The superintendent of a school in the US state of Virginia has lost his job after a six-year-old pupil shot and wounded a teacher earlier this month. The school board decided by a vote of 5-to-1 to terminate George Parker…
Julian Sands search continues as police say no evidence of actor’s whereabouts found
The search for actor Julian Sands is still ongoing as police say they are yet to find evidence of his whereabouts in an update shared on Tuesday. Searches for the Room With A View actor are still not possible due…
An ancient fresco is among 60 treasures the U.S. is returning to Italy
A fresco depicting Hercules and originally from Herculaneum, a city destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius, was back in Italy Monday, along with 59 other ancient pieces illegally trafficked to the United States. Last…
UN chief shocked, saddened by U.S. California mass shooting
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed shock and sadness by the mass shooting in Monterey Park in the U.S. state of California. Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for the UN chief said in a statement. Five women and five men…
Lisa Marie Presley: Stars honour late singer at famous Graceland mansion
A public memorial service has been held for Lisa Marie Presley following her death at the age of 54. Famous faces including the Duchess of York attended the service, which took place at her father’s Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee…
Monterey Park shooting: Suspect found dead after dance studio attack
California police have identified the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles as Huu Can Tran, 72, who was later found dead in a white van. He had a self-inflicted gunshot wound and…
10 killed in shooting near LA after Lunar New Year festival
At least 10 people have been killed and 10 injured in a mass shooting east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands, police said. Sergeant Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said…
Lunar New Year celebrated officially for the first time in California
The alleyways have been cleaned, ruby-red lanterns hang overhead and Reverend Norman Fong is on the lookout for a microphone. The 71-year-old San Francisco Chinatown native has emceed the city’s annual Chinese New Year parade for two decades – but…
Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs
Google’s parent company Alphabet will cut 12,000 jobs, in the latest staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he took “full responsibility” for the cuts, in an internal email. The cuts will affect…
CIA chief Burns meets Ukraine’s Zelensky in Kyiv as Washington ups support
CIA Director William Burns visited Kyiv last week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a US official said Thursday, in the latest example of high-level contacts between the US and Ukraine. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity…