South Korea considers inspection of Boeing plane

Jolt Cola returns

Jolt Cola is to go on sale again in 2025. The drink became popular in the 80s and was marketed as having “all the sugar and twice the caffeine”, reports CNN.

The drink stopped being sold in 2009 and then made a short-lived comeback in 2017.

Now the company Redcon1 is relaunching the drink with more than twice as much caffeine as in the original recipe – 200 milligrams per can.

According to CNN, it is focusing on competing with energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster, rather than the soft drink giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi with which it competed from the beginning.

The control room warned of birds

The pilots were warned about bird strikes before the accident in South Korea, reports Reuters.

At 8:54 local time on Saturday, the aircraft was cleared to land.

Three minutes later, the control room warned the pilots that there was a risk of a bird strike. This is now confirmed by South Korea’s Ministry of Transport, according to Reuters.

One minute after the warning, the pilot issued a distress signal.

At 09.03 the plane crashed. It is now believed that a bird collision occurred between the warning and the emergency signal.

179 of 181 people on board died in the accident.

Investigators want to see South Korea’s Yoon arrested

Investigators want to see an arrest warrant issued against former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Yonhap reports.

The investigative team is investigating Yoon over his imposition of martial law earlier in December. On Monday morning local time, they announced that they were applying for an arrest warrant because Yoon had ignored summonses to appear for questioning on three occasions.

It was on December 3 that Yoon declared a state of emergency with associated martial law in a televised speech, citing that the opposition is paralyzing the government’s work. A few hours later, he was forced to back down after the decision was voted down in parliament.

Yoon apologized but was still forced out of the presidency. In mid-December, an impeachment trial began against him. It is run by the Constitutional Court, which is due to hold its next hearing on January 3, according to Yonhap.

Corrected: In an earlier version, there was an incorrect wording about the arrest warrant.

Set off fireworks at home

At ten o’clock on Sunday evening, a person in Bäckby raised the alarm that fireworks had been shot into the person’s residence, reports VLT.

The victim did not understand who shot the fireworks.

– We took up the report about damage and causing danger to others. But we have no suspects at the moment, says Christoffer Johansson, commander of the police’s regional command center to the newspaper.

No one is said to have been injured in the incident.

Over 60 dead in car accident in Ethiopia

At least 66 people have been confirmed dead after a serious road accident in southern Ethiopia, reports the regional health authority in the Sidama region. The traffic accident occurred at a bridge, called the Gelana Bridge in Bona Zuria Woreda.

The regional authority representative says that a couple more people are being treated in hospital for their injuries.

According to photographic evidence cited by the regional health department, at least one vehicle has ended up under water.

Two dead in Mississippi storm

A powerful storm swept through the southeastern United States on Sunday. In Texas and Mississippi, tornadoes claimed two lives. Six people are reported to have been injured. Independent.

On Saturday, one person died south of Houston, Texas. Four people received minor injuries, according to the newspaper.

Hundreds of thousands of homes were reported to be without power Sunday in Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.

Three tourists are feared dead after a fire in Bangkok

At least three foreign tourists are feared dead in connection with the fire at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, reports say Daily Mail.

Another person is said to have been taken to hospital after inhaling smoke.

The fire broke out in a backpacker district near Khao San Road at 9pm local time.

40 people were evacuated from the hotel’s rooftop bar.

After an hour and a half, the fire was under control.

Jimmy Carter is dead

Jimmy Carter is dead, reports Reuters.

The ex-president turned 100 years old.

Fire at manor house – part of the world heritage

There is a fire at the 18th-century mansion Skärva mansion in Karlskrona, according to the rescue service.

It is a fully developed fire in part of the building. There is a risk of the fire spreading to other parts.

According to the emergency services, three people have been checked by the medical service, but no one has been taken to hospital.

– WE are on site and working at full capacity, says the Eastern Blekinge Rescue Service.

The manor is part of the Imperial City of Karlskrona, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Earthquake outside Falköping

An earthquake occurred at 18.30 on Sunday evening just outside Falköping.

According to the Swedish National Seismic Network, the earthquake had a magnitude of 2.1.

– What a bloody blast. We sat drinking wine and thought the boiler had exploded or that a large tree had fallen, says a resident in the area.

Suspected burglar found in ventilation pipe

On Sunday afternoon, the police were called to a business premises in Helsingborg after the burglar alarm went off.

In the premises, a window has been smashed and an unauthorized person has been seen at the scene.

When the police search the premises, they hear a knocking sound. It turns out that the suspect, a man in his 50s, has entered a ventilation pipe.

With the help of the emergency services, the man is picked out and arrested on suspicion of the burglary.

Several kilometers long trail after Eagle S

A trail several kilometers long has been found on the seabed after Eagle S, the police say.

– With the underwater operations, we have been able to identify the tow track on the seabed from start to finish. The track is tens of kilometers long. For now, the possible location where the anchor came loose has not been determined, said tactical leader, Detective Inspector Sami Paila in a press release.

Major delays in train traffic

There are disruptions in train traffic between Gothenburg and Alingsås, writes the Swedish Transport Agency on its website.

Regional trains to Stockholm, among others, are also delayed.

– We will pause the traffic until the rescue service’s work is finished. The forecast is currently about an hour, but it could take longer, says Lina Edström, press officer at SJ.

Suspected hand grenade fished out

A person has magnetically fished out what is suspected to be a hand grenade in Lund, the police write on their website.

The finder took the item to a gas station parking lot and alerted the police.

The E22 was temporarily shut down during the work.

The national bomb protection has now carried out a controlled explosion of the object and traffic is allowed to open again.

The police write on their website that the object was harmless. According to P4 Malmö house was it part of a bike light.