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If you’re planning to fly this week, you may want to double check your Wizz Air flights and booking statusThe low cost airline Wizz Air has just announced the suspension of all Wizz Air flights to and from the UAE until Sunday, June 30, due to the ongoing closure of multiple airspaces across the region following heightened tensions in the Middle East.In a statement shared via Wizz Air’s Instagram story yesterday said:“In light of the escalating situation in the Middle East, and due to the closure of multiple airspaces across the region, passengers flying in and out of the region…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Joe DeMayo always knew his healthy years could end abruptly, bound to the lifespan of a transplanted kidney about the size of a small fist. But as the father of a toddler, he had hoped to have more time. When he was 33, his wife had donated her kidney to him, a milestone that changed the course of DeMayo’s life. The relentless fatigue, nose bleeds and itchy skin brought on by his own poorly functioning kidneys vanished, and…
Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for a Brazilian tourist who fell while hiking near the crater of Mount Rinjani, an active volcano.Brazilian media and the woman’s family have identified her as 26-year-old Juliana Marins, who was hiking with a group when she disappeared around 06:30 local time on Saturday (23:30 GMT Friday). Brazilian authorities said she fell from “a cliff that surrounds the trail next to the volcano’s crater”.Search and rescue attempts have so far been unsuccessful due to the extreme terrain and foggy weather, according to Indonesian authorities.Mount Rinjani park authorities said in a social media post that rescuers…
WARNING: This article contains details of sexual extortion and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone affected by it.RCMP are hailing the conviction and sentencing of a man in Nigeria who tried to blackmail a Surrey, B.C., teenager by posting his intimate images online, saying “sextortions and fraud” will not be tolerated by society.Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said Olukeye Adedayo was sentenced last week to prison terms totalling 76 years, after offences that the RCMP said resulted in the boy’s “sudden death” in February 2023.Nigeria’s financial crimes agency said in social media posts that Adedayo faced…
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration, at least for now, to move forward with deporting immigrants to countries not specifically identified in their removal orders. In a brief unsigned order, the justices paused a ruling by a federal judge in Massachusetts that temporarily prohibited the government from sending immigrants to “third-party countries” without first taking a series of steps to ensure that the immigrants would not face torture there. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, in a lengthy opinion joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. “Apparently,” Sotomayor wrote, “the Court finds the idea that thousands will…
Home Daily News Retired California justice faces disciplinary… Ethics Retired California justice faces disciplinary charges for allegedly taking too long to decide cases By Amanda Robert June 17, 2025, 10:53 am CDT Former Justice William J. Murray Jr. of the Third District Court of Appeal in California has been accused of delaying hundreds of case decisions for years. (Photo from the Judicial Branch of California) A retired state appellate justice in California has been accused of delaying hundreds of case decisions for years. The California Commission on Judicial Performance said Monday it launched formal proceedings against former Justice William J.…
Passengers flying from Abu Dhabi are advised to expect delays as Etihad adjusts routes for safetyEtihad Airways has confirmed that it is rerouting several flights on Monday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 24, in response to ongoing airspace restrictions across parts of the Middle East, Gulf News reports.The national airline of the UAE said that while safety remains its top priority, passengers should expect some delays and disruption over the coming days as a result of the evolving regional situation.A spokesperson from Etihad told Gulf News, “Etihad Airways flights only operate through approved airspace. Safety is always our highest priority,…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In 2022, three Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed to India to investigate a massive Sun Pharma plant that produces dozens of generic drugs for Americans. Over two weeks, they found dangerous breakdowns in the way critical medications were made, and the FDA ultimately placed the factory on an import ban — prohibiting the company from shipping drugs to the United States. The agency, however, quietly gave the global manufacturer a special pass to continue sending more than…
Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month.Albert Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in Kenya with protests held to demand justice. Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya’s deputy police chief Eliud Lagat filed a complaint, accusing the blogger of defaming him on social media. Mr Lagat stepped aside last week pending the outcome of investigations into Ojwang’s death. He has denied any wrongdoing.The three police officers – Samson Kiprotich, Talaam James Mukhwana and Peter Kimani – were charged along with three civilians. All six appeared…
The man who opened fire outside a Wayne, Mich., church filled with worshippers before he was struck by a vehicle and then fatally shot by security staff had attended services there a couple of times in the last year and his mother is a member, police said.Several people can be seen carrying or directing children to duck down and move away in a livestream video of the Sunday morning service at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne. “C’mon, everybody to the back,” a woman calls out. The woman, who was initially crouching between two rows of seats, stands and waves an arm.…