French Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou become the first Olympic torch carrier in France after the Olympic flame arrived to the southern French city of Marseille marking another milestone in the lead-up to the Summer Games in Paris.A majestic three-mast ship carried the Olympic torch from Greece for the welcoming ceremony at sunset Wednesday in the...

The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator.In an update on the European Medicines Agency's website on Wednesday, the regulator said that the approval for AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria had been withdrawn “at the request of the marketing authorisation...

Nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed after a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld music festival have been settled, including one that was set to go to trial this week, an attorney said on Wednesday.Jury selection had been set to begin on Tuesday in the wrongful death suit filed the family of Madison Dubiski, a 23-year-old Houston resident...

The "world's largest" plant designed to suck planet-heating pollution out of the atmosphere like a giant vacuum has begun operating in Iceland."Mammoth", which opened on Wednesday, is the second commercial direct air capture plant opened by Swiss company Climeworks in the country. It's 10 times bigger than its predecessor, Orca, which started running...

The widow of murdered Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin is suing the Western Australia government and the sniper who shot him dead.Nick Martin was shot in the chest by a sniper from more than 300 metres away at Perth Motorplex in Kwinana on December 12, 2020.Amanda Martin and her daughter Stacey Smiles are suing for their trauma by claiming negligence and...

The man who was stabbed by a "radicalised" 16-year-old boy later shot dead by police says he is "coming to terms" with his injuries, as he recovers in hospital.Police fatally shot the teen, who they said was armed with a 30-centimetre kitchen knife, in a standoff on Saturday night in the Bunnings car park in the southern Perth suburb of Willetton.The...