Month: April 2024

A member of a “sophisticated” criminal gang who tricked victims into paying cash into the wrong bank accounts has been jailed. Mayowa Christopher, part of the group with links to Thanet, gained access to people’s finances by pretending to work for thei…

After a series of disruptive labour strikes in Germany’s aviation industry, key wage negotiations were to resume on Thursday involving the trade unions for tens of thousands of workers. German airline Lufthansa is to return to talks with the trade unio…

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has hopes of returning to his country’s highest office at some point, he told Al Jazeera in an interview broadcast early on Wednesday. Even though elections cannot be held under conditions of war, Poroshenko …

The discovery of an unexploded aerial bomb from World War II in Cologne forced the evacuation of broadcaster RTL’s headquarters on Wednesday, but programming continued without disruption. Discovery of unexploded bombs is common in Cologne and other Ger…

Former world champion Sebastian Vettel has said he would prefer more transparency in Formula One in connection with the affair around Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. Horner was cleared in an internal probe over alleged inappropriate behaviour…

A crash involving a motorbike has closed an A-road in both directions, sparking long queues. Police are diverting traffic off A28 Ashford Road in Tenterden following the incident between the junctions for Turners Avenue and Oaks Road. A car is also inv…

In 2020, attorney George Conway was among the prominent conservatives who supported Joe Biden over Donald Trump — a group that also included former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Arizona), former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and GOP activist Cindy McCain, amo…

Customers have been told their bank branch is to close. The NatWest Bank in London Road, Larkfield, will shut on July 10. It will leave villagers with a journey of 4.3 miles to reach the nearest NatWest in Maidstone, although the firm said it would con…

The governor of Shizuoka Prefecture said Wednesday that he decided to step down from his post believing he has fulfilled his duty in opposing Central Japan Railway Co.’s high-speed maglev train and contributing to its delay. Gov. Heita Kawakatsu abrupt…

On Monday, April 8, NASA and its partners will celebrate the wonders of the total solar eclipse as it passes over North America, with the path of totality in the United States, from Kerrville, Texas, to Houlton, Maine. Solar eclipse NASA Eclipses are a…