Divers retrieve body in search for miners trapped in flooded shaft

Army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India&s northeastern Assam state, officials said on Wednesday.

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TV host Davina McCall back in the gym after life-saving operation to remove brain tumour

Davina McCall has said she is &taking everything nice and slow& as she returns to fitness training after recovering from surgery for a &very rare& benign brain tumour.

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Ukrainie ‘commencing new offensive& in Russia&s Kursk region

Ukraine yesterday said its forces were &commencing new offensive actions& in Russia&s western Kursk region, in its first substantive remarks two days after Russian reports of a renewed Ukrainian thrust in the area.

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Race to save survivors of Tibet quake as temperatures plummet to -16C

A strong earthquake hit the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet&s holiest cities yesterday, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses, Chinese authorities said.

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US president-elect Donald Trump won&t rule out use of military force to take Panama Canal or Greenland

US president-elect Donald Trump yesterday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared US control of both to be vital to American national security.

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