Catastrophe
Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt to make first court appearance
An undated selfie shows Ryan W. Routh, a suspect identified by news organizations, as the FBI investigates what they said was an apparent assassination attempt in Florida on Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in this image obtained from social media. Social Media | Via Reuters The suspect in an apparent assassination […]
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Russia launches massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
This photograph shows smoke rising over buildings in Kyiv, following a Russian air attack on August 26, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Roman Pilipey | Afp | Getty Images The sound of explosions rang out in central Kyiv on Monday morning during rush hour as Ukraine’s military warned of a massive Russian missile […]
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Russian attacks on Ukraine injure at least 29, local authorities say
Ukrainian emergency services conduct a search and rescue operation among the rubble of a destroyed hotel following a Russian strike in the town of Kramatorsk early in the morning on August 25, 2024. Genya Savilov | Afp | Getty Images Russia launched several missiles and drones overnight targeting northern and eastern Ukraine, injuring at least […]
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Hezbollah launches missile barrage at Israel to avenge top commander
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Zibqin in southern Lebanon on August 25, 2024, amid escalations in the ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Kawnat Haju | Afp | Getty Images Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones against Israel on Sunday […]
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Italian prosecutor opens manslaughter inquiry in Lynch yacht sinking
An Italian Coast Guard vessel and rib during search operations for the luxury yacht Bayesian which sank off the coast of Porticello, Sicily, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Italian prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people who were […]
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German police hunt for assailant in festival stabbing that killed 3
Police officers secure access to the crime scene after the Solingen city festival on August 24, 2024 in Solingen, Germany. Andreas Rentz | Getty Images News | Getty Images Police hunted on Saturday for an unknown assailant hours after he killed three people and wounded others in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western German […]
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Body of final person missing from sunken superyacht found off Sicily
Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters leave Porticello harbor near Palermo, to resume research for a last missing person on August 23, 2024, four days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. Alberto Pizzoli | Afp | Getty Images Divers on Friday found the body of the final person missing […]
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Mike Lynch, man once dubbed ‘Britain’s Bill Gates,’ dies at age 59
Mike Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. He was acquitted of fraud charges in June after defending himself in a trial over allegations that he artificially inflated Autonomy’s value in an $11.7 billion sale to tech giant Hewlett Packard. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — British technology entrepreneur […]
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Search for Sicily yacht passengers enters third day with tech tycoon Mike Lynch and 5 others missing
A rescue boat of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters operates off Porticello near Palermo, on August 20, 2024 a day after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. Alberto Pizzoli | Afp | Getty Images Specialist divers on Wednesday resumed the search for the six passengers still missing after a superyacht sank […]
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British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch reported missing after superyacht sinks off Sicily
Mike Lynch, former chief executive officer at Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Autonomy unit, speaking at a conference on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is missing after the sinking of a superyacht off the coast of Sicily, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC. The sources, […]
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