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- Maxwell prosecutors: ‘sexualized’ photo of young girl displayed outside Epstein bedroom
- Emmanuel Macron accused of trying to ‘rehabilitate’ Mohammed bin Salman
- France stunned as judo star’s coach cleared of domestic violence
- Top Trump official to plead the fifth to Capitol attack committee
- Joe Biden pledges to make any Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘very, very difficult’
- Labour MPs report Boris Johnson to police over 2020 Christmas parties
- Poland plans to set up register of pregnancies to report miscarriages
- Michigan shooting: suspect’s parents missing after pair charged with manslaughter
- Man tortured and killed in Pakistan over alleged blasphemy
- ‘Heartbreaking’ clean-up of animal corpses as Canada floodwaters ebb
- Act now against Omicron to stop new Covid wave, UK ministers warned
- Does the Omicron variant mean Covid is going to become more transmissible?
- India’s ‘pencil village’ counts the cost of Covid school closures
- Dog noises, name calling, claims of abuse: a week of shame in Australian politics
- Security, intimacy and money: why Adele is going to Las Vegas
- The girls are back in town! Why the Sex and the City sequel is about to eclipse the original
- ‘Mesmerising’: a massive murmuration of budgies is turning central Australia green and gold
- From Marilyn to Shakespeare: how well do you know history’s most bungled quotes?
- ‘No easy fix’: polar bear capital of the world turns to electric buggies to save the bears
- Experience: I was attacked by a dog while climbing a volcano
- Lewis Hamilton’s F1 team under pressure to scrap Grenfell cladding firm deal
- Covid news: 75 more cases of Omicron variant found in England; Ireland announces new restrictions – as it happened
- The Gambia to vote for first time since Jammeh forced into exile
- Covid: Biden says to beat Omicron variant ‘we have to shut it down worldwide’ – as it happened
- The Guardian view on Barbados and the Queen: it has moved on. Can Britain? | Editorial
- Christopher Luxon is out of step with most New Zealanders – can he really challenge Ardern? | Morgan Godfery
- Australia live news updates: Omicron Covid cases climb amid western Sydney cluster; nine deaths in Victoria; Qld to quarantine Adelaide travellers
- ‘She didn’t deserve to die’: Kenya fights tuberculosis in Covid’s shadow
- Chilean environmental activist who opposed dam projects found dead
- Omicron seems to carry higher Covid reinfection risk, says South Africa
- El Salvador ‘responsible for death of woman jailed after miscarriage’
- Covid limits migration despite more people displaced by war and disasters
- Russia’s activity on the Ukraine border has put the west on edge
- How probable is it Omicron Covid variant will take hold in UK?
- Emmanuel Macron’s dangerous shift on the New Caledonia referendum risks a return to violence | Rowena Dickins Morrison, Adrian Muckle and Benoît Trépied
- How Chris and Andrew Cuomo's on-air comedy routines compromised CNN
- 'It's just a cold': Biden explains coughing during speech – video
- Prosecutor announces Michigan shooter's parents to be charged with manslaughter – video
- Snowstorm in Denmark traps dozens in Ikea showroom – video
- Man rescued 22 hours after capsizing off Japan coast – video
- Biden responds to claim Trump tested positive for Covid days before their debate – video
- 'Matter of time': Fauci confirms first US case of Omicron – video
- Time to think about mandatory Covid vaccination, says EU chief – video
| Maxwell prosecutors: ‘sexualized’ photo of young girl displayed outside Epstein bedroom Posted: 03 Dec 2021 02:53 PM PST Prosecution and defense argue about several photographs that might be presented at sex-trafficking trial in New York
Ghislaine Maxwell's child-sex trafficking trial took a shocking turn Friday when prosecutors brought one of Jeffrey Epstein's infamous massage tables into the courtroom. By bringing this green, folding table into the courtroom, and then expanding it, prosecutors are working to bolster allegations that Epstein and Maxwell sexually abused teen girls under the pretext of giving him a massage. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron accused of trying to ‘rehabilitate’ Mohammed bin Salman Posted: 03 Dec 2021 12:26 PM PST Human rights groups criticise French president's planned meeting with crown prince in Saudi Arabia Human rights groups have criticised Emmanuel Macron's planned meeting with Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, which will mark the first one-on-one public meeting of a major western leader with the crown prince since the state-sponsored assassination of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But Macron's move suggests at least one major western leader is ready to formally re-establish ties to the crown prince directly, less than a year after US intelligence agencies released a report stating they believed that Prince Mohammed had approved the murder of Khashoggi. Continue reading... |
