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Man and woman charged with Boxing Day murder

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Two people have been charged with the murder of a 50-year-old man. Mark Dorrian was found unconscious in a flat in Newtownards, County Down, in the early hours of Boxing Day. He had sustained a number of injuries, including head injuries, and later died in hospital. A woman, 33, and a man, 36, have both […]

At least 47 confirmed dead after South Korean plane crashes

The wreckage of the plane on fire after crash landing. PHOTO/@DD_Geopolitics/X

At least 47 people were killed when a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea, the local fire department told CNN. Two people were rescued from the crash site. Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 from Bangkok was carrying 175 passengers and six crew when disaster struck at the airport in Muan County, […]

Babu Owino tells University student leaders to call for demos over abductions

Babu Owino

Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino has called on university student leaders to call for nationwide protests over reported cases of abductions. The debate around the reported abductions has dominated public discourse for days now with leaders, including President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, all adding their voices on the […]

Putin apologises for plane crash, without saying Russia at fault

Russia's President Vladimir Putin. PHOTO/@mfa_russia/X

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed – but stopped short of saying Russia was responsible. In his first comments on the Christmas Day crash, Putin said the ‘tragic incident’ had occurred when Russian […]