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Deadly Blast Rocks Yemeni Airport As New Government Members Arrive
No one on the government plane was hurt. The explosion took place as Cabinet members were disembarking from a plane that had landed in Aden just minutes earlier on Wednesday. The other staff member was a Rwandan national who helped those in need as an x-ray technician on our medical team. The ICRC did not provide further details, including the nationalities of the causalities. [Full Article...]
Madrid Strikes Initial Deal With London on Gibraltar, Spanish FM Says
The current rules regarding movement in and out of Gibraltar and Gibraltarians' existing rights to circulate in Spain and use healthcare services is to be maintained in the meantime. The agreement was "a proposed framework for a UK-European Union agreement or treaty on Gibraltar's future relationship with the EU", he said, indicating the deal was finalised in "the early hours of this morning". [Full Article...]
Jazz Musician Keyon Harrold Says Son Was Racially Profiled, Assaulted
It was a case of serendipity that the White woman's phone that she left in an Uber auto was returned to her nearly immediately after she falsely accused and assaulted the teen. The boy's mother, Kat , thorough the excruciating conversation she experienced immediately after the reality when her son asked why he might've been singled out ... [Full Article...]
Aftershocks from deadly 6.3-magnitude natural disaster keep Croatians out of homes
A powerful 6.4 magnitude natural disaster rocked the western Balkans and collapsed buildings in central Croatia on Tuesday , leaving rescue teams combing through the rubble in the hard-hit town of Petrinja, about 30 miles south of the capital Zagreb. [Full Article...]
Pence seeks dismissal of suit aiming to overturn election
The 12th Amendment of the Constitution states that electors of each state have to meet, and ultimately send the signed and certified votes to the president of the Senate, in this case, Pence. The Democratic House majority would certainly oppose them and the closely divided Senate includes a slew of Republicans who have acknowledged that Biden is the unequivocal victor of the contest. [Full Article...]
Bobi Wine Arrested As Uganda’s Presidential Campaigns Reach Climax
A statement on his Twitter account later revealed that authorities had returned him to his Kampala home aboard a military helicopter. Wine has emerged as the strongest challenger to President Yoweri Museveni , 76, in the presidential election on January 14. [Full Article...]
COVID-19 Test could become a Requirement for Flights coming to Canada
It does not appear to apply to anyone crossing by auto into Canada through a border point with the United States. We strongly advise against travel unless it is absolutely necessary. In Saskatchewan, provincial Highways Minister Joe Hargrave apologized for travelling to Palm Springs, Calif., with his wife over the holidays. And in Quebec, Liberal Pierre Arcand was facing heat for a trip with h... [Full Article...]
First Major Winter Storm Hits Chicago
West of the storm , enough cold air will spill southward for freezing rain and snow from western Oklahoma through eastern Nebraska and northern Missouri . This could make for some treacherous travel conditions, especially along the Interstate 70 and Interstate 80 corridors. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half-inch possible. [Full Article...]
Police failed to stop it: Why the Nashville Bombing was preventable
The MNPD report also mentions Warner's girlfriend told the police he "was building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence." - a chilling teaser for the Nashville Bombing Warner would engineer the following year. Police officials argued this week that they had taken that investigation about as far as they could. Throckmorton told officers at the time that Warner "frequently talks about the mi... [Full Article...]
NYE restrictions tightened in Sydney after spike in COVID cases
Another case, from western Sydney , remains under investigation. Dr Chant said although the only cases associated with the Croydon cluster were family members so far, it was too early to have the full picture. Normally hailed as the first major city to ring in the new year, with masses thronged on the harbour foreshore, Sydney will mark the start of 2021 in small groups, mostly watching firew... [Full Article...]
North Korea's Kim thanks people in rare New Year's cards
It also marked the first time that a North Korean leader sent New Year Day's greetings to his people since 1995. Kim, who succeeded his father as North Korean leader in late 2011, is facing the toughest challenges of his nine-year rule due to the pandemic, several natural disasters last summer and persistent US -led sanctions amid a diplomatic impasse over his nuclear program. [Full Article...]
Argentina legalises abortion up to 14th week of pregnancy
It is being hailed as a ground-breaking law in a region with some of the world's most restrictive termination laws. In most countries, such as Brazil, abortions are only permitted in extremely limited circumstances such as rape or risk to the mother's life, while in some, such as the Dominican Republic and El Salvador, they are banned altogether. [Full Article...]
Argentina begins Covid vaccination drive with Russia's Sputnik V
Some analysts have viewed the fast-track registration and the early launch of mass vaccination as a bid by Russian Federation to bolster geopolitical influence. According to the South American country's health ministry, 320 new positive tests for COVID-19 were registered on Monday. That latest negotiation is proving hard and last week Gonzalez Garcia complained that Pfizer had set what she cal... [Full Article...]
Several states announce restrictions, night curfew ahead of New Year celebrations
Also, there will be no restriction on inter-State and intra-State movement of persons and goods during the curfew period. To ease overcrowding on New Year's Eve DMRC announced that exit from Rajiv Chowk metro station will not be allowed after 9 pm onwards. [Full Article...]
US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension
In recent weeks, the U.S. military has deployed B-52 strategic bombers to the Middle East amid reported concerns that Iran could be planning an attack in the run-up to the one-year anniversary of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani's assassination. [Full Article...]
Trump extends immigration bans despite opposition from USA business groups
Mr Trump issued the bans in the form of presidential proclamations that could be swiftly undone. "I will not be participating in a project to overturn the election", Sasse wrote . Lawsuits challenging Biden's victory in Pennsylvania have been unsuccessful. McConnell also said there should be nothing controversial about approving the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), whic... [Full Article...]
U.S. police shoot man dead during traffic stop, protesters gather
Arrandondo said the man killed was a felony suspect and that witnesses say he fired first. "Our city has gone through too much", he added. A woman also in the auto was not hurt. Arradondo said the traffic stop was carried out by members of a police community response team - long-standing units that respond to situations such as drug investigations and gun crime. [Full Article...]
Deadline approaches for students to make final learning model pick
Following the holiday break, school will resume online on January 4. Secondary school students will continue learning remotely until Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, at which point they can resume in-person learning. All secondary and college students will return to school full time on January 18, he said. According to the plan, during the first week of the new term, secondary schools and colleges will ... [Full Article...]
OMS | La pandémie de Covid-19 ne sera pas la dernière
Michael Ryan, qui est un ancien chirurgien et épidémiologiste irlandais spécialisé dans les maladies infectieuses et la santé publique, a reconnu la gravité de l'épidémie de coronavirus que le monde traverse. " Même si nous sommes mieux préparés nous ne sommes pas totalement prêts pour (la pandémie ) actuelle, et encore moins pour la prochaine". "Ce plaidoyer en faveur de la science interv... [Full Article...]
Vigilance orange pour neuf départements — Tempête Bella
Dans le Nord et dans le Pass-de-Galilée, "6000 maisons étaient sans électricité au plus fort de la tempête " à 10h30, mais "la moitié d'entre elles ont vu leur électricité rétablie" dans l'après-midi, selon NDC. La limite pluie-neige se situe d'abord entre 1 300 et 1 500m, puis s'abaisse à 1 000 m dans l'après-midi. Il y a désormais dix départements placés en alerte orange par Météo France . [Full Article...]