What you need to know KKR has pulled out of talks to rescue troubled Thames Water OECD gives its latest forecast on Britain’s growth prospects at 8am Later today Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England governor, gives evidence before the Treasury select committee about last month’s interest rate decision KKR abandons Thames Water rescue The…
The Department of Public Health and Social Services, in partnership with the Guam Fire Department and local emergency medical services agencies, hosted the EMS for Children Day Health Fair on Wednesday at Micronesia Mall in Dededo as part of EMS Week 2025. The event featured educational displays, hands-on CPR demonstrations, Stop the Bleed training and…
Flash floods sparked by heavy rain hit parts of Virginia, western Maryland and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, leaving a 12-year-old boy missing in Virginia and forcing elementary schools in rural Maryland to evacuate, authorities said. Severe flooding has left parts of Meyersdale Borough in Somerset County underwater after heavy rains pounded the area on Tuesday. In…
A survivor of Hong Kong’s Lamma Island ferry disaster has told a court inquest that the life jackets were locked away and he was unable to obtain one for himself before his ferry sank following its collision with another vessel. Philip Chiu Ping-chuen, whose sister died in the tragedy, on Thursday became the first witness…
A 2-year-old child who got lost in the Arizona desert overnight is safe after a rancher’s dog helped lead him to civilization. The toddler was reported missing just before 5 p.m. Monday, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said on social media. A missing person poster shared by the sheriff’s office identified the toddler as Boden…
A woman was injured when she was struck by a light rail train and became trapped under the vehicle in Hong Kong on Saturday evening. Police said the incident occurred at the MTR Light Rail Depot stop in Tuen Mun at around 6pm. The train was travelling in the direction of Yuen Long. According to…
A Hong Kong rescue team received a hero’s welcome upon its return to the city on Wednesday night after spending 11 days in earthquake-stricken Myanmar searching for survivors. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and the top Myanmese diplomat in Hong Kong joined a welcome ceremony at Hong Kong airport, along with family members of the…
A Hong Kong rescue team has continued the search for survivors in the earthquake-stricken city of Mandalay in Myanmar as part of an overnight mission. As of 8.30am on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Security Bureau said rescuers were still continuing their mission near the Mandalay Palace with search and blasting tools, in an operation…
Serious questions have emerged over the tragedy still playing out on a construction site in Thailand’s capital four days after an earthquake in neighboring Myanmar rattled the metropolis. A 30-story skyscraper that had been under construction was the only tower in Bangkok that completely failed to withstand Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake and the ongoing aftershocks. It was…
A Hong Kong hiker has died after falling down a five-metre (16-foot) slope in Fanling. Police received a report at 9.24am on Sunday about a hiker who had collapsed and lost consciousness on Wu Tip Shan Road close to Fung Ying Seen Koon, a Taoist temple. The man in his sixties was rescued and rushed…