Urgent hunt for missing mother and five-year-old son
By Christian Oliver For MailonlinePublished: 09:50 EST, 21 January 2023 | Updated: 09:58 EST, 21 January 2023Police are searching for a mother and her five-year-old son who are missing. Kelly, 28, and her son Harvey were last seen exiting New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton this morning at around 7.50am today. Her son Harvey has blond hair and was last seen wearing a black coat when they disappeared. Police are searching for Kelly, 28, and her five-year-old son Harvey who were last seen exiting New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton this morningA spokesperson for Wolverhampton Police said: 'We are urgently appealing for a mum who is missing with her son to get in touch. Police ask that anyone with any information should call 999 and quote log 709 of January 21.
Source:The Nation
January 21, 2023 17:57 UTC
Did Supreme Court interview justices and spouses in Roe leak?
There was no mention if the nine justices or their spouses were interviewed as part of the Supreme Court's investigation into the leak of a draft of Justice Samuel Alito's opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade. The U.S. Supreme Court justices were not interviewed as part of the court's investigation into the leaked opinion: Seated (L-R): Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Elena Kagan. Later, investigators found that two additional permanent personnel accessed the draft opinion electronically by separate means. Rob Schenck got an early warning that the Supreme Court would rule, in a case brought about by Hobby Lobby, that requiring family-owned corporations to pay for insurance covering contraception violated their religious freedoms. He also said he wrote about the matter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
Source:The Nation
January 21, 2023 02:14 UTC
Coast Guard monitoring Russian spy ship on patrol off Hawaii
This image made from a video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific and dated January 2023 shows a Russian ship patrolling off the coast of Hawaii. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian spy ship has been patrolling off the coast of Hawaii but so far has remained in international waters, the Pentagon said Thursday. The Vishnya-class Kareliya surveillance ship has been monitored by the U.S. Coast Guard sailing near Hawaii over the last several weeks. This image made from a video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific and dated January 2023 shows a Russian ship patrolling off the coast of Hawaii. She said the Coast Guard is still monitoring the ship, which has been operating in international waters.
Source:The Nation
January 20, 2023 15:59 UTC
LIV Golf, CW announce broadcast deal
(Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)(NewsNation) — LIV Golf, the upstart league backed by Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund, has partnered with The CW on its first-ever U.S. broadcast deal. “What’s great about this partnership is LIV Golf and our revolutionary coverage,” LIV Golf Chief Media Officer Will Staeger said. “Not just the core golf fan who we respect and serve, but also the casual sports fan and the casual entertainment fan,” Staeger said. For The CW, our partnership with LIV Golf marks a significant milestone in our goal to re-engineer the network with quality, diversified programming for our viewers, advertisers and CW affiliates. Dennis Miller, The CW presidentThe CW kicks off its first year of LIV Golf coverage with LIV’s season-opening tournament from the El Camaleón Mayakoba golf course in Playa del Carmen, Mexico on Feb. 24.
Source:The Nation
January 19, 2023 16:34 UTC
Ireland fines WhatsApp 5.5M euros for EU privacy breach
FILE – This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo, shows WhatsApp app icon on a smartphone in New York. All three cases date back to May 2018, when stringent EU privacy regulations took force. The commission, which is Meta’s lead European privacy regulator because the company’s regional headquarters is in Dublin, originally sided with the Silicon Valley giant. But a slew of other EU data protection watchdogs objected to its draft decisions and the Irish watchdog was forced to overturn them and issue stiffer punishments. In its final decision on the WhatsApp case, the commission also ordered the company to bring its data processing operations into compliance with EU privacy rules within six months.
Source:The Nation
January 19, 2023 16:34 UTC
Jacinda Ardern resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister
By Nic White For Daily Mail AustraliaPublished: 19:04 EST, 18 January 2023 | Updated: 19:55 EST, 18 January 2023AdvertisementJacinda Ardern has choked back tears as she announced her resignation as New Zealand Prime Minister in an emotional press conference. Ms Ardern resigns at just 42 after becoming leader just over five years ago on October 26, 2017, and was New Zealand's youngest-ever PM. During her resignation speech, Ms Ardern announced the next New Zealand election would be held on October 14. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed his admiration for his close ally and wished her well after politics. 'Jacinda has been a fierce advocate for New Zealand, an inspiration to so many and a great friend to me.'
Source:The Nation
January 19, 2023 04:07 UTC
Helicopter crashes into Ukrainian kindergarten: Search for casualties underway
The governor of Ukraine's Kyiv region said it was a helicopter, and that it had crashed into a kindergarten and a residential building. 'In the city of Brovary, a helicopter fell near a kindergarten and a residential building,' the head of the Kyiv regional administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, said, adding that 'children and employees were in the kindergarten... there are casualties recorded.' Initial reportsAn aircraft crashed into a building in the Ukrainian town of Brovary near Kyiv on Wednesday, and emergency services rushed to the scene. Later it was stated that a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in Brovary, Kiev Region, said deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko. The crash comes days after a Russian missile struck a residential building in Dnipro on Saturday, killing at least 45 - including six children.
