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Petr Pavel seen in this file photo.
War hero Pavel seeps to the Czech presidency
PRAGUE — Ex-Gen.Petr Pavel has won another gritty campaign — this time at the ballot box.The bearded 61-year-old, a decorated veteran who took part in a high-stakes peacekeeping mission in the Balkans and represented his country as a top-tier NATO general, was voted Czech president on Saturday, beating billionaire ex-prime minister Andrej Babiš.With the ballots from 97% of almost 15,000 polling stations counted by the Czech Statistics Office, Pavel had 57.8% of the vote compared with 42.2% for Babiš.Though Czech presidents wield little day-to-day power, Pavel will have influence over foreign policy and government opinion, as well as the power to appoint prime ministers, constitutional judges and central bankers.True to his military past, he has vowed to bring...
January 28, 2023

War hero Pavel seeps to the Czech presidency

Photo of Toronto streetcar in front of TIFF Building. — courtesy Getty Images
Toronto struggles with wave of public transport violence
TORONTO — Commuters in Toronto have been navigating the city’s public transport system with growing unease, following a surge of violent incidents targeting both riders and operators.As of Friday, there were seven reported incidents of violence in the last seven days on the transport system of Canada’s largest city.This includes a woman who was stabbed multiple times by a stranger on one of Toronto’s iconic streetcars. The next day, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the torso on a bus.In another incident, a bus operator was shot with a BB gun by two teenagers. Four days later, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) said two other employees were chased by a person with a syringe at a subway station.The wave of seemingly random violence has alarmed residents, and has dominated the...
January 28, 2023

Toronto struggles with wave of public transport violence

Rain and floods affect homes and roads in Auckland. — courtesy photo
Auckland declares emergency after torrential rain, floods
WELLINGTON — New Zealand’s largest city has declared a state of emergency after torrential rain prompted widespread flooding and evacuations.Friday’s downpour in Auckland shifted houses, stalled traffic and cut power to homes and businesses. The city is said to have received 75% of its usual summer rainfall in just 15 hours.“The impacts of the last 24 hours will be felt by many in Auckland for a long time,” said the national forecaster.Auckland’s mayor, Wayne Brown, has confirmed media reports that a body had been found in Wairau Valley on Auckland’s North Shore.Brown has said he is “deeply saddened” by the news. Police have not confirmed whether the death is linked to the flooding.He has also said infrastructure and emergency services had been “overwhelmed” by the...
January 28, 2023

Auckland declares emergency after torrential rain, floods

An illustration showing the size of the capsule. The capsule went missing after being transported from a mine near Newman in Western Australia. — courtesy DFES
Tiny radioactive capsule goes missing in Western Australia
PERTH — An urgent search is under way in Western Australia after a tiny capsule containing a radioactive substance went missing.The casing contains a small quantity of radioactive Caesium-137, which could cause serious illness if touched.It was lost between the town of Newman and the city of Perth in mid-January — a distance of roughly 1,400km (870 miles).The public has been warned to stay away from the capsule if they see it.It was being transported on a truck between a mine site north of Newman in the Pilbara region and the northeastern parts of Perth between Jan. 10-16 when it was mislaid.Caesium-137 is a substance commonly used in mining operations.The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) has said the capsule cannot be weaponized but could cause radiation burns and have...
January 28, 2023

Tiny radioactive capsule goes missing in Western Australia

Influencer Andrew Tate speaks to the media while being escorted by police officers. — courtesy EPA
Judge explains extended detention of ‘dangerous’ influencer Tate
BUCHAREST — A judge in Romania has described the “particular dangerousness” of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan in terms of their ability to target women.He also pointed to what he called their “capacity and effort to exercise permanent psychological control over the victims... including by resorting to constant acts of violence”.The comments came in a written statement from the main court in Bucharest, in which the judge laid out his reasons for extending the brothers’ detention last week.As well as safeguarding the investigation and ensuring the suspects’ presence at any future trial, the detention was justified by the need to manage social tensions and public order around this case, it said.The Tates are being held in custody for an extra 30 days, until Feb. 27, while...
January 28, 2023

