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The measures affected cities from the southern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou to the northern port of Dalian and from the western metropolis of Chengdu to Shijiazhuang in central Hebei province. The lockdown in Dalian was expected to affect about half of its six million residents and was to last for five days, although authorities have previously extended restrictions depending on the number of new cases. In Shenzhen, at least four districts with a total of about 9 million residents have already ordered the closure of entertainment and cultural businesses and stopped or reduced food in restaurants for a few days....

An Australian man has been convicted of murdering his wife more than 40 years ago – after a podcast about the case heard by millions around the world sparked a new police investigation. Callum Watkinson has the story. An Australian man has been convicted of murdering his wife 40 years ago, following a new police investigation sparked by a popular podcast. Christopher Dawson, 74, faces a possible life sentence after his conviction....

The assailant was taken into custody after a few seconds of confusion and panic. Argentina’s official Télam news agency identified the man as 35-year-old Brazilian national Fernando Andre Sabag Montiel. Argentina’s security ministry confirmed the weapon used in the incident was a .380 caliber handgun with bullets inside. In a televised address late Thursday, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said the suspect aimed a loaded gun at Fernandez de Kirchner, who did not fire despite pulling the trigger....

Von Isabel Pfannenküche und Stefan Peter Rund 200 Meter lang zog sich am Mittwochnachmittag die Schlange durch den U-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz: Viele Berliner wollten nach Ablauf des 9-Euro-Tickets neue Monatskarten im BVG-Kundenzentrum kaufen. „Viele Kunden haben offenbar bis zum Schluss gewartet, um ein Anschlussticket zu bekommen“, sagt BVG-Sprecher Jannes Schwentu auf BZ-Anfrage. Manchen Fahrgästen wird im Juni, Juli und August immer automatisch eine Monatskarte vor dem Aktionspreis zugeschickt. Jetzt mussten sie auch noch ein neues Ticket kaufen, weshalb laut BVG Ende des Monats mehr Verkehr war als sonst....

Jetzt muss es beim dritten Hilfspaket schnell gehen: Ab Samstagmorgen will der Koalitionsausschuss über weitere Hilfen beraten. Die Gewerkschaft Ver.di droht mit bundesweiten Protesten bei zu geringer Entlastung. Aufgrund des öffentlichen Drucks forciert die Koalition die Diskussionen über weitere Entlastungen für die Bevölkerung. Nach Informationen des Hauptstadtstudios ARD will der Koalitionsausschuss am Samstagvormittag zusammentreten, um über weitere Maßnahmen zu beraten. Dem Ausschuss gehören Vertreter der SPD, der Grünen und der FDP aus Partei, Fraktion und Bundesregierung an....

14h49 : Et si ce n’est pas vendredi, ce sera quand ? 14h56 : Dommage… Mais après plusieurs décennies d’attente, on peut attendre encore quelques jours. L’important est d’y retourner. 14h47 : C’est normal, mais dégueulasse ! 14h56 : Quelle honte ! J’étais devant FranceInfo TV pour voir la fusée décoller. J’espère être disponible vendredi prochain pour le voir. 14h45 : C’est juste une sieste ! Il est plus prudent de reporter le lancement s’il y a des problèmes de moteur… 14h51 : Le lancement de la méga fusée de la mission Artemis est annulé aujourd’hui en raison d’un problème technique sur l’un des moteurs....

The findings, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concluded that the positive effects appear to be unaffected by whether the tea is taken black, with milk, with sugar, the temperature at which it is drunk or by genetic variations that affect the rate at which the humans metabolize caffeine. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health used data from the UK Biobank, which looked at 85% of half a million men and women aged 40 to 69 who reported drinking tea regularly....

16-year-olds have died in a “tragic drowning incident” in the Strathfoyle area, police have confirmed. Inspector Brogan said officers were called shortly after 6.25pm ​​on Monday to reports of a number of people experiencing difficulties in the water. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said a rapid response ambulance, five emergency crews, a hazardous area response team and an ambulance officer were sent to the scene. NIAS also assigned the ambulance to attend the incident....

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“We are aware of some misleading reports on social media suggesting that we are creating a new enforcement function,” the ministry wrote in a series of tweets on Thursday. “This is false and the record must be set straight.” The tweets also addressed claims about a replacement facility for environmental authorities in Winnipeg. According to an article published a week ago by The Counter Signal, a far-right publication, the “new” office will have an “armoury”, interrogation rooms, “biological laboratories” and “controlled quiet” rooms....

