British budget airline EasyJet said Friday it reached an agreement in principle for a £5.7-billion ($7.7-billion) takeover by U.S. private equity firm Apollo, topping a rival offer from fellow American private equity investor Castlelake. The fresh offer signals a bidding battle could now emerge between the two U.S. investors for ownership of the carrier. Apollo’s…
A 31-year-old American tourist was killed while on vacation in Hungary’s capital, and the suspect, a 37-year-old Irish man, has been arrested, Hungarian police said Saturday. The victim, Mackenzie Michalski was reported missing on Nov. 5 after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest. A Facebook group called “Find Mackenzie Michalski,” created…
Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people died in flooding after a tropical storm dumped heavy rainfall, as the country’s east coast and Taiwan prepared for a typhoon expected to make landfall in the coming days. Most of the deaths were in Hengzhou, where the partial collapse of a reservoir dam sent torrents…
Family members of a 31-year-old American tourist who was killed while on vacation in Hungary’s capital mourned their loss while a 37-year-old suspect was in custody Saturday. The victim, Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing Nov. 5 after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest. Police launched a missing person…
A Palestinian aid worker who organized World Cup watch parties across the Gaza Strip was killed in an Israeli missile strike shortly before soccer fans gathered to watch the Egypt-Argentina game on Tuesday evening, according to a local hospital director. Mohamed Al-Wahidi was the public relations director of the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza, which…
A Hungarian court convicted and sentenced an Irish citizen to 14 years in prison for brutally killing an American tourist during sex before dumping her body in the woods in 2024. The victim, 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was in Hungary on vacation and reported missing on Nov. 5, 2024, after she was last…
U.S. Men’s National Team star Christian Pulisic fractured his right leg during the Americans’ World Cup loss to Belgium and will be sidelined for several weeks. Pulisic, 27, has a bone bruise and a microfracture of his tibia and fibula, the U.S. Soccer Federation said Thursday. The diagnosis was made after an X-ray and MRI…
KYIV, Ukraine — In early March, an American-made reconnaissance aircraft glided above Ukraine’s choppy Black Sea waters, scanning for Russian targets below. As it approached a gas field just off Ukraine’s southern coast, operators monitoring the feed saw what appeared to be Russian soldiers and military equipment on top of an oil rig. Calling in a…
The bombs started raining down from cartel drones at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, just as the sun crested over the mountains of central Mexico. The cluster of rural communities known as Guajes de Ayala now under siege had spent weeks warning law enforcement in the state of Guerrero of mounting threats by the encroaching cartel,…
A French startup company has unveiled a prototype for a survival device that it says can save people from tsunamis and severe flooding. The prototype was revealed at a technology conference in Paris earlier this month. The company, Lifepods, says it believes the device will help save lives minutes before disaster strikes, when evacuation is…