Source:The Nation
January 18, 2023 08:05 UTC
Biden to host Netherlands PM for talks on tech, Ukraine
FILE – Netherland’s Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden during a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022. Biden is set to host Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for talks. The U.S. administration is looking to persuade the Netherlands to further limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors with export restrictions. Rutte’s visit comes after Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week for talks. Biden is the third U.S. president visited by Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest-serving prime minister.
Source:The Nation
January 18, 2023 06:22 UTC
Biden's DOJ wants to bring mask mandates back onto flights
'If you want to wear a mask on a plane, no one's stopping you,' tweeted Florida Representative Brian Mast on Tuesday. Yet his administration is still arguing in court to reinstate the mask mandate.' A federal judge in Florida struck down Biden's federal mask mandate on April 18, 2022. The ruling almost immediately led to all major U.S. airlines lifting their mask requirements for domestic flights. While walking through the Detroit Auto Show for his pre-taped CBS interview, Biden said: 'If you notice, no one's wearing a mask, everybody seems to be in pretty good shape.'
Source:The Nation
January 17, 2023 22:09 UTC
Young QBs shine during NFL playoffs
(NewsNation) — The youth movement is having a moment in the NFL — specifically, the young quarterbacks in the postseason. Brock Purdy, Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence are among those who appear to have taken on the mantle from Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. Eric Mitchell, an NFL analyst and president of LifeFlip Media, told NewsNation it’s an exciting time for NFL fans. “This new class, that’s kind of after the Patrick Mahomes era, we’ve got the amazing quarterbacks out of the Buffalo Bills, of course, we’ve got Joe Burrow and the Bengals, and now you have Brock Purdy and Trevor Lawrence who are really bringing it on. It’s time and the NFL has been waiting for a fresh, new set of quarterbacks that take what we watch with Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady and put it on the field.”
Source:The Nation
January 17, 2023 08:08 UTC
China now second-largest car exporter in the world
The country’s car exports have accelerated in recent years, surpassing even Germany in exports in 2022. Sales of SUVs, sedans and minivans rose to 23.6 million, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers that was reviewed by The Associated Press. Columnist and lawyer Gordon Chang believes this may only be a temporary issue for U.S. automakers. “We’ve got a lot of U.S. car companies in China, such as GM and Ford and they do make some of those exports,” Chang said. “But, overall, the problem for China going forward is I don’t think you can just extrapolate and say, ‘They’re going to become the world’s largest exporter — overtaking Japan.
Source:The Nation
January 17, 2023 03:03 UTC
Elon Musk's next drama: a trial over his tweets about Tesla
FILE – Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. The trial, which begins on Tuesday with jury selection, was triggered by a class-action lawsuit on behalf of investors who owned Tesla stock for a 10-day period in August 2018. Musk’s tweets back then fueled a rally in Tesla’s stock price that abruptly ended a week later, after it became apparent that he didn’t have the funding for a buyout after all. Chen dealt Musk another setback on Friday, when he rejected Musk’s bid to transfer the trial to a federal court in Texas, where Tesla moves its headquarters in 2021. Tesla’s stock has split twice since then, making that $420 price worth $28 on adjusted basis now.
Source:The Nation
January 16, 2023 20:08 UTC
Coffs Harbour fisherman finds drugs in the water while spearfishing
Quinn, who is from Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast, was out spearfishing off the coast when he came across a huge package bundled together in rope netting. The net appeared to contain large bricks of cocaine, wrapped in black plastic. 'If anyone needs cocain, I have plenty,' he wrote in the caption of the TikTok clip. Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission suggests the nation's base of cocaine users is 'broadening', with a growing social acceptability of the drug. 'From 'spearfishing' to 'line fishing',' wrote one.
Source:The Nation
January 16, 2023 04:08 UTC
Damar Hamlin will cheer Bills on from home
“My heart is with my guys as they compete today!” Hamlin tweeted less than hour before kickoff. Nothing I want more than to be out there with them!” Hamlin posted, along with a video of himself greeting fans during the Bills’ last game against Miami, on Dec. 17. A person with direct knowledge of the player’s schedule had told The Associated Press on Sunday that Hamlin planned to attend the game in person. Hamlin visited teammates at the Bills’ stadium on Saturday but has not been seen in public since being rushed off the field in Cincinnati in an ambulance on Jan. 2. The Bills did not release any details about Hamlin’s plans for the game.
Source:The Nation
January 15, 2023 21:51 UTC
Riaz Ismail Scholarship Fund felicitates its newest batch of scholarship recipients
Riaz Ismail Scholarship Fund felicitates its newest batch of scholarship recipients View(s):The Riaz Ismail Scholarship Fund (RISF) held its annual scholarship awarding ceremony at the Mandarina Colombo recently, awarding 27 recipients with financial aid scholarships to enable them to continue their education. The event was held on the 80th birth anniversary of the late Riaz Ismail in whose tribute RISF was founded. GMCA patron Hanif Yusoof, former minister A H M Fowzie, former minister Karunasena Kodituwakku and Chairman of the Board of Quazis M Y M Faiz attended. These included 10 girls, and 15 boys from Mahinda College, the alma mater of Riaz Ismail. Riaz Ismail dedicated his life and career to public service at a very young age.
Source:Sunday Times
January 15, 2023 12:49 UTC