NEWSLINK7.COM At least 19 people are dead and 32 more were injured after a bus carrying Catholic pilgrims to a religious site in Central Mexico crashed on Friday. The bus was heading from the western state of Michoacan to Chalma, a town that has been visited by Roman Catholic pilgrims for centuries Read More November 27, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The U.S. will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries, effective Monday — a response to the emerging and newly-named “Omicron” variant of Covid-19, President Joe Biden said Friday. Read More November 26, 2021
Getty NEWSLINK7.COM Riding a scooter in Paris will soon feel incredibly… slow. The City of Paris has announced that scooter sharing services should restrict the maximum top speed to 10km/h (that’s 6.2mph). Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM “Omicron” an infectious coronavirus variant, with an unusual number of mutations, had scientists sounding the alarm, countries moving to impose travel bans and financial markets tumbling on Friday Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM U.S. stocks fell aggressively on Black Friday after a new Covid-19 variant was found in South Africa. Scientists are still learning about the variant, which was first identified earlier this week and is currently known as B.1.1.529. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Belgium has confirmed a case of the new, more transmissible Covid-19 variant, a virologist says. It’s the first case in Europe of the variant feared to be more resistant to vaccines. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Dr. Anthony Fauci, said there would be no ban on flights for now. The World Health Organization is currently meeting to discuss the variant, which is expected to be named Nu, today Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that a group of Russian and Ukrainians is planning to stage a coup d’etat in Ukraine next month and that the plotters are trying to enlist the help of the country’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, has been sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for allegedly buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A group of four young men are wanted for robbing $20,000 worth of merchandise from an Apple Store, all caught on security cameras in broad daylight – the latest in a series of lootings across California. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Michigan has requested federal military medical assistance to deal with the worst COVID-19 surge in the country, as Minnesota is asking its National Guard to support the struggling medical staff in its hard-hit care homes. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A TV Crew KRON4 – reporting on smash-and-grab raids in California were attacked by robbers who shot their security guard. Police in Oakland say the attack was an attempted armed robbery to steal the KRON4 crew’s camera equipment. Read More November 26, 2021
Orlando SIERRA AFP NEWSLINK7.COM Hondurans head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in a country wracked by corruption and beset by powerful drug-trafficking gangs that have even infiltrated the top ranks of government. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Nicolas Maduro appearance in Cuba Thursday at the inauguration of the Fidel Castro Ruz centre, which preserves the late president’s writings, five years after his death. Read More November 26, 2021
Redditt NEWSLINK7.COM Stephen K. Bannon, the former Trump White House adviser, has filed an opposition to the U.S. district court’s standard protective order for discovery, which prohibits either side from releasing documents or evidence publicly. Read More November 26, 2021
Robert F. Bukaty/AP NEWSLINK7.COM The Canadian group Quebec Maple Syrup Producers recently announced it was releasing about 50 million pounds of its strategic maple syrup reserves — about half of the total stockpile. Quebec produces nearly 70% of the world’s maple syrup Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Italy has given the iconic green-eyed National Geographic “Afghan girl” safe haven just months after the Taliban re-took control of her homeland. Sharbat Gula became famous after appearing on the cover of National Geographic in 1985. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Scientists have detected a new Covid-19 variant called B.1.1.529 and are working to understand its potential implications. The UK places South Africa on red travel list. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Former Georgia district attorney Jackie Johnson arrested charged with obstructing cops in Ahmaud Arbery murder case – obstruction and violations of oath by a public officer. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Scientists are growing increasingly alarmed at a new COVID-19 variant originating in Southern Africa, which on Thursday forced the U.K. and Israel to effectively stop travel from the region. Read More November 26, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Former President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated Thanksgiving with a holiday message that hinted at a potential comeback bid in 2024. Read More November 25, 2021
Getty NEWSLINK7.COM Nick Saban who has won seven national titles, including six with the Crimson Tide he ripped into Alabama fans whom he believes are spoiled by the program’s consistent success. Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thanked his constituents for their ‘outpouring of love and support’ alongside a photo of his family posed on the steps of the Governor’s Mansion this Thanksgiving, Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM U.S. lawmakers arrived – in Taiwan on Thursday to meet with government officials, defying an admonition from Beijing to stay away from the hotly contested democratic island. Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The Biden administration’s plan to remove a Colombian rebel group from a list of foreign terrorist organizations barely caused a ripple outside Washington when the news broke this week. But in Florida, home to an estimated 150,000 Colombian American voters, it’s a different story Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM America’s best-known banker is apologizing for a wisecrack that his employer would outlast China’s Communist Party. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, made the remarks while speaking on a panel in Boston Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Australia announced Thursday it is sending police, troops and diplomats to the Solomon Islands to help after antigovernmental demonstrators – defied lockdown orders Read More November 25, 2021
