North Korea blows up liaison office in Kaesong used for talks with South
Updated 1220 GMT (2020 HKT) June 16, 2020
North Korea has blown up a joint liaison office used for talks between itself and South Korea, the latest sign that ties between the two longtime adversaries are rapidly deteriorating.
North Korean state media reported that the four-story building, which is located in the town of Kaesong on the North Korean side of the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas, was "completely destroyed by a "terrific explosion" at 2:50 p.m. local time.
A plume of black smoke rising above the site was visible from the South Korean side of the border shortly after.
Steroid found to help prevent deaths of sickest coronavirus patients
Trial shows dexamethasone responsible for survival of one in eight patients on ventilators
A cheap steroid has become the first life-saving treatment in the Covid-19 pandemic, described by scientists as a major breakthrough and raising hopes for the survival of thousands of the most seriously ill.
Dexamethasone is cheap, available from any pharmacy, and easily obtainable anywhere in the world. Investigators said the drug was responsible for the survival of one in eight of the sickest patients – those who were on ventilators – in the Recovery trial, the biggest randomised, controlled trial of coronavirus treatments in the world.
“It is the only drug so far shown to reduce mortality and it reduces it significantly,” said Peter Horby, a professor of emerging infectious diseases in the Nuffield department of medicine, at the University of Oxford, and one of the chief investigators of the trial. “It is a major breakthrough, I think.”
Bloody pig mask, roaches and a funeral wreath: Six eBay employees ‘orchestrated extensive harassment campaign’ against middle-aged couple
Employees wanted to stop couple from reporting about eBay in an e-commerce newsletter, law enforcement alleges
Clémence MichallonNew York City
Six former eBay employees are facing federal charges for allegedly harassing a middle-aged couple who ran an e-commerce newsletter.
The charges were announced on Monday during a press conference out of Boston, Massachusetts.
According to charging documents, the defendants allegedly sent the couple bizarre deliveries, including live cockroaches, a bloody pig mask, and a funeral wreath.
Witness video captures violent takedown of elderly Black couple at GTA hospital
Lawyer alleges police coverup, intimidation, say systemic racism at play
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An elderly Black couple are alleging that Durham Regional Police and staff at an Ajax, Ont., hospital, assaulted and abused them during a fall 2018 confrontation, and then tried to suppress video of the incident via threats of arrest and legal action.
Livingston Jeffers accompanied his wife, Pamelia, to the emergency room at Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering Hospital on the evening of Oct. 30, 2018, because she was vomiting and suffering from insomnia.
But by the wee hours of the morning, both had been admitted to the hospital east of Toronto on mental health grounds, with a bloodied Livingston Jeffers also receiving treatment for cuts and abrasions after a struggle with two police officers that saw him receive a number of blows to the head.
Aboriginal teen sues after alleged NSW police assault caught on video
An Aboriginal teenager is suing the state of NSW, alleging that he was assaulted by police in an incident caught on video, which appears to show an officer striking the boy in the head as he was walking home at night in Casino last year.
A statement of claim filed in the Lismore district court described the alleged incident as “abhorrent and racist” and an “oppressive abuse of police powers”.
The teenager, who has asked not to be identified, is seeking damages for alleged assault, battery, false imprisonment and trespass to property.
India soldiers killed in clash with Chinese forces
Three Indian soldiers have been killed in a clash with Chinese forces in Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region.
The deaths are the first in the disputed border area in at least 45 years, and follow rising military tensions between the nuclear powers.
The Indian army said senior military officials from both sides were "meeting to defuse the situation", adding that both sides suffered casualties.
An Indian army spokesman said the dead were one officer and two soldiers.
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