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New Yorker identified as Yaw Boahene, 57, killed after bag was caught in subway train doors

A man in Brooklyn, New York, died after his bag got caught between the doors of a subway train, which then dragged him down. The incident happened on Monday when the man, identified as 57-year-old Yaw Boahene, was leaving a Manhattan-bound train at the Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood when his shopping bag […]

New Yorker identified as Yaw Boahene, 57, killed after bag was caught in subway train doors

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Underground fire: Blaze in German lignite mine cannot be extinguished

Sparked by a forest fire, hardly any flames are visible above ground, yet underground it still smoulders on a former lignite site in Thuringia and could burn for years.

  • Underground fire in German lignite mine persists despite efforts
  • Fire in Thuringia started as forest blaze last June
  • Authorities plan multi-month containment and safety measures

UM breaks into world's top 200 universities

KUALA LUMPUR: Universiti Malaya (UM) has climbed to 194th in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027, making it the first Malaysian university to break into the global top 200.

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