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- University of Michigan Fires Its President Over Inappropriate Relationship January 16, 2022Mark Schlissel’s contract was terminated immediately for interactions with a subordinate, the Board of Regents said.
- 11 Hours of Fear, Negotiation and Finally, Relief January 17, 2022The F.B.I. identified Malik Faisal Akram, a British national, as the man who took hostages in a Texas synagogue on Saturday. He was killed during the rescue operation.
- Census Memo Cites ‘Unprecedented’ Meddling by Trump Administration January 15, 2022Newly released documents show that top career officials at the Census Bureau had drafted a list of complaints about political interference in the 2020 count.
- ‘Grateful to Be Alive’: What We Know About the Synagogue Hostage Rescue January 17, 2022The authorities have identified the suspect, a British citizen, who was killed when the hostages at a synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth area were freed on Saturday night.
- 2020 Census Memo Cites ‘Unprecedented’ Meddling by Trump Administration January 15, 2022Newly released documents show that top career officials at the Census Bureau had drafted a list of complaints about political interference in the 2020 count.
- In a First, Ohio Moves to Put Body Cameras on Guards in Every Prison January 15, 2022The state is distributing 5,100 new body-worn cameras, the most extensive commitment of any state as corrections facilities across the country push for better surveillance.
- Police Presentation in Portland Celebrated Violence Against Protesters January 15, 2022Training materials released by the Oregon city included a meme that mocked protesters as dirty hippies and suggested they would be left “stitched and bandaged.”
- Parents of Kids Under 5 Stuck in Grueling Covid Limbo January 14, 2022Facing an uncontrolled surge of virus cases, parents of young children are again forced to wrestle with child care crises as the rest of the world appears eager to move on.
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- Tonga volcano eruption: New Zealand and Australia send planes to assess tsunami damage January 17, 2022Blanket of ash hinders communications from towns believed to have been inundated by waves as first surveillance flights departsNew Zealand and Australia have sent planes to assess the damage from a huge undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami that hit the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday.The eruption sent a thick blanket of ash into the sky, contaminating […]
- Zahawi denies government is launching policy push to save Boris Johnson January 17, 2022Education secretary says he believes prime minister is safe in his job despite ‘partygate’ revelationsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNadhim Zahawi has denied the government is rushing out a series of policy ideas in an attempt to save Boris Johnson, arguing that the prime minister is safe in his job despite a string of Downing St […]
- Texas synagogue siege: teenagers arrested in UK as FBI names Briton as hostage-taker January 17, 2022Joe Biden decries ‘act of terror’ as UK counter-terror police detain teenagers in Manchester and suspect named as Briton Malik Faisal AkramTwo teenagers have been arrested in Manchester, north-western England, after the FBI said an armed British man travelled to Texas and took four hostages at a synagogue in what President Joe Biden called “an act of terror” […]
- Lego sued over leather jacket worn by toy Antoni in Queer Eye set January 17, 2022Artist James Concannon claims in lawsuit that toy company made a ‘blatant copy’ of a jacket he made for Queer Eye cast member Antoni PorowskiAn artist has accused Lego of recreating a leather jacket he made for Queer Eye cast-member Antoni Porowski without the artist’s permission, claiming that a toy jacket included in a Lego set based on the Netflix show is […]
- China’s birthrate falls to 61-year low despite moves to stave off demographic crisis January 17, 2022Beijing has announced major reforms to address the decline, including raising the retirement age and implementing a three-child policyChina’s birthrate has fallen to its lowest level in six decades, barely outnumbering deaths in 2021 despite major government efforts to increase population growth and stave off a demographic crisis.Across China, 10.62 million […]
- Anne Frank may have been betrayed by Jewish notary January 17, 2022Book claims to have solved mystery over who gave away family’s hiding place during second world warA Jewish notary has been named by a cold case team led by a former FBI agent as the prime suspect for the betrayal of Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis.Arnold van den Bergh, who died in 1950, has been accused on the basis of six years of research and an an […]
- Two female activists in Bahrain and Jordan hacked with NSO spyware January 17, 2022Investigation finds mobile phones of human rights defenders were hacked multiple timesThe plight of women’s rights campaigners in Bahrain and Jordan is in the spotlight after new revelations that two prominent female activists were hacked multiple times by countries using NSO Group spyware.An investigation by the human rights group Front Line Defenders (FLD) […]
- Row erupts over plan to allow ‘double jobbing’ in Northern Ireland politics January 17, 2022UK government accused of meddling in democracy over plan to allow MPs to be elected to Stormont and keep Westminster seatsA row over “double jobbing”, which would mean MPs in Westminster also sitting in the Stormont assembly, has erupted in Northern Ireland with accusations the government is trying to prop up the Democratic Unionist party.The proposals, to t […]
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- Tonga tsunami: Major damage reported amid communications black out January 17, 2022Significant damage has been reported but with communications down the scale is unclear.
- Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK as Briton named as hostage-taker January 17, 2022Briton Malik Faisal Akram died in the standoff with police after taking four hostages.
- Thousands without power as US and Canada hit by winter storm January 17, 2022Flights have been cancelled as the dangerous storm brings snow and high winds to much of the country.
- Wealth of world's 10 richest men doubled in pandemic, Oxfam says January 17, 2022Covid-19 has made the rich richer while poverty has increased, the charity Oxfam says.
- North Korea fires missiles again amid unusual flurry of tests January 17, 2022It has conducted four launches in two weeks - an unusual frequency for this time of the year.
- Djokovic three-year visa ban could end early - Australian PM January 17, 2022The tennis star cannot obtain a visa for three years after losing an appeal, but the PM suggests this is flexible.
- Pioneering US military pilot Charles McGee dies at 102 January 17, 2022A member of the first all-black aviation unit, the Tuskegee Airmen, he flew more than 400 missions.
- Credit Suisse boss Horta-Osorio resigns over Covid breaches January 17, 2022Antonio Horta-Osorio has left with immediate effect after breaking UK and Swiss quarantine rules.
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