There are worries in Malaysia and neighbouring Thailand that disastrous flooding could get worse as more rain comes.
Month: December 2024
Irish election ‘too close to call’, says taoiseach
The leaders of the three parties battling to top the polls in the Irish general election have been elected.
Venomous snake slithers up driver’s leg on Australia motorway
Police say the woman was “rattled” and “in a state of shock” when she looked down to find the deadly snake by her feet.
Belgium’s sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law
They will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance and sick days.
Trump picks loyalist ex-aide as FBI director
The president-elect also chooses a Florida sheriff to lead drug enforcement, and gives Ivanka’s father-in-law a role.
‘They threw her body into the ocean’ – woman dies on boat headed for French island
Woman’s body thrown overboard after boat abandoned by people smugglers in the Indian Ocean.
Food charity pauses Gaza work after staff killed in Israeli strike
Israel said the target of the strike was involved in the October 7 attacks and also worked at the charity World Central Kitchen.
World Beekeeping Awards axe honey prize due to fraud
A report found that 46% of sampled honey products had likely been bulked out with cheaper sugar syrups.
Trump picks Ivanka’s father-in-law for ambassador to France
The president-elect had pardoned Charles Kushner of federal charges during his first term.
Woman searching for birth parents found dad was a friend on Facebook
Tamuna Museridze has reunited hundreds of families torn apart by a baby trafficking scandal – now she has found her own birth parents.