Author: News Desk

The Intercept says IN THE IMMEDIATE aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, U.S.-backed Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum’s forces murdered hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Taliban prisoners by jamming them into metal shipping containers and letting them suffocate.

The Metro says a mother attacked a mountain lion with her bare hands after it grabbed ahold of her five-year-old son and dragged him in front of their home.

The Guardian says the first phase of the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will start on Tuesday, with jury selection scheduled in a San Jose, California, courthouse.

The i says in the same way that tomorrow never comes, it was starting to feel like Kanye West’s much trailed 10th album Donda never would.

The Guardian says Nike has given its head office employees in the US a week off to “destress” and recover from the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The i says Australian airline Qantas aims to restart flights to and from Britain in mid-December, in plans linked to the Covid vaccine roll-out in Australia

The Metro says an electrician who spiralled into severe depression after his wife and children left him was sacked because his manager believed ‘GPs are not experts’.

The Guardian says a booster jab of Covid-19 vaccine for vulnerable people is not a luxury but a good way to protect them, the World Health Organization has said.

The i says a senior NHS doctor working in A&E during the pandemic is among those shortlisted for the £250,000 Wolfson Economics Prize 2021

The Metro says the latest Covid figures show that there have been a further 48 deaths within 28 days of a positive test recorded, bringing the UK total to 132,485.