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The last public statue of Spain's former dictator, Francisco Franco, was removed from Spanish soil on Tuesday. Workers took away the statue, which stood on a street in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Morocco.
Source: cnn.com
A major Paris work by Vincent van Gogh that has been part of the same French family’s private collection for more than a century is to go on public display for the first time since it was painted in the spring of 1887. Acquired by a French collector in 1920, it has remained in the same family ever since and never been shown in public. It will be exhibited in London, Amsterdam and Paris before being sold by Sotheby’s in March.
Source: theguardian
The 71-year-old rock star admitted drinking two shots of tequila on Sandy Hook beach in his home state. But prosecutors dropped drink-driving and reckless driving charges against the star, who had initially pleaded not guilty to all three charges. The singer was arrested in November and must also pay $40 (£28) in costs.
Source: bbc.com
Ecuador's prisons were designed for some 27,000 inmates but house about 38,000.
Source: nbcnews.com
Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in the orange and white strips of the 70-foot (21-meter) parachute. He also included the GPS coordinates for the mission’s headquarters at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Source: apnews.com
An Oklahoma man suspected of murdering three people has confessed to killing his neighbor, cutting her heart out, and then cooking it to feed his family, authorities said. Lawrence Anderson allegedly stabbed Andrea Lynn Blankenship, 41, to death in her Chickasha home on Feb. 9.
Source: foxnews.com
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will support Merrick Garland’s nomination for attorney general, five years after blocking the judge's path to the Supreme Court.
Source: politico.com
He passed away from lung disease on Monday evening, confirmed the store's vice president and director of marketing and publicity, Stacey Lewis.
Source: cnn.com
The people of Tokyo have voiced their disapproval of this summer’s rearranged Olympic Games as the pandemic grips Japan, and chaos continues to follow a beleaguered organising committee.
Source: independent
Malaysia has deported 1,086 people back to Myanmar, defying a court order and appeals from human rights groups to halt the process. Rights organisations say the group includes some ethnic minorities which have suffered persecution in Myanmar. They say sending them back to Myanmar, where the army took power in a coup, could put them at even greater risk.
Source: bbc.com
Hyundai Motor Co will replace battery systems in some 82,000 electric vehicles globally due to fire risks, a problem which combined with an earlier recall is likely to cost the automaker an estimated $900 million. Most of the latest recall applies to its best-selling electric car, the Kona EV, which was first recalled in October for a software upgrade after a series of fires.
Source: reuters.com
The 15-time golf major champion, 45, had to be "extricated from the wreck" by firefighters and paramedics. A statement said he had suffered "open fractures affecting the tibia and fibula bones" in his lower right leg and a rod had been inserted.
Source: bbc.com
A Beijing divorce court has ordered a man to compensate his wife for the housework she did during their marriage, in a landmark ruling. The woman will receive 50,000 yuan ($7,700) for five years of unpaid labour. The case has generated a huge debate online over the value of domestic work, with some saying the compensation amount was too little.
Source: bbc.com
The two actors will star alongside Ryan Reynolds in the upcoming movie The Adam Project.
Source: people.com
Regional authorities in Japan have urged that emergency pandemic measures be lifted before a scheduled date of March 7, as new COVID-19 cases trend lower, the economy minister said, adding that the government would consult experts before it agreed.
Source: reuters.com
French actor Gérard Depardieu has been placed under formal investigation for rape and sexual assault allegedly committed in 2018. An initial investigation into the rape accusations against Depardieu, 72, was dropped in 2019 for lack of evidence but reopened last summer, leading to a formal investigation filed on December 16.
Source: france24.com
The book, to be called State of Terror, will follow a novice secretary of state who is working in the administration of a rival politician and trying to solve a wave of terrorist attacks. The novel comes out Oct. 12.
Source: cbc
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Sweden have been given 10 days to respond to the European commission’s concerns that they have breached commonly agreed coronavirus guidelines.
Source: theguardian
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