| France stunned as judo star’s coach cleared of domestic violence Posted: 03 Dec 2021 06:01 AM PST Margaux Pinot says she feared her partner would kill her, but judge says there is not enough proof of guilt French sports stars and politicians have expressed anger at the acquittal of a coach accused of domestic violence against the Olympic judo champion Margaux Pinot, as the state prosecutor launched an appeal. Pinot, 27, a gold medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, had serious facial injuries including a fractured nose when she filed a police complaint in the early hours of Sunday. She said her partner and trainer, Alain Schmitt, had attacked her at her flat outside Paris, wrestled her to the ground, verbally abused her, punched her many times, repeatedly smashed her head on to the ground and tried to strangle her. Continue reading... |
| Top Trump official to plead the fifth to Capitol attack committee Posted: 03 Dec 2021 11:14 AM PST John Eastman, linked to efforts to stop Biden certification, to invoke constitutional protection against self-incrimination Former Trump lawyer John Eastman, who was connected to efforts to stop the certification of Joe Biden's presidential election win on 6 January, will plead the fifth amendment protection against self-incrimination before the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack. The move by Eastman, communicated in a letter to the select committee by his attorney, is an extraordinary step and appears to suggest a growing fear among some of Trump's closest advisers that their testimony may implicate them in potential criminality. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden pledges to make any Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘very, very difficult’ Posted: 03 Dec 2021 10:03 AM PST Washington and Kyiv say Moscow has massed troops near border ahead of planned US-Russia video summit Joe Biden he said he would make it "very, very difficult" for Russia to launch any invasion of Ukraine, which warned that a large-scale attack could be planned for next month. Washington and Kyiv say Moscow has massed troops near Ukraine's borders and accuse Russia of planning an invasion. Continue reading... |
| Labour MPs report Boris Johnson to police over 2020 Christmas parties Posted: 03 Dec 2021 03:08 PM PST Met asked to investigate reports of alleged breaches of Covid lockdown rules at No 10 The prime minister has been reported to the police by Labour MPs over allegations there were at least two parties in Downing Street during lockdown restrictions last year. Neil Coyle, Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, wrote to the Met police commissioner, Cressida Dick, asking her to investigate reports that the prime minister spoke at a leaving do in November and also allowed a staff Christmas party to go ahead in December. Continue reading... |
| Poland plans to set up register of pregnancies to report miscarriages Posted: 03 Dec 2021 07:56 AM PST Proposed register would come into effect in January, a year after near-total ban on abortion Poland is planning to introduce a centralised register of pregnancies that would oblige doctors to report all pregnancies and miscarriages to the government. The proposed register would come into effect in January 2022, a year after Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortion. Continue reading... |
| Michigan shooting: suspect’s parents missing after pair charged with manslaughter Posted: 03 Dec 2021 12:54 PM PST
The parents of a boy who is accused of killing four students at Oxford high school are missing and being searched for by law enforcement after the pair were also charged as part of the investigation into the mass shooting in Michigan. Jennifer and James Crumbley were charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Continue reading... |
| Man tortured and killed in Pakistan over alleged blasphemy Posted: 03 Dec 2021 09:51 AM PST Government accused of having emboldened extremists after lynching of Sri Lankan in Sialkot A mob in Pakistan tortured, killed and then set on fire a Sri Lankan man who was accused of blasphemy over some posters he had allegedly taken down. Priyantha Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan national who worked as general manager of a factory of the industrial engineering company Rajco Industries in Sialkot, Punjab, was set upon by a violent crowd on Friday. Continue reading... |
