A French family was left stranded at sea for more than 16 hours overnight after their rented jet ski capsized off the coast of Thailand. A 50-year-old father and his young sons were left “pale” and “exhausted after swallowing a lot of seawater” before being rescued, local government official Amorn Chomchoey told AFP. All three
A 32-year-old woman, who had been trapped under rubble for 36 hours following the 7.4-magnitude quake which shook western Colombia, has been rescued alive. Daniela Largo was pulled from beneath a collapsed building in the city of Pereira after a 10-hour-long rescue operation. Firefighters finally managed to reach her via a tunnel they dug below
There’s no business like show business, and there’s no city like New York City when it comes to getting sued. The ongoing saga of New York’s pied-à-terre tax continued this week, when attorney Randy Mastro, the former first deputy mayor under Eric Adams, filed a lawsuit last week challenging the city’s rollout of the tax.
August 9, 2026 — 1:52pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Warning: Graphic content An alleged Sydney gun-runner has been charged with filming the prolonged drugging and sexual torture of a teenage girl. Ararat Damirdjian, 55, was arrested in April this
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When I planned my first trip to Japan during cherry blossom season, I knew I wanted to see the tourist highlights in major urban centers like Tokyo and Osaka, but I also wanted to embrace the countryside. I asked my relatives who live in Japan for recommendations, and their suggestions led me to three rural
