At least eight people have died and 15 are injured after a fire broke out at a food market in northern China, according to state media. The fire at the Liguang market in the city of Zhangjiakou broke out at midday on Saturday and had been mostly extinguished two hours later, the Xinhua news agency…

Syria’s main airport in Damascus is to resume international flights after commercial trips were halted following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. “We announce we will start receiving international flights to and from Damascus international airport from [Tuesday],” the state news agency Sana reported, quoting Ashhad al-Salibi, the head of the General Authority of Civil…

A British man was among 14 people killed in a New Year’s Day vehicle attack in New Orleans, it has been confirmed. The Metropolitan police said they were supporting the family of Edward Pettifer, 31, of Chelsea, who was killed in the attack in Bourbon Street. His family said he was a “wonderful son, brother,…

A man has been charged with the alleged rape and sexual assault of a Virgin Australia crew member in Fiji in the early hours of New Year’s Day. The man “will be produced in court on Monday”, after having been taken into custody on Wednesday, acting police commissioner Juki Fong Chew said in an email…

Soul singer Brenton Wood has died at the age of 83, TMZ and Variety reported. Wood’s manager Manny Gallegos confirmed the news. Woods, born Alfred Jesse Smith, is best known for his 1967 hit The Oogum Boogum Song which has repeatedly been used across film, television and in commercial campaigns. He died at his home…

Suspected human bones have been found in a popular Queensland national park, sparking a wider search of the area. The bones were found by a member of the public in Springbrook national park in the Gold Coast hinterland at about 11.35am on Friday. A crime scene was set up at Repeater Station Road as an…

Chile’s president Gabriel Boric has made a historic trip to the south pole to reaffirm his country’s “claim to sovereignty” over its part of Antarctica, his office said. Boric is the first Latin American leader to reach the Earth’s southernmost point, according to his office. “This is a milestone for us,” Boric said, in footage…