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British Columbian travellers in Mazatlán say they are hunkering down in rentals and resorts, as a wave of violence flares in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Violence broke out in the state Thursday, after police arrested alleged drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.Much of the violence appears focused in the city of Culiacan, where airline Aeromexico said one of its passenger planes was struck by a bullet during the fighting.However three airports, including the the one in Mazatlán have been closed, and Canada has issued a travel advisory for the…

Authorities are continuing to investigate a shooting outside a Miami Gardens restaurant Thursday night which left at least 10 people injured, according to multiple reports.The shooting may have involved rappers French Montana and Rob49, as the two were recording a music video in the area, according to WFOR-TV.Miami Gardens police responded to the shooting outside The Licking restaurant just before 8 p.m., where they found multiple victims, according to WSVN. Police have not confirmed the number of injured, though sources told the station it was more than 10.Paramedics and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue also responded to the scene, transporting four of…

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The longtime partner of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the Jan. 6 riot, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against former President Donald Trump and two men involved in assaulting the officer.Sicknick, 42, died a day after the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.Washington’s chief medical examiner ruled in April 2021 that Sicknick died of natural causes after suffering two strokes.The lawsuit filed by Sicknick’s partner, Sandra Garza, cites comments from that medical examiner that “all that transpired” on Jan. 6 “played a role in his condition.”Capitol Police…

TOKYO: In Tokyo’s Asakusa tourist district, caricaturist Masashi Higashitani is dusting off his Chinese as he prepares for an influx of travellers after Beijing ends inbound quarantine rules. “We used to say ‘ni hao’ all the time,” he said with a laugh as he whipped up a portrait in minutes. Nearly 9.6 million Chinese visited Japan in 2019, the biggest group of foreign tourists by far and a massive leap from the 450,000 who came in 2003. Higashitani estimates around 20 per cent of his customers were from China before the pandemic, and he and his employees picked up Chinese…

Always remembered. Prince William and Prince Harry have carried on Princess Diana’s legacy since she died on August 31, 1997. The young royals have stewarded the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and have given back to humanitarian charities like their famous mom once did. William and Harry were 15 and 12, respectively, when the Princess of Wales died at age 36 after sustaining injuries in a car crash in Paris. Since then, they’ve fondly looked back at the time they shared with her through the years. In 2017, the brothers commissioned a statue to commemorate what would have been…

The chief executive of one of Europe’s biggest oil and gas companies has said the EU should look to Africa rather than the US as it seeks to replace Russian energy imports.Claudio Descalzi, who has run Italy’s Eni since 2014, said closer collaboration with countries in Africa on energy matters offered the potential for a new “south-north axis” connecting the continent’s abundant renewable and fossil fuel resources with the energy-hungry markets of Europe.“We don’t have energy, they have energy. We have a big industry, they have to develop it . . . There is a strong complementarity,” Descalzi told the Financial Times.Eni has operated…

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Officials in West Virginia have found suspected human remains on Thursday amid a search for missing Gretchen Fleming.Fleming, 28, was last seen during the early morning hours of Dec. 4 at My Way Lounge in Parkersburg, where she left with an unnamed male.She was reported missing by her family on Dec. 12.About two hours outside of Parkersburg, where Fleming went missing, suspected human remains were found in Elm Grove, according to WTOV.MISSING WEST VIRGINIA WOMAN GRETCHEN FLEMING LAST SEEN AT BAR WITH PERSON OF INTEREST, POLICE Ohio County Sheriff Tom Howard told the FOX affiliate that officials were led to…

This is what’s in affidavit that led to arrest of Idaho murder suspect CNN’s Gary Tuchman reports on the release of a probable cause affidavit containing evidence that led to the arrest of Brian Kohberger for the murder of four people in Moscow, Idaho. Source: CNN