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Former European leaders say Trump's Middle East peace plan akin to apartheid

February 27, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – Fifty former European prime ministers and foreign ministers have condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan in an open letter, saying it would create an apartheid-like situation in occupied Palestinian territory. In the letter published by British newspaper The Guardian, the former ministers rejected Trump’s plan for Israelis and Palestinians, which was announced in January […]

"Fatal mistake" for countries to assume they won't get coronavirus -WHO chief

February 27, 2020

GENEVA (Reuters) – It would be a “fatal mistake” for any country to assume it will not be hit by the new coronavirus, and rich countries that might have thought they were safer should expect surprises, the head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The head of the WHO’s emergency programme said Iran, which has so far reported […]

Elementary school student ‘forced autistic student, 9, to touch his groin – The Sun

February 27, 2020

A TEACHER in a New York elementary school was arrested on Wednesday on charges of sexually abusing an autistic 9-year-old girl. Marc Scheibel, 48, was caught by a coworker 'forcing the student to touch his groin' at the school in Oakland Gardens, police said. The cops were called to the The Carl Ullman school and immediately arrested Scheibel at 2.20pm. […]

Bullied boy, 9, with dwarfism says no to Disneyland and donates cash to charity

February 27, 2020

The family of bullied Quaden Bayles have turned down a trip to Disneyland paid for by well-wishers – and have vowed to give the staggering $700,000 charity fund to anti-bullying groups instead. Nine-year-old Quaden has dwarfism and melted hearts around the world when a video of him in floods of tears after vicious taunting from vile bullies went viral. Millions […]

SQ investigating death of teen girl in Laurentians

February 27, 2020

Quebec provincial police are investigating after the body of a teen girl was found in Brownsburg-Chatham in the Laurentians on Wednesday. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said the girl was discovered on the side of a road after her family alerted police about her disappearance. She was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Police have not ruled out […]

Ontario government set to release report on nuclear false alarm in Pickering

February 27, 2020

TORONTO – Ontario is set to release a report today on what led to a false alarm being issued about a nuclear incident last month and the response to it. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones tapped the chief of Emergency Management Ontario to conduct an investigation. The alert about an incident at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station was pushed to cellphones, […]

Vladimir Putin denies years of rumours that he uses body doubles

February 27, 2020

Vladimir Putin denies years of rumours that he uses body doubles to avoid being assassinated – but admits he was advised to use them and turned the idea down Persistent rumour claims that Putin uses body doubles to avoid assassination Putin admitted that he was advised to use doubles during terror attacks in 2000 But the 67-year-old president he rejected […]

Governments ramp up preparations for coronavirus pandemic

February 27, 2020

SYDNEY/SEOUL (Reuters) – Governments ramped up measures on Thursday to battle a looming global pandemic of the coronavirus as the number of infections outside China, the source of the outbreak, for the first time surpassed those appearing inside the country. Australia initiated emergency measures and Taiwan raised its epidemic response level to its highest, a day after U.S. President Donald […]

Britain’s Bob Weighton named oldest man in the world by Guinness World Records

February 27, 2020

Britain’s very own Bob Weighton has given the nation another reason to feel proud after he was named the oldest man by Guinness World Records. Hampshire’s Bob Weighton was named the world’s oldest man in the world following the death of the previous holder of the title in Japan. Chitetsu Watanabe is reported to have died at the age of […]

Jason Willms wins it in overtime as the London Knights defeat Guelph

February 27, 2020

The game was going along a familiar path as time wound down in the third period between the London Knights and the Guelph Storm on Wednesday night at Budweiser Gardens. For the third game in a row the two clubs found themselves tied with under two minutes to go. In both games before Wednesday the Storm had found a way […]

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