Browsing: World News

The Guardian says Slovakia’s prime minister Eduard Heger is “intensively” considering a possible three-week lockdown amid a jump in Covid-19 cases.

The Sun says A BUS carrying holidaymakers “exploded” this morning leaving 45 victims – including 12 kids – “burnt to ash” when a fire broke out.

The Guardian says Mavys Álvarez has alleged Diego Maradona raped her when she was a teenager and “stolen her childhood”.

The Daily Mirror says One of Malcolm X’s daughters has been found dead just days after two men were exonerated for his murder.

The Independent says a bus crash in western Bulgaria has killed at least 46 people, including 12 children, after the vehicle caught fire.

France24 says Marcos Jr said Tuesday he took a cocaine test after President Rodrigo Duterte accused an unnamed presidential candidate of using the illegal drug.

Aljazeera says Police have identified the suspect accused of driving through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing five and injuring dozens.

The Sun says THE Delta Covid variant may mutate itself into self-extinction and has already done so in one part of the world, scientists claim.

The Independent says Police in suburban Chicago and downtown San Francisco are investigating brazen thefts of Louis Vuitton merchandise from stores in both cities.

The Guardian says Attorneys began closing arguments Monday in the murder trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

The Guardian says Kyle Rittenhouse’s claim that he is “not a racist person”, made to Tucker Carlson, landed in an atmosphere of controversy.

Peng Shuai’s video call with the IOC to prove she is well and not in any danger has done little to settle the concerns from the international community and the Women’s Tennis Association.

The Independent says Longtime Fox News contributors Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg have “resigned” from the television network in protest against prime-time host Tucker Carlson’s bizarre documentary series on the 6 January Capitol Hill riots.

The Daily Mirror says An SUV driver was fleeing the scene of another crime when they ploughed into a Christmas parade and killed five people, reports say.

The Independent says Kylie Rittenhouse has said that he supports the Black Lives Matter movement and claimed that the cases of murder he was acquitted for had nothing to do with race.

France24 says Ahead of the Christmas holidays, Austria shut its shops, restaurants and festive markets Monday, returning to lockdown in the most dramatic Covid-19 restriction seen in Western Europe for months.

Sky News says Five people have died and more than 40 are injured after a vehicle drove through a holiday parade in the US state of Wisconsin. The red SUV appeared to approach the parade’s marchers from behind.

VOA says missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai reappeared in public Sunday at a youth tournament in Beijing and later told an Olympic official she is safe and well.

The Guardian says Three people were being treated in hospital in Rotterdam on Saturday after they were seriously injured when police fired shots during a demonstration against Covid-19 restrictions.

The Metro says Europe’s latest surge of Covid infections has highlighted the ‘critical’ importance of getting vaccinated, a government scientific adviser has claimed.

The Daily Express says FORMER US President Donald Trump has backed teenage gunman Kyle Rittenhouse following his controversial acquittal after shooting dead two civil rights protesters.

The Daily Express says CHINA has reportedly sent memos to citizens warning them to stockpile goods and prepare for war.

The Guardian says Narendra Modi has announced he will repeal three contentious farm laws that prompted a year of protests and unrest in India.

The Sun says AUSTRIA will plunge itself into a nation-wide lockdown from Monday as Covid cases soar and hospital corridors fill with dead bodies.

The Daily Mirror says A convicted murderer due to be executed tonight has had his death sentence reduced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.