Three Pennsylvania neighbours are dead following a fatal shooting incident during a fight over snow shoveling. A video of the fatal shooting that occurred in Plains Township on Monday, Feb 1, shows a man shooting two of his neighbors to death following a verbal altercation. Just before 9 a.m. on Monday, …
Read More »Biden pays respects to policeman killed in Capitol attack
US President Joe Biden paid his respects on Tuesday at a solemn memorial in the Capitol to the policeman who died of accidents he suffered there final month in an attack by Donald Trump’s supporters. With the First Lady at his aspect, Biden bowed his head and rested his hand …
Read More »Cuba helicopter crash: 5 dead!
A Cuban military helicopter has crashed into a hill in the east of the island, killing all five people on board, the Armed Forces Ministry said. The aircraft crashed after leaving the eastern province of Holguín for a short trip to Guantánamo province, it said. The identities of the …
Read More »Biden reverses global abortion ‘gag rule’ and expands Obamacare
US President Joe Biden has reversed a ban on federal funds going to international aid groups that perform or inform about abortions. He said the ending of the so-called Mexico City Policy reverses former President Trump’s “attack on women’s health access”. The memo orders a review of a Trump-era policy …
Read More »Biden raises election meddling with Putin in first phone call
US President Joe Biden has warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about election meddling in their first call as counterparts, the White House says. The conversation included a discussion about the ongoing opposition protests in Russia and an extension of the last remaining US-Russia nuclear arms pact. Mr Putin congratulated the …
Read More »Italian PM Conte resigns following pandemic criticism
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned – and it is not clear if he will be able to form and lead a new coalition government. He has been criticised for his handling of the coronavirus crisis, in which more than 85,000 Italians have died. Mr Conte met President Sergio …
Read More »11 miners rescued after being trapped in gold mine for over two weeks in China
Eleven out of twenty-two miners who got trapped in a gold mine for more than two weeks in Eastern China has been rescued, Chinese state media reports. According to a CNN report, Chinese authorities have since been digging grounds to pull out the other victims trapped underground in the city …
Read More »British Airways’ Heathrow to Gatwick saga: Ghana to take reciprocal action
British Airways’ plan to move the London-Accra-London flights from Heathrow to Gatwick at the end of March 2021 has taken another twist, with Ghana promising to take reciprocal action in the coming days if the decision is not reversed. This follows the receipt of a letter dated January 14, 2021, …
Read More »Jim Haynes: A man who invited the whole world for dinner
Jim Haynes was both an icon and a relic of the Swinging Sixties, an American in Paris who was famous for inviting hundreds of thousands of strangers to dinner at his home. He died this month. Last February, I took my last trip abroad before lockdown closed in on us. …
Read More »Heatwave sweeps Australian cities and raises bushfire danger
heatwave sweeping south-east Australia has sent temperatures soaring in the nation’s biggest cities and escalated the threat of bushfires. A large blaze brought an emergency warning to Adelaide in South Australia on Monday, while neighbouring Victoria faced its worst fire risk in a year. Victoria’s capital Melbourne reached 30C by …
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