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‘Mass murder’: Man ploughs truck into Muslim family in Canada
Authorities said a young man was arrested in the parking lot of a nearby mall after the incident on Sunday night in the Ontario city of London.
- by Rob Gillies
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‘Angry and offended’: E Jean Carroll furious Biden administration will appeal Trump’s case
Carroll - who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her two decades ago - sued him for defamation over his insulting denials while president.
- by Shayna Jacobs
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Cyber warfare
‘Extortionists will never see this money’: US seizes ransom paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
Recovering the funds reflects what US officials say is an increasingly aggressive approach to deal with a ransomware threat that in the last month has targeted critical industries around the world.
- by Eric Tucker
‘Historic moment’: US regulators approve landmark Alzheimer’s drug
The US Food and Drug Administration’s controversial decision delighted advocacy groups but defied the wishes of many top experts in the field.
- by Matthew Knott
Amazon’s billionaire founder to fly to space
Jeff Bezos said on Monday that he and his brother Mark would fly on the first crewed space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin.
Severed head, body parts, kidnappings: Mexico’s bloody elections
The campaign for the midterm elections has been one of the bloodiest in recent history: 97 politicians had been killed and 935 attacked.
- by Lizbeth Diaz
Author Naomi Wolf suspended from Twitter for spreading vaccine misinformation
The author of the 1991 feminist classic The Beauty Myth had shared outlandish misinformation about the COVID vaccine.
- by Theresa Braine
Trump emerges from seclusion to denounce Fauci, China and dangle 2024 rerun
Trump joined a chorus of Republican politicians who are criticising Fauci for asking Americans to wear masks to guard against the virus.
- by Makini Brice
‘Next time I’m in the White House’: Trump vows to shun Zuckerberg after Facebook ban
The former president hinted he would run again despite the two-year Facebook ban introduced after the social media giant ruled he was a risk to public safety.
- by Barbara Ortutay
Judge overturns California’s 30-year assault rifle ban as ‘failed experiment’
US District Judge Roger Benitez compared the AR-15 rifle to a Swiss army knife, “a perfect combination of home defence weapon and homeland defence equipment”.
- by Don Thompson
Fauci calls on China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers
The top US infectious disease expert said the medical records of nine people might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first emerged as the result of a lab leak.