Suspected gangs have kidnapped another Haitian journalist as colleagues demanded his release, a government office announced Wednesday. The journalist was identified by the Office of Citizen Protection as Jean Thony Lorthé, who works for Radio Vision 2000. Local media reported that Lorthé was headed to a funeral with two other …
Read More »Norwegian justice minister apologizes for using TikTok on work phone
Norway’s justice minister apologized Wednesday for having failed to admit, when quizzed in Parliament, that she had installed and used TikTok on her government-issued phone. The popular video-sharing app is Chinese owned, which has raised fears in the West that Beijing could use it to scoop up user data or …
Read More »Jamaican cop accused of abducting, raping woman during traffic stop
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 8 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A police officer in Jamaica was charged with abducting and raping a woman following a traffic stop, authorities said Wednesday. JAMAICA REIMPOSES ‘STATE OF EMERGENCY,’ TOURISM INDUSTRY …
Read More »Rwandan driver fined after guilty plea in reporter’s death
A driver whose car hit and killed a Rwandan investigative journalist has pled guilty and has been fined by a court. Moise Emmanuel Bagirishya was fined $920 for involuntary manslaughter, three weeks after the crash which killed John William Ntwali. Ntwali was riding as a passenger on a motorbike when …
Read More »Belgian police seize $1.6M in sex trafficking investigation
About $1.6 million in cash were seized during raids in Belgium targeting an alleged criminal organization suspected of sending Chinese women to Europe and forcing them into prostitution, the federal prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. In addition, investigators took hold of four tons of coins with an unspecified value, prosecutors said. …
Read More »Canadian bus crashes into daycare center north of Montreal leaving 2 children dead, 6 hospitalized
A city bus crashed into a day care center north of Montreal on Wednesday, leaving two children dead and sending six children to the hospital, officials said. The bus driver was arrested and charged with homicide and careless driving. Police set up a large perimeter around the building housing the …
Read More »Zelenskyy visits King Charles III on UK trip, asks lawmakers for jets: ‘every air force pilot is a king’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy descended upon the United Kingdom Wednesday and urged lawmakers to send warplanes to Ukraine ahead of his visit with King Charles III. “Today I will have the honor to be received by His Majesty the King,” Zelenskyy said while addressing both Houses of Parliament and U.K. …
Read More »Belarusian court sentences prominent Polish journalist to 8 years in prison for ‘inciting discord’
A Belarusian court on Wednesday sentenced a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority to eight years in prison, amid an ongoing crackdown on critics of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. Andrzej Poczobut, 49, was found guilty of harming Belarus’ national security and “inciting discord” in a …
Read More »Nicola Bulley mystery: Friend of missing woman insists ‘other avenues’ for police to explore
The search for missing mother Nicola Bulley has taken a desperate turn as the specialist dive team ends its involvement after two exhaustive days and some speculate that she did not, in fact, fall into the river. Peter Faulding, who led the search in the River Wyre in Lancashire, England, …
Read More »Russia’s Putin likely signed off on missile supply in Malaysia Airlines shoot-down, investigators say
An international team of investigators announced Wednesday that there are “strong indications” Russian President Vladimir Putin was the person who approved the supply of anti-aircraft weaponry to Ukrainian separatists who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, killing all 298 onboard. The Joint Investigation Team, made up of experts …
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