India’s top court saves a poor student’s college dream
Atul Kumar missed the deadline to pay his college fee by a few seconds – then a court stepped in to help him.
03
Oct
Monthly Archives: October 2024
03
Oct
Hidden runway bomb explodes just after plane takes off
A bomb, probably dropped in WW2, goes off at an airport, about a minute after a passenger plane passed by.
03
Oct
Dozens of tigers dead after bird flu hits Vietnam zoos
Officials believe the animals caught the virus from infected chicken meat they were fed at two zoos.
03
Oct
‘It kills everything’ – Amazon’s indigenous people hit by record forest fires in Brazil
More than 62,000 sq km of rainforest has burned in Brazil, this year alone.
03
Oct
Dominican Republic ‘to deport up to 10,000 migrants a week’
Many Haitian migrants are fleeing extreme gang violence and poverty in the capital Port-au-Prince.
03
Oct
Watch: ‘Ring of fire’ eclipse shines over South America
The solar eclipse was visible in Chile and Argentina on 2 October.
03
Oct
Singapore ex-minister gets prison in rare case
Subramanian Iswaran, a former cabinet minister, had pleaded guilty to accepting gifts while in public service.
03
Oct
Six migrants die after Mexico soldiers open fire
Officials say the incident happened after a military patrol saw a vehicle carrying 33 migrants travelling at speed.
03
Oct
Five dead in Israeli air strike on central Beirut
It is the first Israeli strike so close to the centre of Beirut in Lebanon in the current conflict.
03
Oct
Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ to overturn 2020 election, prosecutors say
A new filing presents the clearest view yet of how prosecutors would present their case against the former president at trial.