| ‘Heartbreaking’ clean-up of animal corpses as Canada floodwaters ebb Posted: 03 Dec 2021 09:21 AM PST Floods and landslides in British Columbia devastated livestock in 'easily the costliest natural disaster in Canada's history' Floods and landslides that battered the Canadian province of British Columbia last month killed hundreds of thousands of farm animals and forced nearly 15,000 people from their homes, new figures revealed, as officials described the scope of the devastation – and the challenges of recovery. As many as 628,000 chickens, 420 dairy cattle and 12,000 pigs were killed by the floods. An estimated 3 million bees in 110 hives were also submerged. Continue reading... |
| Act now against Omicron to stop new Covid wave, UK ministers warned Posted: 03 Dec 2021 02:59 PM PST Government privately being urged by advisers to tell people to work from home as UK cases of variant hit 134 UK ministers have been warned they cannot wait for new research on the Omicron variant and must act now to prevent a potentially "very significant wave of infections" that risks overwhelming the NHS. A 75 further cases of the variant have been identified in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday night, bringing the total number of UK confirmed cases to 134. The head of the agency, Dr Jenny Harries, said: "We have started to see cases where there are no links to travel, suggesting that we have a small amount of community transmission." Continue reading... |
| Does the Omicron variant mean Covid is going to become more transmissible? Posted: 03 Dec 2021 08:42 AM PST As new strain dampens idea pandemic might be diminishing, what does the future hold for coronavirus? When scientists predicted, months ago, that Covid-19 could be entering an endemic phase, many felt ready for the crisis period of the pandemic to be over. The tantalising suggestion that coronavirus might, at some foreseeable point, be just another seasonal cold felt welcome. But the emergence of the Omicron variant, just weeks before Christmas, shows this is not guaranteed to be a smooth or quick transition. Continue reading... |
| India’s ‘pencil village’ counts the cost of Covid school closures Posted: 03 Dec 2021 01:30 AM PST Ukhoo village in Kashmir supplies 90% of wood used in the country's pencils, but the industry, a major employer in the area, has seen a dramatic drop in demand School closures in India during the pandemic have left their mark on more than the children who have seen delays to their learning. In one Kashmiri village the impact has been catastrophic on employment. Pick up a pencil anywhere across India and it is likely to come from the poplar trees of Ukhoo. Continue reading... |
| Dog noises, name calling, claims of abuse: a week of shame in Australian politics Posted: 03 Dec 2021 05:32 PM PST Despite a review finding one in three parliamentary staffers have been sexually harassed, behaviour inside the building shows no sign of improvement Allegations of abuse and accusations of widespread sexism. Bullying and harassment particularly of women. A cabinet minister stood aside pending an investigation into claims by a former staffer that their relationship was at times "abusive". Even by the low standards of the Australian parliament, it was a week of horror in Canberra. The final sitting week of parliament for the year began with a long-awaited report on sexual harassment and cultural issues within the parliament, which found one in three parliamentary staffers "have experienced some form of sexual harassment while working there". Continue reading... |
| Security, intimacy and money: why Adele is going to Las Vegas Posted: 03 Dec 2021 10:29 AM PST Once a place 'where careers go to die', in Vegas you can see the big stars up close – and it makes sense for Adele Las Vegas shows once conjured images of early-bird dinner specials, corny magicians and Cole Porter standards sung to happily clapping coach parties. But with another of the world's biggest pop stars signing on to perform in the city, namely Adele, the Vegas concert residency is further cemented as a glamorous and lucrative rite of pop passage. Her fourth album, 30, released last month, became the biggest-selling album of the year in the US after just three days on sale. That is the kind of popularity that warrants a stadium tour – indeed, she played to nearly 3 million punters across the 120-show stretch of her previous 2017-2018 world tour. Continue reading... |
