Noam Huppert, a 44-year-old from Australia, has had a “stay-of-exit” order against him since 2013 and cannot leave until he makes an outstanding $3.34 million in child support payments. By BEN ZION GAD Published. DECEMBER 27, 2021 01.09 ... .
Heavy flooding has left at least 18 people dead and more than 280 injured in the northeast region of Brazil, officials say. The floods have affected nearly 40 cities throughout the state of Bahia, Gov. Rui Costa told reporters in the city of Ilheus, one of the worst-hit. “This is a massive tragedy ... ....
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar postponed its verdicts Monday on two charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in which she is accused of importing and possessing walkie-talkies without following official procedures, a legal official familiar with the case said ... The court gave no reason for delaying the verdicts until Jan ... .
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The 10 most expensive weather disasters this year caused more than $170bn in damage, $20bn more than in 2020, a British aid group has found. Christian Aid said the upward trend reflects the effects of manmade climate change and added that the 10 disasters in question also killed at least 1,075 people and displaced 1.3 million ... Read more ... .
MANILA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Typhoon Rai in the Philippines has surged to 389, with 64 more missing, a government disaster agency said on Monday. The NationalDisaster Risk Reduction and ManagementCouncil (NDRRMC) said that the typhoon, which made landfall in the Philippines on Dec. 16, also injured 1,146 ... dollars) ... Enditem .
Jean-Marc Vallée, the Canadian director best known for his work on Matthew McConaughey drama Dallas Buyers Club, has died aged 58. Vallée’s representative, Bumble Ward, said he died suddenly over the weekend in his cabin outside Quebec City. His two sons survive him ... “They can move anywhere they want,” he said of his actors in 2014 ... Rest In Peace.” ... .
MOSCOW. Russia has received a NATO proposal to commence talks on Moscow's security concerns on Jan. 12 and is considering it, TASS news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on Sunday ... "We have already received this (NATO) offer, and we are considering it," TASS quoted the foreign ministry as saying ... Moscow has said it expects talks with U.S ... .
Israel on Sunday unveiled a plan to spend more than $300 million to double the Jewish settler population in the Golan Heights, 40 years after it annexed the territory captured from Syria... Read more. WATCH ... Former US presidentDonald Trump, widely viewed as pro-Israeli, granted US recognition to Israeli sovereignty over the Golan in 2019 ... Also read ... ....