Browsing: World News

The Guardian says The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack formally asked the Republican House minority leader.

The Metro says Ethan Crumbley, the 15-year-old suspected of opening gunfire at Oxford High School, pleaded not guilty to killing four of his classmates.

The Guardian says France faces one of its biggest education strikes in decades on Thursday.

The Metro says A devastating house fire that killed 12 people – including nine children – was started when a Christmas tree was ignited by a lighter

France24 says France’s Senate voted early Thursday morning to pass an amended version of a bill that would transform the country’s health pass into a stricter “vaccine pass”.

The Independent says India has again reported a sharp rise in Covid-19 deaths amid an emerging third wave in the country and the global spread of Omicron.

TRT World says the US has criticised China’s decision to cancel a growing number of flights from the US to China over Covid and has warned of action.

The Metro says A nurse has been arrested in Italy, accused of offering fake vaccinations to help people defraud the country’s health pass system.

The Guardian says Quebec has announced plans to impose a “health tax” on residents who refuse to get the Covid-19 vaccination.

The Independent says The deadly Philadelphia house fire that killed 12 people including eight children last week is believed to have started when a five-year-old boy set a Christmas tree on fire.

France24 says More than 80 fact-checking organisations Wednesday urged online video platform YouTube to better combat disinformation.

Arab News says Yemeni government troops drove into Houthi-controlled areas south of the central city of Marib on Tuesday for the first time in months.

TRT World says Torrential rain in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has killed 10 people in two days, according to an official report.

VOA says Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited the southern state of Georgia on Tuesday to promote voting rights legislation.

The Guardian says the US CDC has warned against travel to Canada as Covid-19 cases surge across the country and rampant infections threaten to once again overwhelm fragile healthcare systems.

The Guardian says a Russian-led military bloc will start withdrawing its troops from Kazakhstan in two days’ time.

The Guardian says David Sassoli, the president of the European parliament, has died at the age of 65, his spokesman has said.

Arab News says The United States reported 1.35 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total for any country in the world.

TRT World says In a medical first, doctors in United States have transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life, apparently he’s doing fine three days on.

Aljazeera says North Korea fired what may have been a ballistic missile on Tuesday morning, Japan and South Korea said, less than a week after Pyongyang tested what it said was a hypersonic weapon.

Ten people have died after a cliff collapses onto tourist boats on a lake in Brazil, according to police officials said.

The Daily Express says Novak Djokovic could be deported from Australia on Monday if the courts rule against him and the Serbian’s season may be about to take another turn for the worse.

The Metro says Health professionals have dismissed claims that a new Covid variant named ‘Deltacron’ has emerged that is a hybrid of the Delta and Omicron strains.

The Independent says at least 164 people were killed during protests that erupted in Kazakhstan this week, the country’s health ministry has said.

The Guardian says The Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has tested positive for Covid-19.