| The girls are back in town! Why the Sex and the City sequel is about to eclipse the original Posted: 03 Dec 2021 04:00 AM PST Grab your Manolos! Carrie and the gang are finally returning in And Just Like That. But, with a more diverse cast and writers' room, could this reboot be even more radical? I couldn't help but wonder – would there really be a ready market for a Sex and the City reboot, nearly 20 years after it left our screens? And then the trailer for the sequel to the culturally iconic series – which ran for six award-laden, press-smothered seasons – arrived, and I realised just how desperately I'd missed it. Not that I missed it in the usual sense, of course. We live in a world of constant reruns, access to all programmes at all times, YouTube videos to scratch any minor itch and Instagram fan accounts devoted to the characters, the clothes, the men and all points in between. But the hunger for new stories about Carrie Bradshaw and the gang was there, and the trailer reminded me of the best parts of SATC. The energy. The glee. The glamour. The chemistry between the co-stars, and the sight of well-scripted actors at the top of their game. And, to quote the title of the new show, And Just Like That … I was eager for more. Continue reading... |
| ‘Mesmerising’: a massive murmuration of budgies is turning central Australia green and gold Posted: 03 Dec 2021 11:00 AM PST After a bumper wet season, huge flocks of budgerigars are on the move in the deserts of the Northern Territory The humble budgerigar has transformed the red centre into a sea of green and gold. A massive murmuration – the phenomenon of thousands of birds flocking together – has swarmed the Northern Territory. Continue reading... |
| From Marilyn to Shakespeare: how well do you know history’s most bungled quotes? Posted: 03 Dec 2021 11:00 AM PST The internet is full of wonky attributions and made-up catchphrases, from real life and pop culture. Can you tell your Attenborough from your Armstrong? Those of you who had "Sir David Attenborough has beef with Adelaide shopping mall plaque" on your 2021 bingo cards must have done a victory dance this week. A local conservationist recognised some "honeybee propaganda", attributed to the legendary naturalist, on a plaque accompanying a Westfield Tea Tree Plaza mural and alerted the relevant authorities (i.e. Sir David himself). The plaque has been done away with, but plenty more misquotes and misattributions remain. If you've ever seen a brush-script quote adorning a black and white photo, a painted sunset, or an embroidered couch cushion and wondered "Hang on a minute …", this quiz is for you. Last one to finish gets their name attached to a Spider-Man quote on an inspirational $2 shop fridge magnet. Continue reading... |
| ‘No easy fix’: polar bear capital of the world turns to electric buggies to save the bears Posted: 03 Dec 2021 02:30 AM PST The move comes as Churchill, Canada, remained ice free for the first time in years, resulting in less feeding time for its population of polar bears When tourists reach the north Canadian community of Churchill they have long been greeted by two sounds: the howling of sub-Arctic winds and the rattle of diesel engines. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of visitors have come to the "polar bear capital of the world", in the hopes of spotting the predators. They journey on "tundra buggies" – hulking, spacecraft-like vehicles that rumble over the stark landscape. Continue reading... |
| Experience: I was attacked by a dog while climbing a volcano Posted: 03 Dec 2021 02:00 AM PST He came back and sunk his teeth in again. The pain took my breath away as I felt his fangs in my flesh I was backpacking in Panama over Christmas in 2018, and planned to climb Volcán Barú. At 3,474m, it is the highest peak in the country and one of the only places on earth from where you can see the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans at the same time. It is an active volcano, but last erupted around 1550. I set off before sunrise. It was a little chilly, so I had pulled on tights under my trekking trousers. I intended to reach the top by midday, then return before dark to get a lift to my hostel. Continue reading... |
| Lewis Hamilton’s F1 team under pressure to scrap Grenfell cladding firm deal Posted: 03 Dec 2021 11:27 AM PST Sponsorship deal with Kingspan sparked furious backlash from the Grenfell community Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes Formula One team is facing growing pressure to scrap a sponsorship deal with a firm that made combustible insulation on Grenfell Tower, after the government threatened to change advertising rules. The racing team's deal with Kingspan will mean the logo of the firm that made some of the foam boards used on the tower will be emblazoned on the nose cone of cars driven by Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas starting at this weekend's Saudi Arabia Grand Prix. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2021 03:54 PM PST More than 100 cases of new variant have now been found in England; Strict social distancing will be required in Ireland's bars and restaurants with mandatory table service and a maximum of six people per table
