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Thousands of British nationals in Sudan have been warned that there is no guarantee on further evacuation flights once the ceasefire expires on Thursday night.Military chiefs said at least 500 people a day can be rescued from an airfield near the capital Khartoum, amid fears bloody clashes will resume when the fragile truce between the warring factions ends.

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A California legislator proposed a bill to establish an "Ebony Alert" system that would inform people of missing Black children and young women - similar to the Amber Alert.State Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) introduced Senate Bill 673 last week, citing the overrepresentation and underreporting of missing Black children and young women in California.

Three Swedish cities top EU ranking for amphetamine use For the third year in a row, the Swedish cities of Gavle, Sandviken and Soderhamn have topped an EU ranking that estimates the use of various drugs by testing concentrations in the wastewater.The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) every year asks 104 cities in 21 EU countries to collect samples of sewage water to help estimate the use of various drugs, with tests taken for this year's study in the spring of 2022.

The Palestinian health ministry reports at least 102 people were injured, including three journalists.People protest the killing of Palestinians by the Israeli army in Nablus, near the Israel-Gaza border, on February 22, 2023.Majdi Fathi / NurPhoto via Getty Images A child and two elderly people were among at least 10 Palestinians who were killed Wednesday morning by Israeli military forces conducting a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus.

More than two million Ontarians, according to a recent report, do not have a family doctor and some tell CBC Toronto they are going to drastic lengths looking for solutions.Although all levels of government have acknowledged the lack of access to a primary care practitioner as an issue, the figures gathered by research group INSPIRE-Primary Health Care show how big the problem really is.

16 minutes ago16 minutes ago The European Court of Human Rights will hear a case brought by Swiss senior citizens against their government over alleged inaction in preventing climate change.French climate policy will also be put on trial.For the first time in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, governments are on trial for purported climate change inaction.

A 103-year-old WW2 veteran is keeping warm under tea towels and wearing oven gloves - after he was left without a working meter for months.Ivor Gardner, a D-Day hero, had a new gas meter installed in April 2022 but it did not work - leaving him with no way of tracking his usage for nearly a year.During that time, he says OVO continued to send letters demanding readings despite failing to attend Mr Gardner's house to carry out repairs five times and cancelling a further appointment.

Throughout Monday, cars slowed as they passed a Bolingbrook home where a scrap of police tape hung from a fence and a latex glove left on the lawn offered clues to the tragedy that had struck inside the night before.Police moved quickly to detain a 17-year-old suspect and clear the horrifying scene, but as word spread of the triple homicide that killed a man and two girls in the quiet suburban neighborhood Sunday night, neighbors and family shared their shock and devastation.

Crime Police said the scam is commonly used to target elderly people.Arlington police arrested three men Friday for allegedly scamming an elderly resident using a common home improvement scheme.Peter Gilheny, 21, of Quincy, was charged with malicious destruction of property over $1,200, larceny by false pretenses over $250, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and number plate violation to conceal identification.

China has stopped issuing short-term visas to individuals from South Korea and Japan in retaliation for Covid restrictions on Chinese travellers.Beijing says the pause on South Korean visas will remain in place until "discriminatory" entry restrictions against China are lifted.Japan and South Korea are not the only countries imposing entry requirements on travellers from China, where Covid cases are surging, but their measures are among the most stringent.

I have wanted to be French since I was 16 and found French Elle magazine in the school library, with its adolescent catnip combination of lipstick, serious books and films featuring Daniel Auteuil brooding alluringly.The celebrity my day feature provided me with highly specific visions of Frenchness to aspire to: one day, I, too, would rise at noon for an espresso and a marron glace, dress in Chanel and work on my creative projects, only breaking to eat oysters and smoke on a cafe terrace with one or more of my lovers.

Sister Andre poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, on April 27, 2022.With her death, the oldest living person is now Maria Branyas Morera of Spain at age 115.Daniel Cole via AP Sister Andre, the world's oldest known person, died Tuesday at age 118 and 340 days.

At any other moment in the 74-year history of the NHS, thousands of nurses staging their first ever strike would represent the single biggest threat to patient care.Last Thursday's stoppage by nurses resulted in the cancellation of 16,000 appointments, procedures and surgeries in England, with more set to be postponed this Tuesday.

Police have refused to drive ambulances during two days of strike action later this month, saying they cannot handle the task on top of ever-growing demands.Ambulance services had requested support during walkouts scheduled for 21 and 28 December over NHS pay.Unions have said they will respond to life-threatening incidents, but it is unclear how category two calls, including suspected strokes, heart attacks and seizures, will be dealt with.