These are the ten local authority areas that have seen the biggest property price booms since March 2020, when the first lockdown began.

The timepiece belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, a US business magnate who was among more than 1,500 people who died when the ship struck an iceberg in the early hours of April 15, 19772.

This paper presents findings from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) midterm evaluation, with a particular focus on assessments from various stakeholders regarding its setup and initial implementation. It also builds on the latest activities and assessments by previously published papers summarizing the stakeholders views at the EU, national, regional, and local levels in connection with the national Recovery and Resilience Plans. Additionally, it offers a collection of the most recent opinions and assessments from EU stakeholders, as well as other pertinent institutions and bodies, on the execution of these plans. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

The Spaldings police in Clarendon have launched an investigation into the death of a two-year-old child. The child has been identified as Gashawn Duncan of Long Bough district in the parish. It is reported that about 11 a.m. on Monday, Duncan was...

The search for a Seaview Gardens, St Andrew, resident who disappeared into the murky waters of the Rio Grande in Portland on Sunday has ended with the discovery of his body.  After two days of searching for the missing 29 year old, Javon...

Former People's National Party Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central, Dwayne Vaz, pleaded guilty to breaching the Integrity Commission (IC) Act in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday morning. He's to return to court...

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres noted that he has been consistently calling for a humanitarian ceasefire, release of all hostages, and a massive surge in humanitarian aid

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres recalled that more than 1.2 million people are seeking shelter in Rafah

One civilian died in a subsequent fire

Firefighting operation involved more than 70 rescuers and 19 fire vehicles

Several protesters have been detained

Around 30 men have died while trying to illegally leave Ukraine to avoid military service, border guard spokesman Andrey Demchenko has said Read Full Article at RT.com

There’s nothing wrong with checking the sexual orientation of officials with a view to protecting traditional values, a Russian MP has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Why international aid meant to help doesn’t, and what can be done about it Read Full Article at RT.com

Indian MP Prajwal Revanna has been suspended from his party over “sex tapes” that emerged amid the ongoing election Read Full Article at RT.com

Officers in the Czech Republic could not find enough evidence to charge the Russians they say blew up a weapons depot in 2014 Read Full Article at RT.com

Indonesia's remote Mount Ruang volcano erupted several times on Tuesday, authorities said, issuing the highest level of alert and ordering thousands of people to evacuate due to the threat of a tsunami from debris sliding into the sea. The country's volcanology agency had warned the threat from the volcano was not over after it erupted more than half a dozen times this month, sparking the evacuation of more than 6,000 people. Ruang, located in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, erupted at around 01:15 am local time on Tuesday (1715 GMT Monday) and then twice more that morning, the volcanology agency said in a statement. The volcano sent a tower of ash more than five kilometres (3.1 miles) into the sky, it added, as well as a fiery column of lava. The national disaster agency BNPB estimated 11,000 to 12,000 people had to be relocated from near Ruang's crater, spokesman Abdul Muhari told a press conference. «Currently local disaster mitigation agency... military and police are evacuating residents,» he said. Images released by the agency showed a molten red column bursting into the sky, a large ash cloud spilling from the crater and burning embers near local houses. The disaster agency imposed a seven-kilometre exclusion zone around Ruang after volcanology officials warned locals of «the potential for ejections of incandescent rocks, hot clouds and tsunamis due to eruption material entering the sea». Abdul said a rescue ship and a warship had been dispatched to help move thousands from neighbouring Tagulandang island north to Siau island because of the tsunami warning. «We urge people in Tagulandang island to stay away from coastal areas, to be on alert for the potential of a tsunami to occur,» he said, citing an 1871 wave that killed around 400 people after volcanic debris fell into the sea. - Relocations - The tsunami fears were also informed by more recent events. The crater of Mount Anak Krakatoa, between Java and Sumatra islands, also partly collapsed in 2018 when a major eruption sent huge chunks of the volcano sliding into the ocean, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 400 people and injured thousands. More than 800 people live on Ruang, all of whom were evacuated this month. Some had returned to their homes after the emergency response ended on Monday, an AFP journalist said. It was unclear how many residents had gone back and how many were forced to evacuate once more. But Abdul said those who were previously evacuated from Ruang had been to be taken to provincial capital Manado to await relocation, unable to return to their homes because of the fear of eruptions. Ruang's latest eruption prompted authorities to again close Sam Ratulangi international airport in Manado, more than 100 kilometres away, according to a notice from state-run air traffic control provider AirNav Indonesia. The notice said the airport was shutting down due to «Ruang volcanic ash». Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation, experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific «Ring of Fire». © Agence France-Presse

