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Hong Kong In northern China, authorities are looking for a wild tiger that mauled two men and required surgery on one of them. A peasant was bitten on the left hand late Monday, according to a statement from officials in Boli County, which is in Heilongjiang, the northernmost province of China. According to state media People's Daily, the man's injuries was so severe that he needed a four-hour limb-salvage procedure to prevent amputation. The Heilongjiang Forestry and Grassland Administration called an emergency meeting Monday night after the incident and determined that the injured animal was a Siberian tiger. With a maximum weight of 660 pounds and a maximum length of over 11 feet, Siberian tigers are the largest cats in the world. The endangered large cats are indigenous to Russia and...

On his first day in office, Donald Trump has great intentions. The guy found guilty of killing Laken Riley is sentenced to life in prison. Additionally, Pope Francis is scheduled to canonize the first millennial saint in the history of the Catholic Church. What to know today is as follows. Trump s plans for his first day in office Donald Trump, the president-elect, intends to start his second term in office quickly. More than six sources with knowledge of transition plans predicted that he would sign a slew of executive actions on Day One and reverse some policies from the Biden administration. According to a Trump campaign staffer, the rate of the changes will be unlike anything you've ever seen. According to two people familiar with the plans, Trump is anticipated to limit transge...

Thursday will mark the third nitrogen hypoxia execution in Alabama this year for a prisoner convicted of a 1994 murder. Concerns regarding the potential for protracted suffering and whether there is an unlawful danger of more pain are still raised by the new execution technique, which entails breathing only nitrogen gas through a mask while being deprived of oxygen. However, a federal appeals court last week dismissed the convicted man's attorneys' claims, allowing 50-year-old Carey Dale Grayson to be executed. For the kidnapping and murder of hitchhiker Vickie Deblieux when he was 19 and his three co-defendants were under 18, Grayson is scheduled to die at the state prison in Atmore. After the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the death penalty for his co-defendants was unconstitutional, t...

Washington Incoming Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, immediately hailed the TV-famous doctor when President-elect Donald Trump appointed Dr. Mehmet Oz to a significant executive branch position managing Medicare and stated that he looked forward to reviewing his upcoming nomination. According to Crapo, individuals who depend on federal government health care programs are far too frequently compelled to accept one-size-fits-all, bureaucratic coverage. Dr. Oz has been a supporter of giving patients the knowledge they need to make their own healthcare decisions. It turns out that only four years ago, Oz, Trump's choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, supported a health care plan that was essentially one-size-fits-all. In June 2020, Oz and former K...

In connection with the collapse of Archegos Capital Management, which cost Wall Street banks over $10 billion, former billionaire investor Sung Kook Bill Hwang was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein sentenced Hwang in Manhattan after a jury found him guilty in July of ten federal offenses, including market manipulation, securities fraud, and wire fraud. Before announcing the punishment, Hellerstein stated, "The amount of losses that were caused by your conduct are larger than any other losses I have dealt with." Wall Street and Hwang's lenders were shocked by Archego's March 2021 catastrophe, which happened in less than a week. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office requested that Hwang forfeit $12.35 billion and compensate the victims in addi...

According to his family on Thursday, John Prescott, the feisty deputy prime minister to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during his ten years in office, passed away at the age of 86 following a fight with Alzheimer's. Prescott, who worked under Blair from 1997 to 2007, was seen as a straightforward politician who helped to heal the rift between the Labour Party's modernizers and traditional left-wing. Blair told BBC radio that no one in British politics was exactly like him. To be really honest, I don't believe I've ever met anyone like John, and I still don't think I have, and I'm extremely sorry he's gone. Known as a staunch trade unionist and an old-school political bruiser, he is well-known for punching a voter during an election campaign in 2001 after the voter had been hit with an ...

Variety has revealed that Robert Pattinson is rejoining his Tenet director Christopher Nolan for the filmmaker's highly-guarded project at Universal Pictures. Together with Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Lupita Nyong o, Anne Hathaway, and Zendaya, Pattinson completes an amazing ensemble. The production of Universal and Nolan's sequel to their Oscar-winning drama Oppenheimer is expected to begin in the first half of 2025. In the coming year, Pattinson will have a lot on her plate. Warner Bros. want to film a follow-up to his 2022 smash, The Batman, in which the actor will play the DC Comics superhero once more. In addition, Pattinson is starring in A24's Primetime, a thriller that is based on the reality series To Catch a Predator and will be the first narrative movie directed by up-and-coming fi...

In the first instance of such a weapon being used during the conflict, Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile as part of an overnight offensive. A Western official refuted the claim, stating that a ballistic missile rather than an ICBM was fired. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not immediately address the accusation, instead directing inquiries to Moscow's military ministry. The Western official stated that the impact of the missile, which was aimed toward the eastern city of Dnipro, was still being evaluated but declined to provide any details. It's unclear why the Kremlin would supposedly employ an ICBM against its neighbor given that they normally have a range of at least 3,400 miles. Both nuclear and non-nuclear payloads can be carried by suc...

WashingtonDonald Trump intends to implement a series of executive actions in line with his campaign pledges within hours of becoming president, including enforcing more socially conservative health care regulations on the US military and initiating the mass deportation of individuals who are illegally present in the nation. Trump planned to take a number of swift steps to signify a major split from President Joe Biden's administration, which he believed was destroying the nation, according to more than six people familiar with transition planning who spoke to NBC News. According to a Trump campaign staffer, Americans will witness the next Trump government implement changes at a rate beyond anything they have ever witnessed. According to two people familiar with the preparations, Trump is g...

Numerous well-known names can be found at the top of the college football rankings. Oregon. Ohio University. Texas. Penn State. They attract five-star recruits and are established powerhouses that regularly contend for conference and national titles. But you might give a double take at the following name on the list. Indiana. With five national titles, including three under the renowned coach Bob Knight, this team is arguably more well-known for its accomplishments on the basketball court than the football field. Indiana is in the running for the College Football Playoffs and is having its finest season ever. Perhaps the most important game in the Hoosiers' history will take place on Saturday at noon ET when they play No. 2-ranked Ohio State. You would be right if it seemed unlikely that...