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Police in the United Kingdom are seeking the public’s help providing information about a man who turned up in a beachfront town four months ago saying he has no memory of who he is.The man was discovered by police in Weymouth, England, Sept. 28 wearing two pairs of black pants and a motorbike helmet without a visor and was unable to tell police who he was or where he came from.The man is believed to be in his 40s and speaks with a European accent. Authorities believe that Latvian is his native tongue.”We have been continuing to conduct (inquires) to…

The White House has announced a series of pledges made with Mexico and Canada ahead of the “Three Amigos” summit, and cooperation on bolstering the supply of semiconductors, a market currently dominated by Asia, topped the list. The announcement on Tuesday came hours before US President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were to meet for the 10th North American Leaders Summit in Mexico City. It also included a new agreement on addressing climate change, an updated strategy for dealing with drug smuggling and modest new measures aimed at stemming the region’s…

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  The discovery of documents with classified markings in a Washington, DC, office used by President Joe Biden after his time as vice president might have been a relatively small story that got little attention. But it is a very big deal in large part because former President Donald Trump, who wants to run against Biden in 2024, waged and lost a public war against the National Archives over presidential documents. The circumstances of the classified documents…

The Belgian prime minister has accused the US of an “aggressive” campaign to lure European companies to the other side of the Atlantic with the promise of support under its new green subsidy act.Alexander de Croo told a meeting at the European parliament Tuesday that the US was seeking to undermine EU industry with the Inflation Reduction Act, a €369bn support scheme passed in August.“The US, our partner . . . they call our industry. And they tell them why are you investing in Europe? You should come over to the US. Calling German firms and Belgian firms in a very aggressive way —…

British volunteers Chris Parry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 48, went missing while travelling in eastern Donetsk where heavy fighting has been reported, with their families very worried The family of a British voluntary worker who has gone missing in Ukraine have spoken of their pride in his work, but expressed concern for his health and whereabouts. Ukrainian national police said Chris Parry, 28, went missing on Friday with fellow Briton Andrew Bagshaw, 48, while travelling to Soledar in eastern Donetsk, where heavy fighting has been reported. In a statement released by the Foreign Office, the family said: “We are very…

VIENNA: A Vienna court found Austria’s ex-vice chancellor and former far-right leader Heinz-Christian Strache not guilty on Tuesday (Jan 10) in a retrial of a corruption case relating to party donations by the owner of a private clinic. Strache, who resigned from government in 2019 in a separate corruption scandal, was originally handed a 15-month jail sentence in 2021 for graft, only for a higher court to order retrial because text message exchanges that suggested he was innocent had not sufficiently been taken into account. He did not serve jail time while his appeal was pending. At issue in the…

Most incoming and outgoing flights from the Edmonton International Airport on Tuesday morning were delayed due to low-lying fog and “ongoing low visibility.” Travellers were being asked to check their flight status online at flyeia.com and with their airline before heading out.“Safety and security are our top priorities, and ongoing low visibility at YEG due to low-lying fog is affecting arriving and departing flights,” airport spokesperson Megan Hall told Global News at noon on Tuesday.“We will continue to monitor the situation, work with our airline and aviation partners and resume flight activity as soon as it is safe to do…

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit was scrambling on Tuesday to untangle the causes of its failed attempt to put satellites into orbit from Cornwall in south-west England.The launch late on Monday evening was meant to have been a historic moment for Britain, which was aiming to become the first country to put a commercial payload into space from western Europe. It was also the first attempt by Virgin Orbit, 75 per cent controlled by Branson’s Virgin Group, to deploy its unique “horizontal launch system” outside the US. However, within minutes of being released from the converted 747 jumbo jet at 35,000…

About 100 Ukrainian troops will head to Oklahoma’s Fort Sill as soon as next week to begin training on the Patriot missile defense system, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.Ukraine has long sought the Patriot surface-to-air guided missile defense system because it can target aircraft, cruise missiles and shorter-range ballistic missiles. During his late December visit to the U.S., Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the battery would make a significant difference in bolstering Kyiv’s defenses against Russia’s invasion.The number of Ukrainians coming to Fort Sill is approximately the number it takes to operate one battery, and they will focus on learning to…

 Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered a State of the State address — her first as New York’s elected governor — that offered little change to the controversial bail reform law passed by the legislative leaders seated behind her.   While talking tough Tuesday on the scourge of crime and shootings, her proposal would merely give judges a bit more discretion in setting bail for defendants accused of serious crimes. In addition, the governor glossed over the issue of recidivism, which the NYPD has repeatedly pointed to as a critical factor, with a small handful of repeat offenders responsible for major amounts of shoplifting arrests and other illegal activity.…