ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The dreams of the two young men soared as high as the Ethiopian Airlines planes they proudly flew. Handsome, cosmopolitan Yared Getachew was to marry another plane captain this year. Studious, serious Ahmednur Mohammed rented his first apartment with his maiden paycheck in February. Their lives, along with 155 others, ended […]

JAKARTA (Reuters) – A coalition of political parties backing Indonesian President Joko Widodo is on course to win more than half of the votes in next month’s elections, giving them control of parliament, according to a new survey released on Thursday. Indonesia is holding simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections on April 17. Ten political parties […]

Party supplies company run by Kate Middleton’s mother Carole ‘has laid off staff over fears for its future’ Carole and Michael Middleton founded Party Pieces in 1987 and have 40 staff They were inspired by the birthday’s of their children Kate, Pippa and James But they have reportedly laid off three members of staff over […]

DEMENTIA risk has almost halved in 30 years as Brits adopt healthier lifestyles, research says. Stopping smoking, eating well and keeping physically and mentally active have all helped slash the chance of developing the disease. Millions of people also take statins and blood pressure tablets which protect heart and brain health. But the increase in […]

NEW Zealand is banning all "military style" semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles following the Christchurch mosque attack. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled the stronger gun laws and said they are expected to be fully in place in three weeks time. She announced that high-capacity magazines and semi-automatic weapons like those used in Friday's terrorist atrocity […]

JEREMY CORBYN faced ridicule last night after storming out of Brexit talks with Theresa May – as ex-Labour MP Chuka Umunna was there. The Labour leader was among a number of opposition chiefs called in by the PM for talks on the Brexit extension. But he “walked out” on seeing the new leader of the […]

New Zealand has banned all military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today that weapons will be banned under stronger new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country's worst mass shooting. PM Ardern said: "Every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned." […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate panel plans a hearing on March 27 on aviation safety after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft crashes since October, and said it will also schedule a future hearing with Boeing and other manufacturers, officials said on Wednesday. The hearing on federal oversight on commercial aviation by the […]

A passenger is suing Royal Caribbean for $75,000 over injuries sustained in a bungee trampoline accident on the company’s Mariner of the Seas cruise ship. Casey Holladay, 26, said he fractured his pelvis in a 20-foot fall on the ship’s “Sky Pad,” a bungee trampoline activity, in February when the harness malfunctioned while he was […]

New Zealand’s prime minister announced that assault rifles, such as the ones used last Friday in the massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, will be banned from the country once approved by the parliament. Interested in New Zealand? “Today I am announcing that New Zealand will ban all military-style semi-automatic weapons. We will also ban […]