Bangkok, ThailandThailand’s claim to have seized almost $ 1 billion in contraband ketamine this month was wrong and tests have so far not shown up any drugs, the justice minister said on Tuesday.
The case of the White House bust of Winston Churchill
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It had once been a transatlantic art scandal -- or at least various actors of questionable intent would have you believe it was. Overheated, confusing and laden in the end with blatant racism, the case of the White ...
Brazilian officials were warned six days in advance of a looming oxygen crisis in Manaus
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Local and federal officials in Brazil were warned of looming oxygen shortages nearly a week before crisis struck in the city of Manaus, the country's Solicitor General has revealed. In a country already hard-hit by ...
Taxidermy and a Lincoln bust among departing White House effects
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A pheasant took flight from the White House Thursday afternoon. Toted by Debbie Meadows, wife of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, the taxidermy bird was moved out of Meadows' West Wing office, among other b...
US says Capitol rioters intended to ‘capture and assassinate’ elected officials
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Federal prosecutors offered the most chilling description yet of rioters who seized the Capitol last week, writing in a new court filing that the intention was "to capture and assassinate elected officials." The vie...
Trudeau warns tough days ahead as Canadian officials consider extended Covid-19 lockdowns
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Ottawa Canada continues to set new daily records for Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths as officials plead with Canadians to follow public health guidance aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. "Fra...
Officials claim Oregon legislator allowed protesters into state Capitol building during closed session
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A Republican state legislator may have let protesters into the Oregon Capitol last month during a closed session, according to state police and officials, resulting in a showdown that left two people arrested. "Oreg...
When a freezer broke in a California hospital, officials jumped to action to administer more than 800 vaccines in just about 2 ure
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When a freezer that was used to store the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a Northern California hospital broke, officials soon realized they only had about two hours to administer the more than 800 doses that were insid...
Prokureur wat Trump in oproep met amptenare in Georgia gehelp het, bedank by die regsfirma
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Cleta Mitchell, 'n prokureur wat president Donald Trump in Januarie bygestaan het 2 bel toe Trump amptenare van Georgia onder druk plaas "vind" hom stem, het by haar regsfirma bedank. Nasionale regsfirma Foley & Lardner pr ...
China skakel die ligte uit in ‘Kersdorp’ as amptenare jaag om energiedoelwitte te bereik
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Hongkong (CNN Besigheid)Vir maande, fabrieke in die stad Yiwu, bekend as China s'n "Kersdorp," het die meeste van die klatergoud geslinger, versierings en ander feestelike ornamente wat nou wêreldwyd aan bome hang ....
NYC officials announce changes to admissions to improve fairness
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New York City officials announced changes to middle and high school admissions to improve fairness and balance inequities across the system. New York City elementary students are back in schools. But older studen...
Kanada begin met Covid-19-inentings, maar amptenare is bevrees oor vraagstukke weens die wêreldwye geskarrel
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Ottawa. Dit was miskien nie kersvader nie, maar die Kanadese premier Justin Trudeau weet dit vir die grootste deel van die land, die UPS-vlug was byna net so goed. Binne enkele minute na die eerste dosisse Pfizer / BioNTech va ...
Officials find pilot’s body after an F-16 military plane crashed in Michigan
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A pilot who died in a military plane crash in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been identified as Air Force Capt. Durwood "Hawk" Jones. The aircraft, a F-16 Fighting Falcon, crashed around 8 nm. Dinsdag. It was on a...