The number of new COVID cases increased by 52 per cent during the past four-odd weeks New Delhi: The number of new COVID cases increased by 52 per cent during the past four-odd weeks, the WHO said, with over 850 000 new cases reported during the period. The number of new deaths decreased by 8 … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The ultimate brain fade from Beth Mooney. Even though the Aussies are on the back foot in this match, it’s an engrossing battle. And I’m sure regardless of the result, it won’t be 40 years until we’re back for the next … Read more
Retailers are hoping a last blast from Christmas shoppers will save their festive season, with Saturday expected to be one of the UK’s biggest spending days of the year. Almost £2.5bn is expected to be spent before Christmas Day over what some are calling the “super weekend” – although that would be 4.5% down on … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA Crime But the hunt continues for a fourth suspect in the Dec. 6 stabbing at a Best Buy in Scarborough Published Dec 22, 2023 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 2 minute read Preston Calladine, 48. Photo by HANDOUT /TORONTO POLICE Article content Three suspects have now been arrested … Read more
A trader works as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 13, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Just in time for the holidays, the Federal Reserve received a slate of inflation data to … Read more
Singer Shannon Noll has come to the aid of a dying woman, pulling her from a car that crashed into a tree and burst into flames in northern NSW. The sedan was travelling on Ellangowan Rd at Ellangowan when it left the road and hit the tree about 8.50pm Saturday. Emergency services were called to … Read more
(NewsNation) — After serving more than seven years in prison, Gypsy Rose Blanchard will be released three days after Christmas. Gypsy, now 32, pleaded guilty in 2016 to the second-degree murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard. Gypsy’s then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, is serving life in prison for stabbing Dee Dee to death in 2015. … Read more
Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider said U.S. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden ought to be “publicly hung” over accusations of “treason.” The since-deleted comment came early Thursday morning from Schneider’s account on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). The 63-year-old actor, best known for playing Bo Duke on the popular … Read more
International experts are downplaying fears of a new pandemic amid a sharp rise in cases of child pneumonia and other respiratory infections in China and parts of the US and Europe. Images from crowded waiting rooms suggest hospitals in China are under pressure, although Beijing officials are yet to concede their facilities have been overwhelmed … Read more
A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after three Tacoma officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. The measure approved by voters in 2018 was designed … Read more
