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Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) – John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said on Tuesday he helped plan coup attempts in foreign countries. Bolton made the remarks on CNN after today’s congressional hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021 attack at the US Capitol. Lawmakers on the panel on Tuesday accused former President Donald Trump of inciting the violence in a last-ditch effort to stay in office after losing the 2020 election....

Huangpu District Police reported on social media that they received emergency reports at 11.30am. local time (0430 BST) on Saturday for a stabbing at Ruijin Hospital. “Police quickly arrived on the scene and discovered a man holding a group of people hostage at knifepoint on the seventh floor of the hospital,” the statement said. “When the suspect intended to injure the hostages and punish the police, the police fired decisively to injure and subdue him....

VALLE NUEVO, Mexico (Reuters) – The largest tropical forest in North America yields to perfect rows of corn and soy. Light-haired women with blue eyes in wide-brimmed hats bump down a dirt road in a horse and buggy, past simple brick homes and a whitewashed schoolhouse: A Mennonite community in southern Mexico. Here, in the state of Campeche on the Yucatan Peninsula at the northern edge of the Maya Forest, the Mennonites say they live to traditional pacifist values and that expanding farms to provide a simple life for their families is the will of God....

Over the past three days, locals may have noticed some new boats sitting at the Roberta Bondar Marina. Members of Grand Banks Yachts, a boating company with a luxurious line-up of vessels, paid a visit to the Sault this weekend. The organization, which has over 170 members, picks a different destination to travel to every year across Canada and the United States. Twelve boats made their way to the marina this weekend; some of them were the newer Grand Banks models, while others were over 50 years old....

On a BC Transit bus, American TikToker Corrin Carlson’s video posted this week captured back-to-back customers thanking the bus driver as they headed for the exit doors. On TikTok, Carlson says @TheFatPassport and captioned the video, “Canada is very healthy,” prompting a flood of online reactions, including more than 745,000 likes and 26,000 comments by Tuesday morning. “I had some other popular ones, but not as big. It was very exciting to see,” Carlson said in an interview with CHEK News....

Content of the article Some infectious disease experts are calling the rise in virus transmission rates a “summer wave,” but in Grey-Bruce the waters remain calm. Advertisement 2 This ad hasn’t loaded yet, but your article continues below. Content of the article Experts now often use sewage data to determine transmission trends in Ontario, as testing for COVID-19, while consistent among those eligible, is no longer done widely enough to paint a detailed picture....

Der Brand war in einem Munitionslager in Großmittel ausgebrochen, wie Heeressprecher Michael Bauer mitteilte. In einer ersten Einschätzung ging Bauer von Selbstentzündung aus. Eine militärische Übung habe es an Ort und Stelle nicht gegeben, wurde betont. Wind als Problem Nach Angaben von Feuerwehr-Einsatzleiter Eduard Schlögl hatte der Brand gegen 13.30 Uhr seinen Lauf genommen. Aufgrund des herrschenden Windes hätten sich die Flammen in Richtung eines Föhrenwaldes ausgebreitet. Der Einsatz auf dem Gelände des Truppenübungsplatzes Großmittel und damit auf militärischem Sperrgebiet gestaltete sich durchaus heikel....

Harry the horse is back in front of Diamond H Tack on Kirschner Rd. after it was stolen on June 20, 2022. Harry the horse has been found. Three weeks after the iconic statue outside Diamond H Tack on Kirschner Road was stolen, Harry returned to his place of honor. The only difference now is that it is screwed in and has a few more scratches. On June 20, someone drove up in a UHaul and drove off with the 1970s fiberglass Prewitt model....

In a match in which Kyrgios grew increasingly frustrated with the break and his own team, Djokovic remained calm in freezing temperatures to hold off Kyrgios in four sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3). This was the first Grand Slam final for Kyrgios, while it was Djokovic’s 32nd, and in the end experience paid off. Kyrgios stormed into the first set in just 31 minutes and won 6-4, with Djokovic struggling to read the Australian’s serve....

Mit der Aufhebung allgemeiner Impfverordnungen durch die Bundesregierung – ungeachtet steigender Infektionszahlen – rücken auch die Krankenhäuser, meist unter dem Dach der Landespolitik, von diesem Kurs ab. Jüngstes Beispiel: die „Tirol Kliniken“, zu denen die Krankenhäuser in Innsbruck, Hall in Tirol, Natters und Zirl gehören. Eine Impfpflicht gegen das Coronavirus als Bedingung für Neueinstellungen wird es künftig nicht mehr geben. Bei Bewerbern mit gleicher Qualifikation werden jedoch Geimpfte bevorzugt. Das Landeskrankenhaus (BKH) St....

Records obtained by the provincial NDP show 43,000 people walked away from an ER last year, up 60 per cent from the year before. The figures don’t explain why people are leaving ERs. However, the opposition party said in a July 7 news release it’s likely because people are frustrated by lengthy wait times. “We need to stop hearing the government say it’s going to get worse before it gets better,” said Kendra Coombes, MLA for Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier....

Lesezeit: 2 Minuten Die Hälfte der Sitze im japanischen Oberhaus wird gewählt Foto: APA/dpa Die japanischen Wähler bescherten der regierenden Liberaldemokratischen Partei (LDP) von Premierminister Fumio Kishida einen Erdrutschsieg und sorgten für politische Stabilität. Die LDP hat bei der Oberhauswahl am Sonntag auch ohne Koalitionspartner Komeito eine klare Mehrheit errungen, berichteten japanische Medien am Montag nach Auszählung aller Stimmen. Damit gewann die Partei zwei Tage nach der Ermordung des ehemaligen Partei- und Regierungschefs Shinzo Abe 63 der 125 zur Wahl stehenden Sitze – und damit noch mehr Stimmen als vor dem Attentat erwartet....

But climate advocates on Friday morning were quick to point to Manchin’s longtime ties to the coal industry. Manchin, whose vote is critical to approving President Joe Biden’s domestic policy priorities in an evenly divided 50-50 Senate, had holdings in 2021 of between $1 million and $5 million in Enersystems, Inc., the coal brokerage that founded, according to a recent financial disclosure form. In 2021, he earned more than $536,000 from his Enersystems holdings, records show....