Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Alaska Airlines was forced to ground all its flights on Sunday evening following an unspecified IT outage that disrupted key operational systems, the carrier confirmed. This marks the second time in a little over a year that the airline has been compelled to halt its entire fleet. In a statement released late on Sunday, the Seattle-based airline said: “At approximately 8pm Pacific on Sunday (0300 GMT on Monday), Alaska Airlines experienced an IT outage that’s impacting our operations. We requested a temporary, system-wide ground stop for Alaska and Horizon Air flights.” The airline warned of lingering disruption to flight schedules…

Russia launched a large-scale overnight missile and drone assault on Ukraine early Monday, killing at least one person in Kyiv and striking a metro station where hundreds of civilians were sheltering from the bombardment. The attack caused fires across the capital and left at least six people injured, with emergency workers deployed to multiple districts. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, confirmed that rescuers and medics were active at the scenes of destruction in four separate areas. Lukianivska metro station, in central Kyiv, was hit directly, sending thick smoke through the air. The station, often used as a shelter during attacks, lies…

Migrants held at a federal immigration jail in downtown Miami were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and forced to kneel to eat food off chairs, “like dogs”, according to a damning new report published on Monday. The report, compiled by advocacy groups Human Rights Watch, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Sanctuary of the South, details alleged abuses across three overcrowded Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centres in South Florida. It draws on interviews with dozens of current and former detainees. In one harrowing account, Pedro, a detainee at the Miami federal detention centre, described how dozens…

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the ongoing war in Gaza as an act of “barbarity”, condemning the “indiscriminate use of force” amid mounting civilian casualties and worsening humanitarian conditions. The pontiff’s comments followed reports from Gaza’s civil defence agency that at least 93 Palestinians were killed on Sunday while queuing for food aid, mostly in northern parts of the besieged enclave. According to the agency, 80 of the victims were shot dead by Israeli forces as they waited for UN food trucks arriving through the northern Zikim crossing. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed that a 25-truck convoy…

An 82 year old man from Pennsylvania has been discovered in a Guatemalan hospital after being secretly deported by U.S. immigration authorities, weeks after he attended an appointment to replace his lost green card. Luis Leon, a long-time resident of Allentown, was granted political asylum in the United States in 1987 after surviving torture under the brutal dictatorship of Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet. According to his family, Leon vanished without a trace on 20 June after visiting an immigration office to replace the green card he had lost along with his wallet. Upon arrival at the office, Leon was reportedly…

Former French football star and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini has fallen victim to an early morning burglary at his home near Marseille, resulting in the theft of several irreplaceable items from his legendary career. The break-in occurred at approximately 5:30 a.m. on Friday at Platini’s residence in the Bouches-du-Rhône region. According to French outlet RTL, the 69 year old was awakened by an unusual noise coming from his garden. Upon investigating, he was confronted by a masked intruder dressed in black at his patio door. Startled, the intruder immediately fled the scene before anything could escalate further. Platini, unharmed but…

Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, the Saudi royal famously known as the ‘Sleeping Prince’, has passed away at the age of 36, nearly two decades after falling into a coma following a devastating car accident in London. The prince, who was just 15 at the time of the accident in 2005 while studying at a military school, suffered a brain haemorrhage and was subsequently transferred to King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh. Despite the best efforts of numerous medical specialists, he remained unconscious and reliant on a ventilator until his death. His father, Prince Khaled bin Talal…

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos saw their combined net worth swell by $7.8 billion (£6 billion) on Friday, as shares in Tesla and Amazon rallied, lifting both billionaires higher on the global rich list. Musk, chief executive of Tesla and founder of ventures including SpaceX and the artificial intelligence start-up xAI, gained $5.8 billion, bringing his total fortune to $413.2 billion, according to Forbes’ real-time billionaire tracker. The 1.41% jump in his wealth firmly cements his position as the richest person on Earth. The gain followed a 3.21% rise in Tesla shares, which closed at $329.65. Musk owns roughly 12%…

Astronomer, a rising software startup, has broken its silence following a viral video showing its CEO, Andy Byron, appearing intimately involved with the company’s chief human resources officer, Kristin Cabot, during a Coldplay concert in Boston. The incident, caught by a Jumbotron camera and swiftly circulated online, captured Byron, who is reportedly married, embracing Cabot in the crowd. The video triggered widespread speculation and backlash, prompting calls for a response from the company, which took over 24 hours to issue a statement. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Astronomer said: “Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that…

At least 30 people were injured, three of them critically, after a vehicle drove into a crowd of nightclub-goers on Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The crowd, made up mostly of women, had been queuing outside a popular nightclub when the vehicle, a Nissan Versa, struck them, also crashing into a taco truck and a nearby valet stand, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Cpt Adam VanGerpen, a spokesperson for the department, confirmed that the scene was chaotic, with paramedics rushing victims to local hospitals and trauma centres. Among those treated at…