Yearly Archives: 2022

An elderly woman almost drowned in floodwaters after she was washed off a bridge as ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie batters northern Australia. The tiny outback town of Timber Creek in the Northern Territory, home to just 278 people, has been cut off by once-in-50-year flooding. The cyclone lashed the area on Christmas Eve, inundating the town on the […]

Chi­na has opened up its doors to a for­eign Covid-19 vac­cine for the first time, though not for its own cit­i­zens, a Ger­man gov­ern­ment spokesper­son told Reuters on Wednes­day.BioN­Tech’s mR­NA vac­cines have been sent to Chi­na to meet the goal of vac­ci­nat­ing 20,000 Ger­man ex­pa­tri­ates there, a spokesper­son for the Ger­man em­bassy in Wash­ing­ton con­firmed […]

A Brooklyn woman is suing former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after she tripped on an uneven sidewalk outside his Park Slope property and knocked out four dental crowns from her mouth. Carole Kolb-King, 69, last week sued de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, over the June injury which she sustained while […]

Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair (GZCAF) went ahead earlier this monthAs mainland China began scrapping restrictions in an abrupt about-face on its rigid zero-Covid policy, art fairs scheduled for the year’s end were unexpectedly able to proceed. Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair (GZCAF) ran from 9 to 17 December as a boutique version at new venue the […]

William walked slowly and thoughtfully down the village street. It was the week after Christmas. Henry was still away. Douglas and Ginger were the only two of his friends left in the village. Henry’s absence had its bright side because Henry’s father had, in the excitement of the departure, forgotten to lock his garage and […]

If it’s been several months since your last COVID-19 infection or booster dose – or if you’ve never been vaccinated against COVID-19 – now is a great time to get a shot.COVID-19 cases rose more than 75% in Los Angeles County during the first week of December, prompting experts to again encourage vaccination and mask […]

A trial date has been set for the Florida man accused of beating his five-month-old Goldendoodle, ‘Buzz Lightyear,’ to death.  Robert ‘Bobby William Garon, 23, will go before a jury on July 17 as he faces charges relating to ‘one of the worst cases of animal abuse’ one local law enforcement agency said they have ever […]

Diligent health teams work at grassroots level to protect residentsEditor’s note: Rural areas, where seniors and children often account for the majority of the population, face new challenges after China adopted an optimized pandemic control policy. Doctors from village clinics and township hospitals tell of their ongoing fight against COVID-19.In the week to Saturday, a […]

County of Santa Clara to Begin Offering Bivalent COVID-19 Booster …  Santa Clara Countysource

Major Boxing Day manhunt after cop trying to set up road spikes is allegedly mowed down by a stolen car – as driver vanishes into a nearby bush and several others are arrested Police spotted an allegedly stolen vehicle on Boxing Day morning Highway patrol tried to stop it at a roadblock using tyre spikes […]