Thomas Webster’s prison sentence is the longest so far among about 250 people who have been punished for their behavior during the riot in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. The previous longest was shared by two other rioters, who were sentenced separately in seven years and three months in prison. Webster, a 20-year veteran of New York, was the first Capitol riot defendant to go on trial on assault charges and the first to present a self-defense argument....

ransport for London on Tuesday agreed a multibillion-pound rescue deal with the government that will prevent the capital’s transport system from plunging into “managed decline”. But London Mayor Sadiq Khan warned that rises in Underground fares and some bus cuts were still on the horizon as the settlement left TfL with a “significant funding gap”. City Hall bosses have been locked in intense negotiations with government staff for weeks to secure a deal....

Photo: Rob Gibson Just in time for the September weekend, the campfire ban is being lifted in BC’s southern interior. Starting at noon Friday, fires will be allowed at both the Kamloops Fire Station and the Southeast Fire Station. Class 2 and 3 open fires, fireworks and burn barrels remain prohibited. “While the Kamloops Fire Center is seeing shorter days, increased overnight retrievals and relative humidity, the public is encouraged to be cautious with any fire use....

Comment A former NYPD officer and Marine Corps veteran who swung an anti-police flagpole before confronting an officer and pulling off his gas mask during the Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday, the longest sentence handed down so far among the more than 860 people charged in the rebellion. Thomas Webster, 56, of Goshen, New York, was the first riot defendant to face a felony charge of assaulting a police officer to try his luck with a jury....

Vicky Bowman, who was ambassador to Myanmar from 2002 to 2006, and her husband, Htein Lin, a veteran democracy activist, were arrested last week in Yangon and charged with violating immigration laws. They have each been sentenced to a year in prison, according to the BBC and the Associated Press. Amnesty International’s deputy regional director of campaigns, Ming Yu Ha, described the news of their sentencing as extremely worrying. “The Myanmar military has a notorious record of arresting and imprisoning people on politically motivated or false charges,” he said....

Why it matters: It’s long-standing practice for candidates in both parties to tweak their rhetoric for general election audiences, but this year’s message gymnastics is next-level. Some GOP candidates are also narrowing their focus to voter fraud conspiracies about the 2020 election and other far-right or Trump-centric issues. Enlarge: Big wins in an abortion referendum in Kansas and a special House election in New York, in which Democrat Pat Ryan made abortion a central issue, have emboldened Democrats....

Also, the democracy that Gorbachev wanted needed time to develop the civil society that had never existed, plus a healthier economy than was happening. The US, aided and abetted by the UK, immediately pushed for privatization and a free economy and this inevitably led to the exploitation of the vast natural resources of the Soviet Union and the arrival of the Russian oligarchs. What Russia needed was a new Marshall Plan to prop up the ruble, but the West wasn’t interested....

FRANCE 2 Article écrit par M. Burgot, S. Guillemot, B. Bervas, D. Padalka, A. Makrushin – France 2 Télévisions françaises C’est la rentrée en Ukraine ce jeudi 1er septembre, mais seulement un tiers des élèves pourront continuer en présentiel. La guerre, qui les frappe depuis plus de six mois, impacte lourdement leur quotidien. Selon l’ONU, 1 000 enfants ont été tués ou blessés et 2 500 écoles ont été détruites par des tirs....

The latest version, expected to be called the iPhone 14, is rumored to include an always-on display similar to what’s on the Apple Watch now, allowing for continuous information without looking at it without killing battery life. Apple hasn’t really said what it plans to announce at its event, only sending out a cryptic invitation to the press, with the Apple logo visible against a night sky, hinting at possible camera improvements or last year’s rumored satellite emergency call....

The 96-year-old monarch traditionally holds audiences with outgoing and incoming prime ministers at Buckingham Palace, her official London residence. This will be the first time in her 70-year reign that the monarch has appointed a new prime minister away from Buckingham Palace. Officials said Johnson will travel to Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s summer country home in the Scottish Highlands, to formally tender his resignation on Tuesday. His replacement – either British foreign secretary Liz Truss or former finance minister Rishi Sunak, the two finalists in the Tory leadership race – will also make the trip on the same day and will be asked by Queen Elizabeth to form new government....