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Covid origin likely China lab incident- FBI chief
BBC NEWS
FBI Director Christopher Wray has said that the bureau believes Covid-19 most likely originated in a Chinese government-controlled lab.
At least 36 killed as trains collide in Greece
REUTERS
LARISSA, Greece, March 1 (Reuters) - At least 36 people were killed in Greece when a passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on, throwing entire carriages off the tracks on Tuesday night in the country's deadliest rail crash in living memory.
Teacher stabbed to death by pupil in France
PARIS, France - A high school student has stabbed a Spanish teacher to death in a school in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. French government spokesperson Olivier Véran confirmed Wednesday's attack and said the perpetrator was 16 years old.
Mormon Church fined over claim it hid $32bn of investments
BBC NEWS
The Mormon Church, officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and its investment firm will pay out $5m (£4.1m) over claims they hid a huge cache of shares.
At least 2 dead, more than 50 missing in China mine collapse
AP
BEIJING, China - An open pit mine collapsed in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday, killing at least two people and leaving more than 50 missing, state media reported.
Yale professor says old people should just kill themselves
YAHOO NEWS
TOKYO, Japan - Old people in Japan should kill themselves to avoid burdening the state, a professor at Yale University has said. Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics, has also suggested that euthanasia could be made compulsory.
China threatens US entities over downing of balloon
ASSOCIATED PRESS
China said Wednesday it will take measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast.
Gunmen storm hospital of newborn saved from quake in Syria
AP NEWS
BEIRUT, Syria — Gunmen stormed a Syrian hospital that is caring for a baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family’s earthquake-shattered home, and the attackers beat the facility’s director, a hospital official said Tuesday.
Earthquake death Toll in Turkey & Syria Surpasses 20,000
NEW YORK TIMES
The United Nations on Thursday sent its first aid convoy into opposition-controlled Syria since a powerful earthquake hit the region three days ago, a natural disaster that has killed more than 20,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless across Syria and neighboring Turkey.
Memphis officer took, shared photos of bloodied Tyre Nichols
AP
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Documents released Tuesday provided a scathing account of what authorities called the “blatantly unprofessional” conduct of five officers involved in the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop last month — including new revelations about how one officer took and shared pictures of the bloodied victim.