World

Canada23 hours ago

Canadian businessman says he burned $1M in cash to avoid paying ex-wife child support

A Canadian businessman and failed mayoral candidate was thrown in jail for 30 days after telling a judge he burned 1 million Canadian dollars in cash -- in two separate bonfires -- to avoid paying his wife spousal and child support as part of their divorce settlement.

Transportation14 hours ago

Turkish jet skids off runway, breaks into pieces; 3 dead, at least 179 injured

A plane landing in Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Turkey on Wednesday skidded off the runway, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces, injuring at least 52 people. Passengers were evacuated from the cracks in the plane's debris.

China18 hours ago

UK woman who jumped from China apartment left phone passwords to suicide note, inquest finds

A British woman who jumped 250 feet to her death from her family’s apartment in China over the summer left behind a piece of paper with passwords that led investigators to a suicide note that revealed she found herself in a “situation” that was “not resolvable.”