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Pompeo quarantining after contact with Covid-positive person: State Dept
The Tuesday event for the families of diplomats in high-risk locations was hosted by Pompeo and his wife, Susan, in Washington, D.C. As of Monday night, only about 70 people had accepted their invitations, and even fewer showed up, two USA officials with knowledge of the matter told The Washington Post . [Full Article...]
Kenyan man charged with plotting September 11-style attack on U.S.
Kenyan national Cholo Abdi Abdullah is expected to appear in a NY court on Wednesday to be charged with concocting a 9/11-style terror plot involving flying a hijacked airliner into a skyscraper in a major U.S. NY federal prosecutors have indicted a Kenyan man that allegedly contacted a "senior al-Shabab commander", looked for information on "the tallest building in a major USA city", and attend... [Full Article...]
Macron plans referendum on including climate change fight in French constitution
Addressing the Citizens' Conference for Climate, Macron said that this constitutional reform project must first approve both houses of parliament, which seems unlikely to happen due to the right's control of the Senate. Presidential elections are scheduled for the first half of 2022. Macron asked, also acknowledging that the country was not doing enough to tackle global warming, as it also misse... [Full Article...]
Japan’s 'Twitter Killer' Sentenced to Death
The 30-year-old Japanese man who killed 9 people and was arrested in 2017 after body parts were found in his flat has been sentenced to death, according to recent updates. Shiraishi used Twitter to lure the women, who shared on the website they wanted to commit suicide. In one, he posed as a suicide guru skilled at helping people end their lives. [Full Article...]
North Kaikoura helicopter crashes north of Canterbury
The children were flown to Wellington Hospital. "It's come as such a shock". Witnesses say the helicopter crashed on to a rocky beach at mouth of the Kekerengu River. "The worst part was trying to get them out of their seatbelts". On Wednesday morning, police advised of a second helicopter crash in as many days, on at a rural property on the Mahia Peninsula on the east coast of North Island. [Full Article...]
Trump Calls Off Early White House Vaccination Plan
On Monday, Joe Biden bagged 306 Electoral College votes and Trump received 232. The first COVID-19 vaccines in the country were rolled out yesterday on camera, and as people began to debate whether or not they would be taking the vaccine - Trump appeared to state that he would not be. [Full Article...]
Paris given 'absurd' fine for employing too many women
In 2019, fines were dropped for hiring too many women, or too many men, as long as the overall gender balance was not affected. The ministry decision was based on Mayor Anne Hidalgo appointing 11 women to senior Paris city hall positions, making a 69% majority of women, compared to five males. [Full Article...]
Great Pyramid: Lost Egyptian artefact found in Aberdeen cigar box
The prospect discovery was designed by a member of personnel at the College of Aberdeen for the duration of a assortment evaluate. The smaller fragment of 5,000-12 months-old wooden - which is now in a number of items - is said to be "vastly sizeable". [Full Article...]