Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday and abducted at least 287 students, the head teacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. CBC | World News
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Council tax hike plans spark threat that authorities will lose their funding
Shona Robison said authorities will not get a share of the £147 million the Scottish Government has pledged to fund a council tax freeze equivalent to 5%, if they increase council tax. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Speed camera vigilante known only as ‘Fleximan’ infuriating Italian authorities
Following the attacks one Italian politician described speed cameras as “instruments of repression” Fleximan’s campaign continues. Daily Express :: Cars Feed
Read More »Huge fire kills at least 39 people in Jiangxi, China as authorities rush to douse blaze
At least 39 people were killed and 9 injured in a blaze that broke out in a store in Jiangxi, China. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘I lost my £11k narrowboat after authorities took it off me – now I’m planning revenge’
A disabled man who had narrowboats seized by authorities is trying to raise £11.5k to buy one back to live on after it was listed for sale. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »1 dead, others believed missing in Alaska landslide, authorities say
At least one person has died and others are believed missing after a large landslide ripped down a mountain near Wrangell, Alaska, during the night, authorities said Tuesday. Three homes were in the direct path of the landslide. CBC | World News
Read More »Rafah crossing into Egypt to reopen Sunday, Gaza authorities say
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Read More »Iceland authorities declare state of emergency in fishing town threatened by volcano
Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes on Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defence authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region. CBC | World News
Read More »Authorities investigate letters containing fentanyl, other substances sent to U.S. election offices
Authorities were hunting Thursday for whoever sent suspicious letters — including some containing fentanyl — to elections offices in at least five states this week, delaying the counting of ballots in some local races in the latest instance of threats faced by election workers around the U.S. CBC | World News
Read More »China’s First Coronavirus Case Appeared November 17, 6 Weeks Before Authorities ID’ed New Virus, Report Says
Though Chinese authorities did not announce the existence of the novel coronavirus until December 27 of last year, the first known case of a person infected with the new virus that has since become a global pandemic appeared on November 17 — nearly six weeks earlier. The revelation comes from Chinese government documents revealed in a report by The South ...
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