California is reporting its second confirmed case of the Omicron variant in as many days. The Los Angeles County public health department says a full vaccinated county resident is self-isolating after apparently contracting the infection during a trip to South Africa last month. Continue reading... |
| The Gambia to vote for first time since Jammeh forced into exile Posted: 03 Dec 2021 08:00 PM PST Poll takes place as human rights groups express fears over record of successor Adama Barrow Gambians are heading to the polls on Saturday for the first time since the former president Yahya Jammeh was forced into exile after 22 years in power. Jammeh, whose rule was marred by allegations of torture, extrajudicial killings and rape, fled to Equatorial Guinea in 2017 when United Nations-backed regional coalition forces staged a military intervention after his refusal to concede electoral defeat. Continue reading... |
| Covid: Biden says to beat Omicron variant ‘we have to shut it down worldwide’ – as it happened Posted: 03 Dec 2021 05:13 PM PST
After their remarks, the members of the taskforce took a handful of questions from reporters. Fauci was asked when scientists will have a better understanding of the risks posed by the Omicron variant. He said they would have a clearer picture in the "next few weeks". But he said it could take longer to understand the impact of Omicron and whether it will overtake Delta as the dominant strain in the US. |
| The Guardian view on Barbados and the Queen: it has moved on. Can Britain? | Editorial Posted: 03 Dec 2021 10:24 AM PST The country became the world's newest republic this week. While Britain is still racked by arguments over empire, others have already passed judgment The contrast could hardly be more striking. In Britain, the removal of the statue of a slave trader, name changes for institutions and apologies from some who profited from slavery have produced reams of fevered arguments and fulminations. In Barbados, this week's removal of the Queen as head of state was as calm and straightforward as the process leading to the change. Yes, there was a ceremony to swear in the new president, Sandra Mason (at which Rihanna provided rather more excitement than Prince Charles, as the prime minister, Mia Mottley, had savvily realised). But this symbolic moment was not one of high passion or drama. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2021 11:00 AM PST The new National leader is a millionaire, anti-abortion, ex-CEO who owns seven homes and is against increases to the minimum wage In the end, the party of business picked the businessman. Former National party leader Simon Bridges is out – again – and former Air New Zealand chief executive and MP for Botany, Christopher Luxon, is in. In hindsight it seems like it was always a done deal. Sir John Key, the former prime minister and National party leader, was a prominent supporter while outgoing leader Judith Collins was running an "anyone but Bridges" policy, effectively handing the leadership to Luxon (and making him a hostage to her and her faction's demands in the process). Political commentators were picking Luxon as a future leader before entering parliament and, only one year later, here he is. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2021 08:20 PM PST South Australia premier Steven Marshall announces rule changes for interstate arrivals as ACT records first case of Omicron variant in person who has not travelled overseas
Just noting we are still waiting on the SA press conference to begin. There's a press conference with the South Australian premier, Steven Marshall, and CHO Nicola Spurrier at 9.45am SA time (so roughly half an hour from now). Continue reading... |
| ‘She didn’t deserve to die’: Kenya fights tuberculosis in Covid’s shadow Posted: 02 Dec 2021 10:00 PM PST For the first time in a decade deaths from TB are rising, with the curable disease killing 20,000 Kenyans last year. Now testing 'ATMs' and other innovations are helping to find 'missing cases' One day in May last year, Violet Chemesunte, a community health volunteer in Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, got a call from a colleague worried about a woman she had visited who kept coughing. She asked if Chemesunte could go round and convince the 37-year-old woman, a single mother to three young children, to seek medical help. She suspected tuberculosis (TB), and feared it might already be too late. Continue reading... |
