Author: Cole Hanson

An Albany city court judge has dismissed a forced touchdown complaint against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who appeared almost briefly in his first public appearance since resigning as governor. • Read also: Sexual assault charges against the former New York governor have been dropped City Court Judge Holly Trixler presided over the hearing for less than 10 minutes. I heard from Assistant Attorney General Jennifer McNee, who said she would not oppose Cuomo’s attorney’s request to dismiss the complaint. “This court is well aware that the attorney general’s office has unlimited discretion in determining whether a particular suspect…

The Taliban movement, on Friday, called on the international community to send emergency humanitarian aid to Afghanistan “without any political bias”, as the recent bad weather conditions have further complicated the living conditions of Afghans. • Read also: Taliban ask merchants to cut off the heads of models in their stores • Read also: Iran is not about to recognize the Taliban in Afghanistan Since the fall of the former Afghan government backed by the United States and its allies in mid-August, Western countries have cut off the aid taps that have kept the country afloat and billions of dollars…

Snow covered the streets and shrines of Tokyo on Thursday, an extremely rare event in recent years that has led to the cancellation of more than 100 domestic flights. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned that up to 10 centimeters of snow could fall in a 12-hour period, when it issued its first alert since 2018 announcing heavy snowfall in the Tokyo area. An official at Haneda Airport, one of the two airports in the Japanese capital, told AFP that 118 domestic flights – 66 departures and 53 arrivals – had been canceled without being able to say how many passengers…

(New York) Scientists are heading to one of the most inaccessible places on Earth to understand the impact of melting Antarctic ice on rising sea levels. Posted on Jan 6, 2022 at 5:19 pm Seth Bornstein News agency 32 researchers embarked on a more than two-month mission aboard a US science ship Thursday to study the area where the glacier faces the Amundsen Sea, and where large amounts of ice can fall. . This glacier, about the size of Florida, has been nicknamed “the apocalypse of the glacier” because of the huge amounts of ice it contains. If all this…

US President Joe Biden vowed today not to “let anyone put the knife under the throat of American democracy,” after his predecessor Donald Trump was accused of “attempting to prevent a peaceful transition of power” on Jan. 6. The Capitol Building. The Democratic president asserted, “For the first time in history, a president not only lost an election, but tried to prevent a peaceful transfer of power.” Speaking during an official speech in Congress, he was attacked exactly a year ago by supporters of Donald Trump who were trying to prevent certification of his victory in the presidential election. He…

(London) The number of people infected with the coronavirus broke new records last week in the United Kingdom with one in 20 people infected and peaking at one in 10 in London, according to official estimates released on Wednesday. Posted Jan 5, 2022, 11:09am According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which is based on a representative sample, 3.7 million people were infected with COVID-19 in the last week of 2021, out of 67 million people in the UK. One in 15 people in England were infected, one in 20 in Scotland and Wales, and one in 25 in…

(Rome) Police were called this week to intervene at the Afghan embassy in Rome, where a dismissed diplomat, who allegedly had ties to the Taliban, assaulted the current ambassador, the Afghan mission said. Posted on Jan 5, 2022 at 12:05 PM And the Afghan embassy in Rome announced, in a statement, Tuesday, that a diplomat appointed by the previous government, but he was recently dismissed, returned to the embassy on the same day claiming that he had been appointed as an ambassador by the Taliban. He assaulted the ambassador in the presence of an embassy employee, but the ambassador defended…

(Hong Kong) Hong Kong on Wednesday banned all air travelers from eight countries, including France, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, as COVID-19 infections increase worldwide. Posted Jan 5, 2022 at 6:27am holmes chan France media agency Other affected countries are India, Pakistan, Australia and the Philippines, Chief Executive Carrie Lam told reporters. “Passenger flights from these countries will not be allowed to land in Hong Kong, and individuals who have resided in these countries are no longer allowed to board flights to Hong Kong, including connecting flights,” she said. Other measures announced Wednesday in Hong Kong include…

New York | The US attorney general has dropped charges of sexual assault against former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo before he appeared in court in a case in which a backlog of testimony forced the powerful Democratic official to resign last August. • Read also: CNN host Chris Cuomo fired • Read also: Chris Cuomo: A late decision, but a fair one • Read also: Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to stand trial for sexual assault While the testimony of the plaintiff, David Soares, Albany’s attorney general, was deemed “credible,” in a statement Tuesday there were insufficient…

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper that he is determined to “further anger” the unvaccinated against COVID-19 “until the end” by “restricting their access, as far as possible, to activities of social life.” • Read also: Is it legal not to treat an unvaccinated person? • Read also: Vaccination passport is required to enter SAQ and SQDC • Read also: ‘I was in a coma for 65 days’: A Covid survivor tells her story He also said he “wanted” to run for president in three months’ time, without “clarifying the matter” for…