Nearly 700 people have been killed in air crashes in the country since 1992.
Ukraine war: Russia’s Wagner Group commander requests Norway asylum
Andrey Medvedev says he fled Wagner after witnessing war crimes while serving in Ukraine.
Olympic triple jumper Ana José Tima suspended in doping case
Two-time Olympic athlete Ana José Tima has been provisionally suspended for two positive tests for doping substances.
Spain: Region drops order to offer heartbeat before abortion
A Spanish regional chief has contradicted an announcement by a far-right member of his cabinet that doctors would have to give women a chance to listen to the heartbeats of fetuses before any abortion procedure.
China is finally divulging covid data. The WHO says there’s more to the story.
China’s raised toll of 60,000 hospital deaths in the past month should be considered a minimum, the WHO says.
South Africa: Search on after tiger escapes, attacks man
Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a farm near Johannesburg over the weekend.
Co-pilot of fatal Nepal plane crash eerily lost her pilot husband in 2006 air crash
Anju Khatiwada was the co-pilot on a Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu that crashed as it approached the city of Pokhara, killing at least 69 people.
China’s hospital COVID death data just a 10th of total toll, experts say
The nearly 60,000 COVID-related deaths recently reported may underestimate the true toll by hundreds of thousands of fatalities, experts said.