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Boris Johnson's waxwork appears outside job centre after his resignation
The waxwork version of Johnson with his hands on his hips, dressed in a suit with a powder-blue tie and his signature messy hair was placed outside a JobCentre Plus in the Lancashire town just hours after he announced his resignation on Thursday, reports the BBC.
97 dead, 101 injured due to torrential rain in Pakistan
Balochistan province remained the worst hit where 49 people were killed and 48 others injured in the ongoing spell of monsoon rain that started on Monday, according to a situation report released by the NDMA. A total of 17 people were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, followed by 11 in Sindh, 10 in the north Gilgit Baltistan region, and 10 more in other parts of the country.
Europe facing new Covid wave triggered by Omicron sub-variants
"We see a new wave of Covid-19 in many members of the European Union," Xinhua news agency quoted Marco Cavaleri, head of Biological Health Threats and Vaccines Strategy of the EMA, as saying during an online press conference from Amsterdam. "The wave is driven by BA.4 and BA.5 which are highly-transmissible," Cavaleri added.
Peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine to get more difficult with time: Putin
"We do not refuse peace negotiations, but those who refuse should know that the more time they waste, the more difficult it will be for them to negotiate with us," Xinhua news agency quoted Putin as saying during a meeting with State Duma leaders and party faction heads.
Shinzo Abe shows no life signs after being shot
According to state broadcaster NHK, the incident took place at around 11. 30 a.m. (local time) near the Yamatosaidaiji Station in Nara city while the 67-year-old former leader was making a speech for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate's election campaign. The police said that he was shot twice, with the second shot hitting him in the back, causing him to fall to the ground.
EU urged to include abortion in Charter of Fundamental Rights
A total of 324 MEPs voted in favour of the resolution, while 155 voted against and 38 were absent at the plenary session in Strasbourg, France, reports Xinhua news agency. "Women's rights are inalienable, and they cannot be removed or watered down," reads the resolution, which condemns the decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 ruling.
Mississippi's only abortion clinic shuts down
In Mississippi, the state ban that has been triggered prohibits abortions at any point of a pregnancy, forcing the Jackson Women's Health to stop giving the procedure, the BBC reported. On Wednesday, its last day of operations, pro-choice and anti-abortion clashed outside the clinic as it sought to see as many patients as possible before ending its services. "It was crazy busy, for obvious reasons," Cheryl Hamlin, who worked at the clinic, told the BBC.
Shinzo Abe shows no life signs after being shot, suspect arrested
According to state broadcaster NHK, the incident took place at around 11. 30 a.m. (local time) near the Yamatosaidaiji Station in Nara city while the 67-year-old former leader was making a speech for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate's election campaign. The local fire department says that Abe is in cardiopulmonary arrest and is scheduled to be transferred by medevac to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara City.
Ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe reportedly shot at, suspect in custody
The incident took place in near Yamatosaidaiji Station in Nara city while he was making a speech for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate's election campaign at around 11. 30 a.m. (local time). According to the NHK, a gunshot was heard on site and Abe was seen bleeding. Meanwhile, the police confirmed that a man has been taken into custody.
House Jan 6 Committee manages to get Trump White House counsel Cipollone to depose
The committee has virtually achieved "Mission Impossible" by securing a deal with Cipollone who had previously pushed back all efforts of the ex-President to overturn the 2020 election result that declared Joe Biden as President. He was in the West Wing, where all key white house advisors and presidential staff work, and was witness to the ex-presidents' actions on January 6, 2021.
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