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France on Monday blamed Iran for last month's cyberattack on supermarket fridges and summoned the Iranian ambassador, the French Foreign Ministry said.

An inquest is told a fire that killed a mother and her two children was accidental.

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A mother, her two children, and the family dog were killed after a fire believed to have been caused by electrical appliances engulfed their home on Boxing Day, an inquest heard.

The Ogun State Government has attributed the overcrowding at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Sagamu to a significant increase in the number of prospective corps members posted to the state. Read More: https://punchng.com/nysc-deployment-surge-caused-sagamu-camp-overcrowding-ogun/

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 &mdash; Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar yesterday raised questions over the accuracy an...

Scrap dealer Khalil had purchased a CNG cylinder from someone and was trying to dismantle it to extract brass and other metals when the gas leaked out of it and sparked a fire

Over 7,500 power poles damaged by Cyclone Murasu; restoration targeted by Saturday evening, says Gottipati Ravi Kumar

Agnes Foley (87) of Farran, Charleville, accidentally put her foot on the accelerator, fatally injuring Mary Fehilly (72)

The Chief Minister briefs him on the losses caused by ‘Arnab’ and ‘Murasu’, particularly to agriculture, horticulture, roads and electricity infrastructure, and seeks immediate Central assistance; he also flags the issue of chilli consignments stranded at Colombo port

The senior minister of state for health apologised for the Oct 13 disruption, saying it "should not have happened". The outage forced about 4,000 outpatient appointments to be rescheduled.

Nov 2 (Reuters) - Snapchat parent Snap Inc SNAP.N has reached a settlement during a trial over claims brought by two teenagers who say the company designed the platform to be addictive, causing their depression, anxiety and eating disorders, attorneys for the plaintiffs said on Monday.

Satellite imagery shows damage at more than two dozen installations, in the fullest accounting of the destruction yet.

Gulshah Aktan feels lucky to be alive after flood waters trapped her in a bus for four and a half hours. Grey water swirled around her legs before locals in the Ayazaga district of northern Istanbul were able to pull her and other passengers to safety. “We thought we were going to die,” Ms Aktan, 28, told The National . She and her aunt Dilek survived, but t

The transport minister said a judge would investigate controllers’ actions, including authorizing a train to proceed at high speed though another was stalled in front of it.

The researchers also estimate that around one in four of the former football players had dementia, a common feature of late-stage CTE

Consumer Reports is urging parents to stop using Millie Moon diapers after 600-plus reports of infant skin reactions. Here’s what to know and what to do.

Editor’s note: This story contains details of alleged sexual offenses that some readers may find distressing. Channel 4’s 2023 exposé on Russell Brand was not a “magic force” that caused six separate women to “recast” their memories and accuse the Despicable Me star of rape and sexual assault, a court has heard. Riel Karmy-Jones, the […]

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 29 &mdash; Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) has launched an immediate investigation into a sinkhole...

Two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided south of Madrid. Spain's transport minister said one of the trains was told to continue its journey despite a "red signal" being in effect. Follow DW.

All that's left of a gargantuan ice sheet that once covered nearly 30 percent of North America is a Delaware-size ice cap in Canada. Scientists have found that the ice cap began to expand around 2,000 years ago—a sign of a new ice age—but it started shrinking in the 1960s

Australia's cyber intelligence agency says the latest AI models have caused a worrying surge in malicious online attacks.

&nbsp;IPOH, Oct 27 &mdash;&nbsp;The lorry driver involved in an accident with two journalists in Menglembu last Sunday c...

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Experts in Abuja have dismissed claims that autism is caused by poor parenting or GMOs, urging Nigerians to stop stigmatising families of autistic children Read More: https://punchng.com/autism-not-caused-by-poor-parenting-gmos-experts/

An official of the Nigerian Correctional Service has blamed manpower shortage for the escape of an awaiting-trial inmate, Osita Thomas, in Edo State. Read More: https://punchng.com/how-manpower-shortage-caused-edo-inmates-escape/

Officials in northeast Ohio said a chemical tank leak earlier in the week was caused by an employee error

Parents could face financial penalties if their children participate in vandalism or looting during demonstrations.

Europe's hottest summer on record may have killed more than 50,000 people across 30 European countries, researchers have found, as they called on governments to reduce the use of fossil fuels. Scientists from Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine examined excess heat deaths in 854 cities in Europe from June 1 to Augus

A fast-moving fire that killed at least four soldiers at a Canadian military base was sparked by a live grenade exercise, defence officials have confirmed.

Outside experts warn that more research is needed before "circadian depression" can be classified as a subtype

Many cases of depression may be related to disrupted body clocks, with this understanding offering new ways to treat it