Six dead in easter weekend tragedy as giant waves slam Australia’s East Coast

A fisherman died on Sunday after being swept off rocks near Sydney, pushing the Easter weekend drowning toll in Australia to six, with two more still missing as massive swells continued to batter the country’s eastern coast.Emergency services were called to Wattamolla Beach, south of Sydney, where two people had been dragged into the surf […]

How Violence Erupted On Syria’s Coast

Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times’s bureau chief in Syria, traveled to the area to get a sense of who was responsible. Source link

Ivory Coast opposition names Tidjane Thiam as the presidential candidate

Oppositional party candidate Tidjane Thiam (Source: Instagram/Tidjane Thiam) ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast’s main opposition party on Thursday formally named its leader Tidjane Thiam as its candidate for the October presidential election. The 62-year-old former Credit Suisse bank chief executive was the only contender for the centre-right Democratic Party (PDCI).Tensions in the wealthy west African country are […]

Chevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in landmark trial

POINTE A LA HACHE: Oil company Chevron must pay more than $740 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. The case was the first of dozens of pending lawsuits to reach trial in Louisiana against […]