Australia said Tuesday it would ban TikTok on government devices, joining a growing list of Western nations cracking down on the Chinese-owned app due to national security fears. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the decision followed advice from the country’s intelligence agencies and would begin “as soon as practicable”. Australia is the last member of the secretive Five Eyes security alliance …

In the early hours of Tuesday, a train partially derailed, leaving one person dead and about 30 passengers injured, several of them critically injured. The accident happened around 3:25 am in the town of Voorschoten, near The Hague, Netherlands sending one carriage into a field next to the tracks. Rail network company, Pro Rail said the accident was linked to …

An 11-year-old girl committed suicide in her school bathroom just days after her detective dad died from cancer and a week after her mom said she had emailed school officials that she was being bullied. The sixth-grade student, identified as Felicia LoAlbo-Melendez, was found unresponsive inside a bathroom stall by another student around 1 p m. 0n 6tt February at …

Kenya will launch its first operational satellite next week in a landmark achievement for the country’s space programme, the government said on Monday. Taifa-1, or Nation-1 in Swahili, is scheduled to be launched on 10th April aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. “The mission is an important milestone,” the defence ministry and …

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused about $2.6 billion worth of damage to the country’s heritage and cultural sites, a United Nations (UN) agency said on Monday. On 24th February 2022, Russia invaded and occupied parts of Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides, and instigated …

An explosion in a St Petersburg cafe has killed prominent Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, Russia’s Interior Ministry has confirmed. At least 16 people were injured in the Street Bar Cafe bomb blast, police say. Videos posted on social media show an explosion and injured people on the street. It is not clear who was responsible for the blast. Vladlen …

Former United States president Donald Trump is “gearing up for a battle” ahead of his scheduled court hearing on Tuesday, his lawyer has said. Trump is expected to fly to New York City from his Mar-a-Lago home on Monday to face charges related to hush money payments made to a porn star. He then plans to return to Florida following …

A brave Irish girl is still smiling despite losing all four limbs after contracting Strep A infection. Sophie Lanigan, from Blanchardstown, in Dublin, Ireland was taken to the doctor in December 2022 after having high temperature. She began having trouble breathing, resulting in the 12-year-old being rushed to hospital with suspected pneumonia. She was then admitted to the ICU and …

Pope Francis has been discharged following a brief hospital stay that involved scheduled tests and treatment for bronchitis. While leaving, he jokingly told journalists before being driven away: “I’m still alive”. Pope Francis, 86, was hospitalised on Wednesday at Gemelli Polyclinic after reportedly having breathing difficulties following his weekly public audience. The Pontiff was treated with antibiotics administered intravenously, the …

A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Donald Trump, making him the first former United States President to be formally accused over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, The historic indictment of the 76-year-old Republican – who denies all wrongdoing in connection with the payments made ahead of the election that sent him to the …