| Chilean environmental activist who opposed dam projects found dead Posted: 02 Dec 2021 01:07 PM PST Javiera Rojas remembered as 'an emblematic activist who was dedicated to the process of resistance' Environmental activists in Chile have called for justice after a 42-year-old land defender was found dead with her hands and feet bound. The body of Javiera Rojas was found buried under a pile of clothes in an abandoned house on Sunday in Calama in the northern region of Antofagasta. Continue reading... |
| Omicron seems to carry higher Covid reinfection risk, says South Africa Posted: 02 Dec 2021 10:23 AM PST Scientists warn of higher rate of repeat infections but say vaccines appear to protect against serious illness The Omicron variant of Covid-19 appears to be reinfecting people at three times the rate of previous strains, experts in South Africa have said, as public health officials and scientists from around the world closely monitor developments in the country where it was first identified. As the EU's public health agency warned that Omicron could cause more than half of all new Covid infections in Europe within the next few months, evidence was emerging, however, that vaccines still appear to offer protection against serious illness. Continue reading... |
| El Salvador ‘responsible for death of woman jailed after miscarriage’ Posted: 02 Dec 2021 12:00 AM PST Inter-American court of human rights orders Central American country to reform harsh policies on reproductive health The Inter-American court of human rights has ruled that El Salvador was responsible for the death of Manuela, a woman who was jailed in 2008 for killing her baby when she suffered a miscarriage. The court has ordered the Central American country to reform its draconian policies on reproductive health. Continue reading... |
| Covid limits migration despite more people displaced by war and disasters Posted: 01 Dec 2021 08:17 AM PST IOM report finds 9m more people displaced globally but mobility restricted due to pandemic, with vaccination proving a key factor
Though the number of people who migrated internationally increased to 281 million in 2020 – 9 million more than before Covid-19 – the number was 2 million lower than expected without a pandemic, according to the report. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Russia’s activity on the Ukraine border has put the west on edge Posted: 02 Dec 2021 09:56 AM PST Analysis: a full-scale attack seems improbable – but the troop buildup is enough to have Nato warn of sanctions It is the second time this year that Russia has amassed forces near its borders with Ukraine, so why has the estimated 90,000 troop buildup left western governments and independent analysts more concerned? The stark warning by the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, on Wednesday that Russia has made plans for a "large-scale" attack is backed up by open source analysis – and western intelligence assessments. "There is enough substance to this," one insider added. Continue reading... |
| How probable is it Omicron Covid variant will take hold in UK? Posted: 02 Dec 2021 09:31 AM PST Analysis: UK's early vaccine deployment and use of different vaccines from South Africa mean it's too soon to say Omicron is causing consternation around the world, with the variant found to be behind an exponential rise in Covid cases in South Africa. Yet with just 42 cases confirmed in the UK so far, and most European countries seeing numbers in the double rather than triple figures, could this be a tentative sign the variant may fail to take hold outside southern Africa? The bottom line is, it is too soon to say. One issue is that there are important differences that make it difficult to compare the situations in South Africa and beyond. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2021 06:22 PM PST With the growing possibility of a pro-independence victory, France is derailing decolonisation in a bid to shore up its position in the Indo-Pacific The French government's decision to hold New Caledonia's self-determination referendum on 12 December, despite the resolve of pro-independence parties not to participate, is a reckless political gambit with potentially dire consequences. The referendum will be the third and final consultation held under the 1998 Noumea accord – successor to the Matignon accords which ended instability and violence between the Kanak independence movement and local "loyalists" and the French state in 1988. By organising this month's referendum without the participation of the Indigenous Kanak people, who overwhelmingly support independence, France is undermining the innovative and peaceful decolonisation process of the last 30 years, founded on French state neutrality and seeking consensus between opposing local political parties. Continue reading... |
