At least 10 people were injured in a shooting at a lakeside party in Oklahoma, local officials said. The shooting took place near Arcadia Lake in eastern Edmond, about 13 miles north of Oklahoma City, at a gathering of young people around 21:00 local time on Sunday, police spokesperson Emily Ward said. Ward said 10 people were taken to hospital in “various conditions” and others drove themselves. No arrests have been made, but police do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the public. “This is obviously a very terrifying situation and we understand the concern from the public…
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For years, India’s West Bengal state was the great exception to Narendra Modi’s political advance. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had swept through India’s Hindi-speaking heartland, expanded into the west and north-east, and overwhelmed once-formidable regional rivals. Yet Bengal – argumentative and steeped in a self-image of cultural exceptionalism – remained stubbornly resistant. That made this state election unusually consequential. With more than 100 million people, West Bengal’s electorate is larger than Germany’s, turning its election into something closer to a nation choosing a government than a routine Indian state poll. Monday’s BJP victory there would rank among the most…
Three people were killed and dozens wounded after a monster truck drove into a crowd in the south of Colombia. Police said it is believed the driver’s brakes failed during a show on Sunday in the southern city of Popayán in the province of Cauca. Video of the incident shows people running as the truck crashes through a barrier and ploughs into the crowd, before coming to a stop, hitting an electricity pole. Authorities said at least 38 people were injured. A 10-year-old girl died at the scene according to a city official, newspaper El Espectador reported. Popayán police commander…
Video game retail chain GameStop has made a $55.5bn (£40.9bn) unsolicited offer to buy e-commerce firm eBay. The cash and stock offer values eBay at $125 a share, $20 more than the shares were valued at when New York trading ended on Friday, GameStop said in a statement on Sunday. GameStop’s chief executive Ryan Cohen said he is prepared to take the bid directly to shareholders if eBay’s board rejects the approach. In a letter to eBay, Cohen also said he planned to make $2bn of cost savings at the company within a year of the deal being completed. The…
The family behind the South Korean corporate giant Samsung has completed its payment of a 12 trillion won (£6bn; $8bn) inheritance tax bill, the largest such settlement in the country’s history. Chairman Lee Jae-yong and other members of the family, including his mother Hong Ra-hee and sisters Lee Boo-jin and Lee Seo-hyun, paid the sum in six installments over the last five years. The bill is tied to the estate left by the firm’s late chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died in October 2020. Samsung is South Korea’s biggest chaebol, or family-owned business, with operations spanning electronics, heavy industry, construction and…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja joined those calling on political leaders to reduce tensions as the County continues implementing firm, ongoing measures to address flooding and restore order in the city. Speaking at PCEA Evergreen Parish in Westlands Constituency, Sakaja said the County is currently intensifying its crackdown on illegal developments on riparian land, with demolition and reclamation works already underway across several areas. He noted that multiple encroached zones are already being reclaimed, with operations currently extending to additional locations, including Kirichwa Kubwa in Kilimani. “The work to reclaim riparian land is ongoing at high speed. We are recovering many…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Rome and the Vatican this week, an Italian government source said Sunday, weeks after President Donald Trump’s stinging criticism of Pope Leo XIV. Italian media reported that Rubio would meet the US pontiff himself on Thursday, but there was no immediate confirmation of this. Newspapers presented the visit by Rubio — a Catholic — as a meeting to “thaw” relations. The government source told AFP that Rubio would meet Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. The meetings come just weeks after Trump’s extraordinary criticism of Pope…
Sir Alex Ferguson was taken to hospital after falling unwell at Old Trafford shortly before Manchester United’s Premier League match with Liverpool on Sunday. Sources stressed it was a precautionary move for the 84-year-old former Manchester United manager, and not an emergency situation. Ferguson, who managed United for 27 years during a glittering reign, watches the club’s games from the directors’ box. No further update has been provided on his condition after his admission to hospital. Ferguson had a brain haemorrhage in 2018 which left him seriously ill. He spoke about his recovery in detail three years later. He was…
Iran has received a US response to its latest peace proposal, Iranian state-linked media have said. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said the response – which was delivered via Pakistan – was now being reviewed, according to Tasnim news agency. The US is yet to confirm it has replied to Tehran. On Saturday, President Donald Trump he would “soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable”. Iranian state media said Tehran’s 14-point plan asked Washington to withdraw its forces from near Iran’s borders, end its naval blockade of Iranian…
Police in South Africa have managed to recover human remains after an officer was lowered from a helicopter into a crocodile-infested river in the search for a businessman swept away by floodwater last week. The reptile suspected to have eaten the missing man had already been killed but Captain Johan “Pottie” Potgieter said it was still a nerve-wracking experience. “The sharp-end of a crocodile is not the best place to approach it,” he told the News24 website. After Potgieter had used a rope to secure the animal, both were hoisted away from the Komati River in the north-east of the…
A fresh political row has erupted between National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah and Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata following accusations of political pressure and hypocrisy. In a strongly worded public statement, Ichung’wah dismissed claims that he had been exerting pressure on the governor, insisting that his earlier remarks—made openly at Kenneth Matiba Hospital—were intended to call out what he termed as inconsistencies in Kang’ata’s political conduct. “I said what I said in public, not to exert pressure but to highlight the hypocrisy I observed,” Ichung’wah stated, adding that the two leaders have a long-standing political relationship. The Majority Leader went…
Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata has signalled a potential political realignment ahead of the 2027 General Election, announcing that he will not seek re-election on his current party’s ticket while calling for a shift in national policy toward production-driven growth. In a carefully worded statement, Kang’ata expressed gratitude for his long-standing working relationship with President William Ruto, dating back to 2013 when he first entered Parliament as Kiharu MP. He noted that their collaboration had continued through his tenure as Senator and Senate Majority Whip, and now as governor. He accused UDA and its leadership of coercsion and intimidation to endorse…
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The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, scientists say. Researchers have determined that Eastern Africa will likely split from the rest of the continent along the Turkana Rift, a 310-mile-long region spanning Kenya and Ethiopia, because it exhibits characteristics of late-stage continental rifting, according to a paper published in Nature Communications. Continental rifting is what happens when the Earth’s crust — the outermost layer that is rocky and hard — begins to extend, Christian Rowan, a Ph.D candidate at Columba University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, told…
Two U.S. service members are missing in southwestern Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises in the North African country, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) said Sunday. The U.S., Morocco and other countries participating in the African Lion exercise have launched a search and rescue operation, AFRICOM said. “The incident remains under investigation and the search is ongoing,” it said in a statement. The incident happened on May 2 near the Cap Draa Training Area near Tan Tan, close to the Atlantic Ocean. The terrain is mountainous, a mix of desert and semidesert plains. The war games…