Day: April 17, 2023

A Spanish mountain climber emerged on Friday from a cave 70 metres underground where she spent 500 days isolated from the outside world. Beatriz Flamini, 50, of Madrid, left the cave in southern Spain shortly after 9am (local time) after being told by supporters that she had completed the feat she set out to accomplish on November 21 in 2021. Spanish media said the spell underground set a new world record, but the claim could not be immediately confirmed. READ MORE: The big change coming to Woolworths The Spanish state news agency Efe later reported Flamini as saying she was obliged to temporarily halt the challenge after some 300 days and leave the cave for eight days because of a technical problem. Efe said she spent the eight days in a tent but had no co...

Separatist gunmen attacked Indonesian army troops who were deployed to rescue a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua province, leaving at least six dead and about 30 missing, officials say. Initial information from army reports said there were about 36 soldiers at a post in the hilly district of Nduga, when attackers from the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, opened fire on Saturday. At least six died and 21 others fled into the jungle, according to the military reports seen by journalists. A military spokesman confirmed only one dead. Nine soldiers were reportedly being held by the rebels. READ MORE: The big change coming to Woolworths Papua military spokesperson Colonel Herman Taryaman ...