Managers at Australian carrier Qantas will work as baggage handlers and ground staff next week while bigger aircraft will be used to combat a planned strike by 3,800 workers, the airline said on Thursday. The airline warned of delays that could linger for up to two days when Transport Workers Union (TWU) members walk out […]
At least 120 dead in Kenyan petrol pipeline fire
At least 120 people have been burned to death after a pipeline burst into flames in a Nairobi slum as local people were siphoning fuel from it, and more than 100 have been injured. Scores of bodies, some burned to the bone, lay on charred grass near trenches and a filthy river in the Sinai […]
‘Drunk’ moose stuck in tree
A Swedish man says he was shocked to find a moose apparently drunk on fermented apples stuck up a neighbour’s tree. Per Johansson from Saro in Goteborg, south-western Sweden, says he heard a roar from the garden of his neighbour, who is on holiday, late on Tuesday. When he went to have a look, he […]
Britain launches 9/11 website for children
A website to teach schoolchildren in Britain about the events of 9/11 and “demolish conspiracy theories” surrounding the attacks has been launched by the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. “It is only if we and our children properly remember and understand 9/11 that we can make sure that nothing like it ever happens again,” Johnson […]
Egypt commandos save Israelis from embassy raid: officials
Egyptian commandos plucked six Israelis to safety from their Cairo embassy as protesters stormed the building and dumped diplomatic papers from a balcony, an Israeli official said on Saturday. ‘Six people were actually trapped in the embassy and there was a real concern for their lives,’ the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. ‘In […]
Brother of pop icon Jackson had plan to save him from jail
Michael Jackson’s family planned to spirit the singer out of the United States (US) rather than see him jailed if he was convicted at his 2005 child abuse trial, his brother said in an interview published on Saturday. Jermaine Jackson told Britain’s Times newspaper that a private jet financed by a friend was ready to […]
Barack Obama nearly scrapped Osama bin Laden kill mission at last minute
THE mission to kill Osama bin Laden was almost called off at the last minute due to a lack of certainty over whether the terrorist leader was living in a Pakistani compound, a new documentary has revealed. In his first detailed interview since the al-Qaeda leader was shot dead by Navy Seals, US president Barack […]
US probes ‘credible’ 9/11 anniversary terror threat: Report
US security officials said on Thursday they are investigating a credible terror threat to the United States ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. ‘In this instance, it’s accurate that there is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information,’ the Department of Homeland Security said. ‘We have taken, and will continue to take all […]
Britain’s ‘feral underclass’: how the system failed a nation
Riots that swept across the UK were the result of a penal system that fails to stop “a feral underclass” reoffending, Britain’s justice secretary says. Writing for The Guardian, Kenneth Clarke revealed that 75 per cent of over-18s charged with involvement in last month’s unrest had criminal records. In brief excerpts on the newspaper’s website, […]
US flight controllers recall 9/11 chaos 10 years ago
Senior US flight control officers on Tuesday recalled the harrowing and chaotic minutes 10 years ago when they realised that the busy skies over New York had turned into war zone. ‘It started out like any other day,’ Mr Terry Biggio, air operations manager on the Boston Air Route, said in video comments released by […]