Posts by Riah Stelmack
Melbourne Road Rager Bites Man’s Finger
Read the full story on The Auto Wire Melbourne Road Rager Bites Man’s Finger A road rager in the east side of Melbourne, Australia reportedly bit another driver’s finger in yet another bizarre attack. We don’t know if it’s been the stress of the holidays or the fact it’s a hot summer Down Under, but…
Read MoreFort Worth ISD has a plan for next week’s winter weather. How parents can stay up to date
No announcement has been made about how upcoming winter weather will affect students going back to school after winter break, but Fort Worth ISD already has a plan in place in the event of winter weather. The National Weather Service Fort Worth is tracking a cold front that will bring arctic air to the region…
Read MoreRare snow blankets Sahara dunes in Northern Africa
AIN SEFRA, Algeria – For the second time in two years, a blanket of snow covered parts of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa, creating a rare and unexpected sight. On New Year’s Day, Algerian photographer Karim Bouchetata captured video of snowflakes falling over Ain Sefra, a town in western Algeria about 30 miles east…
Read MoreIndia unveils plans for 10 missions in 2025 after successful space-docking launch
Jan. 3 (UPI) — India’s space agency says it is planning a record 10 orbital missions, as well as its first commercial effort, during 2025 after successfully launching a space-docking project this week. Indian Space Research Organization chairman S. Somanath told reporters following Monday’s launch of a PSLV-C60 rocket carrying Space Docking Experiment, or SpaDeX,…
Read MoreArgentina Man Arrested After Being Charged with Supplying Drugs to Liam Payne Before Singer’s Shocking Death
A waiter who was charged last month in connection with the death of Liam Payne has been arrested in Argentina for allegedly selling the late singer cocaine. Braian Nahuel Paiz was arrested on Friday, Jan. 3 at his home outside of Buenos Aires, four days after he was charged in Payne’s death by Argentina’s National…
Read MoreEthiopia is evacuating thousands facing dangerous volcanic activity in a remote area
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Thousands of civilians in a remote part of northeastern Ethiopia are being evacuated because of potentially dangerous volcanic activity, officials said Friday. The evacuations come after steam eruptions have been seen since Thursday from the long-dormant volcano of Mount Dofen, raising fears of a volcanic eruption that could put many…
Read MoreSituation eases after IT glitch causes delays at German airports
The patience of many passengers at German airports was tested when a technical failure paralysed the automatic border check systems at major airports nationwide for several hours on Friday afternoon. This resulted in long waiting times and queues at passport control, notably for those arriving on flights from outside the visa-free Schengen Area. In the…
Read MoreBrazil’s Navy finds the body of the 13th victim of a river bridge collapse; 4 are still missing
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Navy said on Friday that it has found the body of the 13th victim from a bridge collapse last month in the country’s north. Four people remain missing. The body, which is still to be identified, was found by drones in the depths of the Tocantins River. A section…
Read MoreSearch for Missing Surfer: “Lance’s Body’s Inside the Shark”
The surfer involved in Thursday’s great white shark attack in South Australia has been identified as 28-year-old Lance Appleby, a resident of the area, and member of a respected local surfing family. On Thursday evening, Appleby was surfing Granites Beach, southwest of Streaky Bay on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula when witnesses saw him attacked by…
Read MoreGhana opens up visa-free travel to all Africans
All African passport holders are now able to visit Ghana without needing a visa, outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. He announced the plan last month but in his final state-of-the-nation address on Friday he said that the policy had come into effect at the beginning of the year. Visa-free travel within the continent has…
Read MoreEthiopia villagers flee volcanic activity ‘in panic’
Hundreds of people in a rural part of Ethiopia, 165km (100 miles) north-east of the capital, Addis Ababa, have been leaving their homes in panic as a nearby volcano has been showing signs of a possible eruption, a local chief told the BBC’s Afaan Oromoo service. The smoke coming from Mount Dofan that began around…
Read MoreSouth Korea’s construction deals surpass $1trn globally
South Korean construction companies have surpassed $1tn in accumulated overseas contracts, the Korea Bizwire reported, citing a domestic transport ministry statement. The achievement comes nearly six decades after Hyundai Engineering & Construction secured its first international contract, an expressway project in Thailand in November 1965. In the January-November period of 2024, South Korean companies amassed…
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