A UN-backed court announced Tuesday it has issued an arrest warrant for the Central African Republic's former president Francois Bozize over possible crimes against humanity committed by the military between 2009 and 2013. Bozize, 77, who seized power in Central Africa in 2003 in a coup before being overthrown 10 years later and now heads the country's main rebellion, has been in exile in Guinea-Bissau since March 2023. The international warrant was issued February 27, according to a communique from the Special Criminal Court (CPS), a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African and foreign magistrates in charge of investigating war crimes committed since 2003 in the country, which has endured civil wars and authoritarian regimes sice independence from France in 1960. The court's magistrates are probing possible «crimes against humanity» committed by Bozize's presidential guard at a prison and at a military training facility between February 2009 and March 2013. The judges concluded that «the existence of serious and consistent evidence against (Bozize), likely to incur his criminal liability, in his capacity as hierarchical superior and military leader». © Agence France-Presse

Two men have this afternoon been charged over the destruction of the historic Sycamore Gap tree.

The Scottish actor was best known for playing mafia boss John Thomas 'Tommy' Hunter in BBC crime drama Line of Duty, but also appeared in Outlander and had joined the cast of its prequel.

The Broadway legend, 82, couldn't help but comment on a picture of the actress, 53, posing with pal Adam Shankman, 59, at Sunday's CTG's The Gala 2024.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre has pledged that the country will not revert to the previous method of indirect elections held at the Afisyoni tent inside Mogadishu's Aden Adde Airport.

[New Times] Rwanda will have chartered arbitrators trained from within the country by the end of 2025, officials at the Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (Ciarb), Rwanda branch, have said.

[WFP] Yaounde -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$ 1.2 million contribution from the Government of Japan to support 36,200 crisis-affected people in Cameroon. The contribution will allow WFP to provide an unconditional food assistance package that includes cereals, pulses, vegetable oil and salt to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host populations and communities affected by conflict and climate related crises in the Far North, Northwest, Southwest, East, Adamawa and North

[OCHA] NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON -- Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), threatening to push the country to the brink of catastrophe without urgent international action.

The King's body language as he visited the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre this morning showed his 'enthusiasm' to be back to work, claims a leading body language expert.

The 2003 Sky1 British reality series 'There's Something About Miriam' flew six contestants to Ibiza, with the aim of wooing the stunning Mexican model Miriam Rivera.

King Charles visited the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London this morning with his wife Queen Camilla, meeting patients and staff in his role as the charity's patron.

Donald Trump tells Time Magazine Americans can expect a 15-million deportation operation and programs to monitor women violating abortion bans if he wins another White House term in 2024.

Disabled pupils were subjected to vile abuse from staff members at the Whitefield School in Walthamstow, east London , after being left alone in so-called calming rooms for up to hours at a time.

MAKKAH: Nuthree, an exploration incubator initiative for entrepreneurship in geology and mining, has been launched at the Saudi Geological Survey’s headquarters in Jeddah. The project seeks to create a sustainable exploration environment to develop the Kingdom’s resource sites, positioning mining as its third pillar of income after petroleum and petrochemicals.

RIYADH: The first center for automated Arabic language processing, called the Arabic Intelligence Center, has opened in Riyadh, operated by the King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language. The center aims to enhance Arabic content in the fields of data and artificial intelligence and support scientific research and applications to help achieve the goals of the National Strategy for Data and Artificial Intelligence and Saudi Vision 2030, which seek to position Saudi Arabia as a global leader in this field.

RIYADH: A second promotional video for “Grendizer U”, which returns 40 years after the original anime series, reveals various regions of Saudi Arabia appear in the show. New designs for characters have also been unveiled and the broadcast date is planned for July. The video was launched on Riyadh-based Manga Productions’ YouTube channel in Arabic, English, French and Italian. It can also be viewed on the official “Grendizer U” social media accounts via @GrendizerAnime.

Riyadh: The third Saudi Water Forum, being held in Riyadh until May 1, has featured 10 workshops focusing on the future of the water sector, in line with Saudi Vision 2030. The forum was inaugurated on Monday by Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli under the theme “Water Sustainability ... Our Responsibility.”