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  • Man charged with murder after he wakes from 7-month coma

    Man charged with murder after he wakes from 7-month coma

    A 21-year-old man found himself in a strange situation when he woke up from a seven-month coma, he found homicide detectives around him when he opened his eyes. The detectives were reportedly there to charge him with the murder of his girlfriend.

    As per details, Weijie went into a coma with critical head injuries last June after falling from the fourth floor balcony of his apartment in Wolli Creek, in south Sydney, Australia.

    The next-day when the police visited his house for investigation, they discovered the dead body of his 19-year old girlfriend there.

    It is not yet clear whether he intentionally fell from the apartment but Detective Inspector Robert Alison said “witnesses told us he fell from the fourth floor of a common area, so it was either misadventure or a suicide attempt”.

    “He is very, very lucky to be alive,” added Detective Inspector Alison. “Most people would have not survived.”

    The alleged killer was in a coma for almost seven months.

    He and his girlfriend, hailing from China, had been together for two years and were studying in Australia on student visas. Detective Inspector Alison acknowledged how difficult the incident was for Pan’s family, who were unable to attend her funeral due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

    “It is horrific. I really do feel for the family,” Alison said. “The distance being so far away makes it even more difficult for them. But we are working closely with them.”

    He has been refused bail and is due to face court via video link on Wednesday.

  • VIDEO: McDonald’s customer enraged after delivery boy ‘cancels order’, eats it outside her home

    VIDEO: McDonald’s customer enraged after delivery boy ‘cancels order’, eats it outside her home

    A delivery boy enraged a Mc Donald’s customer after he cancelled a food order and ate it outside her house in Kentish Town, London.       

    According to details, the food chain’s delivery partner ‘Just Eat’ rider ate the customer’s food after cancelling the order.

    A video shared by the customer shows the delivery boy eating the food right outside the customer’s house after cancelling the order. She recorded the video of the driver herself.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88JS-fsrgtE&feature=emb_title

    Later, her brother, CJ, shared the video on Twitter, tagging Mc Donalds and Just Eat in the caption.

    A spokesman of the food chain told The Mirror: “At Just Eat we’re committed to providing a positive experience for all of our customers. When we become aware of any practices that fall below the high standards we expect, we will always take steps to address this. As such, we were concerned to hear about this incident. We are investigating, will take action as appropriate, and are also in contact with the customer.”

    “Most delivery drivers delivering food to customers’ doors are employed directly by independent restaurants. But we do engage with third-party courier companies, agency couriers, and self-employed independent contractors to deliver on behalf of restaurants that don’t have this service,” the spokesperson added.

  • Ice cream tests positive for COVID-19

    Ice cream has been found to have been contaminated with COVID-19 in China after three samples of the dessert tested positive for the virus.

    As per details, authorities in China are tracing people who may have come into contact with the contaminated batches, which were produced by the Chinese food company.

    All products made by the firm have been sealed after the samples it sent to the municipal centre for disease control this week tested positive for coronavirus.

    Initial epidemiological investigations show the ice cream batch has used raw materials that include milk powder imported from New Zealand and whey powder imported from Ukraine.

    Authorities said the company produced 4,836 boxes of the contaminated ice cream of which 2,089 had been sealed away in storage.

    A total of 935 boxes of the ice cream, out of 2,747 boxes that entered the market, were in Tianjin and only 65 were sold to markets.

    Authorities said citizens who may have bought the product must report their health and physical movements to those in their communities.

    The city has also informed the market regulation authorities in other provinces where the ice cream was sent so it can be traced.

    Meanwhile, 1,662 employees of the company have gone into isolation.

  • Woman fined for walking husband on leash to escape curfew rules

    Woman fined for walking husband on leash to escape curfew rules

    A Canadian woman took her husband out on a leash in Sherbrooke city, Quebec to evade curfew rules amid COVID-19 lockdown.

    Authorities in Quebec have imposed a curfew between 8:00 pm and 5:00 am in the province with certain exemptions. Essential workers are allowed to travel and people who need to walk their pets are also allowed to go out.

    A woman went out on a walk with her husband on a leash to escape the curfew rules. When the police spotted the couple, they reportedly said: “We are following the rules for pets.”

    The woman claimed that she was walking her “dog”.

    Speaking to a local newspaper, police official Isabelle Gendron said: “The couple did not collaborate with the police at all. Statements of violation of the municipal by-law were given to them. The lady affirmed that she would not pay the ticket and even that she would accumulate them. The number of findings for recidivism can go up to $6,000.”

    They were each fined over Rs 0.194 million, said the police.

  • Man ‘books entire flight’ to avoid COVID-19

    Man ‘books entire flight’ to avoid COVID-19

    An Indonesian man booked an entire flight to keep himself and his wife safe from COVID-19.

    Richard Muljadi, a Jakarta-based socialist and his wife shared pictures of themselves sitting in an empty aircraft on social media. The couple was travelling from Jakarta to Bali on a Batik Air flight.

    Though Muljadi did not reveal how much he paid for the private flight, he said that it was “still cheaper” than a private plane.

    “After I’d booked as many seats as possible, it was still cheaper than chartering a private jet,” read the caption of one the photos.

    Richard said that he and his wife, Shalvynne Chang, were “super paranoid” about getting infected with the virus.

    “Had to make sure no one else (was on) this flight. We ain’t flying unless it’s just us,” he said in another caption.

    Lion Air Group, which operates Batik Air, confirmed Richard and his wife were the only passengers on the flight. However, the company added that Richard had only booked two tickets in his name, contradicting his claim.

