Category: World

San Diego was slammed with a wallop of a Pacific front on Monday, surprising the city despite the likelihood of rain, as the third of three Pacific storms to strike the West Coast since Friday. The National Weather Service (NWS) declared Monday “the wettest January day on record in San Diego” after the third storm, […]

Authorities said Sunday that they have detained a male suspect and recovered a weapon after at least four women were killed during a shooting at home in Tinley Park. According to the officials, they arrived at around 11:20am at the 7400 block of West 173rd Street and found four bullet-stricken bodies. CBS News quoted Village Manager […]

The United States has been hit by ferocious winter storms in the past week, which has resulted in nearly 90 weather-related fatalities across different parts of the country. Oregon remains under a state of emergency after enduring severe ice storms that have claimed 16 lives while Tennessee has reported at least 25 deaths due to […]

South Africa is taking legal action to prevent the auction of 70 personal items belonging to Nelson Mandela, the iconic anti-apartheid leader, BBC reported.  His daughter, Makaziwe Mandela, plans to auction items such as hearing aids, an ID card, and symbolic “Madiba” shirts in the United States. However, the South African government argues that these possessions belong […]

A school dormitory fire in Henan province, central China, has claimed the lives of thirteen individuals, according to a report by the official Xinhua news agency. The incident unfolded at Yingcai School in Yanshanpu village, with the local fire department receiving the distress call at 11pm (1500 GMT) on Friday night. By the time rescuers […]

Over the weekend, parts of Western Australia experienced an “extreme” heat wave, which raised concerns about bushfires in the region prompting warnings from weather authorities. The Bureau of Meteorology issued an “extreme heat wave warning” for the remote Pilbara and Gascoyne areas of Australia’s largest state, with temperatures expected to soar into the high forties […]

The Los Angeles Innocence Project (LAIP), a nonprofit organisation which works to exonerate people who are wrongly convicted and incarcerated, is now representing Scott Peterson, who allegedly killed wife and child. Peterson, now 51, was sentenced to death in 2005 after his 2004 conviction in the murders of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their son, […]

Hunter Biden, the 53-year-old son of President Joe Biden, appeared cheerful as he joined First Lady Jill Biden and his dad’s campaign co-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg for dinner in California. Hunter, who had been defying the House Republican impeachment inquiry of President Biden for months, showed no concern after agreeing to testify. Katzenberg, the former chairman […]

Gold in today’s age is an important part of any country’s national reserves due to its durability and safety as a store of value.  Central banks of several nations have been keeping the yellow metal as reserves amid rising economic difficulties and instabilities.  Gold’s allure is enhanced by its inverse relationship with the US dollar. When the […]

In a heart-wrenching incident that unfolded in the bustling streets of east London, a newborn baby girl was discovered wrapped in a towel inside a shopping bag, igniting a desperate search for her mother, BBC reported.  The chilling discovery took place in Newham, where a vigilant member of the public stumbled upon the tiny infant and acted […]