Biden says he was tested for COVID-19, no results yet By Reuters
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleU.S. President Joe Biden said he received another COVID-19 test on Wednesday, five days after exposure to the virus from a member of his staff, but has not received the results yet. Biden tested negative for the virus three days after he was exposed. The president made the comments to reporters after public remarks during […]
France starts vaccinating children as governments race to contain Omicron surge
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleFrance started vaccinating children from the age of five on Wednesday as governments scramble to contain fresh virus surges driven by the Omicron variant. French health workers began administering Pfizer-BioNTech jabs to children aged between five and 11 in the government’s latest step to combat a fresh wave of cases. The move came just two […]
Wreck of last U.S. slave ship mostly intact off Alabama coast, researchers find
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleResearchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship, buried in mud on the Alabama coast since it was scuttled in 1860, have made the surprising discovery that most of the wooden schooner remains intact, including the pen that was used to imprison African captives during the brutal journey across the Atlantic Ocean. While the […]
Pillar of Shame: University of Hong Kong dismantles and removes Tiananmen Square statue from campus | World News
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleA monument at the University of Hong Kong which marks the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has been removed. Depicting a heap of anguished human torsos, the famous statue commemorated pro-democracy protesters killed during a crackdown by Chinese authorities – and stood for more than two decades. In a statement, the Council of the University of […]
Contents of time capsule removed from Robert E. Lee statue pedestal revealed
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleA rust-colored 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope and a silver coin were found Wednesday in a time capsule that lay hidden beneath a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia for more than 130 years. As intriguing as the water-damaged items were, they’re not what many were expecting to see after state conservators spent […]
Parents of school shooting suspect seek lower bail on involuntary manslaughter charges
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleThe parents of a teenager charged with killing four students at a Michigan high school didn’t anticipate that he would commit violence and are “devastated” like others in the community, a lawyer said Wednesday in requesting that they be granted a lower bond. James and Jennifer Crumbley are charged with involuntary manslaughter and have been jailed on $500,000 bond […]
Harris tests negative after ‘close contact’ with staffer who contracted Covid
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleVice President Kamala Harris has tested negative for the coronavirus after she was a “close contact” with a staffer who later tested positive for Covid, her office said Wednesday night. The announcement comes two days after the White House said President Joe Biden had been a close contact with another staffer who later tested positive for the […]
Tiananmen massacre statue barricaded at Hong Kong university amid crackdown on dissent
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleA monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorated the 1989 Tiananmen massacre was boarded up by workers late Wednesday, prompting fears over the future of the monument as the city’s authorities crack down on dissent. The 26-foot tall Pillar of Shame, which depicts 50 torn and twisted bodies piled on top of each other, was […]
Man whose wife’s Facebook posts tipped off FBI to Capitol riot involvement is sentenced to probation
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleA Pennsylvania man whose involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was inadvertently uncovered through his wife’s Facebook posts has been sentenced to a year of probation. The man, Gary Edwards, 68, of Southampton, pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement to demonstrating in the Capitol and was sentenced Monday in […]
James Franco breaks silence on sexual misconduct allegations
thaiphan November 20, 2023 ArticleActor James Franco has broken his silence about sexual misconduct allegations months after he paid $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by former acting students who accused him in 2019 of sexual harassment at his former acting school, Studio 4. In an interview on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Podcast,” which is scheduled to be released in its entirety […]
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