Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among 47 people on trial accused of causing the deaths of 10 infants as part of an alleged scheme to defraud Turkey’s social security system.As the trial of the “newborn baby gang” opened, Prosecutors believe a network of private hospital staff, from managers to doctors along with emergency call operators and ambulance drivers, conspired to send healthy babies to certain neonatal care units for financial gain.The defendants are accused of transferring babies to neonatal units of 19 private hospitals where the infants were allegedly kept for prolonged and sometimes unnecessary treatments. At least 10 newborns...
VIDEO: THAI POLICE STATION COMES UNDER MONKEY ATTACK
Thai police station comes under monkey attack, Police in Lopburi in central Thailand said they barricaded themselves into their own station over the weekend, after a menacing mob of 200 escaped monkeys ran riot on the town.
NATIONS LEADERS GATHER AT G20 SUMMIT, FOCUS ON FIGHTING HUNGER AMID GLOBAL CONFLICTS AND TRUMP’S RETURN
G20 leaders arrived for a summit in Brazil on Monday to try to reignite deadlocked climate talks and overcome their differences on the Middle East and Ukraine wars ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.Brazil pushed for concerted action to alleviate hunger Monday as it hosted a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies amid global uncertainty over two major wars and incoming U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed foreign leaders to Rio de Janeiro’s modern art museum Monday morning and delivered an opening address that focused on fighting food insecurity. “It is for those...
FRANCE’S CULTURE MINISTER PROPOSES VISITORS’ FEE FOR NOTRE DAME; CHURCH OF PARIS REFUSES, INVITES ALL
France Culture Minister Rachida Dati has proposed introducing an entrance fee to visit Notre Dame Cathedral throughout the weekend of Dec, after its fire ravage in April of 2019.Dati’s proposal is to charge tourists 5 euros (US $4.16), which could generate 75 million euros (US $62.41 million) annually to help restore France’s crumbling religious buildings. He believes Notre Dame could serve as a model for the country’s preservation efforts.“Across Europe, visitors pay to access the most remarkable religious sites. With 5 euros per visitor at Notre Dame, we could save churches all over France. It would be a beautiful symbol,” Dati said in an interview with...
