Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency on Monday, granting police the power to conduct warrantless searches and arrests for two days, following a surge in violent crime that has left 623 people dead this year. Source link
Flags flew at half-staff across the United States on Monday as tributes poured in globally for Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived US president, who died at 100. The Georgia native, known for his dedication to human rights and humanitarian causes, will be honored with public observances in Georgia and Washington ahead of his 9 January state … Read more
A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law, investigators said Tuesday. Yoon, who faces potential life imprisonment or the death penalty for insurrection, remains under constitutional court review following his impeachment. Source link
Jarweng, South Sudan – Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging a war to eradicate an ancient parasite plaguing the world’s poorest people. Rarely fatal but extremely painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink water contaminated with larvae that develop inside the body into worms up to 3 feet … Read more
Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Monday fined TikTok $10 million over viral challenges that authorities say led to the deaths of three children. Judge Tania D’Amelio criticized the popular short video app for failing to implement “necessary and adequate measures” to curb content that promotes challenges. TikTok, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, was ordered to open … Read more
London, United Kingdom – King Charles III on Tuesday announced awards for actors Stephen Fry and Carey Mulligan as well as victims of the Britain’s Post Office scandal at the country’s traditional New Year honours. London Mayor Sadiq Khan joins British television icon and author Fry, 67, and former England football manager Gareth Southgate among … Read more
Former US President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be given a state funeral before being buried next to his wife Rosalynn in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. President Joe Biden has set a state funeral for January 9 and declared it a national day of mourning. What we … Read more
London- Finnish authorities recently found traces of anchors running several kilometers long on the Baltic seabed during an investigation into the breakage of vital power and internet cables. “With the underwater operation, we are able to identify tracks dragged on the seabed from beginning to end,” Detective Chief Inspector Sami Pella of Finland’s National Bureau … Read more
Citing security fears and the 35 million people expected to visit Rome for a Catholic jubilee in 2025, the Italian government has banned short-term rentals from allowing guests to check themselves in using lock boxes. Hosts must now welcome tenants in person and register them with the local police station. Source link
In tonight’s edition, police in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, fired teargas to disperse protesters and detained dozens, who were demonstrating on Monday against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics. Also, election officials in Chad have put the low turnout at the weekend’s general election down to cold weather. And we … Read more