The Venezuelan government has cancelled the passports of dozens of journalists and activists since President Nicolás Maduro claimed a re-election victory, part of what rights groups said is an intensifying campaign of repression against the authoritarian president’s opponents, the Financial Times has reported. At least 40 people, mostly journalists and human rights activists, have had…
Renters in Australian capital cities are on average spending nearly $15,000 more a year to rent a house since the pandemic, analysis has revealed. Research from the advocacy organisation Everybody’s Home showed on average renters in capitals are paying $14,700 more annually to rent a house, and $9,600 more to rent a unit compared with…
The Scottish DJ and producer Jack Revill, known to many as Jackmaster, has died aged 38, his family has announced. Revill died in Ibiza on Saturday morning after “complications arising from an accidental head injury”, his family said. A statement said: “It is with profound sorrow that we confirm the untimely passing of Jack Revill,…
At least 11 people have been killed in tribal clashes in the north-west of Pakistan, a local official has said. Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after two people were critically injured in a shooting incident between rival tribes. It was not immediately clear what caused the shooting. Vehicles were targeted in different…
A woman has died after going overboard from a passenger ship off the Channel Islands. The French coastguard said it received a distress message saying a woman in her 20s had gone overboard north of Les Casquets rocks, west of Alderney, shortly after midnight on Saturday. The woman went overboard from the Maltese-flagged cruise ship…
Dozens of attackers armed with guns, rockets and hand grenades have stormed a cluster of private coalmines in south-western Pakistan on Friday, shooting some miners in their sleep and others after lining them up, killing at least 21, police have said. The attack by about 40 armed men days before Pakistan hosts a summit of…
A US soldier was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison for attempting to help the Islamic State murder troops. The sentencing of Cole Bridges, 24, came after his 14 June 2023 guilty plea to terrorism charges. Bridges joined the army some five years ago, and was assigned as a cavalry scout in the third…
The person killed Thursday during an elevator malfunction at a former Colorado gold mine – which left 23 stranded underground – worked as a tour guide at the site, authorities said. Authorities identified 46-year-old Patrick Weier of Victor, Colorado, as the victim who died. Weier’s survivors include a seven-year-old son, according to the Colorado Springs…
A comet that was last visible when Neanderthals walked the Earth could be spotted with the naked eye this weekend, scientists have said. Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has been called the “comet of the century” because of how bright and visible it could be, according to the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Astronomers said it would last…
Victorian police could be forced to charge one of their own after an officer allegedly performed the Nazi salute twice while on duty. The sergeant allegedly made the banned gesture on Tuesday and Wednesday in front of colleagues. The force’s professional standards command is investigating the actions of the woman. She has been suspended with…
