A federal judge in the United States has approved a $626m settlement for victims of the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan, in a case brought by tens of thousands of residents who were affected by the contaminated water. Flint’s troubles began in 2014 after the city switched its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River to cut costs ... .
A French court sentenced a man to life in prison for what it termed the antisemitic murder of a Holocaust survivor in Paris in 2018. The murderer of Mireille Knoll, Yacine Mihoub, will be eligible for parole in 22 years, according to the ruling Wednesday by the Criminal Tribunal of Paris, AFP reported ... cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId ... .
The UNSecurity Council expressed deep concern on Wednesday over increased violence across Myanmar and in a rare statement, agreed by the 15-members, called for an immediate end to fighting and for the military to exercise utmost restraint ... 1. “The Members of the Security Council expressed deep concern at further recent violence across Myanmar ... .
AFP, BRISBANE, Australia. A 60-year-old Australian man escaped the jaws of a large crocodile by stabbing it repeatedly in the head with his pocket knife as it dragged him into a river, local authorities said yesterday ... “There was a struggle and he fortunately escaped the grip of a four to four-and-a-half-meter crocodile ... Then, the crocodile struck ... .
BRUSSELS (AP) — Fears that the authoritarian leader of Belarus is using migrants as a “hybrid warfare” tactic to undermine the security of the European Union are putting new strains on some of the values and laws in the 27-nation ....
Dubai. In a major blow for Pakistan, opener Mohammad Rizwan and middle-order batter Shoaib Malik are down with the flu and they might miss the team’s semifinal clash against Australia in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, here on Thursday ... Both of them have tested negative for Covid-19, however, the doctor has advised them rest ... .
The decision followed a meeting between Mr Bolsonaro and Liberal Party leader Valdemar Costa Neto in the capital Brasilia . After two years without a political party, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro sealed an agreement with the centrist Liberal Party to back his 2022 re-election bid, according to a party statement. .