The Trump administration is imposing a host of new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of a former British spy, after months of discussion about how to respond to the March attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Although the US joined European countries in publicly blaming Moscow within days of the attack, the Trump administration…
Italian prosecutors are opening an investigation into the Genoa bridge collapse, as questions swirled over what caused the structure to crumble. At least 38 people died when a 650-foot portion of the Morandi motorway bridge in northern Italy disintegrated on Tuesday. The 51-year-old structure, designed by celebrated Italian engineer Riccardo Morandi, has been beset with problems since its construction in the…
An Italian submarine that was sunk by accident by a British warship during the First World War has been found after lying on the seabed for more than a century. HMS Cyclamen mistook the submarine, Alberto Guglielmotti, for a German U-boat and sank her by gunfire and ramming off the island of Capraia, between Corsica…
A deadly disease outbreak like a flu epidemic is one of the worst civil emergencies the country could face and Britain must help developing countries to stop new outbreaks, the Government has said. A flu epidemic in the UK could cause hundreds of thousands of deaths and cost tens of billions of pounds, while disease…
Several members of Fifa’s ruling council have called on the football body’s ethics committee to demand the evidence behind allegations that the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid ran a secret campaign to sabotage their rivals for the tournament. A report on Sunday exposed documents allegedly passed by a whistleblower who worked with the Qatar bid….
Fire engines were called to the site of the collapsed bridge in Genoa early Friday morning after smoke could be seen rising nearby. It is not clear what may have caused the smoke to rise but there had been concerns about gas lines being exposed after Tuesday’s collapse. The chance of finding survivors at this…
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A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. Look out for the Jelly Deals roundup of reduced-price games and kit every Saturday on Eurogamer. Another week has sailed on by and, as we edge ever…
Dozens of people were injured on Tuesday when an AeroMexico plane with 101 people on board crashed just after takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango, but authorities said nobody died in the accident. Video footage showed emergency crews on the scene as smoke poured from the largely intact Embraer E190. Jose Rosas Aispuro, Durango state governor, said on Twitter:…
The Chinese government has arbitrarily decided that rainbow trout can now be labelled and sold domestically as salmon. The questionable move follows complaints earlier this year that rainbow trout was being mislabelled as salmon and that fish buyers were being deceived. A media report earlier this year caused a stir by revealing that rainbow trout…