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Yahoo News SingaporeFatal accident in Tampines: 42-year-old driver involved in crash charged with four offences, including dangerous driving causing death
After a fatal collision in Tampines, Muhammad Syafie Ismail, 42, faces four charges including dangerous driving causing death.
- Associated Press
Burkina Faso's army massacred over 200 civilians in a village raid, Human Rights Watch says
Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday. The mass killings took place on Feb. 25 in the country's northern villages of Nondin and Soro, and some 56 children were among the dead, according to the report. The human rights organization called on the United Nations and the African Union to provide investigators and to support local efforts to bring those responsible to justice.
- Associated Press
A high-profile murder trial in Kazakhstan boosts awareness of domestic violence
The CCTV footage shown at the domestic abuse trial was disturbing: The defendant is seen dragging his wife by her hair, and then punching and kicking her. The trial of businessman Kuandyk Bishimbayev, Kazakhstan's former economy minister, in the death of his wife, Saltanat Nukenova, has touched a nerve in the Central Asian country. Tens of thousands of people have signed petitions calling for harsher penalties for domestic violence.
- Associated Press
Army reservist who warned about Maine killer before shootings to testify before investigators
A U.S. Army reservist who sounded the clearest warning ahead of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting is expected to answer questions Thursday from the commission investigating the tragedy. Six weeks before Robert Card killed 18 people at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, his best friend and fellow reservist Sean Hodgson texted their supervisors, telling them to change the passcode to the gate at their Army Reserve training facility and arm themselves if Card showed up. “I believe he’s going to snap and do a mass shooting,” Hodgson wrote on Sept. 15.
- Associated Press
Man who shot ex-Saints star Will Smith faces sentencing for manslaughter
The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash in 2016 is scheduled for sentencing Thursday in a New Orleans courtroom. It's the second time Cardell Hayes, 36, has faced sentencing in Smith's death. Hayes was released on bond after having served more than four years of the original sentence.
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Q1 2024 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp Earnings Call
Q1 2024 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp Earnings Call
- United Press International
Santiago, Chile to host 2027 Special Olympics World Games
Santiago, Chile, will host the 2027 Special Olympics World Games, marking the first time in its 55-year history the games will take place in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Autoblog
2025 Ram 1500 RHO: Lighter in weight, price and power vs TRX
2025 Ram 1500 RHO details revealed. It's not as powerful as the TRX, but it's lighter and cheaper. It has the standard F-150 Raptor in its sights.
- Autoblog
2025 Ram Rebel X and Warlock join the Hurricane-powered Ram 1500 range
Ram adds a couple more off-road oriented trims to the 1500 full-size pickup truck range with the even fancier Rebel X, as well as the entry-level Warlock.
- The Guardian
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire
Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’
- The Guardian
Process raw materials in Africa, urges top environmentalist
Few economic and social benefits will come to Africans if processing is all done overseas, says Wanjira Mathai
- The Guardian
The experts: librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books
Do you love reading – but all too often find yourself just scrolling through your phone or watching TV? Here is how to get lost in literature again
- The Guardian
‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter
Day trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism
- The Guardian
‘Waiting for Trump’: Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes
Exclusive: Hungary’s PM and EU’s most isolated leader says he is pursuing ‘friendship with everybody’ – particularly the former US president
- The Guardian
Mosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe due to climate crisis, says expert
Illnesses such as dengue and malaria to reach unaffected parts of northern Europe, America, Asia and Australia, conference to hear
- Reuters
Slow, but solid US economic growth anticipated in Q1; inflation likely heats up
U.S. economic growth likely slowed to a still-solid pace in the first quarter while inflation accelerated, reinforcing financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve would delay cutting interest rates until September. The Commerce Department's snapshot of first-quarter gross domestic product on Thursday is expected to show consumers still doing the heavy lifting for the economy, thanks to a resilient labor market. The economy has defied prophecies of doom since late 2022 following the U.S. central bank's aggressive rate hiking campaign to snuff out inflation.
- The Independent
Luke Grimes on Yellowstone’s liberal critics: ‘A lot of people see a cowboy hat and think, that’s not for me’
INTERVIEW: The actor talks to Tom Murray about the politicisation of the hit western, Kevin Costner’s exit, working with Bradley Cooper and Ari Aster, and Beyoncé’s controversial arrival on the country scene
- The Canadian Press
Brad Marchand scores two, Bruins down Maple Leafs 4-2 to take 2-1 series lead
TORONTO — Brad Marchand had a relatively quiet — at least by his in-your-face standards — start to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Sure, the Bruins captain drew some key penalties and picked up three assists through six periods against the Maple Leafs. He'd also yet to truly leave his mark. And it felt like only a matter of time before one of the NHL's best both with the puck on his stick, and at hockey's dark arts when it isn't, properly entered the fray. The moment arrived Wednesday. Marchand scored
- BBC
Ukraine war: US secretly gives Kyiv long-range missiles
Missiles delivered this month have been used to strike Russian targets in Crimea, US media say.
- BBC
Mining giant BHP proposes buyout of Anglo American
The UK-based mining giant Anglo American says it has received a takeover proposal from Australia's BHP.