Author: News Desk

Anger in Paris after police kill teen who refused traffic stop Mass unrest erupted in Paris overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police. Video online shows a police officer pointing a gun at the driver of a car before a gunshot is heard. The car then crashed to a stop.  The officer accused of shooting and killing the teen has been detained on homicide charges. The teen has been named as Naël M. He died of bullet wounds to the chest. There was a mass protest on Tuesday night in…

Ukraine war: Countdown has begun to end of Putin as Russian president, say Kyiv officials The 24 hours of chaos caused by the mutiny of the Wagner Group in Russia, has severe consequences for the ongoing war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s authority.  The Wagner Group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, staged a rebellion, marching on Moscow ith an estimated 5,000 fighters. They stopped just 200km short of the capital. But by the end of Saturday, Prigozhin had called the whole thing off and ordered his men back to base. The whole ordeal has raised serious questions about Putin’s grip on…

South Koreans become younger under new age-counting law New laws rolled out across South Korea mean the country’s citizens have become either a year or two younger. The new law aligns the nation’s two traditional age-counting methods with international standards.  The law scraps one traditional system that deemed South Koreans one-year-old at birth, counting time in the womb. Another system counted everyone as ageing by a year on the first day of January – instead of their birthday.  As of Wednesday, South Korea has switched to age-counting based on birth date.  President Yoon Suk-yeol has been vocal about the change…

General Sergei Surovikin was thought to be close to the Wagner leader and has not been seen since Saturday’s aborted coup attempt.

The Korean age ratings website has published a new listing for Red Dead Redemption, implying a remaster for consoles is on the horizon.

Gordon Gault, 14, died in hospital six days after he was allegedly stabbed last November.

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Several of Wednesday’s front pages lead with Matt Hancock’s appearance before the public Covid inquiry on Tuesday. Other popular stories leading the papers include the upcoming doctor’s strikes, rising water bills and Nicola Bulley’s inquest.  Matt Hancock Covid inquest The Metro’s headline “Body bags a higher priority than virus.” The paper says the former health secretary told the hearing the UK’s pandemic preparations had assumed it would not be possible to stop a virus spread, so had focused on dealing with the “consequences of disaster” instead of how to suppress an outbreak.  Jane Merrick…

The final work by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has fetched EUR86 million at auction setting a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe.

Jonnie is living with terminal cancer.

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