Kremlin aims to destroy Ukraine jets after Poland and Slovakia pledges
Slovakia became the second Nato country to pledge Kyiv some MiG-29 aircraft on Friday, a day after Poland. Slovakia's fleet was grounded last year and it no longer uses the jets.
400,000 gallons of radioactive water leak from Minnesota nuclear plant
While Xcel reported the leak of water containing tritium to state and federal authorities in late November, the spill had not been made public before Thursday.
State officials said they waited to get more information before going public with it.
The Minnesota Department of Health also stated on its website that the leak did not reach the Mississippi River.
State officials said they waited to get more information before going public with it.
The Minnesota Department of Health also stated on its website that the leak did not reach the Mississippi River.
Protests in Paris as Macron orders pension reform without vote
Special constitutional powers were used by the French government to force through the pension reforms bill amid chaos in parliament as radical left MPs started singing La Marseillaise loudly to stop French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne from speaking.
A last-minute decision was taken by French President Emmanuel Macron to avoid a parliamentary vote and pass the legislation to increase the pension age from 62 to 64.
A last-minute decision was taken by French President Emmanuel Macron to avoid a parliamentary vote and pass the legislation to increase the pension age from 62 to 64.
Australian shreds record for longest surf session
Blake Johnston's record break came after 30 hours and 11 minutes in the water at Cronulla beach in south Sydney.
Describing himself as "pretty cooked", Johnston told reporters he would keep going as "I still have a job to do".
His board-riding marathon has raised some $A240,000 (NZ$257,000) for charity.
Describing himself as "pretty cooked", Johnston told reporters he would keep going as "I still have a job to do".
His board-riding marathon has raised some $A240,000 (NZ$257,000) for charity.
Tanzania: Authorities investigate mysterious illness that killed five
The disease has been detected in "seven people with symptoms such as fever, vomiting, bleeding and kidney failure," the health ministry said in a statement late Thursday night.Medical experts have been dispatched to the Kagera region (northwest) bordering Uganda to investigate the "communicable" disease, said health official Tumaini Nagu.
Gangs sow terror in Brazil cities for third night
The attacks were ordered from within the state's jails when gang members' requests for televisions, electricity and conjugal visits were turned down, Brazilian news outlet Terra quoted the state's secretary of public security Francisco Araujo as saying.
Conditions in Brazil's notoriously overcrowded jails have long been under scrutiny.
In 2017, the government sent a Penitentiary Intervention Task Force (FTIP) to Rio Grande do Norte jails following a riot which left at least 30 inmates dead. Some have said the task force routinely uses violent methods to bring prisons under its control.
Conditions in Brazil's notoriously overcrowded jails have long been under scrutiny.
In 2017, the government sent a Penitentiary Intervention Task Force (FTIP) to Rio Grande do Norte jails following a riot which left at least 30 inmates dead. Some have said the task force routinely uses violent methods to bring prisons under its control.
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