KFC Australia forced to offer cabbage due to lettuce shortage
The company posted a notice on its local website this week telling customers it would add cabbage to some of its products because lettuce crops around the country had been…
Analysis: Boris Johnson survives, but with his position badly bruised
The government put a brave face on the result, with Johnson describing it as “convincing” and “decisive.” “I think this is a very good result for politics and for the…
Dom Phillips, British journalist, missing in Brazil’s Javari Valley
Journalist Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira, a staffer on leave from the Brazilian Indigenous National Foundation (FUNAI), have been missing for over 30 hours, according to the Coordination of…
‘They never missed Mass.’ Woman loses both parents in Nigeria church attack that killed dozens
Lagos, Nigeria CNN — A woman who lost her parents in the southwestern Nigerian city of Owo said they regularly attended the Catholic church where a mass shooting killed dozens…
Nupur Sharma: India’s BJP suspends official over comments about Prophet Mohammed
Reuters — India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Sunday it had suspended its spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to comments she made during a TV debate about the…
Mass shooting at Nigeria church kills dozens, says local lawmaker
Attackers stormed into the church in the city of Owo and began “shooting sporadically,” Adeyemi Olayemi, the legislator representing the Owo constituency in the Ondo State House of Assembly, told…
North Korea launches 8 short-range ballistic missiles off east coast, South Korea says
CNN — North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) into the waters off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a move that Japan…
Bangladesh container depot fire kills 37 people, injures hundreds
The fire started on Saturday night at the BM Container Depot in Sitakunda, in Chittagong District, the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) agency reported. Police and fire service personnel are trying…
Six arrested as Hong Kong snuffs out Tiananmen vigil, but memories live on
For the second year in a row, the sea of candlelight that used to illuminate Hong Kong’s Victoria Park every June 4 was extinguished, as authorities sought to snuff out…
China rail crash: One dead, 8 injured after high-speed train derails in Guizhou province
The train derailed at 10:30am local time after hitting debris from a landslide that was on the track while it was approaching Rongjiang county, Guizhou province, CCTV said. The train…