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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

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

Nichols died three days after an encounter with police at a traffic stop
Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is urging protests in Tennessee to remain peaceful as officials plan to release video of an arrest that led to a motorist's death.Bodycam video of the encounter with Tyre Nichols, 29, will be published on Friday and lawyers for his family said it will show him being severely beaten.Five now-fired police officers face murder charges after Nichols died days after a traffic stop 7 January.Memphis is said to be on edge and police there have increased patrols."I'm sickened by what I saw," Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director David Rausch said on Thursday after reviewing the footage, describing the officers' actions as "absolutely appalling".Nichols, a black man, was stopped by five police officers, who are also black, on...
January 27, 2023

Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release

The Justice Department said Ji Chaoqun's spying was part of an effort by Chinese intelligence to obtain access to advanced aerospace and satellite technologies.
Chinese engineer sentenced to 8 years in US prison for spying
WASHINGTON — A former graduate student in Chicago was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for spying for the Chinese government by gathering information on engineers and scientists in the United States.Ji Chaoqun, a Chinese national who came to the US to study electrical engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2013 and later enlisted in the US Army Reserves, was arrested in 2018.The 31-year-old was convicted last September of acting illegally as an agent of China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) and of making a material false statement to the US Army.According to the Justice Department, Ji was tasked with providing an intelligence officer with biographical information on individuals for potential recruitment as Chinese spies. The individuals included Chinese...
January 26, 2023

Chinese engineer sentenced to 8 years in US prison for spying

Abby Zwerner was shot after an 'altercation' with a six-year-old pupil
Virginia schools chief fired after boy, 6, shoots teacher
RICHMOND — The superintendent of a school in the US state of Virginia has lost his job after a six-year-old pupil shot and wounded a teacher earlier this month.The school board decided by a vote of 5-to-1 to terminate George Parker only hours after a lawyer for the teacher announced plans to sue the district.Abigail Zwerner, 25, was released from hospital last week after being shot in the chest in her classroom.Her lawyer said on Wednesday the shooting was "entirely preventable".Police have not announced any charges.The 6 January shooting - which authorities have described as "intentional" - rocked the Virginia city of Newport News, and raised questions about what legal consequences may follow and for whom."On that day, over the course of a few hours, three...
January 26, 2023

Virginia schools chief fired after boy, 6, shoots teacher

A view of the Microsoft logo.
Microsoft working to end Outlook and Teams outage around world
NEW YORK — Microsoft said it has reversed a “network change” that it thinks may be linked to tens of thousands of users worldwide being unable to access its services, including Teams and Outlook.Downdetector, which tracks website outages, showed more than 5,000 people in the UK reporting Outlook emails not working on Wednesday morning.Other services including Teams and Xbox Live were also reported as not working. Microsoft said some users had reported the problem had been addressed.“We’re continuing to monitor the recovery across the service,” it said, noting that some customers were reporting improvements.Though some users are still reporting problems to Downdetector, the total number is now in the hundreds rather than thousands worldwide.Previously, Microsoft said the problem...
January 25, 2023

Microsoft working to end Outlook and Teams outage around world

Former US Vice-President Mike Pence in this file photo
Classified documents found at Mike Pence’s home
NEW YORK — Classified documents have been found at former US Vice-President Mike Pence’s home in the latest secret paper discovery.The documents, discovered by a lawyer last week for Pence at his Indiana home, have been handed over to the FBI.Special counsels are already looking at the handling of classified documents by President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump.Trump faces a criminal investigation for allegedly mishandling files. Representatives for Pence sent a letter to the National Archives alerting them to the documents.The FBI came to the former vice-president’s home to collect the documents, bypassing “standard procedures” and requesting “direct possession” of them, lawyers added in a separate letter.Under the Presidential Records Act, White House records are...
January 24, 2023

Classified documents found at Mike Pence’s home

Elon Musk, seen in this file photo, is testifying in court over claims a tweet he wrote about Tesla cost investors millions of dollars.
Musk says Tesla tweet was genuine in fraud case
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk has told a court that he believed he had enough backing to take Tesla private at the time he issued a controversial tweet.The boss of the electric car company is on trial after investors claimed the 2018 tweet cost them millions of dollars when a deal did not go ahead.Musk claims that he had met with a Saudi sovereign wealth fund who indicated they would support a deal. He added he would have sold his stake in rocket firm SpaceX to raise money.Musk is accused of defrauding investors after he tweeted on Aug, 7, 2018 that he had “funding secured” to take Tesla private at $420 per share, and that “investor support is confirmed”.The tweet sent shares in Tesla soaring, but weeks later they fell back when Musk said the plan was no longer going ahead, causing a...
January 24, 2023

Musk says Tesla tweet was genuine in fraud case

Richard Barnett with his feet on the then Speaker US Democrat Nancy Pelosi’s desk. — courtesy Getty Images
Capitol rioter who posed with feet on Pelosi’s desk found guilty
WASHINGTON — A Capitol Hill rioter who posed with his feet on US Democrat Nancy Pelosi’s desk during the attack on Congress has been found guilty of all charges.Richard “Bigo” Barnett was among the crowd of Trump supporters who stormed the building in attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election result.He posed for cameras after breaking into Pelosi’s office and boasted of swiping an envelope before leaving.He was armed with a stun gun and could have harmed Pelosi, officials say.A jury in Washington DC deliberated for less than three hours before convicting Barnett of all eight charges against him.His crimes include obstruction of an official proceeding, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly weapon, and theft of government...
January 24, 2023

Capitol rioter who posed with feet on Pelosi’s desk found guilty

President Lula said what he saw in Roraima state amounted to genocide,jpg
Brazil airlifts starving Yanomami tribal people from jungle
BRASILIA — Brazil has airlifted 16 starving Yanomami tribal people to receive urgent treatment, after the government declared a medical emergency.The indigenous people live in a reserve in Brazil's northern state of Roraima.President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has accused his predecessor, far-right Jair Bolsonaro, of committing genocide against the rainforest tribe.The government declared a medical emergency after hundreds of Yanomami children died from malnutrition.The deaths are linked to water pollution caused by mining and logging in the densely forested area, where food insecurity is rife.On Saturday President Lula visited Roraima, which borders Venezuela and Guyana, following reports of severe malnutrition among Yanomami children and said he was "shocked" by what he...
January 24, 2023

Brazil airlifts starving Yanomami tribal people from jungle

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