World - Newswav
Belgium battles worst wildfire on record, EU allies come to aid
Firefighters battling Belgium’s largest modern-day wildfire were counting on crucial air support on Sunday to help tame the blaze in a hard-to-access nature reserve, after it doubled in size over the previous 24 hours. More than 250 firefighters and emergency personnel were mobilised through the night, according to a Sunday morning update from
Several people dead after car ‘drives wrong way’ on motorway
A head-on collision on the M9 motorway in Co Kildare has resulted in multiple fatalities and left several people, including a child, seriously injured. The crash occurred at around 3am on Sunday when a vehicle travelling the wrong way on the M9 northbound carriageway collided with an oncoming car. Two women in their 30s remain in a critical c
17 arrested, HK$3.67m seized in crackdown on scam group using Malaysian ‘runners’
Hong Kong police have arrested 17 people and seized HK$3.67 million in a crackdown on a fraud syndicate that recruited foreign “runners” from Malaysia to collect crime proceeds from victims. The force’s Kowloon West crime squad said on Sunday that the arrests were made in connection with “guess who I am” phone scams that duped 22 victims out o
Firefighters battle a massive Belgian wildfire, forcing hundreds to evacuate
Firefighters battled a massive wildfire in eastern Belgium on Sunday that has burned more than 27 square kilometers (10 square miles) in the High Fens, a large nature reserve, in one of the country’s worst wildfires in recent history.About 600 residents in nearby municipalities in Waimes and Bütgenbach, in Liège province near the German bord
