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Man Kills Eight School Children In China

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3 years ago

September 3, 2019

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SOURCE: CNN

Man Kills Eight School Children In China

Eight young children were killed in a school attack in the central Chinese province of Hubei on Monday. It was their first day of class.

The attack took place at the Chaoyangpo Elementary School in Hubei’s Enshi City. According to a statement from the local government, a 40-year-old man surnamed Yu attacked students at the school at 8 a.m. local time, when students would have been arriving for class.

He is in police custody.

Eight were killed and another two were injured. No details were given on the students’ injuries or their individual ages.

In China, elementary school children range in age from 6 years old to 13.

“The local party committee and government is all out organizing rescue and remedial work,” the statement from Enshi City government said.

A separate statement by the Enshi City police was originally posted on Chinese social media site Weibo but was later removed without explanation.

The hashtag “school criminal case in Hubei” had gained 120 million views on Weibo as of Tuesday morning.

Attacks on schoolchildren in China have happened before. In October, at least 14 children at a kindergarten in Chongqing were slashed by a woman with a kitchen knife.

In April 2018, nine students were killed and others injured after a male suspect began attacking students in Shaanxi province.

September 2 marked the start of a new school semester in China after the summer break.

According to state-run tabloid Global Times, the local government is providing psychological counseling services to the students who witnessed or were injured in Monday’s attack.

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Tensions Run High On Ukrainian and Russian Border

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December 5, 2021

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New intelligence suggests the Kremlin is in the advanced stages of planning an invasion of Ukraine as early as next year. Tensions are rising as photos show a Russian troop buildup of more than 175,000 on the border.»

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Facebook hit with blockbuster antitrust lawsuits by FTC, 46 states | New York Post

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December 9, 2020

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Facebook got slapped with a pair of blockbuster antitrust lawsuits on Wednesday, as government officials accused the Silicon Valley giant of systematically acquiring smaller rivals in order to prevent them from becoming competitive threats. Both the Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 46 US states as well as the District of Columbia and Guam are looking to force Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. #Facebook

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Coronavirus Infection Rate Accelerating In New York – Governor Cuomo

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2 years ago

March 24, 2020

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NEW YORK — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sounded his most dire warning yet about the coronavirus pandemic, saying the infection rate in New York is accelerating and the state could be as close as two weeks away from a crisis that projects 40,000 people in intensive care.

Such a surge would overwhelm hospitals, which now have just 3,000 intensive care unit beds statewide.

Cuomo says the rate of new infections is doubling about every three days.

While officials once thought the peak in New York would come in early May, they now say it could come in two to three weeks.

“We are not slowing it. And it is accelerating on its own,” he said during a briefing in New York City.

“One of the forecasters said we were looking at a freight train coming across the country. We’re now looking at a bullet train.”

There were nearly 26,000 positive cases in New York state with 210 deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.