Justice Department charges third Libyan defendant in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department charges third Libyan defendant in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department charges third Libyan defendant in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Guatemalan security forces used sticks to beat back a migrant caravan early on Sunday after thousands of people set off from Honduras for the United States this week, just as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House. Between 7,000 and 8,000 migrants have entered Guatemala since Friday, according to Guatemala's immigration authority, fleeing poverty and violence in a region hammered by the coronavirus pandemic and back-to-back hurricanes in November. However, around 3,000 Guatemalan security officials mustered in the village of Vado Hondo in eastern Guatemala to hold up the caravan, leading to the clashes on Sunday morning.
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Scientists say Colombia must cull its so-called “cocaine hippos” that roam the Magdalena river basin as they are breeding voraciously and are an increasing menace. The marshlands of Colombia have been home to these giant mammals since they were illegally imported in the late 1980s by the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar. When he was shot dead in 1993, the Colombian government took control of his extravagant estate, including his personal zoo. Most of the animals were shipped away, but four hippos were left to fend for themselves in a pond, and now there are dozens of them living in the wild. Although nobody knows exactly how many there are, estimates put the total number between 80 and 100, making them the largest invasive species on the planet. Scientists forecast that the number of hippos will swell to almost 1,500 by 2040. They conclude, that at that point, environmental impacts will be irreversible and numbers impossible to control. “Nobody likes the idea of shooting a hippo, but we have to accept that no other strategy is going to work,” ecologist Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez told The Telegraph.
French drugmaker Valneva hopes its COVID-19 vaccine can start to be used in Britain between July and September, the company's chief executive was quoted as saying. Valneva has agreed to provide Britain with 60 million doses of its vaccine, compared with 100 million doses of the shot from AstraZeneca and Oxford University. "We are days away from starting the commercial manufacturing," Thomas Lingelbach told The Mail on Sunday newspaper.
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Leach took 5-122 and was England’s most dangerous bowler as he helped dismiss Sri Lanka for 359 in their second innings to set a modest victory target of 74 for the touring side. England were teetering at 14 for three in their chase, but made it to 38 at stumps on day four with seven wickets still remaining. Leach will always be remembered for his role with the bat as a number 11 partner of Ben Stokes in the near miraculous test victory over Australia at Headingley in 2019, but has endured a series of set-backs since.
It took Aurelien Fontenoy, a 31 year-old trial biking athlete, 30 minutes to work his way up the 33 floors and a total of 768 steps without once putting his foot on the ground. The feat took place in the Trinity tower in La Defense quarter outside the French capital, a brand new tower which opened in 2019 and still filling its office spaces. He had to go up service stairs inside the tower up to the roof in an endurance exercise where trial biking events usually last only a few minutes. Fontenoy carried out the challenge for a charity which cares for children with serious illnesses.
James Earl Jones, who turns 90 on Jan. 17, has one of the most famous voices of all time — not just as Darth Vader and Mufasa, but as the voice of CNN and hundreds of other programs. But the distinguished actor and narrator almost didn’t find his voice at all. Born in Mississippi, Jones […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has assured health experts that the government has taken every necessary measure to combat the spread of Covid-19 while still...
France is considering requiring rapid COVID-19 tests from Irish truck drivers operating on a logistics route that has become key since Britain's exit from the European Union, Ireland's transport minister said on Sunday. Large numbers of Irish trucks have begun transporting goods via ferries to France in recent weeks to avoid delays in the more traditional route to continental Europe via Britain, which withdrew from EU trading rules on Jan. 1. The new measures would be targeted at a more infectious variant of the coronavirus first discovered in England but that has become widespread in Ireland.
Arsenal outcast Mesut Ozil was due in Istanbul Sunday to finalise his move to Fenerbahce and end his troubled stay in the English Premier League, Turkish media reported.
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Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte faces two key confidence votes in parliament this week as his political survival hangs by a few ballots. After former premier Matteo Renzi withdrew his centrist Italia Viva party from the ruling coalition, in protest against Mr Conte’s economic policies and “centralizing” methods, the Italian government was deprived of its fragile parliamentary majority. The political crisis rocked Italy just as the country is struggling to contain a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and facing its worst recession since World War II. Mr Conte resisted calls for his resignation from the center-right opposition, as his two main ruling partners, the center-left Democratic Party (PD) and the populist Five Star Movement, stood by his side, blasting Renzi’s move as “irresponsible.” The premier is now betting on building up a new majority in parliament, counting on the support of the so-called “responsibles". They are members of smaller centrist or independent groups that would support Mr Conte in exchange for senior roles in a reshuffled cabinet. However, after the last-minute defections of a few potential allies, including the centrist group Udc, Mr Conte’s task looks increasingly daunting. “Some of the MPs who were supposed to be Conte's staunchest allies have already publicly announced that they are not willing to back Conte. This is no domino effect, rather, it is a reverse domino,” said Francesco Galietti, founder of consultancy firm Policy Sonar. The premier will address the chamber of deputies on Monday, where he should easily win the confidence vote as he enjoys a wider majority there. The key battle will be fought in the Senate the following day, where Mr Conte needs the backing of at least 10 senators to reach the absolute majority, a target that now seems too ambitious for the weakened leader. Mr Conte will likely obtain only a simple majority in the upper house, surviving the confidence vote. But he would end up commanding an extremely shaky majority that would risk to collapse at any divisive vote in the coming months. A defeat in parliament would leave him with no other choice than stepping down.
Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Sunday opened an extraordinary meeting of its board of directors to decide whether to approve emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines from China's Sinovac Biotech and Britain's AstraZeneca to begin immunizations as the pandemic enters a deadly second wave. Anvisa's decision will be a simple majority vote of the board's five directors. President Jair Bolsonaro, a coronavirus skeptic who has refused to take a vaccine himself, is under growing pressure to start inoculations in Brazil, which has lost more than 200,000 to COVID-19 – the worst death toll outside the United States.
Police in Amsterdam turned a water cannon on hundreds of demonstrators who were taking part in a banned protest Sunday against the Dutch government and its tough coronavirus lockdown. Police on horseback also moved in to break up the demonstration on a large square ringed by museums, including the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam municipality said riot police took action to disperse the crowd because people weren't adhering to social distancing measures.
Palestinians will hold their first national elections in 15 years, and while many welcomed the announcement on Friday (January 15) many are also sceptical, they will bring any change – or even happen at all. President Mahmoud Abbas said the parliamentary and presidential elections would be held later this year in a bid to heal long-standing divisions. His main rival, the militant Islamist group Hamas that runs the Gaza strip, welcomed the move. The Palestinians Reuters spoke to were cautiously optimistic. "We are in need of a democratic framework that can bring radical change whether in the government or the national council that has been in place for years, which needs renewal and young blood, to build a free democratic nation that is built on all the Palestinian territories." ''This is a 100% good decision, merited for over 15 years, if not more, we are supposed to be initiating a state and thus should have democracy, and democracy is elections." The split territory is plagued by political infighting and distrusts of institutions. The announcement is widely seen as a gesture aimed at pleasing U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. Palestinians are keen to reset relations after they reached a low under Donald Trump. It’s not clear whether 85-year-old Abbas who is in poor health is going to run. A December poll by the Palestinian for Policy and Survey Research found 52% of Palestinians think elections held under present conditions would not be fair and free. If Hamas won, 76% thought Fatah - the party led by Abbas - would not accept the result. 58% believed Hamas would reject a Fatah victory. Gaza is a Hamas stronghold, while Abbas's power base is in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The two groups have failed to achieve lasting reconciliation, and previous election pledges went unfulfilled.
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