Author Archives: OP King

Image captionPlanes are grounded at the airport following the discovery of the device London City Airport has been closed after a 500kg World War Two bomb was found nearby in the River Thames. The airport will be shut all day and all flights cancelled, affecting up to 16,000 passengers, a spokeswoman said. The bomb wasContinue reading “London City Airport shut as WW2 bomb found in Thames”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up about 3% of Australia’s population Australia has made some progress in improving the lives of its indigenous people but not in four of seven key areas, an annual report card has found. The government’s Closing The Gap report tracks targets aimed at reducing inequalityContinue reading “Australia given mixed score on indigenous ‘gap’”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionAustralia’s banks have faced a series of misconduct scandals since the 2008 financial crisis A landmark inquiry into wrongdoing among Australia’s banks and financial services has begun. The royal commission – the country’s top form of public inquiry – will investigate alleged and established misconduct in the sector. Australia’s banks, which areContinue reading “Australia royal commission inquiry into banking begins”

Image copyrightTEDDY FUJIMOTOImage captionThe helicopter came down at about 17:20 local time (00:20 GMT) Three British tourists killed in a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon have been named by US police. Becky Dobson, 27, Jason Hill, 32, and Stuart Hill, 30, died in Saturday’s crash, the Hualapai Police said. Three other Britons and theContinue reading “Britons killed in Grand Canyon helicopter crash named”

Indian police have arrested a man who allegedly shot dead his neighbour by mistake at a pre-wedding party. Ashok Khosla fired shots into the air on Saturday to celebrate his daughter’s upcoming wedding, police say. Neighbour Sakshi Arora, 22, was on her terrace when a bullet hit her in the forehead, killing her on theContinue reading “Indian woman killed by ‘celebratory gunshots’ at wedding party”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionMrs Sirleaf is the first woman Ibrahim Laureate Liberia’s ex-president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has won the $5m (£3.6m) Mo Ibrahim prize for African Leadership. Mrs Sirleaf, who stepped down last month, became Africa’s first elected female president in 2006. She was praised for her work rebuilding the nation after civil war and leadingContinue reading “Mo Ibrahim prize: Liberia’s Sirleaf wins African leadership prize”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES North Korea’s famed cheerleading squad had found itself in the middle of a controversy over masks they put on during a women’s ice hockey match at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Some local reports have said the masks resembled Kim Il-sung, the country’s first leader and the grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un.Continue reading “Winter Olympics: N Korean cheerleaders in ‘Kim Il-sung mask’ row”

Image copyrightPAImage captionCambodian police had published picture of the 10 foreigners Cambodia has deported seven of the ten foreign tourists charged with producing pornography. The group was arrested in January after images emerged of people appearing to imitate sex acts at a party in Siem Reap in the country’s north-west. Seven of them, from the UK, NewContinue reading “Cambodia deports seven tourists accused of producing pornography”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionMany in the ANC hope that removing Mr Zuma will boost the party’s chances in the 2019 elections Leaders of South Africa’s governing ANC party are due to meet to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma. The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says OP’SContinue reading “ANC leaders expected to ask President Jacob Zuma to resign”

Image copyrightCOLUMBIA/SONY PICTURES/KOBAL/REX/SHUTTERSTOCKImage captionThe scene in the new Peter Rabbit film involving blackberries led to calls for a boycott The makers of the new film Peter Rabbit have apologised after facing a backlash over their depiction of a character’s allergy. A scene in the film shows a character who suffers a blackberry allergy being peltedContinue reading “Peter Rabbit film producers apologise over allergy scene”