The fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer in the US city of Brooklyn Center in Minnesota was an accident, the police chief has said. Daunte Wright,…
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USA: Will Smith’s slavery film Emancipation pulls out of Georgia over voting laws
Will Smith’s slavery film Emancipation has pulled out of filming in Georgia over what the star has called the US state’s new “regressive voting laws”. In a statement issued to…
India: Crowds surging at Haridwar Kumbh Mela
Several million Hindus have gathered to take a dip in the Ganges river as a deadly second Covid-19 wave continues to sweep India. The devotees are marking an auspicious bathing…
USA: FBI arrest man over alleged attempt to ‘kill the internet’
US authorities have arrested a man who allegedly plotted to bomb an Amazon data centre, which he believed would “kill off about 70% of the internet”. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28,…
France: Lawmakers moves to ban short-haul domestic flights
French lawmakers have moved to ban short-haul internal flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Over the weekend, lawmakers voted in favour of a bill…
Australia: Neighbours star Nicola Charles claims cast members tried to get her deported
Former Neighbours actress Nicola Charles has claimed two of her cast mates once tried to get her deported back to the UK. Charles, who played Sarah Beaumont in the soap…
Prince Philip: William and Harry pay tribute to grandfather
The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex have paid tribute to their grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh. In separate statements, Prince William described him as an “extraordinary man”, while Prince Harry…
USA: Police officer who pepper-sprayed US Army soldier fired
A police officer in Virginia has been fired after pointing a gun at, and pepper spraying, a black US army lieutenant during a traffic stop. Army Second Lieutenant Caron Nazario…
USA: The ‘Iron Man’ body armour that makes you super strong and tireless.
Imagine wearing high-tech body armour that makes you super strong and tireless. Such technology, more specifically called an exoskeleton, sounds like the preserve of the Iron Man series of superhero…
Iran: Tehran vows revenge for ‘Israeli’ attack on Natanz nuclear site
The Iranian foreign minister has said his country will “take revenge” for an attack on an underground nuclear site, for which it has blamed Israel. Iranian officials said the Natanz…