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Sierra Leone is holding a general election today amid a tense campaign that has seen violence erupt between rival supporters. The main opposition party claimed that one of its followers was killed by police on Wednesday, a charge that the police denied. Both major parties have been accused of attacking their opponents. The election comes
June 24, 2023
The Titanic’s broken pieces lie in a lonely spot at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 12,500 feet (3,800 meters) under the surface. The famous ship, which hit an iceberg on its first trip from Southampton to New York City, sank near Newfoundland, Canada. The Titanic was not found until 1985 by the
June 23, 2023
The head of a company that offers tours to the Titanic wreck site revealed his worries about the trip in a previous interview, but said he was confident it was safe. The tour submersible, with five people on board including the CEO, went missing on Sunday after losing contact with the surface ship. The missing
June 23, 2023
Wendy Rush, whose husband Stockton Rush is the CEO of OceanGate and is currently missing on a submarine, has a tragic connection to the Titanic. The New York Times reported that Wendy, whose maiden name is Wendy Hollings Weil, is a direct descendant of Isidor and Ida Strauss, two of the most prominent victims of
June 23, 2023
The Titan submersible, a vessel that can take five people to the depths of the ocean, has gone missing after diving to see the Titanic wreck with tourists on board. The vessel was operated by OceanGate Expeditions, a company based in Everett, Washington, that offers deep sea exploration trips. According to its website, the Titan
June 23, 2023
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has challenged Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, to a cage fight to settle their differences. However, his mother Maye Musk, a model and dietitian, has urged him to refrain from violence and use verbal humor instead. She tweeted that he should “fight with words
June 23, 2023
The CEOs of Meta and Twitter have both expressed their willingness to face each other in a mixed martial arts (MMA) fight, following a report that Meta is developing a rival platform to Twitter. Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter and Tesla, and Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Meta and Facebook, have both said they
June 23, 2023
OceanGate, the company that ran the Titan submersible dive, has expressed its admiration for the five men who lost their lives in the deep-sea expedition. The company said in a statement that the men were “true explorers” who had “a unique passion for adventure”. The Coast Guard suspects that the Titan submersible suffered a devastating
June 22, 2023
A French man is facing charges of drugging his wife for a decade and allowing men to rape her while she was unconscious. The police have arrested 51 men who allegedly participated in the horrific abuse, which was recorded by the husband and stored on a USB drive. The husband, identified only as Dominique P,
June 22, 2023
A cow that escaped from a shopping center in Montgomery, Alabama, led police on a wild chase that ended at a church where children were attending Vacation Bible School. The cow was spotted wandering near Dillards on Tuesday morning and police escorted it to a grassy field next to a fitness center across Berry Hill
June 22, 2023
A man from Lake Barrington, a village in Lake County, Illinois , is facing charges for possessing and firing a gun without a valid license. He claimed he shot himself in the leg by mistake while having a dream about a home invasion, according to police. The 62-year-old man was charged in June, two months after
June 22, 2023
The five people on board the Titan submersible have not been located despite an intensive international effort to find them before their air supply ran out The hope of finding the Titanic sub and its five crew members alive has faded as the oxygen deadline for the craft has passed with no sign of it
June 22, 2023
A Ugandan court has ruled that a man who was kicked out of a WhatsApp group for questioning its financial management should be reinstated. Herbert Baitwababo had sued the group admin, Allan Asinguza, for violating his right to association. The group, called ‘Buyanja My Roots’, was created by Asinguza for people from Buyanja Sub-county in
June 22, 2023
A plane carrying a Brazilian music band had to make a sudden landing after the door flew open in the middle of the flight, shocking the passengers inside. A video of the terrifying incident has gone viral on Twitter with over 100,000 views. The incident happened last week, when the plane was flying from Sao
June 20, 2023
A Delta Air Lines pilot was taken into custody on Friday morning at Edinburgh Airport for allegedly being intoxicated before a flight to New York JFK. The 61-year-old pilot was charged under a UK law that sets strict limits on alcohol levels for crew members. The flight DL209 was scheduled to depart at 10:30 am
June 19, 2023
Piedmont Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines, has been fined $15,000 by OSHA for failing to protect its employees from the hazards of working near operating plane engines. The fine comes after a tragic incident on December 31, 2020, when Courtney Edwards, a 34-year-old ground agent, was killed by being sucked into the engine of
June 19, 2023