Minister Basil R denies buying weapons from North Korea

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has sentenced a Tampa Bay area man known as "lectern guy" to 75 days in prison for his role in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.Adam Johnson, 37, of Parrish was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine as part of his sentence.Johnson walked away with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern and gleefully posed for a photo with it during the January 6, 2021 riot.That photo quickly went viral.The man seen toting Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the riot was mistakenly identified by some social media users as "Via Getty," based on a misinterpretation of the photo caption -- but a former parishioner from his church told FOX 13 that she immediately knew who it was. "I instantly recognized him, so it's kind of like, 'What are the odds?'" Alex Noon said.

FILE IMAGE - Medical imaging is shown at a hospital in Savoie, France. (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - What happens in the brain when we die? Memorable moments in life may indeed flash before our eyes, the first-ever recording of a dying human brain suggests. "Life recall," or the process of reliving memories of one's life in a matter of seconds when experiencing a near-death experience or death itself, has puzzled neuroscientists for centuries. A new study, published this week by Dr.

The Libertines have updated fans on the status of Pete Doherty‘s health, and have confirmed that tonight’s (February 25) show at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town will go ahead.The band were forced to pull out of their Bristol date yesterday, after the co-frontman “developed a high fever and shortness of breath”.A doctor was called to his aide, and although he tested negative for COVID-19, he was diagnosed with an unspecified “respiratory infection which [required] immediate treatment”. He was advised not to take part in last night’s show “under any circumstances”, leading to its cancellation.Though The Libertines are yet to advise Bristol fans on when (or if) their gig will be rescheduled, they posted on Instagram earlier today that Doherty’s treatment has thus far been successful, and that he “has been allowed to travel to London today and tonight’s show will therefore go ahead”.A post shared by The Libertines (@thelibertines)“Our sincere apologies go to everyone who had tickets for Bristol, especially after all the disruption already caused by the pandemic,” they wrote. “We want to thank our fans for being so understanding and all the good wishes Peter has received.”The Libertines are currently wrapping up their rescheduled ‘Giddy Up A Ding-Dong Tour’, with London slated as the last stop.

COVID-19 vaccination clinic, Waterloo Region has announced that another clinic will also be shut down soon.Last Thursday, the region said that the Cambridge Pinebush clinic would shut down at the end of April and on Friday it said the clinic in Wellesley would close even sooner. Waterloo Region’s largest COVID-19 vaccination clinic to begin winding down operations After being in existence for close to a year, the Wellesley vaccination clinic in Elmira will close in eight days.“Dr.

world’s first plant-derived Covid-19 vaccine has been cleared for use in Canada for adults aged 18 to 64.

COVID-19 pandemic continued Friday.Hospitalizations linked to the health crisis fell to 1,532, a drop of 72 compared to the previous day. This includes 105 intensive care unit cases, a rise of nine.This comes as 84 patients were admitted to hospitals across the province and 156 were discharged.The daily tally of novel coronavirus cases stood at 1,542.

COVID-19 cases and two deaths as coronavirus cases saw a significant decline in the country. With the decline in new cases, the positivity rate in Delhi has also dropped to 0.81 per cent, the health department data shows.Delhi reports 460 new COVID19 infections and 2 deaths; Active cases stand at 2,085 pic.twitter.com/hZbYr9wktw

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department is asking for the public's help with information about a West Philadelphia shooting from October 8, 2021. According to police, the incident happened just before 1:30 a.m.

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine is seeking financial support for its military defense and has launched a website to request logistical and medical support for their armed forces amid an ongoing Russian invasion. "Please donate the funds for logistical and medical support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in UAH to the bank account of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine," according to the website. The website adds: "Due to numerous requests from individuals and legal entities who are not residents of Ukraine and wish to make donations (in foreign currency) for the logistics and medical support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has set up a designated bank account." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that Sweden is providing military, technical and humanitarian assistance to the country. On Thursday he said any citizen who wanted a weapon to defend their country would receive one. "We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country.

Heaux Tales tour will have to wait a few more weeks. The powerhouse songstress revealed on social media that she has unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19, and as such, will be unable to perform at any of her upcoming shows for the next week or so – including her scheduled appearance at The Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles today, Feb. 25.

(Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) DETROIT - Ford is recalling nearly a quarter-million heavy duty pickup trucks in the U.S. because the drive shafts can fracture and cause a loss of power.The recall covers certain F-250 and F-350 Super Duty pickups from the 2017 through 2022 model years.

Philadelphia Police Car PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in Philadelphia have located a mother and her young son after they had been missing for several days. The Philadelphia Police Department said the 25-year-old mother and her 3-year-old son were last seen on the 5900 block of Weymouth Street around 7:30 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA - Officers with the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating after a 15-year-old was shot on Thursday in Logan.According to police, officers with the 35th District responded to the 4800 block of North 9th Street around 9:22 a.m.The teenager was found on the highway with a gunshot wound to the right leg, police say.He was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center and listed in stable condition.Police say no arrests have been made.The investigation is active and ongoing, according to police. ___MORE LOCAL NEWS___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

The Department of Health has been notified of 7,956 new cases of Covid-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reportedly about to change its guidelines.

COVID on Friday, with 297 in intensive care units as figures continue to trend downward.This is down by 40 hospitalizations and a decrease of 17 in ICUs since the previous day. Last Friday, there were 1,281 hospitalizations with 352 in ICU.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Of the 1,003 people in hospital with COVID-19, 49 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 51 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.Of the 297 people in ICUs with the virus, 76 per cent were admitted because of COVID, while 24 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

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NOVATO, Calif. - A widow who lost her husband suddenly almost four years ago spoke out after winning a multi-million dollar malpractice lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente.She said she wanted to raise awareness about sepsis and the importance of in-person consultation with doctors. "My husband was so funny, witty and charming.  He was very healthy," Christina Flach said her late husband, Ken Flach of Marin County, would be alive today if he had received proper attention and treatment.

Photo of Ketanji Brown Jackson (Credit: Getty Images) WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, according to the Associated Press, citing a person familiar with the matter. The nomination makes her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation.In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries. He has chosen an attorney who would be the high court's first former public defender, though she also possesses the elite legal background of other justices.Jackson would be the current court’s second Black justice — Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative, is the other — and just the third in history.

Some health experts say the change in the way Saskatchewan reports and tracks COVID-19 cases had made it difficult to figure out areas of concern.

London District Catholic School Board has lifted its outdoor masking requirements for students to give them a break during recess.The board said the policy change went into effect after the Family Day holiday. Indoor masking requirements remain in place.“We’ve done our best to continually communicate that we want to always air on the side of caution, but with the intention of returning to normal operations when it was safe to do so,” director of education Vince Romeo told Global News.“Staff and students are happy to see that break outdoors, particularly for our youngest learners.

veterans and civilians who have spent the last six months helping Americans escape Afghanistan have now turned their attention to Ukraine after Russia launched an invasion of the eastern European country this week. As soon as the Russian military started shelling the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Thursday morning, Project Dynamo executed a plan that had already been in the works for months. "We had a group of people that were on the ground we had identified that wanted to get out, especially if things went sideways," James Judge, a spokesperson for the coalition of civilians and veterans known as Project Dynamo, told Fox News Digital on Thursday. "Bryan Stern, who is on our team, could feel the explosions in Kyiv and said, ‘Alright, we need to go, we need to get out of here.’"The first wave of Americans and lawful residents who escaped Kyiv on Thursday. (Project Dynamo) About two dozen American citizens and lawful permanent residents were on the first Project Dynamo bus out of the city and the group is already planning more evacuations. RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATESThe State Department told Americans in Ukraine to "depart immediately" on Feb.

moderate to heavy snow was blanketing an area extending from central and eastern New York into New England early Friday morning, while a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain was creating a glaze of ice from central Pennsylvania to the New York City tri-state area and coastal southern New England.A changeover from sleet and freezing rain to plain rain is expected across the New York City tri-state area toward the end of the Friday morning commute, but icy roads could persist even after temperatures nudge above freezing.The National Weather Service has issued various winter weather alerts where additional snow and ice are expected across the Northeast on Friday.The worst travel conditions can generally be expected where Winter Storm Warnings and Ice Storm Warnings are posted. However, areas under Winter Weather Advisories might also encounter slick roadways at times.Various winter weather alerts are in effect across the Northeast on Friday, Feb.

Police are urging Scots to be vigilant following a Covid-19 text scam that is currently doing the rounds.