| How Chris and Andrew Cuomo's on-air comedy routines compromised CNN Posted: 01 Dec 2021 10:01 AM PST The news network implicitly endorsed the former New York governor amid accusations of sexual harassment and corruption For months, CNN's primetime anchor, Chris Cuomo, refused to cover the multiple scandals surrounding his brother, the former New York governor Andrew Cuomo. Chris Cuomo said it would be a conflict of interest for him to report on the sexual harassment, corruption and misuse of public funds his brother had been accused of. But many wondered how CNN could justify what amounted to a blackout of one of the nation's top news stories during the news network's most-watched time slot. Continue reading... |
| 'It's just a cold': Biden explains coughing during speech – video Posted: 03 Dec 2021 01:12 PM PST The US president, Joe Biden, has said his coughing during a speech addressing the November jobs report on Friday is due to a cold. 'What I have is a one-and-a-half-year-old grandson who had a cold who likes to kiss his pop,' Biden said, responding to a question from a reporter after the speech Continue reading... |
| Prosecutor announces Michigan shooter's parents to be charged with manslaughter – video Posted: 03 Dec 2021 11:56 AM PST A prosecutor in Michigan filed involuntary manslaughter charges on Friday against the parents of a boy who is accused of killing four students at Oxford high school. 'Gun ownership is a right but with that right comes great responsibility,' Karen McDonald said at a press conference on Friday morning. The parents were summoned to the school a few hours before the shooting occurred after a teacher found a drawing of a gun, a person bleeding and the words 'help me', McDonald revealed
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| Snowstorm in Denmark traps dozens in Ikea showroom – video Posted: 03 Dec 2021 01:48 AM PST Dozens of people were trapped in an Ikea showroom when a storm dumped 30cm of snow in northern Denmark. After the Aalborg showroom closed, it turned into a vast bedroom after six customers and about two dozen employees who had been left stranded by the snowstorm were forced to spend the night in the store Continue reading... |
| Man rescued 22 hours after capsizing off Japan coast – video Posted: 02 Dec 2021 03:01 AM PST Dramatic footage released by the Japan coastguard shows the rescue of a 69-year-old man in rough seas after spending 22 hours drifting in open water. The man, whose name has not been released, was alone on a boat off Kagoshima prefecture in the south-west of the country on Saturday afternoon when it capsized. He managed to call a colleague on the island to alert him, but was not found until nearly a day later, the coastguard said, when rescuers spotted him sitting on the engine of his capsized boat, clasping a propeller part |
| Biden responds to claim Trump tested positive for Covid days before their debate – video Posted: 01 Dec 2021 12:24 PM PST Biden was questioned by a reporter over a claim in a book by Trump's last chief of staff that the ex-president had tested positive for Covid-19 three days before the first 2020 presidential debate. When asked whether he thought Trump had put him at risk, Biden said: 'I don't think about the former president' Continue reading... |
| 'Matter of time': Fauci confirms first US case of Omicron – video Posted: 01 Dec 2021 11:50 AM PST The first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the US has been identified in California. In a White House news briefing, Anthony Fauci, the director of the national institute of allergies and infectious diseases and chief medical adviser to the US president, said the case was in an individual who had travelled from South Africa on 22 November and tested positive for Covid on 29 November. 'We knew it was just a matter of time,' he said Continue reading... |
| Time to think about mandatory Covid vaccination, says EU chief – video Posted: 01 Dec 2021 10:59 AM PST The EU must consider mandatory vaccination in response to the spread of the 'highly contagious' Omicron Covid variant across Europe, the European Commission president has said. Ursula von der Leyen said one-third of Europe's 150-million population were not vaccinated and it was 'appropriate' to discuss the issue Continue reading... |
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