Reuters NEWSLINK7.COM The iconic float and many others returned to the Big Apple skies Thursday for the 95th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — after COVID-19 forced the celebration to go virtual last year. Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A benign polyp was removed during President Biden’s colonoscopy the White House doctor noted in a memo, confirming expectations following the procedure. The polyp was a tubular adenoma, which are slow-growing but “thought to be potentially pre-cancerous,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote. Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM CIA Director William J. Burns delivered a confidential warning to Russia’s top intelligence services that they will face “consequences” if they are behind the string of mysterious health incidents known as “Havana Syndrome” Read More November 25, 2021
AP NEWSLINK7.COM When a line of Oath Keepers stormed the Capitol in a “stack formation” on Jan. 6, a Broadway actor and Michael Jackson impersonator was among them, prosecutors alleged. Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Interpol elects United Arab Emirates Maj. Gen. Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, inspector general as President during the International law enforcement body’s annual General Assembly held in Istanbul Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Virginia professor – Allyn Walker whose research on “minor-attracted people” sparked threats and a petition calling for his resignation Wednesday, University officials said in a joint statement. The petition, signed by nearly 15,000 people, was started after Walker gave an interview. Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Thieves rushed into a – Southern California Nordstrom store the night before Thanksgiving and ran off with pricey goods in the latest of a string of organized retail thefts. Read More November 25, 2021
AFP NEWSLINK7.COM Listvyazhnaya coal mine Siberia – in eastern Russia left dozens of miners trapped deep underground and killed at least eight. Rescue underway as explosion leaves up to 75 coal miners trapped underground Read More November 25, 2021
Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters NEWSLINK7.COM At least 31 people died trying to reach British shores Wednesday in one of the worst disasters involving migrant crossings to unfold on the English Channel between France and the U.K. – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “shocked, appalled and deeply saddened by the loss of life at sea.” Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM President Biden and first lady Jill Biden said they will spend Thanksgiving at the Nantucket home of a private-equity billionaire – David Rubenstein who is worth $4.6 billion, according to a Forbes estimate, co-founded private-equity behemoth The Carlyle Group. The Washington-based firm, which boasts $293 billion in assets, Read More November 25, 2021
Reuters NEWSLINK7.COM Republican attorney generals that donated $150,000 to co-sponsor the 6 January rally where Donald Trump pushed his false claims of election fraud before the Capitol attack Read More November 25, 2021
Getty NEWSLINK7.COM LeBron James’s Thanksgiving week got worse on Wednesday when – he ordered two young fans be kicked out the arena for abusive language – three days after receiving his first ever suspension. Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Attorney General Merrick Garland has instructed his U.S. attorneys to elevate prosecuting crimes against air crews — including assault, threats, intimidation or interference with carrying out their duties. Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A New Jersey police officer Louis Santiago is accused of fatally striking a pedestrian, taking the man’s body home to discuss what to do, and then returning to the scene with the dead man in his back seat, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Read More November 25, 2021
NBC NEWSLINK7.COM Two New York City police officers were shot and injured by an armed suspect in the Bronx on Wednesday night. The officers were both hit but expected to survive; the suspect underwent surgery for his gunshot wound but is expected to survive Read More November 25, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be making a move from California to swanky Hobe Sound on Jupiter Island in Florida and a $25 million house. A Jupiter Island mansion just down road from Tiger Woods’ Read More November 24, 2021
Pontus Lundahl/TT via AP NEWSLINK7.COM Sweden’s first female prime minister – Magdalena Andersson resigned Wednesday after suffering a budget defeat in parliament and her coalition partner the Greens left the two-party minority government. Read More November 24, 2021
NBC NEWSLINK7.COM Ahmaud Arbery’s family rejoiced Wednesday following the conviction of three white men for gunning down their loved one, a Black man, as he was running through a Georgia neighborhood last year. Read More November 24, 2021
MSNBC NEWSLINK7.COM The Ahmaud Arbery trial- Travis McMichael, his father, Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. are charged with murder, false imprisonment and other felony offenses. in the shooting of Arbery, 25, who was jogging through their neighborhood just outside the Georgia port city of Brunswick on Feb. 23, 2020. Read More November 24, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM British experts have sounded the alarm over a new Covid variant believed to have emerged in Botswana that is the most mutated version of the virus yet. Only 10 cases of the strain, which could eventually be named ‘Nu’, have been detected so far. Read More November 24, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Apple sent threat notification alerts to victims of state-sponsored hackers in Thailand, El Salvador and Uganda, just hours after filing a lawsuit against Israeli spyware maker NSO Group. Read More November 24, 2021
Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters NEWSLINK7.COM The German parties on Wednesday announced a new governing coalition that will pave the way for Olaf Scholz, of the center-left Social Democrats, to take over from Chancellor Angela Merkel after her 16 years in power. Read More November 24, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM President Joe Biden will require essential, nonresident travelers crossing U.S. land borders, such as truck drivers, government and emergency response officials, to be fully vaccinated beginning on Jan. 22 Read More November 24, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The Nicaraguan government dropped visa requirements for Cuban citizens a move that may spark an increase in Cubans travelling there in a bid to reach the United States. Read More November 24, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Initial weekly jobless claims dropped to 199,000 last week, hitting the lowest level since 1969 and beating economists’ expectations of 260,000. Read More November 24, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM In a new book, former Trump adviser Scott Atlas blames Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci for “headline-dominating debacles” about quack cures for Covid-19 Read More November 24, 2021
Nate Gowdy for Rolling Stone NEWSLINK7.COM A key planner of the Jan. 6 rally near the White House insisted the burner phones be purchased with cash, a source says. Kylie Kremer, a top official in the “March for Trump” group that helped plan the Ellipse rally, directed an aide to pick up three burner phones Read More November 24, 2021