Comment It happens every winter in India’s vast capital: cold air arrives, trapping dust and other pollutants emitted by its 20 million residents. The result? A dirty, suffocating fog that engulfs the city and stops everyday life. For the third day this week, air quality in the city exceeded the “severe” limit, reaching 445 on Friday, India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences said. The number is 10 times higher than the target level set in the World Health Organization’s 2021 air quality guidelines, which are a 45-hour 24-hour average....

“With Paul Pelosi, that’s a terrible thing, with all of them it’s a terrible thing,” Trump said in an interview with Americano Media, a conservative Spanish outlet. “Look at what happened in San Francisco in general. See what’s happening in Chicago. It was much worse than Afghanistan.” “We have to give back to the police their dignity, their respect. They can solve the problem. But today, if a police officer says something that’s slightly out of line, it’s like the end of his life, the end of his pension, the end of his family,” Trump continued....

After Twitter laid off about half its staff on Friday following its $44 billion acquisition by Elon Musk, the company is now reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs and asking them to return, Bloomberg News reported Sunday. Some of those being asked to return were accidentally fired. Others were let go before management realized their work and experience might be necessary to build the new features envisioned by Elon Musk, the report said, citing people familiar with the moves....

For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up for free breaking news emails Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk will begin massive layoffs at the company on Friday, just days after closing a deal to buy the social media giant for $44 billion. Thousands of workers at the company could lose their jobs, with staff informed of the layoffs by email on Thursday, according to multiple US media reports....

In a brief statement, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that on September 6 officers interviewed a man in his 50s and a man in his 40s under caution in relation to offenses under the Prices (Prevention of Abuse) Act 1925. The force launched the investigation in February after media reports alleged offers of help were made to secure honors and citizenship for a Saudi national. In September last year, the Sunday Times published claims that billionaire Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz paid tens of thousands of pounds to repairers with links to Charles who had told him they could secure the price....

Sign up to Health Check’s free email to receive exclusive analysis weekly on Health Get your free Health Check email Two new strains of the coronavirus have emerged in the UK, health authorities have warned. More than 700 cases of the mutant BQ.1 variant have been detected across the country with an additional 18 cases of the so-called XBB variant. Both XBB and BQ.1 are highly immunogenic and may even be immune to current vaccines, experts told The Independent....

The app has been in beta for a little over a year now and has seen a lot of growth. TWOO is currently available in English and Spanish. The app was created by two friends, who wanted to make it easy for people to connect with their loved ones. TWOO is designed to be simple and easy to use, making it the perfect platform for those who want to stay connected with their friends and family....

“Parler aux plus humbles, aux invisibles” faisait partie des “valeurs auxquelles il était immergé”, a déclaré la mère de Sylviane Imhoff, évoquant des références antérieures aux femmes de ménage dans les grands hôtels notamment. “C’est M. Poutine, le bel homme que vous avez tué”, a-t-elle dit, ajoutant qu’elle se souvenait du parcours de son fils. Frédéric était une “personne douce et joyeuse, alors ne sois pas triste”, mais elle voulait se souvenir....

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Selon des sources policières, citées par des médias locaux, l’homme de 41 ans a été retrouvé avec un ciseau collé au cou et aucune trace d’effraction n’a été relevée. Un soldat français a été retrouvé mort dimanche dans sa chambre d’hôtel à Bucarest, en Roumanie, où la France est le pays hôte d’une mission de l’Otan, a indiqué à l’AFP une source policière. Son corps a été découvert par une femme de chambre et une enquête a été ouverte, a indiqué la police....

Publié ce jeudi, un nouveau sondage réalisé par Ipsos-Sopra Steria pour Radio France et France Télévisions confirme la dynamique haussière que connaît actuellement la Nouvelle alliance populaire, écologique et sociale (Nupes) aux élections législatives. Pas de majorité absolue pour Noupes Selon le sondage, la coalition de gauche dirigée par Jean-Luc Mélenchon recueillera 28 % des suffrages au soir du premier tour, dimanche 12 juin. Le mouvement présidentiel Ensemble, qui réunit Renaissance (ex-LaREM), MoDem et Horizons, accuserait un point de retard avec 27 % des suffrages....

Olivier de Suter, the UN’s rapporteur on extreme poverty, said he was “extremely concerned” by potential multibillion-pound spending cuts – including possible reductions in real terms to welfare benefits for millions of the country’s poorest families. The government is set to unveil a tight budget on November 17 to plug an estimated £40bn black hole in public finances using tax rises as well as spending cuts. Speaking to the Guardian, the UN-appointed official, who has recently been investigating extreme poverty in Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon and Nepal, said: “This is the worst time to impose such cuts....

La société de production de l’émission “Les Terriens du dimanche” de Thierry Ardisson avait finalement coupé le clip dans lequel Eric Zemmour affirmait que le prénom d’Hapsatou Sy était “une insulte à la France”, notamment en raison du “risque élevé de condamnation judiciaire”. . La série diffusée sur C8, et vue par le tribunal, s’arrête avant les échanges sur le choix des noms. “Quelque chose de désagréable” Hapsatou Sy rappelle son prénom à Eric Zemur, qui lui répond : « Ta mère s’est trompée »....

By Nathan Sager Posted June 10, 2022 at 5:54 pm Update: the lanes reopened around 23:00 on Friday. Traffic on Friday afternoon on Highway 401 in Pickering and Ajax stopped shortly before 6 p.m. Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed that due to a motorcycle collision, all lanes of the 401 westbound have been blocked off before Brock Road in Pickering. The freeway section is one of the busiest in Canada....

Nathan Fradino | Reuters ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The United States and the United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday the signing of a strategic partnership that will mobilize $100 billion to develop 100 gigawatts of clean energy by 2035. The agreement, signed during the Adipec energy conference in Abu Dhabi, is entitled “Partnership for the Acceleration of Clean Energy” (PACE) and includes four main pillars: the development of innovation and supply chain of clean energy, management of carbon and methane emissions , nuclear power , and industrial and transport decarbonisation....

Officials in Washington have warned that “Ukraine fatigue” among the allies could worsen if Kyiv remains closed to negotiations, the Washington Post reported. U.S. officials told the paper that Ukraine’s position in negotiations with Russia is weak among allies worried about the economic impact of a protracted war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that Ukraine is ready to start negotiations with Russia only if its troops leave all parts of Ukraine, including Crimea and the eastern Donbas regions, which are de facto controlled by Russia from in 2014, and whether the Russians have committed crimes in Ukraine before a court....

Breakfast losses were broad-based, with all 11 areas of the S&P 500 in the red. The Labor Department said Friday that the consumer price index rose 8.6 percent in May from the same month last year, more than the 8.3 percent expected by economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal. Rising fuel prices and supply chain disruptions from Russia’s war against Ukraine, as well as lockdowns related to China’s zero-Covid strategy, have contributed to higher prices....