Judge explains extended detention of ‘dangerous’ influencer Tate

Screengrab of the debris of a crashed aircraft in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. The two aircraft took off from the Gwalior air base in Madhya Pradesh.
Pilot dies in Indian military jet mid-air collision
NEW DELHI — One pilot has died after two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed in a mid-air collision in central India.The planes were on a routine “operational flying training mission” when the incident happened, the air force said in a statement.Both aircraft had taken off from the Gwailor air base in Madhya Pradesh, about 50km (30m) east of where they came down.The air force has ordered an inquiry to determine the cause of the crash. The crash involved a Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 carrying two pilots, and a French-build Mirage 2000, flown by one pilot.Local media reports said wreckage was found in Bharatpur in Rajasthan and Morena in neighboring Madhya Pradesh.Police officer Dharmender Gaur, at one scene where wreckage was discovered, told AFP news agency that a pilot had been...
January 28, 2023

Pilot dies in Indian military jet mid-air collision

From left: Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Jr, Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean. — courtesy MPD
Tyre Nichols: Memphis reckons with police killing by black officers
MEMPHIS — At the VIP Barbershop less than a mile away from where Tyre Nichols was attacked by five Memphis Police officers, PJ, the shop’s owner, described the moment he realized that Nichols was from his community.He recognized him as the quiet young man who would skate through his shop’s parking lot.“He would ride his skateboard with headphones on, just coasting and minding his business,” he said. “He never bothered anyone.”As PJ spoke about Nichols, 29, his violent death and the video of his beating that’s soon to be released, the barbershop’s lunchtime crowd nodded in agreement.“It’s a shame, it’s embarrassing,” said a man named London, adding that it’s painful to add yet another name to the long list of unarmed black men killed by police.More difficult to...
January 28, 2023

Tyre Nichols: Memphis reckons with police killing by black officers

Somali soldiers have been fighting IS militants in Somalia for years
US forces kill Somalia IS leader, 10 others in cave complex
WASHINGTON — US forces have killed an Islamic State leader, Bilal al-Sudani, and 10 of his operatives in northern Somalia, American officials say.He was killed after US special forces raided a remote mountain cave complex hoping to capture him."Al-Sudani was responsible for fostering the growing presence of ISIS in Africa," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.He also allegedly funded the group's activities globally, Austin added.Analysts say the fact that US troops were sent under orders of President Joe Biden to kill or capture Sudani, rather than using a less risky drone strike, indicates his significance.Details about the nature of the operation have not been released. However, the soldiers were drafted in via helicopter, according to the New York Times with Sudani...
January 27, 2023

US forces kill Somalia IS leader, 10 others in cave complex

Poh Yuan Nie is wanted over an exams cheating scam in Singapore
Interpol seeks woman who ran elaborate exam cheating scam in Singapore
SINGAPORE — Interpol has issued an alert for a woman behind an elaborate exam-cheating scam in Singapore which involved phones and headphones taped to students.Poh Yuan Nie, 57, fronted the racket together with three accomplices, who have all been jailed.Poh, the former principal of a local tuition centre, had been due to begin a four-year sentence last September, but failed to surrender herself.She is thought to have fled Singapore.Police in the city-state issued an arrest warrant for Poh, also known as Pony, last November. They applied for the Interpol "red notice" the following month and have appealed for information on her whereabouts.A red notice is a request to law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and arrest a person pending extradition or similar legal action.The...
January 27, 2023

Interpol seeks woman who ran elaborate exam cheating scam in Singapore

Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami chant slogans during a protest  in Peshawar, Pakistan, against the desecration of the Holy Qur'an by anti-Islam activists in Europe, Friday
Protests across Muslim World against Qur'an desecration in Sweden, Netherlands.
BEIRUT — Demonstrations were held on Friday in several predominantly Muslim countries to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands, the Associated Press reported.The protests in countries including Pakistan, Iraq and Lebanon ended with people dispersing peacefully. In Pakistan's capital of Islamabad, police officers stopped some demonstrators trying to march toward the Swedish Embassy.In Beirut, about 200 angry protesters burned the flags of Sweden and the Netherlands outside the blue-domed Mohammed Al-Amin mosque at Beirut’s central Martyrs Square.Earlier this month, a far-right activist from Denmark received permission from police to stage a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm where he burned a copy of...
January 27, 2023

Protests across Muslim World against Qur'an desecration in Sweden, Netherlands.

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