A woman has died after a building collapsed in a popular resort on Tenerife. Emergency services are searching the rubble for survivors after the four-storey apartment block came crashing down in Los Cristianos, a resort popular with British tourists. Spanish police say they do not know how many people were in the block, which houses… Read More Woman dead as building collapses in Tenerife
Nine hundred police officers have taken part in a raid on one of Germany’s biggest brothels in Berlin, making six arrests over alleged human trafficking and tax fraud. The operation follows months of investigation into the Artemis brothel. Brothel managers are accused of evading some €17.5m (an equivalent of £14m or $19.7m) in social security… Read More Hundreds of policemen raid brothel in Germany
At least two people are dead and 19 houses collapsed after an earthquake struck southern Japan late on Thursday, authorities said. An unknown number of people were still trapped under collapsed buildings on Thursday night, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.2 quake struck near Ueki, Japan. Several smaller… Read More Two dead, several houses destroyed as 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Japan
Jordanian security services have closed the Amman headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s main opposition force, a security source and lawyer for the movement said. “Jordanian security searched the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood and evacuated it before sealing off the entrance with red wax,” lawyer Abdelkader al-Khatib told AFP news agency on Wednesday.… Read More Jordan police seals off Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Amman
Police are hunting a gunman who opened fire on a passing car in a trendy street off Brick Lane, injuring a teenage girl. The terrified driver sped from the scene of the attack in Cheshire Street and pulled up outside Bethnal Green police station, a mile away in Victoria Park Square, which was put in… Read More Shooting spree in east London leaves teenage girl injured
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old paedophile, Chinedu Eze, alias Chiboy, for serially raping a nine-year-old girl in the state. The suspect was nabbed by police operatives attached to the Akenfa Police Division in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that Eze’s heinous acts were uncovered following… Read More 40-year-old man arrested for raping nine-year-old
At least 18 people have been killed and 18 others hospitalised after an 80-ton crane collapsed in the Guangdong province of China. The collapse was caused by high winds. An official in Dongguan City told the Xinhua state news agency that the crane had toppled onto a two storey building made of shipping containers. A… Read More 18 dead as crane collapses in China
Fans final vision of Kobe Bryant in a purple and gold uniform was like many before as the Lakers’ legend scored a spectacular 60 points in his farewell NBA game. The third-leading scorer in NBA history, hit in recent years by injuries that made too many of his final contests a struggle, completed his glorious… Read More NBA legend, Kobe Bryant retires
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