has more advanced language skills, and its comprehension, generation, logi
Swearing at work is particularly common in north of England, judge says
Tribunal rules employee was unfairly sacked despite verbally abusing a fellow worker during office discussion. As every southerner knows, people from the north of England will not eat chips without gravy, insist on talking to every stranger they meet and often sport a flat cap when walking the whippet. But do they also swear more? […]
Crackdown on Narcos Reveals Alleged Lithuanian Trafficking Group
The small Baltic nation of Lithuania isn’t usually thought of as a hub of cocaine trafficking. But in December, the U.S. government announced it was taking “sweeping action” against the global drug trade by imposing sanctions on five Lithuanians they accused of coordinating a massive drug smuggling ring that spanned three continents. What exactly w
Displaced Palestinians begin to return to the north of Gaza
GAZA, Jan 27 – Displaced Palestinians have started returning to northern Gaza Strip this morning, following new agreements with Israel. A Hamas Interior Ministry official told AFP. “Displaced Palestinians have begun flowing along Al Rashid Street through the western part of the Netzarim checkpoint toward Gaza City and the northern part&
Hamas frees the four Israeli female soldiers
AGI – Four Israeli female soldiers, kidnapped by Hamas during the attacks on October 7, 2023, have been freed by militants controlling Gaza in exchange for the release of 200 Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons. This marked the conclusion of the second prisoner exchange under the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The young
EU citizen who applied for pre-settled status is to be deported from Scotland
Greek Cypriot Costa Koushiappis to be removed from UK even though his application is pending with Home Office An EU citizen caught up in a Home Office backlog of applications for post-Brexit residency status is to be deported by Border Force officials in Scotland. Costa Koushiappis, 39, who is Greek Cypriot, has been told to show up [&hel
Man jailed for 15 years after blinding acquaintance with sodium hydroxide
Jivan Dean attacked Raven Riley in Welsh eco-village after wrongly believing he had contacted his girlfriend A man who blinded an acquaintance with a corrosive liquid at an eco-village has been jailed for 15 years. Jivan Dean, 24, attacked Raven Riley, 21, with sodium hydroxide – an alkaline also known as caustic soda – in […]
US warns against ‘protracted’ campaign in Lebanon as Israel strikes Beirut
In a visit to the region, secretary of state Antony Blinken said the US was working to progress ceasefire talks for Gaza and Lebanon Israeli strikes hit Beirut on Thursday evening, after the US warned against Israel being led into a “protracted” campaign in Lebanon and efforts got under way to hold renewed talks over a ceasefire […
Teacher murdered in front of schoolchildren as Lima gripped by crime wave
Extortion rackets killed seven people in less than 12 hours in Lima recently, despite a two-month state of emergency Late into the night, mothers chanted for justice outside their children’s school in Lima after a teacher was gunned down in front of his students in the latest and most shocking example of a surge in […]