Women's Cricket World Cup becomes its latest victim.Teams have been told that in the event of an outbreak, they'll be allowed to use backroom staff as fielders, providing they're female of course.According to the International Cricket Council (ICC), teams will be expected to fulfil their fixtures even if they have as little as nine fit players.The tournament, which is taking place in New Zealand, has some of the world's strictest Covid protocols.The eight teams involved have squads of 15 players, with a maximum of three travelling reserves.If a game is not played and cannot be rescheduled, it will be abandoned and the points shared.Given that all persons entering New Zealand must quarantine for a week in a hotel, there's little point in sending for reinforcements in the event of an outbreak.As such, the ICC have decided to allow staff members to get involved instead, potentially making for a bizarre spectacle - though teams do have the option of rejecting to play a match if they have fewer than 11 players available.Which Premier League team would benefit the most from fielding members of their backroom staff? Let us know in the comments section..."From a Covid perspective, we need to be a little bit flexible, as far as the way in which we manage the game to take into account these unique circumstances," said ICC head of events Chris Tetley."It's important that we do everything we can to try and maximise opportunities for the best players in the world to show their skills at a World Cup."The tournament on March 4 and will run for one month, with the final taking place on April 3.

Amber Alert has been cancelled by the Ontario Provincial Police for a one-year-old girl who went missing in Kitchener.OPP issued the provincewide alert, at the request of Waterloo Regional Police, just after 6 a.m. on Friday.About 45 minutes later, at 6:45 a.m.

KYIV, Ukraine - Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War security order.Explosions sounded before dawn in Kyiv and gunfire was reported in several areas, as Western leaders scheduled an emergency meeting and Ukraine's president pleaded for international help to fend off an attack that could topple his democratically elected government, cause massive casualties and ripple out damage to the global economy.Among the signs that the Ukrainian capital was increasingly threatened, the military said Friday that a group of Russian spies and saboteurs was seen in a district on the outskirts of Kyiv, and police told people not to exit a subway station in the city center because there was gunfire in the area. Elsewhere in the capital, soldiers established defensive positions at bridges, and armored vehicles rolled down the streets, while many residents stood uneasily in doorways of their apartment buildings.U.S.

19 lakh children in India have lost a parent or caregiver to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study by The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. 

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has announced the power cut schedule for the weekend.Groups A, B, C: (Saturday – 26th)Day time power cut will be for 3 hoursAll other groups: (Saturday – 26th)Day time power cut will be for 2 1/2 hoursThere will be no power outages for Sunday (27), except for groups A, B, C which will be 2 1/2 hours during the daytime.Saturday Power Cut Schedule: 26-02-2022-PowerInterruption-ScheduleSunday Power Cut Schedule: 27-02-2022-power-interruption-schedule

EAST POINT, Ga. - Police still need the public's help to identify a teenager who was murdered and dumped behind a vacant house.East Point investigators found the girl's body nearly two weeks ago at this point.They said this disturbing case has kept their detectives up at night.NEW IMAGES OF TEEN FOUND DEAD BESIDE VACANT EAST POINT HOME RELEASED (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)A captain with the police department said they get tips every day from as far as Germany and the United Kingdom---but they all come up short. He said the main thing detectives want you to pay attention to are the freckles on this victim's face."It is a shock to the conscious of ourselves and the detectives working the case," Captain Allyn Glover explained.With 25-years in law enforcement, the current case before east him is hard to grasp."I've had some hard time sleeping at night.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka stated that as there is an attempt to hide the truth, exploit the massacre for political gain, it sees no option other than to seek international assistance to mete out justice to the victims of the Easter Sunday Bomb Attacks.Together with His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo, the CBCSLreiterates the need to adopt the said option, it added in a statement. 

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Government of Sri Lanka is deeply concerned about the recent escalation of violence in Ukraine.Sri Lanka in a statement, calls upon all parties concerned to exercise maximum restraint and work towards the immediate cessation of hostilities, in order to maintain peace, security and stability in the region.Sri Lanka emphasizes the need for concerted efforts by all parties concerned to resolve the crisis through diplomacy and sincere dialogue.

If you thought paying $1.80 a litre for gas in Metro Vancouver was high — get ready to pay much more. The record-breaking prices we saw are not going away, and several things are conspiring to push those prices even higher.

