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Satellite images show that smog in Pakistan can be seen from space, as the country battles record levels of air pollution.Images from NASA Worldview show the east of the country cloaked in a toxic haze, with smog also reaching into India's northern regions and New Dehli. Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's Punjab region and home to 14 million people, had an air quality index of more than 400 on Tuesday […]

Two commercial planes have been hit by gunfire over the capital of Haiti. A Spirit Airlines flight was just metres from landing in Port-au-Prince having come from Fort Lauderdale in Florida, when gangs shot at the plane, injuring a flight attendant. Footage circulating on social media, which is believed to have been filmed by an airline employee, appeared to show the hole where a bullet had entered the aircraft near the […]

Ireland's prime minister has branded remarks made by Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary about teachers "crass and ill-informed".Taoiseach Simon Harris also said Mr O'Leary would not have any further involvement in his party's campaign. The CEO of Irish budget airline Ryanair said during a Fine Gael event over the weekend he would not hire teachers to "get things done".Addressing the comments, Fine Gael leader Harris, who last week announced Ireland's next […]

Sir Keir Starmer has "no plans" to meet with the Taliban during the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, Downing Street said. Source link

A clampdown has been enforced to curb a social media trend in China - where thousands of students rent bikes late at night to buy soup dumplings.Police in Henan province closed bike lanes connecting Zhengzhou and Kaifeng in a bid to reduce the number of students making the 37-mile journey. Pictures showed that the crowd of students - which was called the Night Riding Army by some taking part - […]

Donald Trump urged Vladimir Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine in a phone call the day after the presidential election, according to reports.The US president-elect also reminded the Russian president of America's sizeable military presence in Europe during the conversation on Thursday, according to The Washington Post and Reuters, citing sources familiar with the call. According to several other sources, the pair went on to discuss the goal […]

One person has been killed and 16 others were injured in a shooting at a US university.Homecoming week at Tuskegee University, in Alabama, was marred early on Sunday by the attack on campus. An 18-year-old man died in the assault. He was not a university student, but some of the injured were.Of the 16 wounded, 12 were hurt by gunfire, authorities said."The parents of this individual [killed] have been notified. […]

A woman has been injured and flights from major airports were disrupted after Moscow was hit with the biggest drone strike since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Russia's defence ministry said 70 drones were shot down overnight in its territory, including 34 over the outskirts of the capital. The federal air transport agency said the airports of Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky diverted at least 36 flights, but then resumed operations.A woman in […]

At least 10 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a bar in central Mexico, local officials say.Four people armed with "long weapons" arrived at Los Cantaritos bar in the city of Queretaro on Saturday night before opening fire on those inside, Juan Luis Ferrusca, the head of the local public security department, said on social media. Seven men and three women were reported dead and at least seven people […]