Author: News Desk

Nine people have drowned in choppy Mediterranean seas in the south of France, officials have said.  They were swept out to sea whilst swimming in the waters on several different beaches on the south coast. 

145 Lebanese and international human rights organizations, survivors and families of victims of the Beirut Port explosion called on the United Nations Human Rights Council Wednesday.

The i says the Champions League almost always begins one way for Manchester City. Measured, impressive group-stage results, followed by something wild, chaotic and destructive in the knockout phase.

On Wednesday, TIME Magazine released its annual list of 100 most influential people. This year’s list includes Palestinian activists Muna El Kurd and Mohammed El Kurd.

The Guardian says Nottingham Forest have sacked manager Chris Hughton with the club bottom of the Championship table and winless after seven matches.

The Guardian says the US, UK and Australia are setting up a trilateral security partnership aimed at confronting China, which will include helping Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines.

The i says North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korean authorities have said, marking the second weapons test the country has conducted this week.

The Guardian says Trinidad and Tobago’s health minister has dismissed claims by the rapper Nicki Minaj that a cousin’s friend had become impotent after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.

The Daily Mail: A war of words has broken out over a new nuclear submarine pact between the UK, US and Australia aimed at combatting China – with Beijing denouncing their ‘Cold War mentality’, France fuming after its $90bn sub contract with Canberra was torn up, and New Zealand and Canada side-lined from the deal.

The i says anti-vaxxers are targeting teenagers with disinformation leaflets, hoping to create fear over the Covid jab ahead of the rollout to 12-15-year-olds.