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- China attacks US diplomatic boycott of Winter Games as ‘travesty’ of Olympic spirit
- Covid news live: Omicron likely to become dominant variant, Harvard researcher says; France to close nightclubs
- China unveils package to boost economy amid IMF growth warning
- ‘We suffered for 66 years’: US ends latest Emmett Till murder investigation without charges
- California officials determine cause of city’s ‘stench of death’
- San Francisco restaurant apologizes for denying service to armed police
| China attacks US diplomatic boycott of Winter Games as ‘travesty’ of Olympic spirit Posted: 06 Dec 2021 06:49 PM PST Beijing dismisses no-show and says American officials had not been invited in the first place, as other countries consider their positions China has reacted angrily to the US government's diplomatic boycott of next year's Winter Olympics, as more countries said they would consider joining the protest over Beijing's human rights record and New Zealand announced it would not send representatives to the Games. Chinese officials dismissed Washington's boycott as a "posturing and political manipulation" and tried to discredit the decision by claiming that US diplomats had not even been invited to Beijing in the first place. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2021 08:21 PM PST The Omicron Covid variant is likely to 'outcompete Delta' in many, if not all, regions, an infectious disease researcher says; nightclubs in France will be ordered to close for four weeks to counter a Covid surge
India has just released a Covid update with the latest numbers from the past 24 hours. Another 6,822 new coronavirus cases have been recorded, the lowest figures in 558 days. Continue reading... |
| China unveils package to boost economy amid IMF growth warning Posted: 06 Dec 2021 06:32 PM PST Beijing to increase business lending and build more affordable housing as post-Covid recovery falters China's politburo has signalled measures to kickstart the faltering economy as the crisis gripping the country's debt-laden property sector continued to play havoc with growth forecasts. Amid a warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that a slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy could hurt the global recovery from Covid-19, President Xi Jinping's senior leadership committee rubber-stamped a plan from the central bank on Monday for more targeted lending to businesses. They also outlined support for the housing market. Continue reading... |
| ‘We suffered for 66 years’: US ends latest Emmett Till murder investigation without charges Posted: 06 Dec 2021 05:18 PM PST The inquiry was reopened after a 2017 book claimed the white woman at the center of the case lied about Till whistling at her The US justice department is ending its latest investigation into the death of Emmett Till, a Black teenager who was brutally abducted, tortured and killed in 1955, without filing any charges after failing to prove that a key witness lied. Till's family said it was disappointed by the news that there will continue to be no accountability for the infamous lynching. Continue reading... |
| California officials determine cause of city’s ‘stench of death’ Posted: 06 Dec 2021 04:20 PM PST Fire at warehouse storing beauty products caused large quantities of chemicals to enter canal, killing plants Since early October, residents of Carson, California, have been sickened by a noxious smell coming from the Dominguez Channel that has been likened to "a rotten egg" or "the stench of death". Now, officials have pinpointed a cause: a fire at a warehouse that stored beauty and wellness products. South Coast Air Quality Management District, the agency tasked with investigating the foul stench, said on Friday that the large warehouse fire, which began on 30 September and took several days to extinguish, caused vast amounts of chemicals to flow into the 15-mile canal. That spurred a die-off of plants living in the waterway, which in turn produced huge amounts of hydrogen sulfide, a flammable and colorless gas that can be harmful to human health. Continue reading... |
| San Francisco restaurant apologizes for denying service to armed police Posted: 06 Dec 2021 05:38 PM PST Owners of Hilda and Jesse Restaurant say they 'made a mistake' after saying weapons made people uncomfortable The owners of a San Francisco restaurant have apologized for denying service to three police officers over the weekend because their weapons made their staff "uncomfortable". The owners of Hilda and Jesse Restaurant apologized in a social media post published on Sunday following an outcry and calls to boycott the eatery because the officers were asked to leave shortly after they sat down Friday. Continue reading... |
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