4 h. ago Japan’s PM accepts ‘harsh’ election result after losing upper house majority

Ballot heaps pressure on Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government just as it attempts to negotiate deal to avert Trump tariffs Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s future was unclear on Monday after his coalition lost its upper house majority in elections that saw strong gains by a rightwing populist party.While the ballot does not directly determine whether Ishiba’s minority government falls, it heaps pressure on the embattled leader, who also lost control of the more powerful lower house in October and who has never been popular within his own party. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba faces uncertain future after losing upper house majority

Ballot heaps pressure on Ishiba’s minority government just as it attempts to negotiate deal to avert Trump tariffsJapanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s future was unclear on Monday after his coalition lost its upper house majority in elections that saw strong gains by a rightwing populist party.While the ballot does not directly determine whether Ishiba’s minority government falls, it heaps pressure on the embattled leader, who also lost control of the more powerful lower house in October and who has never been popular within his own party. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Japan’s PM accepts ‘harsh’ election result as loss of upper house predicted

Ballot heaps pressure on Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government after it lost control of lower house in October Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose control of the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, potentially heralding political turmoil as a tariff deadline with the US looms.While the ballot does not directly determine whether prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government falls, it heaps pressure on the embattled leader, who also lost control of the more powerful lower house in October. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Hollywood crash latest: Driver who plowed into crowd injuring 23 had been ‘thrown out of club earlier,’ LAPD says

The driver of the Nissan Versa is being treated for a gunshot wound after the crash outside The Vermont Hollywood club

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36 h. ago Hollywood crash latest: Driver who plowed into crowd injuring 23 ‘pulled from car and assaulted by bystanders’

The driver of the Nissan Versa is being treated for a gunshot wound after the crash outside The Vermont Hollywood club

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46 h. ago Amazon driver killed in level crossing train crash was a young dad

Friends have described Brandon as a “kind, funny” person who will be “missed by all”

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62 h. ago Four students killed in crash after driver lost control at about 94mph – inquest

Makyle Bayley, 22, Eva Darold-Tchikaya, 21, Anthony Hibbert, 24, and Daljang Wol, 22, died at the scene of the crash in Magdalen Street, Colchester.

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62 h. ago Felix Baumgartner: the man who skydived from space – video obituary

The Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, known for his record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in central Italy, police report.Baumgartner, 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over Porto Sant’Elpidio in Marche on Thursday. He fell to the ground near the swimming pool of a hotel. The cause of the accident remains unclearFelix Baumgartner, who jumped from edge of space, dies in paragliding crash Continue reading...

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63 h. ago M6 crash leaves driver with 'serious injuries' and vehicle fire as motorway closed

Cops have warned drivers filming the scene will be prosecuted.

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3 d. ago Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from edge of space, dies in paragliding crash

Austrian extreme skydiver, 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over central ItalyThe extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said.The Austrian, 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over Porto Sant’Elpidio in the Marche region on Thursday and fell to the ground into the swimming pool of a hotel. Media reports said several people were in the pool at the time and witnessed his fall, the cause of which was unclear. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Skydive pioneer Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from edge of space, dies in paragliding accident

The Austrian daredevil, who was 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider over central Italy Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said.Baumgartner, who was 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over Porto Sant’Elpidio in Italy’s central Marche region on Thursday and fell to the ground near the swimming pool of a hotel. The reasons for the accident were unclear. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Space skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies in paragliding crash aged 56

Austrian extreme sportsman lost control of his paraglider before crash central Italy, police said

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3 d. ago Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice sentenced to 30 days in jail for highway racing crash

Rice pleaded guilty to two third-degree feloniesFive years deferred probation a part of plea dealKansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Thursday after authorities said he and another speeding driver caused a chain-reaction crash that left multiple people injured on a Dallas highway last year.The Dallas County district attorney’s office said Rice pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony charges of collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury in the March 2024 crash. As part of a plea agreement, Rice was sentenced to five years of deferred probation and 30 days in jail as a condition of his probation, prosecutors said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Felix Baumgartner dead at 56: Wingsuit daredevil who jumped from space is killed in paragliding crash after his craft ploughed into Italian hotel swimming pool leaving woman injured

The Austrian sportsman, 56, reportedly lost control of his aircraft on Thursday at around 4pm in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Marche., Italy.

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3 d. ago Felix Baumgartner dead at 56: Daredevil who jumped from space is killed in paragliding crash

The Austrian sportsman, 56, reportedly lost control of his aircraft on Thursday afternoon at around 4pm in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy.

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3 d. ago Moment reckless driver sparks street brawl after crashing her £106,000 BMW i8 into parked car on busy London street

Dramatic footage of the scuffle showed an enraged women shouting and then pulling another individual by her hair in the street while a crowd of stunned onlookers watched on.

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4 d. ago BMW driver kills mum and daughter in Boxing Day crash while racing another car

Mohammed Ibrahim was travelling at over 80mph in a 30mph zone when he lost control of his BMW 420 and smashed head-on with an MG, killing Amanda Riley, 49, and her mum Linda Philips, 72

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4 d. ago Driver who killed mum and daughter in 84mph Boxing Day crash jailed for 13 years

Mohammed Ibrahim initially fled the scene and refused a breath test after hitting a quad bike and smashing into an oncoming car, setting it alight.

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4 d. ago Florida State student accused in a mass shooting is set to go to trial in November

The trial for the Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus in April is set to go to trial this November

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4 d. ago Students killed in Nottingham attacks to be awarded posthumous degrees

Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, were fatally stabbed as they walked home from a night out in Nottingham in June 2023.

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