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Scientists decry death by 1,000 cuts for world’s insects
Published On: January 12, 2021 09:01 AM NPT By: Associated Press
USA, Jan 12: The world’s vital insect kingdom is undergoing “death by a thousand cuts,” the world’s top bug experts said.
FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
Published On: January 12, 2021 08:48 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 12: The FBI is warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington, D.C., in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, stoking fears of more bloodshed after last week’s deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.
House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol ‘insurrection’
Published On: January 12, 2021 08:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 12: Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead Monday with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy and pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act even more quickly in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his presidency.
Capitol assault a more sinister attack than first appeared
Published On: January 11, 2021 02:54 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump’s name, the Capitol’s attackers pinned a bloodied police officer in a doorway, his twisted face and screams captured on video. They mortally wounded another officer with a blunt weapon and body-slammed a third over a railing into the crowd.
Michael Apted, director of ‘Up’ documentary series, dies
Published On: January 11, 2021 12:46 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director of the “Up” documentary series and films as diverse as the Loretta Lynn biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and the James Bond film “The World Is Not Enough,” has died. He was 79.
Rapper DaBaby arrested on Beverly Hills weapons allegation
Published On: January 11, 2021 12:44 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby has been released from a Los Angeles County jail after an arrest in Beverly Hills, where police said he took a loaded gun into an upscale store on Rodeo Drive.
Pelosi says House will impeach Trump unless VP forces ouster
Published On: January 11, 2021 06:49 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump unless the vice president and Cabinet invoke constitutional authority to force him out, calling Trump a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol.
Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone
Published On: January 10, 2021 07:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BOSTON, Jan 10: One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for inciting rebellion.
China reports 360 cases south of Beijing
Published On: January 10, 2021 11:42 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Jan 10: More than 360 people have tested positive in a growing COVID-19 outbreak south of Beijing in neighboring Hebei province.
UPDATE: Body parts, debris found after Indonesia plane crash
Published On: January 10, 2021 07:58 AM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan 10: Indonesian rescuers pulled out body parts, pieces of clothing and scraps of metal from the Java Sea early Sunday morning, a day after a Boeing 737-500 with 62 people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, officials said.
A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets
Published On: January 9, 2021 07:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press
It died more than 57,000 tweets later, with Trump using some of his final postings on the powerful platform to commiserate with a pro-Trump mob that besieged the halls of Congress in a deadly assault as lawmakers were set to certify his defeat.
China asks residents in 2 cities to stay home
Published On: January 9, 2021 12:41 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Jan 9: Chinese authorities have asked residents in two cities south of Beijing to stay home for seven days as they try to stamp out a COVID-19 outbreak in which more than 300 people have tested positive in the past week.
How Trump could be impeached again, but faster
Published On: January 9, 2021 08:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: When some Democrats were pushing for President Donald Trump’s impeachment in early 2019, it took around five months for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to back the idea.
Police officer’s death intensifies Capitol siege questions
Published On: January 8, 2021 09:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 8: A police officer has died from injuries sustained as President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, a violent siege that is forcing hard questions about the defeated president’s remaining days in office and the ability of the Capitol Police to secure the area.
Pakistani court sentences militant leader to 5 years in jail
Published On: January 8, 2021 05:49 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MULTAN, Pakistan, Jan 8: A Pakistani court on Friday convicted and sentenced a senior militant leader to five years in jail in a case of terror financing, the country’s counter-terrorism department in the eastern Punjab province said.
Zimbabwean teen teaches taekwondo to fight child marriage
Published On: January 8, 2021 04:43 PM NPT By: Associated Press
In Zimbabwe, where girls as young as 10 are forced to marry due to poverty or traditional and religious practices, a teenage taekwondo enthusiast is using the sport to give girls in an impoverished community a fighting chance at life.
Pandemic-era Mardi Gras: No big crowds, but plenty of cake
Published On: January 8, 2021 03:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
A subdued Carnival season began Wednesday after the coronavirus pandemic put an end to the crowd-heavy balls and street parades that draw thousands of people to the city every year.
Sidelined ‘Mean Girls’ musical won’t reopen on Broadway
Published On: January 8, 2021 01:37 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Producers of the Broadway musical “Mean Girls” have decided not to restart when authorities allow theaters to reopen in New York City, the second and likely not last established show to be a casualty of COVID-19 on the Great White Way.
Quilt artists create textiles to admire or cozy up with
Published On: January 8, 2021 11:36 AM NPT By: Associated Press
In this winter of hunkering down at home, there’s a trend that’s just right for the times: quilts as décor and as art.
Seoul court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves
Published On: January 8, 2021 11:26 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan 8: A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan to financially compensate 12 South Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, the first such ruling expected to rekindle animosities between the Asian neighbors.
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