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The family of a motorcyclist who died in a crash in Thailand say they have “suffered immeasurable loss”.Corey Beavis, 28, from Barry in South Wales, died after a collision on Saturday morning, his family have confirmed. They have set up a JustGiving page to raise money to return his body to the UK as he did not have life or travel insurance in place.They said the costs were “unimaginable” but they have so far received more than £40k in donations.In a statement on the fundraising page, his family said Mr Beavis “lit up any room he walked into” and had…

What you need to know A Louisiana person has died from H5N1 bird flu, though they were in an at-risk age group and had underlying health conditions. 66 people in the US have contracted the strain of bird flu from exposure to animals. No human-to-human transmission has been detected, US health officials say disease “remains a low risk” to the public. A Louisiana patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, marking the first human fatality in the United States linked to the disease. However, health officials have stressed the risk to the wider US population remains low. The Louisiana…

Much remains unclear days after the Ukrainian army’s latest  surprise offensive in the Russian region of Kursk. Kyiv has so far remained silent, as it did at the beginning of August 2024 when Ukraine advanced into the Russian region for the first time. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Monday that an “attempted advance” by Ukrainian forces towards the area of Bolshesoldatsky, some 80 kilometers (about 50 miles) southwest of the regional capital Kursk, had been reported. According to Moscow, four tanks, two infantry combat tanks, 16 armored combat vehicles and a mine clearance vehicle were destroyed. It is not possible…

Panama reiterated on Tuesday that the sovereignty of its eponymous ship canal was not up for discussion after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to regain control. “The sovereignty of our canal is not negotiable and is part of our history of struggle,” Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha said, adding that President Jose Raul Mulino had made his stance clear. Trump made the remarks during a rambling news conference held at his home in southern Florida, which was supposed to be about Emirati investment in US technology. But the president-elect went off-track, repeating unsubstantiated claims that the Panama Canal…

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is marking 10 years since the terror attacks on its Paris office by running a cartoon contest asking for God-mocking submissions.

Despite TikTok’s looming ban in the United States, demand for the Chinese social video app remains strong, says Sven Oechler. The 25-year-old leads Pro & Me, a Berlin-based agency developing strategies for major companies on the platform. “I believe serious concerns will arise only after a final decision is made and implemented in the US,” Oechler told DW By January 19, TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance must sell its American TikTok subsidiary, or the app will be banned from US app stores. This was decided by the US Congress in April 2024 on grounds that ByteDance is allegedly under the influence of…

Jean-Marie Le Pen was variously loved and loathed – but he changed the shape of modern French politics.His youth was shaped by war and he then lived a life of constant battles. Le Pen’s political career, which was a very long one, was all about belligerence, anger, regret and scapegoats. In his world, everything that had gone wrong could be blamed on someone else.French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has diedMostly, his targets were either migrants or Muslims, or ideally migrants who were also Muslims. But he also berated bureaucrats, gay people and the Arab world in general. He was…

Reports of an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in parts of China are drawing international attention. HMPV was identified by a research group in the Netherlands in 2001, and had likely spread among humans for many years prior to that. News of the current outbreak followed an announcement by China’s National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention that it was testing a new reporting protocol in response to pneumonia cases. At a news conference reported by the state broadcaster CCTV, health officials noted that several common infections were circulating within China during the cold months and issued warnings about relying on…

A bomb exploded at a school near Nigeria’s capital city Abuja late on Monday, killing at least two people. Police said the explosive device burst at the Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School near Abuja. They have identified three suspects from the northern state of Katsina. The improvised explosive device (IED) was brought to the school by the three men, who were visiting the owner of the school, police said. “Tragically, two of the men died in the explosion while tampering with the improvised explosive device (IED), on the school veranda, while the third man and a female trader sustained severe injuries…

Donald Trump Jr. is set to visit Greenland on Tuesday amid his father’s suggestions that the Danish territory should be part of the US.  President-elect Donald Trump confirmed his son’s visit on his platform Truth Social. “I am hearing that the people of Greenland are ‘MAGA.’ My son, Don Jr, and various representatives, will be traveling there to visit some of the most magnificent areas and sights,” he posted late on Monday. “Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation. We will protect it, and cherish it, from a…