Daily News Channel
The death toll climbed to at least 12 in a gas explosion on a freight train in western Italy, officials said Tuesday. A child was among those killed, said Antonio Garufi, a local government official. The number of injured had risen to 36, with 16 in critical condition.
Entering the emergency ward at Tuen Mun Hospital in Hong Kong these days feels a little like getting clearance into a correctional facility. A woman cloaked in head-to-toe blue protective gear stands watch at the sliding glass doors, checking visitors’ foreheads to ensure that no one running too high a fever gets through.
The BBC has been fined £150,000 ($220,000) after broadcasting two episodes of comedian Russell Brand’s radio show in which he left abusive phone messages on an actor’s phone. The incident involving Brand, the host of the Radio 2 program which aired the calls, and the entertainer Jonathan Ross, who took part, provoked outrage