At least 551 people were likely sickened by cucumbers tainted with Salmonella bacteria, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said — with 155 hospitalized. But in an update posted Thursday, the CDC declared the cucumber-linked outbreak of the Braenderup strain of Salmonella over. It said testing had sourced the…
A British safety adviser for the Reuters news agency was killed and two journalists injured when a Russian strike hit a hotel in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on Saturday night. Reuters had a six-person crew staying at the Hotel Sapphire as part of its team covering the war in Ukraine. A…
For nearly a month, people in Lebanon and Israel braced for a wider war. A deadly rocket strike from Lebanon last month on the town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights was followed by an Israeli retaliatory strike that killed Hezbollah’s top commander in southern Beirut. The powerful…
At least one person has died and two others are missing after an ice cave partially collapsed as a group of tourists was visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southern Iceland. In a statement posted on social media, local police said first responders received a call shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday…
Russian forces launched a barrage of drone and missile attacks aimed at energy infrastructure across Ukraine overnight, killing at least three people, as Ukrainian officials reported power outages in several cities. Ukraine’s air force on Monday said it detected dozens of missiles and drones targeting almost all regions of the country, including the…
Wading through muddy floodwaters up to chest height, hundreds of people slowly make their way to safety, their belongings held high above their heads to keep them dry. Entering the city of Feni in southeast Bangladesh, it becomes clear why it is described as the epicenter of one of the…
The empty boxes are piling up on the floor as Halyna goes through her medical kit, taking out packs of pills and discarding any unnecessary packaging. She can’t afford to waste space. She’s running away and the journey ahead is long and risky. Halyna, 59, and her husband Olexey, 61,…
Billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested after arriving in France on his private jet at the weekend. He was reportedly the subject of a search warrant, with French news outlets suggesting an investigation focused on a lack of moderators on the encrypted messaging app and potential criminal activity by…
It’s summer season in the Northern Hemisphere and wildfires have been raging in Greece, Madeira and France. As the risk of forest fires changes in a hotter climate, so is the way firefighters respond to them. Traditionally firefighters have practised with live fires to prepare for the real thing. But…
Telegram says its chief executive Pavel Durov has “nothing to hide” after he was arrested in France, adding the charges against him are “absurd”. The billionaire founder of the encrypted messaging app was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday.…