TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has barred the passage, takeoff and landing of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on its territory, the transport ministry said on Thursday. No Tunisian airlines, including the state-owned carrier Tunisair, have any Boeing 737 MAX jets in their fleets, it said in a statement, adding that the decision was precautionary. Source: Read Full Article

Parents’ are ‘disgusted’ as shocking footage of pupils punching, kicking, and pulling one another’s hair in the classroom and playground at their all-girls school as other children look on laughing is shared on social media Video has emerged of two students from Fairfield High School for Girls fighting   A concerned mother said she was ‘shocked and disgusted’ after seeing the video […]

PARIS/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Investigators in France were to take charge of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet’s black boxes on Thursday, seeking clues into a disaster that has grounded Boeing’s global 737 MAX fleet and left scores of families mourning and angry. Sunday’s crash after take-off from Addis Ababa killed 157 people from 35 nations in the second such calamity […]

The apps crashed in countries around the world and left thousands unable to connect – with police worried they would be swamped with calls demanding they fix the problem. Police in Canterbury, New Zealand wrote on Twitter: "We know. Our Facebook and Instagram haven't been working either. "Unfortunately we cannot do anything about this because, you know, they're based in […]

Shah Alam, Malaysia: Malaysia's Attorney-General has ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un. On Thursday prosecutor Iskandar Ahmad gave no explanation for the refusal to drop the murder charge against Doan Thi Huong. She is the only suspect in custody after Monday's stunning […]

A man in Australia has narrowly avoided injury after using his mobile phone to stop an arrow which was fired at him. Police in New South Wales released two images which show the arrow lodged in the phone, after arresting the alleged attacker. The attack happened at about 9am (local time) on 13 March, when a 43-year-old man pulled into […]

Two armed men wearing face masks entered a Brazilian elementary school yesterday and shot and killed at least six children who were on their snack breaks, as well as two school officials, before fatally turning their guns on themselves, police said. Ten people, including the gunmen, were killed in total, Sao Paulo police said. The unidentified gunmen, who appeared to […]

The former Texas congressman, 46, attracted national attention with his long-shot election battle against Republican Senator Ted Cruz last year. He confirmed the news that he’s jumping into the presidential race to El Paso-based TV station KTSM on Wednesday. "I'm really proud of what El Paso did and what El Paso represents,” he confirmed to the news outlet in a […]

Troy Reeb, the executive vice president of broadcast networks for Corus Entertainment, will be given an honorary Bachelor of Applied Arts degree from Lethbridge College. Reeb, who grew up in Westlock, Alta., was just 16 when he first attended the college. He graduated from the Communication Arts-Broadcast Journalism program in 1988. “When somebody tells you you’re getting an honorary degree, […]

No one was injured after a fire in southwest Calgary on Wednesday afternoon. After a neighbour phoned it in, crews responded to a detached garage fire in the 1700 block of 12 Avenue S.W. just before 3:30 p.m. Flames and smoke were billowing from the garage, which was still under construction, but firefighters quickly knocked it down, according to Capt. […]