Month February 2024

Drug addict used bizarre object in attempted post office robbery: police

A drug addict tried to steal money through a security screen using a large spoon, British police reported.  CCTV footage from the Hyson Green Post Office in Nottingham on Feb. 10 showed Jelanie Scott, 36, who leaned on crutches, in… Continue Reading →

3 pedestrians killed by freight train at railway crossing in central Sweden

A freight train hit and killed three people at a railway crossing at a station in central Sweden after they got off another train, police said Thursday. The victims — a 25-year-old man, a woman in her 20s and a… Continue Reading →

Bill criminalizing LGBTQ community advances in Ghana

Ghana’s parliament passed a highly controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill on Wednesday that could send some people to prison for more than a decade. The bill was introduced to parliament three years ago and criminalizes members of the LGBTQ+ community as well… Continue Reading →

Canadian official says the country will reimpose some visa requirements on Mexicans

Canada’s government is reimposing some visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Quebec’s premier has been urging the federal government to slow the influx of refugees which he… Continue Reading →

Indiana lawmakers advance literacy bill that may hold back thousands of 3rd graders

Indiana lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would hold back thousands more third graders who don’t pass the state’s literacy test, rejecting opponents’ arguments that it could burden schools and emotionally damage children. The Indiana Department of Education says about… Continue Reading →

Moldova breakaway region appeals to Russia for protection as domestic tensions flare

Officials in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Moscow for protection Wednesday, as tensions escalate with the pro-Western government. Moldova, a candidate to join the European Union, imposed new customs duties on Jan. 1, 2024 on imports to… Continue Reading →

Farmers rally around Welsh capital in latest protest over proposed environmental rules

Tractors lined a road in the Welsh capital Wednesday as thousands of farmers and their supporters thronged the parliament to protest proposed environmental protections that would be required to receive subsidies.

Greek transit system thwarted by strikes, protests on deadly train wreck’s anniversary

Widespread strikes in Greece halted trains, ferries and much of the capital’s public transport on Wednesday in protests timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the country’s deadliest rail crash, which killed 57 people. The train disaster on the… Continue Reading →

Hundreds of flights canceled as Argentina’s air travel workers go on 24-hour strike

Hundreds of flights were canceled and dozens of others rescheduled in Argentina on Wednesday as unionized air travel workers went on a 24-hour strike nationwide to demand better wages, in the latest sign of social unrest in the South American… Continue Reading →

NSA cybersecurity chief: Revelations from Chinese hacking leak are ‘eye-opening’

The revelations of a Chinese contractor’s hacking tools have astonished the world’s top cyber experts — including the U.S. government’s most senior analysts at the super-secret National Security Agency.

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