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Driver in Stalowa Wola described fearing he had hit person after he saw body in roadA funeral home in Poland has apologised after a body that it was transporting fell out of a hearse and into traffic.Polish media reported that a man was driving down a street on Friday in Stalowa Wola, a city in south-eastern Poland, when he saw a sheet on his car window. When the sheet slid down, he saw a body lying on the road. For a moment the driver feared that he had hit the person. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/19/funeral-home-in-poland-apologises-after-body-falls-from-hearse-into-traffic Author : Associated

Authorities had said they were re-establishing electricity service after a power plant failed on FridayCuba was plunged into blackout for a second time on Saturday after its electrical grid collapsed again hours after authorities announced they had begun reestablishing service.CubaDebate, a state-run media outlet, said the grid operator, UNE, had reported the “total disconnection of the national electro-energetic system” and was working on re-establishing it. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/19/cuba-suffers-second-power-blackout-electricity Author : Reuters in Havana Publish date : 2024-10-19 13:08:41 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

ABC election pundit Antony Green calls win for Labor-Greens coalition on Saturday nightLabor is on track to remain in power in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) alongside the Greens, despite losing ground to the Liberals.As counting continued, ABC election guru Antony Green called the result for the Labor-Greens coalition at 9.15pm local time on Saturday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/19/australia-labor-retain-power-in-act-election-but-lose-ground-to-liberals Author : Australia Associated Press in Canberra Publish date : 2024-10-19 12:14:58 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Flight comes as news emerges of plan to send asylum seekers who arrive on Chagos Islands to British territory of Saint HelenaA record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians were deported to their home countries on one flight, with 44 forcibly removed on Friday, the Home Office has confirmed.The news comes as it emerged that any asylum seekers who arrive in Diego Garcia before a treaty between the UK and Mauritius to hand back the Chagos Islands is finalised will be sent to Saint Helena, a British territory in the Atlantic Ocean, described as one of the most remote places on