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A heist at a Canadian airport seems to have netted thieves an unbelievable haul of greater than 1,630kg (round 1.6 tonnes) of gold - which has a worth of about £84m ($104m).The valuable metallic, which was being moved by way of Toronto Pearson International Airport, the nation's largest, was being held in a safe facility on the location. Pearson is the place gold that has been mined within the nation is ceaselessly held earlier than it's flown abroad. Almost half of the nation's air cargo goes by way of the airport.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been referred to as in assist discover out who was behind the theft, which is about half as massive because the Brinks Matt heist in England in 1985 which noticed 3,000kg of bullion stolen.According to the Toronto Sun, ...

A prime adviser to Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban denounced a reported U.S. intelligence doc that stated Mr. Orban just lately listed the United States as one of many prime adversaries of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz occasion, dismissing it as “fake news.” “Prime Minister Orban never said this thing. Thi...

A climber has been rescued after plunging right into a deep crack in some of the harmful mountains on this planet. Several makes an attempt have been made to achieve Anurag Maloo after he fell right into a 300-metre deep crevasse on Mount Annapurna - the tenth highest peak on this planet - in north central Nepal on Monday. He was flown to a hospital within the resort city of Pokhara on Thursday, in response to expedition organiser Thaneswar Guragai, who is predicated at Seven Summit Treks in capital Kathmandu.Mr Maloo is receiving remedy however his situation is at the moment unknown. Image: Anurag Maloo throughout an expedition to Antarctica in 2013 Renowned Northern Irish climber, Noel Hanna, perished on the identical ...

The Pentagon is transferring forces in East Africa in case they're wanted to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Sudan following days of intense preventing between warring factions vying for energy within the nation. On Thursday, Defense Department officers mentioned they had been monitoring the deteriorating sta...

Twitter has lastly began eradicating "legacy" blue ticks from verified accounts, with a number of the world's best-known figures dropping the verification signal.Author JK Rowling, the Pope, US rapper Jay-Z, TV stars Ant and Dec, and actor Richard E Grant have misplaced their blue ticks on the social networking website, together with the Labour and Conservative events and lots of correspondents at Sky News. The Pope and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo have been additionally amongst these to have misplaced their blue ticks on Thursday night. Image: The Labour Party misplaced its verified account standing The solely blue ticks left will likely be these with a Twitter Blue subscription, which price...

Russia's deputy ambassador to the UN has denied his nation is finishing up battle crimes by the mass forcible transfers of youngsters, and claims its military is the truth is "saving" them.Dmitry Polyanskiy advised Sky News: "Of course it's not a war crime. We've been accused of stealing children but in fact we're saving children from the Ukrainian army, first and foremost. [This] is just another smear campaign against Russia which is unfortunately exploiting the issue of children at war." He refuted that Russia was committing a breach of Article 49 of the Geneva Conventions, which associated to mass deportations of residents."These people are going to [Russia] voluntarily. Since February 2014, there are five millions residents of Ukraine, or Lugansk and Donetsk republics who...

A German courtroom has rejected a attainable rape trial for the prime suspect within the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Christian B.The resolution means the authorities within the metropolis of Braunschweig may have no jurisdiction over the case of Madeleine, who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 on the age of three, lawyer Friedrich Fulscher mentioned. Mr Fulscher confirmed that an arrest warrant in opposition to him had been revoked.Prosecutors mentioned final 12 months that that they had charged Christian B with three offences of aggravated rape and two offences of sexual abuse of kids between December 2000 and June 2011, in Portugal. Image: Madeleine McCann went lacking while on vacation in Portugal The expenses we...

Russian President Vladimir Putin must be held accountable for the Ukrainian youngsters who've been taken from their homeland, the US ambassador-at-large for world legal justice has instructed Sky News.Beth Van Schaack claims Russia is systematically transferring youngsters out of Ukraine. According to Yale University's Conflict Observatory, greater than 6,000 have been moved to camps - however the ambassador believes the variety of lacking youngsters may very well be far larger. Image: Beth Van Schaack, US ambassador-at-large for world legal justice Macron instructed to give attention to Putin's 'downfall' - Ukraine warfare newestSky News has spoken to a bunch of orphans, taken at gunpoint and illegally transferred to Ru...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A veteran diplomat who was appointed lower than three weeks in the past to advertise Dutch involvement within the reconstruction of Ukraine has give up over remarks he made - reportedly about Russia - in a brand new e book, the federal government introduced Thursday. The Dutch inte...

Hundreds of protesters in France briefly entered the places of work of a inventory market operator on Thursday as protests towards President Macron's pension reform continued.Between 200 and 300 demonstrators, waving flags and carrying flares, occupied Euronext, chanting: "We are here, we are here, even if Macron does not want it we are here". It's a slogan which has change into in style as big crowds have gathered in generally violent protests and strikes that erupted in January. Image: Demonstrators holding flares on the Euronext Paris constructing in protest to the pension reforms. Pic:AP They additionally known as on Mr Macron to resign, one other acquainted demand.The foyer of the agency, positioned in La Defense, ...