An 18-year-old attacker armed with a samurai-style sword burst into a daycare center in Brazil Tuesday and killed three children and two staff, local police said, leaving the small southern town in shock.The attacker then turned his weapon on himself, gashing his own neck, abdomen and torso, said authorities in Saudades, a town of 10,000 people in Santa Catarina state.”He was taken to the hospital in critical condition,” police said in a statement.Officials did not indicate a motive for the gruesome attack and said the assailant had no criminal record.”When firefighters arrived at the daycare center, they saw an extremely…
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(Photo : Unsplash) One of the best-selling nameplates in the Chevrolet lineup receives an update, alongside the oldest Chevrolet vehicle i.e. the Suburban, the 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe went through some significant changes. The SUV now is 211 inches long, which means more interiors space. Apart from the Suburban and Tahoe, you should expect these changes in the Yukon and Yukon XL too in the near future. Let us see what those safety features exactly are. Safety features You now have many new safety and driver assistance features in the Tahoe. Starting with the restraint system, it also has a driver…
Biden plans to attend a Group of Seven summit in Cornwall, England, set for June 11-13, and then fly to Brussels to meet European Union leaders and attend a June 14 NATO summit. Reuters | | Posted by Prashasti Singh, Washington UPDATED ON MAY 05, 2021 06:07 AM IST US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would like to hold his proposed summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his June trip to Europe. “That is my hope and expectation. We’re working on it,” Biden told reporters after a speech about the U.S. response to the coronavirus.Biden plans to…
Twelve Republican lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to not support a proposal by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organisation to temporarily waive some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) rules amid the coronavirus pandemic.If the US gives up intellectual property rights, it will harm innovation and production, and result in fewer people getting vaccinated, the 12 influential Congressmen said in a letter to US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Tuesday.The letter is in response to the proposal in this regard by 60 developing countries, led by India and South Africa.Click here for full Covid-19 coverage”The…
The attack took place in the village of Hantoukoura near the border with Niger in Est region, an area hit by rising insecurity as jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State seek to gain control over once peaceful territories. Reuters | | Posted by Prashasti Singh, Ouagadougou UPDATED ON MAY 05, 2021 05:45 AM IST Armed assailants killed around 30 people in an attack on a village in eastern Burkina Faso on Monday, four security sources said. The attack took place in the village of Hantoukoura near the border with Niger in Est region, an area hit…
President Joe Biden wants 70 percent of American adults to have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine by the July 4 holiday, and has made vaccinating adolescents a key part of the next phase of the country’s immunization campaign.But targeting US teens is a controversial move among many experts, who argue it is a serious mistake to use the world’s limited supply of doses on a low-risk population while the pandemic surges in countries like India and Brazil.Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said in March their two-dose regimen was shown to be safe and highly effective in…
Former President Donald J. Trump has recently launched the promised social media platform for all people who were banned or removed from Facebook or Twitter, and it turned out to be a WordPress blog site. Trump is now a blogger, but still faces the ruthless ban from the top social media platforms of the United States and the world, as he was de-platformed. While there are massive disputes in court to create a governing council or division within the United States government to control social media, the current moderation still gives these companies every right and power to deplatform anyone. Currently,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s mandate to form a government following an inconclusive election expired on Wednesday, giving his rivals a chance to take power and end the divisive premier’s record tenure.Netanyahu, on trial over corruption charges he denies, had a 28-day window to secure a coalition following the March 23 vote, Israel’s fourth in less than two years.The 71-year-old’s right-wing Likud party won the most seats in the vote, but he and his allies came up short of an absolute majority in the 120-seat Knesset, Israel’s parliament.The results delivered by a deeply fractured electorate left Netanyahu with a daunting…
Australia’s prime minister fended off accusations of racism and having blood on his hands on Tuesday, as he retreated from a threat to jail Australians trying to escape Covid-hit India.PM Scott Morrison’s government moved to ban travellers from India from entering Australia until May 15, threatening rule-breakers – including Australian citizens – with prison time.Amid a widespread backlash, Morrison has said it was “highly unlikely” that Australians who skirted a ban would be jailed. “I think the likelihood of any of that occurring is pretty much zero,” Morrison said in a breakfast-time media blitz.Around 9,000 Australians are believed to be…
The G7 democracies on Tuesday discussed how to form a common front towards an increasingly assertive China in the foreign ministers’ first in-person talks in two years.Backing US President Joe Biden’s calls for a deeper alliance of democracies, host Britain invited guests including India, South Korea and Australia for talks in central London stretched out over three days.After a welcome dinner on Monday focused on the nuclear programmes of Iran and North Korea, the foreign ministers opened formal talks at Lancaster House, a West End mansion, welcoming one another with elbow-bumps.The G7 devoted its first session on Tuesday to China,…