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53 people dead or missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean
Only two survivors rescued after boat overturned off Libyan coast, UN migration agency says
Fifty-three people are dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, the UN migration agency said on Monday. Only two survivors were rescued.
The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday, in the latest
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Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90
Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
Ghanaian musician Ebo Taylor, a definitive force behind the highlife genre, has died age 90.
His son Kweku Taylor announced the news on Sunday: “The world has lost a giant. A colossus of African music. Ebo Taylor passed away yesterday; a day after
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Weather tracker: Spain and Portugal hit by third deadly storm in two weeks
Storm Marta sweeps Iberian peninsula just days after Storms Kristin and Leonardo brought deadly flooding and major damage
Spain and Portugal have endured another storm over the weekend, just days after the deadly flooding and major damage caused by Storm Kristin and Storm Leonardo last week. Storm Marta passed over the Iberian peninsula on Saturday, bringing fresh torrential rain and
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RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors group
Eight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network
A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday.
The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er
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Thousands of Malawi businesses close in protest over tax changes
Peaceful demonstrations force a delay in measures aimed at improving revenue collection but which many fear will be fatal for small traders
Demonstrations across Malawi’s four main cities during the past week have achieved a delay in the introduction of a new tax regime that business owners claim will cripple their livelihoods.
Tens of thousands had signed petitions which this
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‘What word is there for this?’ Tumbler Ridge reaches for unity in storm of grief
In Canadian town stunned by shooting perpetrated by one of its own, there is anger, but also a prevailing sense of duty
Residents of the Canadian mining town Tumbler Ridge largely agree that Tuesday 10 February began like a normal day. The cloudy haze that settled over the valley was typical. So, too, was the chill of winter.
There were no hints that the quiet and comfortable
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Haiti’s Winter Olympics kit redesigned at last minute to fit IOC guidelines
Designer Stella Jean forced to paint over image of revolutionary on skisuits after being told it breached rules
The designer behind the Haitian
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Canada school deaths suspect created shooting simulator on gaming platform
Roblox says it has removed account after massacre that left nine people including the shooter dead
The 18-year-old suspect in a high school shooting in British Columbia had previously created a mass shooting simulator on the gaming platform Roblox, it has been revealed.
The simulator, set in what appeared to be a virtual shopping mall, allowed users – represented as Roblox-style
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‘The tears just keep flowing’: child victims of Tumbler Ridge shooting remembered as Carney heads to join vigil
Prime minister to meet mourners in mining town as families speak of their loss in one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is to join mourners in Tumbler Ridge on Friday, as authorities and relatives released details of the six children and assistant teacher killed by a shooter in the remote mining town’s high school.
Carney will attend a vigil
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Police visited home of Canada school shooting suspect multiple times over mental health concerns
Canadian authorities seized firearms from the residence approximately two years ago but later returned them
Police have said they were called on multiple occasions to the home of the teenage suspect behind one of Canada’s deadliest school shootings after concerns were raised regarding mental health problems and weapons.
Six people, including a teacher and five children, were