Covid cases, the Jharkhand government today lifted most of the restrictions on markets, schools, parks, and restaurants. Banna Gupta, Jharkhand Health Minister in Ranchi, said that the government has decided to remove restrictions on offline classes in schools of 7 districts. 

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday (25) visited Mico for Inspection.State Minister D. B.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Electricity generation from hydropower plants has been limited to 750 MW as water levels in the reservoirs have dropped by 40%.The Ceylon Electricity Board said 1,341 MW of power can be obtained from Thermal Power plants, with renewable energy contributing 80 MW.The power plant in Baththala is inactive as it has run out of furnace oil.Power plants in Kelanitisssa, Thulhiriya, Matugama, and several other plants are also inactive.The national grid has lost 574 MW of electricity to the National Grid.The energy ministry had said it would provide 10,200 metric tonnes of diesel to the CEB from a consignment that was unloaded yesterday.But the CEB’s spokesperson said the diesel has not been given to the CEB since the 02nd of this month.He added that fuel has only been provided to privately run power plants.

assault on Ukraine that opened with air and missile strikes on Ukrainian military facilities and included ground troops invading from Crimea.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 137 "heroes" including 10 military officers had been killed and another 316 wounded. Ukraine’s leadership called it a "full-scale war" targeting the country from the east, north and south. Ukraine said Russia’s intent was to destroy the state of Ukraine, a Western-looking democracy intent on escaping Moscow’s orbit.As Ukrainian forces fought back and civilians piled into trains and cars to flee, the U.S.

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Aer Lingus has today reported an operating loss, before exceptational items, of €347m for the year to the end of December, an improvement on the loss of €361m reported in 2020.

Tyrese Gibson is continuing to mourn the loss of his motherPriscilla Murray Gibson, who passed awayafter being hospitalized with COVID-19 and pneumonia on February 14.Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the actor expressed that the outcome of his mother's battle with the virus may have been different if she'd been living under his roof.'If only my mother lived with me I believe covid wouldn't have taken her away from me... ' wrote Gibson over a photo of himself wearing two face masks on a plane.

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Scotland will scrap its covid vaccine passport scheme on Monday as the country moves towards living with the virus.

Piers Morgan has revealed he's "worried" about Queen Elizabeth II.The 56-year-old broadcaster is currently in Australia and on Thursday, appeared on the country's The Today Show where he was asked whether he was concerned for the 95-year-old monarch following her coronavirus diagnosis.In response, Piers confirmed that he was anxious for the ageing royal ahead of her Jubilee celebrations this Spring. Piers said: "I am worried about the Queen."I've been worried about her ever since [Prince] Phillip died.

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Select Committee of Parliament to Identify Appropriate Reforms of the Election Laws and the Electoral System and to Recommend Necessary Amendments has concluded that the Provincial Council Elections need to take place as per the old method until a new electoral system is created.The Office of the Leader of the House of Parliament in a statement said that the committee had agreed to accept the selection of 60% of the representatives under the first past the post and 40% under the proportional system and draft its report.The Select Committee of Parliament agreed to identify and make the necessary amendments to the electoral system, voting system, and laws.They have agreed in principle to recommend introducing two additional seats for the winning party or group to allow them to gain the majority in local government bodies.

A salty situation is unfolding between two giant companies, as Frito-Lay, which is behind beloved snacks like Lay’s, Doritos, and Cheetos, halts shipments to Canadian grocery giant Loblaw’s various retail chains. Heather Yourex-West looks at what started this crispy conflict, and why more than just chips are at stake.

COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka’s debt installments of $6.9 billion due this year, will be settled, Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa said on Wednesday (Feb. 2).“Have you heard about a Finance Minister who got criticized when settling the due loans as much as when obtaining loans? Now they are scolding us because we are paying off the loans.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa was acquitted and released from the case filed over the printing of 5 million ‘Lith’ calendars or almanacs by spending 29.4 million rupees in funds belonging to the Divineguma Department during the 2015 Presidential election.In addition, Ex-Director General of the Divineguma Development Department Kithsiri Ranawaka was also acquitted and released from the case.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is scheduled for March, amid discussions on the full implementation of the 13th Amendment.Meanwhile, the Government has taken steps to focus on human rights issues in the country.External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L.