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Judge rules hospital can remove Texas infant from life support
She is suffering from severe sepsis and appears that she's in pain when nurses change her diapers and turn her over to avoid bed sores, King said. As justification for this decision , the hospital did not provide any reasons relating to bodily health-only a vague "quality-of-life" argument. [Full Article...]
Resurgent Austrian Greens in coalition deal with centre-right party
Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday reached a coalition deal with the Greens to ensure his return to power and bring the left-wing party into government for the first time, a Greens spokeswoman and a source close to the talks said. [Full Article...]
Plane carrying Sudanese judges, others crashes in Darfur
A military-civilian government now rules the country. Skirmishes reportedly broke out after Arab tribesman moved into the camp, opening fire at its residents, a spokesman for the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur said Wednesday. [Full Article...]
Taliban attacks kill more than 20 Afghan security forces
Fayez said that a group of Taliban terrorists attacked and seized control of a police checkpoint on the Mazari Sharif - Sheberghan highway for a short period of time overnight Tuesday and were soon repelled from the area. Before daybreak, they beat a pro-government militia in Jawzjan province and killed 14 members of the Afghan security forces. A similar militia complex was attacked in Takhar ... [Full Article...]
Medal presented to dead Australian firefighter's toddler
Geoffrey Keaton, 32, died when his fire truck rolled while battling the large Green Wattle Creek blaze near the town of Buxton. Images showed Commissioner Fitzsimmons kneel down to Harvey's height so he could pin the commendation to his shirt. [Full Article...]
Four Syrian children killed in New Year's Day attack on school
The Syrian government forces military offensive in the country's northwest on Wednesday, hit a school and killed at least six people, opposition activists said. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that as a result of hostilities, more than 235,000 people had been displaced between December 12 and December 25. [Full Article...]
World's 'worst air quality' in Canberra as thick smoke covers capital
A report is being prepared for the coroner. According to the statement from the ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA), the state of alert is about preparedness and there is no immediate threat to the Territory and there are now no grass or bushfires in the ACT. [Full Article...]
Chief Justice Laments Lack of Civics Education
House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on February 5, 2019. The annual report did not specifically reference President Donald J. His unanimous opinion on the most pressing issue of the era was a mere 11 pages - short enough that newspapers could publish all or nearly all of it and every citizen could understand the court's rationale. [Full Article...]