Iranian ‘Victory’ satellite fails to reach orbit
Iran unveiled a new short-range missile called Thunder on Sunday and launched a satellite named Victory which failed to reach orbit.
Sinn Fein demands place in Irish government after electoral ‘revolution’
Left-wing Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein on Sunday demanded to be part of the next Irish government after tallies indicated it secured the most votes in an election that leader Mary Lou McDonald described as a ballot box “revolution”.
Thousands light candles for victims of Thailand mass shooting
Thousands of people holding candles attended a vigil in northeastern Thailand on Sunday for the victims of a rogue soldier who killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 before being shot dead.
Iranian satellite fails to reach orbit: defense ministry official
Iran launched a domestically made satellite on Sunday but it failed to reach orbit, a defense ministry official said.
‘Enemy of mankind’: Coronavirus deaths top SARS as China returns to work
China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break.
Sinn Fein demands place at talks to form next Irish government
Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein is ready to enter government in Ireland and it would be undemocratic to exclude it, leader Mary Lou McDonald said on Sunday after tallies indicated her party narrowly secured the most votes in a national election.
Briton in French Alps may have spread coronavirus to others across Europe
A British man who contracted the new coronavirus while attending a conference in Singapore may have led to seven other people catching the disease when he stopped off at a chalet in a French mountain village on his way home, health experts said on Sund…
In French Alpine village, families line up for coronavirus tests
Residents, a few wearing facemasks, lined up in a French Alpine village on Sunday to get tested for the new coronavirus as authorities sought to contain the spread after five Britons contracted the illness there.
On Thai Buddhist holy day, gunman’s carnage shatters temple peace
Thai nun Amornrat Putta-ariyawong was washing dishes in preparation to host Buddhist devotees on a holy day when a military Humvee pulled up just inside the temple gates and the driver started shooting into the road.
Storm Sabine hits Frankfurt airport, train travel
Around 150 flights to and from Frankfurt airport, Germany’s largest hub, were canceled on Sunday as storm Sabine reached Europe’s largest economy, a spokeswoman for airport operator Fraport said.
