Browsing: World News

The Metro says Britain could be avoiding the current Covid wave sweeping Europe because it has used the AstraZeneca jab more widely, scientists say.

The Guardian says New Zealand has announced it will reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors in the opening months of 2022, for the first time since Jacinda Ardern announced their snap closure in the first month of the pandemic.

The Daily Mirror says Brian Laundrie, the partner of murdered influencer Gabby Petito, shot himself before his remains were partially eaten by alligators, according to medical examiners.

France24 says Protesters in French overseas territories in the Caribbean opposing measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 clashed again with security forces on Tuesday.

Aljazeera says On Tuesday, India reported 7,579 coronavirus cases – the lowest rise in 543 days, despite huge festival gatherings in recent weeks.

The Metro says Darrell Brooks, the sole suspect in the deadly Christmas parade attack that killed six and injured at least 62 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, has been charged with five counts of intentional homicide.

The Sun says KYLE Rittenhouse made his first TV appearance on Tucker Carlson on Monday after being found not guilty in his high-profile murder trial last Friday.

The Guardian says China’s birthrate has plummeted to its lowest level since 1978 as the government struggles to stave off a looming demographic crisis.

The Guardian says Slovakia’s prime minister Eduard Heger is “intensively” considering a possible three-week lockdown amid a jump in Covid-19 cases.

The Sun says A BUS carrying holidaymakers “exploded” this morning leaving 45 victims – including 12 kids – “burnt to ash” when a fire broke out.

The Guardian says Mavys Álvarez has alleged Diego Maradona raped her when she was a teenager and “stolen her childhood”.

The Daily Mirror says One of Malcolm X’s daughters has been found dead just days after two men were exonerated for his murder.

The Independent says a bus crash in western Bulgaria has killed at least 46 people, including 12 children, after the vehicle caught fire.

France24 says Marcos Jr said Tuesday he took a cocaine test after President Rodrigo Duterte accused an unnamed presidential candidate of using the illegal drug.

Aljazeera says Police have identified the suspect accused of driving through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing five and injuring dozens.

The Sun says THE Delta Covid variant may mutate itself into self-extinction and has already done so in one part of the world, scientists claim.

The Independent says Police in suburban Chicago and downtown San Francisco are investigating brazen thefts of Louis Vuitton merchandise from stores in both cities.

The Guardian says Attorneys began closing arguments Monday in the murder trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

The Guardian says Kyle Rittenhouse’s claim that he is “not a racist person”, made to Tucker Carlson, landed in an atmosphere of controversy.

Peng Shuai’s video call with the IOC to prove she is well and not in any danger has done little to settle the concerns from the international community and the Women’s Tennis Association.

The Independent says Longtime Fox News contributors Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg have “resigned” from the television network in protest against prime-time host Tucker Carlson’s bizarre documentary series on the 6 January Capitol Hill riots.

The Daily Mirror says An SUV driver was fleeing the scene of another crime when they ploughed into a Christmas parade and killed five people, reports say.

The Independent says Kylie Rittenhouse has said that he supports the Black Lives Matter movement and claimed that the cases of murder he was acquitted for had nothing to do with race.

France24 says Ahead of the Christmas holidays, Austria shut its shops, restaurants and festive markets Monday, returning to lockdown in the most dramatic Covid-19 restriction seen in Western Europe for months.

Sky News says Five people have died and more than 40 are injured after a vehicle drove through a holiday parade in the US state of Wisconsin. The red SUV appeared to approach the parade’s marchers from behind.