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2021-03-24 17:13:48 Colorado Mass Shooting Suspect Known to FBI

The suspected gunman who killed 10 people in a mass shooting at a Boulder, Colo., grocery store this week was previously known to the FBI, according to a report. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, a 21-year-old from the Denver suburb of Arvada, was linked to another individual under investigation by the bureau. He has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and booked into the Boulder County Jail.


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2021-03-24 17:13:46 ‘Double Mutant’ Covid Variant found in India

A new double mutant variant of the coronavirus and 771 others have been detected in samples collected from 18 states across India. Of the 10,787 samples, 736 were positive for the UK variant, 34 for the South African variant and one for the Brazilian variant. The report comes amid a recent surge in Covid cases in India. But the government said there was no link between the spike in cases and these variants.


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2021-03-23 19:26:41 Germany to Go into Hard Easter Lockdown

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday announced a hard five-day lockdown over Easter, as the country battles a sharp rise in new coronavirus infections. Almost all shops will be closed over the Easter period from April 1 to 5, and no more than five people over the age of 14 from two households can gather. Grocery stores would be allowed to open for one day only, on Saturday, April 3.


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2021-03-23 19:26:39 At Least 15 People Killed After Fire in Rohingya Refugee Camp

At least 15 people have been killed after a “devastating” fire ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency has said. At least another 400 remain missing, the UNHCR added. Seven deaths have been confirmed so far by police. The fire tore through the Balukhali camp in the town of Cox’s Bazar late on Monday, destroying more than 17,000 shelters as people tried to save their meager possessions.


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2021-03-23 19:26:37 Aide Fired After Parliament House Sex Videos Shock Australia

The crisis engulfing Australia’s politics has continued to grow following the emergence of videos showing staff members performing sex acts in parliament, leading to one senior aide being fired. One video showed the aide performing a sex act on a female MP’s desk. It comes after a former staff member revealed how she feared losing her job following an alleged sexual assault.


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2021-03-23 19:26:35 Twitter Boss Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet Sells for $2.9m

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has sold his first tweet from over a decade ago in the form of a unique digital asset for slightly more than $2.9m. The tweet was sold on Monday as a non-fungible token (NFT) – a kind of digital certificate that has exploded in popularity so far in 2021. The token is a digital seal of authenticity that confirms an item is one of a kind and real.


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2021-03-23 19:26:33 Israel Votes as Netanyahu Hopes Vaccine Rollout Eclipses Graft Charges

Israelis voted on Tuesday in a fourth election in two years, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hoping a world-beating COVID-19 vaccine rollout will win him another term. Israel’s longest-serving head of government, Netanyahu has managed to hold on to power through two years of inconclusive elections despite facing corruption allegations. He is now on trial on bribery and abuse of power charges, which he denies.


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2021-03-22 16:13:30 Presidential Candidate Dies from Covid on Poll Day

The leading opposition presidential candidate in Congo-Brazzaville, who was seriously ill with Covid-19, has died hours after polls closed. Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas died on a plane taking him to France for treatment, his campaign director said. Hours earlier the 61-year-old had appeared in a video shared on social media, where he removed his oxygen mask and told his supporters that he was “fighting death”.


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2021-03-22 16:13:28 Heavy Rains Pummel Australia’s East, Bringing Worst Floods in 50 Years

Heavy rain along Australia’s east coast over the weekend have brought the worst flooding in half a century in some areas, authorities said Sunday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate and damaging hundreds of homes. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the downpour across the state, Australia’s most populous, with 8 million people, was worse than had been expected, especially in low-lying areas in Sydney’s northwest.


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2021-03-22 16:13:27 Ikea France on Trial over Claims it Spied on Staff, Clients

Ikea’s French subsidiary and several of its former executives went on trial Monday over accusations that they illegally spied on employees and customers. Trade unions reported the furniture and home goods company to French authorities in 2012, accusing it of collecting personal data by fraudulent means and the illicit disclosure of personal information. The unions specifically alleged that Ikea France had paid to gain access to police files that had information about targeted individuals.


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