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Trial conducted solely against teenager’s parents as their son could not be criminally prosecuted due to his ageA Belgrade court has jailed the parents of a 13-year-old boy after he shot dead nine students and a security guard at an elementary school in Serbia’s capital last year.The killings, on 3 May 2023, deeply shocked the Balkan state, where mass shootings have been rare despite...

A spate of murders has taken the Caribbean nation’s total to 623 in 2024, of which nearly half were gang related and almost all linked to organised crime, say policeThe government of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a weekend of violence in the Caribbean dual-island nation took the number of murders this year to 623.Five men were shot overnight...

Mizo Games wants players to have a chance to ‘experience war on the tabletop before it reaches us’As families in Taiwan prepare to gather for lunar new year celebrations in January, a game that will be released that month promises to offer some war-themed fun over the festive period.The board game 2045, developed by the Taiwanese company Mizo Games, invites players to participate in...

Electricity cable link to Estonia was damaged on Christmas Day in suspected Russian act of sabotageFinnish investigators say they have found a seabed trail stretching almost 100km (about 60 miles) around the site of an underwater electricity cable that was damaged on Christmas Day in a suspected act of Russian sabotage.The ship under suspicion of causing the damage, a vessel called the Eagle S...

Government spokesperson says freedom of speech ‘covers the greatest nonsense’ after Musk’s endorsements of AfDThe German government has accused Elon Musk of trying to meddle in the country’s election campaign with repeated endorsements of the far-right party AfD.“It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,” said the government spokesperson Christiane Hoffmann after Musk’s X posts and an...

After 179 die at Muan airport, a team of US investigators will join local authorities to look at possible causes of the flight 2216 accidentFull report: South Korea in mourningChoi orders transport ministry to conduct emergency safety inspection of country’s entire airline systemCircling back to earlier remarks from acting president Choi Sang-mok: Continue reading...

Joe Biden says predecessor was ‘extraordinary leader’ as Donald Trump says America owed him a ‘debt of gratitude’Other US political figures to pay tribute to Jimmy Carter include US House speaker Mike Johnson and senior Republican senator Mitch McConnell.McConnell said “President Carter served during times of tension and uncertainty, both at home and abroad. But his calm spirit and deep faith seemed unshakeable.” Continue...

Jump of 17.2% in 12 months to September for city, while Huddersfield had largest declineStoke-on-Trent experienced the biggest annual house price growth in the UK, while Huddersfield had the biggest decline, according to the mortgage lender Halifax.Average house prices in the Staffordshire city jumped by 17.2% or £33,000 in the 12 months to September, to £227,002 as buyers sought more affordable options against a...

Electricity prices fall an average of 4% over 12 months – but almost half of customers miss out by sticking with their old planGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMillions of households could save more than $300 on their yearly energy bills on average just by swapping to better deals on the market, the consumer watchdog has found.Falling electricity prices...

Even as experts remain puzzled by Jeju Air crash, they are sceptical a bird strike was sole cause of fatal disasterOne day after the fatal airline disaster in South Korea, the answer as to what went wrong with Jeju Air 2216 remains elusive.Even as experts remain puzzled by what caused the crash that killed 179 people, experts say that a bird striking the engine...

The 23-year-old was last seen descending a walking trail after agreeing to meet up with friends at Geehi campsite, sparking a multi-agency searchGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA major search for a 23-year-old hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day resumed on Monday.The man – who police said was an experienced hiker – was last seen by...

Authorities announce probe as shocked citizens began a second day of official mourningSouth Korea plane crash: investigations into cause of Jeju Air accident begin – live updatesSouth Korea’s acting president has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operations, while authorities plan a separate check of all Boeing 737-800s, after 179 people died in a Jeju Air crash involving the aircraft...

Police allege 31-year-old victim was shot in his car outside family home in western Sydney in ‘targeted attack’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have charged an alleged getaway driver after the shooting death of a man outside a family home in western Sydney in what they have labelled a “targeted attack”.Emergency services found a 31-year-old man in Canley Heights...

Unesco-listed San Lorenzo de El Escorial was fulfilment of Philip II’s dream of raising monastery in a ‘desert’Despite perching imperiously on a mountainside near Madrid for the better part of five centuries, the royal monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial has yet to give up all its treasures – or all its secrets.Forty years after it was included on Unesco’s World Heritage list,...

Survey by Chartered Management Institute finds only 19% of companies have a policy in place‘Exhaustive, expensive and soul-destroying’: one NHS worker’s infertility journeyEmployers should have formal policies in place to help workers who are undergoing fertility treatment, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has said, warning that businesses are increasingly losing talented people by failing to support them.With NHS data showing that one in every...

Damning report reveals millions in England are living in poor-quality housing that threatens their healthMinisters have been warned that efforts to save the NHS and grow the economy will fail unless they tackle the housing crisis, as a damning report reveals millions of people are living in substandard homes that risk worsening their health.In total, 4.5 million people aged 50 or above with an...

Part of an international initiative to combat organised wildlife crime, similar seizures in Australia and Norway have recovered more than 50,000 eggsMore than 6,000 eggs have been seized in the biggest haul of its kind in UK history, after police carried out raids in Scotland, South Yorkshire, Essex, Wales and Gloucester. Thousands of eggs were found secreted in attics, offices and drawers.The UK raids...

For years reporters at Syria’s state news agency had to toe the line. As life in Syria grew harder, so did the their workAfter 21 years, the day Farouk feared had finally come. An envelope sealed with red wax made its way through the faded hallways of Syria’s national news agency, Sana, and landed on his desk. Inside was what employees called a penalty,...

Warsaw’s return to the European mainstream with presidency of the EU Council may not be quite what it seemsGermany’s chancellor appears to be heading for defeat; France’s president is mired in crisis. But while Europe’s traditional power duo are in the doldrums, there is a strong, stable and pro-EU leader east of Paris and Berlin – Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk.For European officials, it’s...

Boy dies while being transported to hospital after being struck by Ford at Glossop Street in North St Marys Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA four-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car in Sydney’s west.Emergency services were called to a Glossop Street in North St Marys just after noon on Monday after receiving reports a pedestrian...

Night skies will light up on New Year’s Eve to welcome in 2025. Here’s your guide to child-friendly shows plus what time and where to see the fireworks in Sydney, Melbourne and across the countryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNight skies across Australia will light up on New Year’s Eve to herald the beginning of 2025.Whether you are in...

The country has recorded more than 30 drowning deaths in December, including multiple fatalities over the weekendGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 21-year-old man has died while swimming in a river on Canberra’s southern edge, bringing the number of drowning deaths around Australia in December alone to more than 30.The man was swimming in the Murrumbidgee River at Pine...

Authorities plan to question Yoon on allegations of abuse of authority and orchestrating a rebellion after his short-lived declaration of martial lawSouth Korean law enforcement officials have requested a court warrant to arrest impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree amounted to rebellion.The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which is leading a joint investigation with police...

This blog is now closed. Full report: Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100Obituary: Jimmy Carter obituaryJimmy Carter – a life in picturesThe former Georgia house of representatives minority leader Stacey Abrams called Carter “a giant who never saw anyone as smaller than himself” in a post on X.“Whether at a Boys & Girls Club banquet or when he sponsored a medical clinic...