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MyLoupe/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesAn 11-year-old Canadian boy has died from rabies after being awoken by a bat on his nose and mouth.The incident took place while the child was on a visit to a cottage in Ontario with his family in 2024, according to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal published on Monday.The boy, who was not named in the report, swatted the bat off his face, after which his father caught the winged mammal in a pot and released it outside.The boy’s parents did not immediately seek medical attention due to their son not having…
Andreína Sarmiento tells the BBC she fell to the floor and wept when she heard Kleiber had been rescuedThe aunt of a two-year-old boy who was rescued after six days under rubble in Venezuela has spoken to the BBC of her elation at being reunited with her nephew and her hopes that his parents might still be found.Kleiber Moran was pulled from the rubble of his home in Venezuela’s northern La Guaira state by Jordanian rescuers early on Tuesday.Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez has described the rescue as a “source of hope for our people” as the death toll from…
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Watch: Two people climb on top of NYC Empire State BuildingA couple has been taken into custody after climbing the very top of New York City’s Empire State Building, before apparently getting engaged.Russian nationals Angela Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Beerkus, 32, unfurled a large banner at the tip of the skyscraper’s needle that read: “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.”Beerkus got down on one knee and seemed to propose to Nikolau, presenting a ring. They kissed before descending.They were atop the 1,454 ft (443m) building for at least 10 minutes. The couple,…
Health officials are encouraging people to use bug spray and mosquito-control efforts as West Nile virus season is off to its earliest and worst start in over two decades.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that it had confirmed at least 48 cases — 38 of them severe — as of June 30. Since 2004, the average number of cases reported to the CDC by the end of June is around 10. Federal health officials said 23 states have reported finding West Nile virus, the most in 10 years.“These findings serve as an important reminder that mosquito season…
Danish Defence CommandA gas leak at sea after the attacksGerman prosecutors have filed charges against a Ukrainian national over the blowing up of the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea in 2022.The suspect, named only as Serhii K under German privacy laws, is alleged to have led and co-ordinated the attack on the pipelines that transported natural gas from Russia to Germany, German media reports say. They say he is the same person arrested in Italy last summer and extradited to Germany in November. He has denied involvement.No-one has admitted carrying out the attack, and Ukraine has denied involvement…
Trump’s $1.4bn crypto earnings revealedHarry Truman left the White House without any income other than his Army pension of $113 (£85) per month. The 33rd US president later wrote that it was wrong to “commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency”. George W Bush put his investments in a blind trust before running for president, and said in his last week in office that he had no idea how the 2008 economic crisis affected his net worth.Donald Trump, in contrast, made at least $2.2bn (£1.7bn) in his first year back in office, according to a…
BBCTwenty-one-year-old Shahsawar’s legs and hands were ultimately amputatedWarning: This article contains images and descriptions of violence that some readers may find distressing.A dozen young Afghans who tried to reach Europe in January have told the BBC they were among a group of 50 migrants beaten and stripped by Turkish border guards before being stranded in the snow.They say they were forced from the eastern Turkish city of Van towards the Iranian border, where temperatures were sub-zero. The group added that at least 20 people froze to death.Eleven of the 12 men and boys who spoke to the BBC – including…
EPA/ShutterstockFour priests from Switzerland, the US and France were ordained during a ceremony in the Alpine village of ÉcôneThousands of people have gathered in a tiny village in Switzerland to witness the ordination of four new Catholic bishops, in defiance of an appeal by Pope Leo XIV.The four, one from the United States, one from Switzerland, and two from France, are members of the controversial Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), also sometimes known as Lefebrvistes after SSPX’s founder Marcel Lefebvre.The Society rejects key modernising reforms introduced by the Vatican in the 1960s and 1970s, including permission to hold Mass…
Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump speaks about the United States – Mexico – Canada agreement, known as USMCA, during a visit to Dana Incorporated, an auto supplier manufacturer, in Warren, Michigan, January 30, 2020.The US has declined to renew the landmark US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form, according to a senior US official. This decision means the trilateral trade pact will miss out on an automatic 16-year extension. The official said the administration “chose not to rubber stamp a USMCA renewal without addressing existing issues,” and “the United States did not agree to renew the USMCA in its current…