Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. Two days later, the man was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair.
-
13 dead in Spain’s deadliest nightclub fire
The death toll stands at 13 with 24 people injured, when a fire early ripped through adjoining nightclubs in Spain on Sunday. It was the country’s worst nightclub fire in 33 years.
-
UN urged to help hundreds of seafarers trapped on ships in Ukrainian ports
Shipping companies and maritime organisations have urged the UN secretary general to help evacuate hundreds of seafarers who have been trapped onboard vessels in Ukrainian ports for a year. About 2,000 seafarers in 112 ships were berthed in Ukrainian ports across the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov before Russia’s invasion. After the war broke out, most crew were evacuated, but 331 seafarers remain stuck on 62 vessels across nine Ukrainian ports, including Mariupol and Odesa.
-
Relatives of Ismoil Rakhmonov, the kidnapped teacher are not allowed to get acquainted with the materials of the criminal case
Ismoil Rakhmonov, a 38 year old teacher at the Tajik State University of Commerce, was abducted on July 12. His relatives are concerned that after more than a month, the prosecutor’s office does not give them the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the materials of the criminal case.
