An overloaded ferry capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba, the world's largest man-made lake by volume, killing dozens of passengers while rescue teams continue searching for 27 people still unaccounted for. The vessel was carrying far more passengers than its 90-person capacity when it went down on the vast lake shared by Zimbabwe and Zambia. Zimbabwe's […] The post Overloaded ferry capsizes on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba, killing dozens and leaving 27 still missing appeared first on American Almanac .
An overloaded ferry capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba, the world's largest man-made lake by volume, killing dozens of passengers while rescue teams continue searching for 27 people still unaccounted for. The vessel was carrying far more passengers than its 90-person capacity when it went down on the vast lake shared by Zimbabwe and Zambia. Zimbabwe's Civil Protection Unit confirmed through ticket sales that at least 114 adults and five crew members were aboard. An unknown number of children, too young to require tickets, may have been on the ferry as well, meaning the true passenger count could be significantly higher than official records show. Seventy-seven survivors were pulled from the water or reached a small island in the lake on…Open
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering an exemption for more than half a million recent migrants to stay in the country.
The British government under new leader Andy Burnham is considering exempting foreign care workers from proposed changes to permanent residency. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: On Wednesday, it was reported that Prime Minister Burnham was considering an exemption for foreign-born social care workers who arrived during the “Boriswave,” an influx of roughly 1.6 million foreign workers and their relatives under former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. During Johnson’s premiership, between 2022 and 2024, 612,226 migrants arrived on Health and Care Worker visas, sometimes to “work” for care homes that did not exist . The rumored exemption would apply to reforms being pursued by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood,…Open
Eye-opening footage from a hotel near Zimbabwe's iconic Victoria Falls shows a large crocodile climbing into the property’s kitchen in the wee hours of the morning.
Trump should not let Starmer hand U.S. base to Mauritius President Trump is a real estate man. He knows when he is being played, and the British are playing him over some important Indian Ocean real estate. The U.S. operates a critical military base on Diego Garcia, an atoll in the Chagos Archipelago, under a 1966 agreement with Britain that remains in effect until 2036. Diego Garcia is America’s only military base in the Indian Ocean. It’s akin to what U.S. bases in Hawaii are for operations in the Pacific. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labor government is ramming through a separate treaty that hands Chagos to Mauritius, a country 1,200 miles away with no ties to Chagos or the Chagossian people, most of whom oppose the…Open