Taxi driver Youssef Daher has languished for months in prison without charge, one of scores stuck after Lebanese judges launched an open-ended strike in August to demand better wages in a collapsed economy.. From his jail cell in the northern city of Tripoli, Daher sends daily messages to his lawyer asking him whether judges have ended what is already the longest strike for their profession in Lebanese history.
Stiff-person syndrome, which has forced Canadian superstar singer Celine Dion to postpone her European tour, is a very rare neurological condition that causes progressive muscle stiffness as well as muscle spasms.. "While we're still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what's been causing all of the spasms I've been having," an emotional Dion said in an Instagram post on Thursday in which she also postponed or cancelled planned concerts across Europe.
China is finally beating a retreat from its strict zero-Covid policy, but low vaccination rates among its elderly have seeded fears that the coronavirus could kill as many as 2.1 million people.. Health risk analysis firm Airfinity has predicted as many as 2.1 million Covid fatalities at current immunity levels.
Bulgaria and Romania fear further disappointment when EU ministers meet Thursday to review their elusive decade-plus long bid to join Europe's passport-free Schengen travel region.. EU justice ministers meeting in Brussels will debate the bids from Romania and Bulgaria as well as from Croatia, whose request is expected to get a green light.
As a child, Hopwood DePree heard stories about the family owning an ancestral country home in England but always thought it was the stuff of legends. . The results are still far from Downton Abbey, the fictional stately home that is the setting for the hit British television series about an aristocratic family in the early 1900s.
After more than two decades in a cage at an Albanian restaurant for diners to look at, brown bear Mark is heading towards a better life in an Austrian sanctuary.. Once in the sanctuary, Mark will get the veterinary care and proper food he needs "so he can recover quickly and enjoy a life worthy of a bear", said Shehu.
Hundreds of Chinese internet users have paid tribute to "martyr" doctor Li Wenliang, who first blew the whistle on the coronavirus outbreak, in the wake of a dramatic reversal of strict Covid rules by the government.. Some users paid tribute to Li's courage while others shared their frustration with strict Covid rules as well as their anxiety over the government's sudden shift in policy.
Indonesia's legislation banning sex outside marriage represents a major new threat to the LGBTQ community's rights in the conservative country, where same-sex unions are not recognised.. But Andreas Harsono from Human Rights Watch said LGBTQ people were "living in fear" in a society that was becoming "more and more conservative".
The act of flipping a coin is often used as a fair way to make a decision when two people or groups cannot agree on something. The outcome of a coin flip is random.
