Lucy Duncan has been missing since heavy snow hit Wales on Thursday (Picture: South Wales Police)A young woman has not been seen since leaving home in her car during a red weather warning for snow. Lucy Duncan was set to drive through Wales in severe conditions on Thursday. Woman faces lifetime of dialysis after being…

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Suleiman Khalaf, also known as Abu Fadi, was killed 10 days ago in a fight with Isis in eastern Syria when the vehicle he was in was hit by a heat-seeking missile. “He was driving a bulldozer which was building an earth rampart when Isis hit it with a missile we call a ‘fuzia’,” said…

Enlarge / A Falcon 9 v1.0 launches from Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla in 2010. SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 rocket less than a decade ago, in June 2010. Early next week, the California-based rocket company will go for its 50th launch of its workhorse booster. The launch attempt will…

In der belagerten syrischen Region Ostghuta sind nach Angaben der Vereinten Nationen (UN) seit Mitte Februar fast 600 Menschen getötet worden. Bei den Kämpfen zwischen Regierungstruppen und Rebellen seien zudem mehr als 2.000 Menschen verletzt worden, teilte der UN-Koordinator Panos Moumtzis in Genf mit. « Diese Kollektivstrafe für die Zivilbevölkerung ist schlicht nicht hinnehmbar », sagte Moumtzis.…

In a joke-filled speech, Trump said he will meet with North Korea but they will have to « denuke » first.

Fiorentina have announced that captain Davide Astori has died at the age of 31. The Italian international, with 14 caps to his name, was found dead at the La di Moret hotel in Udine, ahead of the Viola’s meeting with Udinese on Sunday. The clash at the Stadio Friuli and all of today’s Serie A…

Shops and restaurants are closing at a fast rate. Oli Scarff/Getty Images Toys R Us and Maplin went bust this week and restaurants like Prezzo, Byron, and Jamie’s Italian are all closing sites. The slump is down to high inflation and online competition. Analyst says there’s « a very good probability that more victims will fall. »…