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Damaged houses affected by flash floods after heavy rains in East Flores

Rescuers hunt for survivors after cyclone wreaks havoc in Indonesia

TIMESLIVE Rescuers searched for dozens of people missing in remote islands of southeast Indonesia on Tuesday while expecting more casualties in the aftermath of a tropical cyclone that has killed at least 128. Helicopters were deployed to aid the search for survivors among 72 people reported missing so far in the East Nusa Tenggara islands,

6th April 2021

Global protests against racism

George Floyd: Derek Chauvin violated policy, Minneapolis police chief says

BBC The police chief of Minneapolis has testified that ex-officer Derek Chauvin violated the agency’s policy on force during the arrest of George Floyd. Chief Medaria Arradondo said the way Chauvin restrained Floyd was not in line with training and “certainly not part of our ethics and our values”. The chief fired Chauvin and the

6th April 2021

50 Dead In Taiwan Tunnel Train Crash

BBC At least 50 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a train carrying nearly 500 crashed and then derailed in a tunnel in Taiwan. The eight-carriage train reportedly hit a construction vehicle that had slipped onto the tracks at the tunnel’s mouth. Rescuers combed badly damaged carriages inside the tunnel to find

2nd April 2021

Finland Ranked Happiest Country In The World – again

BBC Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a fourth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored report. The World Happiness Report saw Denmark in second place, then Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands. New Zealand was again the only non-European nation in the top 10. The UK fell from 13th to 17th

20th March 2021

Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Ex-France President Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced To Imprisonment For Corruption

BBC French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption. The 66-year-old was found guilty of trying to bribe a magistrate by offering him a prestigious job in return for information about a separate criminal case against Sarkozy. He is the first former French president to

1st March 2021

Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar’s Army Seizes Power, Detains Aung San Suu Kyi

Reuters MYNAMAR’S military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. The army said it had carried out the detentions in response to “election fraud”,

1st February 2021

The death toll has risen to 10

9 workers found dead in China gold mine explosions

BBC Chinese rescuers have found the bodies of nine workers killed in explosions at a gold mine, raising the death toll to 10, officials said Monday. Eleven others were rescued a day earlier after being trapped underground for two weeks at the mine in Shandong province. One person was still missing. The cause of the

26th January 2021

21 miners trapped underground in China

Trapped worker dies as rescuers try to save 21 in China mine

AP A worker trapped in a Chinese gold mine for more than a week has died as rescuers try to clear debris and improve ventilation to save 21 others also stuck deep below ground, state media reported Thursday. Rescuers have been in contact with 11 workers trapped in one chamber and have delivered food, medicine

21st January 2021

US President Joe Biden quickly signed executive actions on coronavirus, climate change and racial inequality

Biden sets to work on reversing Trump policies with executive orders

BBC In his initial acts as the 46th US president, he signed 15 executive orders – the first to boost the federal response to the coronavirus crisis. Other orders reversed the Trump administration’s stance on climate change and immigration. President Biden set to work at the Oval Office having been sworn in earlier on Wednesday

21st January 2021

Now US President...Joe Biden

Joe Biden Sworn In As New US President As Trump Snubs Ceremony

BBC Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president, ending one of the most dramatic political transitions in American history. “Democracy has prevailed,” he said after taking the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts. Donald Trump – who has not formally conceded the presidency to Biden – snubbed the inauguration

20th January 2021

A fence is being put up around the Michigan state capitol in Lansing

All 50 US States On Alert For Armed Protests Ahead Of Biden’s Inauguration

BBC ALL 50 US states and the District of Columbia (DC) are on alert for possible violent protests this weekend, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday. National Guard troops from across the country are being sent to Washington DC, to discourage any repeat of the deadly riot that unfolded on 6 January. The

16th January 2021

The so-called Rutte III government has been in power since 2017 and he could return to form another coalition after elections.

Dutch Government Resigns Over Child Welfare Fraud Scandal

BBC MARK Rutte’s government has stepped down after thousands of families were wrongly accused of child welfare fraud and told to pay money back. Families suffered an “unparalleled wrong”, Dutch MPs decided, with tax officials, politicians, judges and civil servants leaving them powerless. Many of those affected were from an immigrant background and hundreds were

15th January 2021

26 missing, at least 13 dead in Indonesia landslides

AP Rescuers are searching for 26 people still missing after two landslides hit a village in Indonesia’s West Java province over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. At least 13 people were killed and 29 others injured in the landslides that were triggered by heavy rain on Sunday in Cihanjuang, a village in West Java’s Sumedang

12th January 2021

Security has been stepped up at the US Capitol following deadly violence last week

FBI warnings amid fears of more pro-Trump violence

BBC The FBI is warning of the possibility of armed protests being held across the US in the days before Joe Biden is sworn in as president. There are reports of armed groups planning to gather at all 50 state capitols and in Washington DC in the run-up to his 20 January inauguration. The fears

12th January 2021

Donald Trump

Twitter Permanently Suspends Trump’s Account

BBC US President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”, the company says. Twitter said the decision was made “after close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account”. It comes amid a Big Tech purge of the online platforms used by Trump and his

9th January 2021

UK PM Boris Johnson

Brexit: New Era For UK As It Completes Separation From EU

BBC A NEW era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force. Boris Johnson said the UK had “freedom in our hands” and the ability

1st January 2021

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson

UK Finally Seals Brexit Deal

Mailonline Boris Johnson today declared that a Brexit deal has been done after four years of desperate wrangling – with a furious propaganda war already underway. The PM has made history by sealing future trade terms to avert a chaotic split when the transition period ends on January 1, after Lord Frost and Michel Barnier

24th December 2020

South Korea's corona virus cases increasing

South Korea’s cases, COVID-19 deaths spike again

AP South Korea has added another new 1,092 infections of the coronavirus in a resurgence that is erasing hard-won epidemiological gains and eroding public confidence in the government’s ability to handle the outbreak. The figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Wednesday brought the national caseload to 52,550, with more than

23rd December 2020

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel election: New poll due after unity government crumbles

BBC Israel is to hold its fourth elections in two years after the two main parties in its unity government failed to meet a deadline in a row over state budgets. Voters will return to the polls in March, just 12 months after the last round. Two previous elections were inconclusive, resulting in a rare

23rd December 2020

Donald Trump

Trump urges Congress to amend ‘wasteful’ coronavirus aid bill

BBC US President Trump has urged Congress to amend a $900bn (£670bn) coronavirus relief bill to more than triple its stimulus payments to Americans. In a video message posted on Twitter, he said the package “really is a disgrace”, full of “wasteful” items. “It’s called the Covid relief bill, but it has almost nothing to

23rd December 2020