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BBC reported that residents of a tiny Swiss village have all been evacuated because of the risk of an imminent rockslide. Brienz’s fewer than 100 villagers were given just 48 hours to pack what they could and abandon their homes. Even the dairy cows were loaded up for departure after geologists warned a rockfall was […]
A wild male lion believed to be one of the world’s oldest has died after being speared by herders, authorities in Kenya have said. Loonkiito, who was 19, died in Olkelunyiet village on Wednesday night after preying on livestock. The village borders Amboseli National Park – in southern Kenya. Conservation group Lion Guardians said he […]
BBC reported that Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Imran Khan has left court premises in Islamabad, a day after the Supreme Court ruled his dramatic arrest on corruption charges was illegal. On Friday evening, Khan’s party said he was heading for the city of Lahore. Judges granted Khan protected bail, meaning he can not be re-arrested on […]
BBC reported that the Archbishop of Canterbury has been fined more than £500 and given three penalty points after he was caught speeding in London. The Most Reverend Justin Welby was recorded driving at 25mph in a 20mph zone in his Volkswagen Golf last year. The 67-year-old had been going along the Albert Embankment towards […]
Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Imran Khan is to be freed from custody, a day after the Supreme Court ruled his dramatic arrest on corruption charges was illegal. Judges granted Khan protected bail, meaning he can not be re-arrested on those charges for two weeks. The court also ordered he could not be arrested on any charges […]
Former US President Donald Trump has filed a court notice of appeal two days after a civil trial found he sexually abused a woman, E Jean Carroll, in a New York department store. A New York jury awarded Carroll nearly $5m in damages over her allegation that Trump attacked her in the 1990s. Jurors found […]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that former prime minister Imran Khan’s dramatic arrest on corruption charges this week was illegal. The court ordered Khan’s immediate release. His lawyers had argued that his detention from court premises in Islamabad on Tuesday was unlawful. At least 10 people have been killed and 2,000 arrested as violent protests […]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that former prime minister Imran Khan’s dramatic arrest on corruption charges this week was illegal. The court ordered Mr Khan’s immediate release. His lawyers had argued that his detention from court premises in Islamabad on Tuesday was unlawful. At least 10 people have been killed and 2,000 arrested as violent […]
Elon Musk says that he has found a new chief executive to lead Twitter. He announced the news on the social media platform, which he bought last year for $44bn (£35.2bn). Mr Musk did not name the site’s new boss but said “she” would start in six weeks, at which point he would become executive […]
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has appeared before a judge, a day after his arrest on corruption charges sparked nationwide protests. Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested, police say, since Khan was held in Islamabad on charges which he denies. There is tight security at the police guesthouse where he is being detained, which […]
A jury in a civil case has found former President Donald Trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in a New York department store in the 1990s. But Trump was found not liable for raping E Jean Carroll in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman but liable for defamation for calling the writer’s accusations “a Hoax […]
BBC reported that New Zealand’s biggest city Auckland has declared a state of emergency after torrential rain caused widespread flooding. Heavy rainfall on Tuesday filled basements, stranded cars, toppled trees and disrupted rail services. The same area was hit by record rainfall in January and Cyclone Gabrielle a month later. The torrential rains are expected […]
BBC reported that the Canadian government has expelled a Toronto-based Chinese diplomat who was allegedly involved in a scheme to intimidate a member of parliament. China is accused of seeking to target lawmaker Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong after he accused China of human rights abuses. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly declared […]
BBC reported that at least 21 people have died after a packed tourist boat capsized in India’s southern Kerala state. The death toll could rise as rescue efforts are under way on Monday and the vessel is pulled from muddy waters. Overcrowding caused the double-decker boat to capsize, Abdul Nazar, junior superintendent of police of […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was in a class of his own as he carved through the field to win the Miami Grand Prix from ninth place on the grid. It was a masterful performance from the world champion, using an off-set tyre strategy to beat team-mate Sergio Perez, who started from pole position. Verstappen ran […]
US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has warned a failure to raise the US’s debt ceiling could have dire consequences. Without an agreement to increase what the federal government can borrow, it could run out of money by early June. At that point the federal government might not be able to make wage, welfare and other […]
BBC reported that at least 27 people have died in a gold mine fire in Peru, in the worst mining accident in the country in decades. Officials said two people were rescued from the blaze, but no more survivors are expected to be found. An electrical short-circuit is thought to have sparked the fire inside […]
A gunman has shot and killed eight people shopping at a mall north of Dallas, Texas, emergency services say. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the Allen Premium Outlets mall as eyewitnesses described a man firing indiscriminately at passers-by. A police officer on an unrelated call killed the gunman after hearing shots. Some of the […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency".The post COVID global health emergency is over: WHO appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News and Top Headlines - ONLANKA News.
More than half a million Covid tests have been recalled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over bacteria concerns. The FDA said it “has significant concerns of bacterial contamination” in the test kit solution in some Pilot COVID-19 At-Home Tests. Using the contaminated solution “may pose safety concerns” as well as cause the test […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a “global health emergency”. The statement represents a major step towards ending the pandemic and comes three years after it first declared its highest level of alert over the virus. Officials said the virus’ death rate had dropped from a peak of more […]
Donald Trump appeared to mistake E Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a deposition played for jurors in Carroll’s civil rape suit against him. In the video, Trump was shown a photo of himself speaking to other people at an event. “It’s Marla,” he says, before his lawyer corrects him. “No, that’s Carroll,” […]
Napoli won their first Serie A title for 33 years as they drew with Udinese at Dacia Arena to spark jubilant celebrations back in Naples. They last won the league in 1990 with a Diego Maradona-inspired side adding to their first title three years earlier. Victor Osimhen smashed in a 52nd-minute equaliser after Sandi Lovric […]
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – an illness that kills thousands of Americans each year. The vaccine still needs approval from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before it can be rolled out to the public. Officials say the vaccine, named Arexvy by […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin, which Russia says was an attempt on President Vladimir Putin’s life. “We don’t attack Putin or Moscow. We fight on our territory. We are defending our villages and cities,” he said, speaking on a visit to Finland. The […]
The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 16 years as it battles to stabilise prices. The Federal Reserve increased its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points – its 10th hike in 14 months. The Fed signalled that Wednesday’s rise may be its last one for now. The moves […]
Seven bodies have been found on a property in Henryetta, a small town in rural Oklahoma, during a search for two missing teenagers. Police said they believe the girls they were looking for, Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 16, were among the dead. The corpse of Jesse McFadden, a felon and registered sex offender […]
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been suspended by Paris St-Germain for two weeks after travelling to Saudi Arabia without the club’s permission this week. The trip followed the French club’s home defeat by Lorient on Sunday, in which Messi played the full 90 minutes. Messi will not train or play for PSG during the period of […]
The body of an Australian man who vanished while fishing with friends has been found inside a crocodile. Kevin Darmody was last seen at Kennedy’s Bend – well-known saltwater crocodile habitat in a remote part of northern Queensland – on Saturday. After a two-day search of the area, police euthanized two large crocodiles and found […]