  • Masks no obstacle for Japan’s new facial recognition system

    Masks no obstacle for Japan’s new facial recognition system

    Japan’s NEC Corporation has introduced a new facial recognition system that identifies people even when they are wearing masks.

    As per reports, the technology firm had already been working on a system to meet the needs of allergy sufferers who wear masks — a common practice in Japan — when the Covid-19 pandemic prompted it to accelerate development.

    The system determines when a person is wearing a mask and hones in on the parts that are not covered up, such as the eyes and surrounding areas, to verify the person’s identity. Users register a photo of their face in advance.

    NEC says verification takes less than one second and claims an accuracy rate of more than 99.9pc.

  • Surgeon removes 9-inch toothbrush from patient’s stomach

    Surgeon removes 9-inch toothbrush from patient’s stomach

    An Indian surgeon removed a nine-inch long toothbrush from a patient’s stomach after a surgery.

    According to reports, doctors at the Medical College and Hospital (Ghati Hospital) in Aurangabad removed the toothbrush under the supervision of Muslim surgeon Junaid M. Sheikh.

    Rajesh Jadho, 33, had swallowed a toothbrush by mistake. After his ultrasound and MRI were conducted, Dr Junaid, after consulting with other doctors, recommended him to get an operation done immediately.

    Sheikh told Indian media that Rajesh was brought to Ghati Hospital on December 26 at 11 am. The surgeon said that if the brush had not been removed from the abdomen on time, it could have resulted in  an internal rapture. 

    The rupture could have been life threatening, he said. 

  • ‘Angry’ over a family dispute, farmer wills half his property to pet dog

    A 50-year-old farmer in India, Om Narayan Verma has named his second wife Champa Bai and pet dog Jacky as the heirs of the ancestral property after his death as he was troubled by a sustained family dispute.

    The farmer’s will states that he loves Champa Bai and Jacky as they are the only ones who take care of him.

     The will adds that whoever takes care of Jacky will be permitted to use the pet dog’s share in the property to ensure the dog’s well-being and the whoever takes care of Jacky will get the pet’s share of the property after his demise.

    According to details, Verma was angry over a family feud when he made the will but the problems were later resolved.

    “The notarised will not only includes my dog’s name but also my wife Champa Bai’s name. I gave a share of my inheritance to my dog’s to ensure my family takes Jacky’s care even after my death. But, the entire matter has been resolved now,” stated Mr Verma, a former chief of the village.

    Verma owns around 21 acres land and has two wives. While he has two daughters and a son from the first marriage, he has two daughters from the second wife – the one who takes care of him.

  • Blind mystic woman who foresaw 9/11 predicts cure for cancer, assassination attempt on Putin in 2021

    Blind mystic woman who foresaw 9/11 predicts cure for cancer, assassination attempt on Putin in 2021

    A blind Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga who allegedly foretold the event of 9/11 has predicted a cure for cancer and the attempt to murder Vladimir Putin in 2021.

    She has also claimed that a “strong” dragon will overcome humanity next year.

    The “Nostradamus of the Balkans”, Baba Vanga died in 2000 but is thought to own a mysterious skill to see the coming events.

    Her history, as far as her followers tell, is that this shadowy woman was brought up on a farm known as Macedonia now and was blinded in a dust storm giving her the very “second sight”.

    People say that she foretold the President Donald Trump’s coronavirus illness in October earlier this year and that the Russian submarine Kursk would sink in 1989.

    Preceding her death at the age of 75 in 1996, the Bulgarian mystic told that 2021 would be the year when a cure for cancer would be known claiming that with the start of the 21st century, people will get rid of cancer. “The day will come when cancer will get tied with iron chains.”

    One of her predictions included that the Russian President Vladimir Putin will be the target of an assassination attempt next year, also said that Islamic radicals will step to attack Europe and that the extremists will use an collection of chemical weapons on Europeans also that the world will go through a lot of calamities and excessive tragedies.

    She claimed that the perception of people will have a transformation.

    “Difficult times will come. People will be divided by their faith.”

    The strangest of all her predictions yet is that a dragon will be overcoming humanity in 2021.

    “A strong dragon will seize humanity,” she says. “The three giants will unite. Some people will have red money. I see the numbers 100, 5, and many zeros.”

    Followers of the mystic like to point to her 85 percent accuracy in previous predictions, drawn from research by a former director of the Bulgarian Institute of Suggestology, Professor Georgi Lozanov.

    However, a 2012 Washington Post investigation uncovered that many of the predictions attributed to the mystic have their origins in viral Russian social media posts.

    No credible written version of the Baba‘s predictions is available to view, either.

    According to one Bulgarian newspaper, her neighbours were quick to spike the idea that she predicted 9/11 or the sinking of the Kursk.

  • Women workforce boosted in Makkah’s Grand Mosque

    Women workforce boosted in Makkah’s Grand Mosque

    The female workforce has been increased in the Grand Mosque in Makkah. As per details, 1,500 females have been appointed in different departments to serve female visitors.

    A total of 600 women have been recruited in the Technical and Service Affairs Agency while other staff will be appointed in electric vehicles department, Zamzam watering unit, guidance and intellectual affairs, administrative affairs, public relations, media and communication and the General Department of Internal Auditing.

    Dr Al-Anoud bint Khaled Al-Aboud, deputy president for women’s development affairs, said the step is part of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques’ transformational initiatives 2024. The move aims to increase the level of services provided in the Two Holy Mosques,

    It is also a part of the Saudi leadership’s plans to empower women and to provide the best possible services to all female pilgrims visiting the Grand Mosque in line with Saudi Vision 2030.