A baby with Down syndrome has defied the odds to become a model. Marnie Pree, now 2, has been scouted by a modeling agency after her proud mom, Sarah Pree, 46, from Kent, shared her photos online. Sarah says that although she was initially devastated by Marnie’s diagnosis during her pregnancy, she feels incredibly lucky…
Baby With Down Syndrome Becomes Model After Mom, 46, Shares Her Photos Online
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Won’t Get US Approval Until April 2021: Official
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca is not likely to be authorized for emergency use in the United States until April 2021, Operation Warp Speed’s chief scientific adviser Moncef Slaoui said Wednesday. “We project, if everything goes well, that the readout and emergency use authorization may be granted somewhere early in the…
Samuel Little, Regarded as the Most Prolific Serial Killer in US History, Dies at 80
LOS ANGELES—The man authorities say was the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, with nearly 60 confirmed victims, died Wednesday in California. He was 80. Samuel Little, who had diabetes, heart trouble and other ailments, died at a California hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He was serving a life…
Australia Announces Multi-Million Dollar Investment to Boost Defence Capabilities
The Australian federal government has announced two significant investments to boost the Australian Defence Force (ADF)’s capabilities in the lead-up to 2021: the expansion of its air force’s Poseidon aircraft fleet and an upgrade of the navy’s Collins-class submarine fleet. On Dec. 30, Defence minister Linda Reynolds released the plan to acquire two more P-8A…
Victoria Closes Border to NSW as Local COVID-19 Cases Rise to 8
Victoria has confirmed another two locally-acquired COVID-19 cases, taking its total to eight. The increase has prompted a hard border with New South Wales from 11.59 p.m. on Jan. 1, acting premier Jacinta Allan said on Thursday afternoon. Anyone who arrives back in Victoria from anywhere in NSW after that time will have to go…
Victoria Closes Border to NSW as COVID-19 Cases Rise to 8
Victoria has confirmed another two locally-acquired COVID-19 cases, taking its total to eight. The increase has prompted a hard border with New South Wales from 11.59 p.m. on Jan. 1, acting premier Jacinta Allan said on Thursday afternoon. Anyone who arrives back in Victoria from anywhere in NSW after that time will have to go…
US Blacklists 2 Venezuelan Officials Over Imprisonment of Former Citgo Executives
WASHINGTON—The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan judge and a prosecutor over their roles in the trial of six former executives of U.S. refiner Citgo sentenced to prison by a Venezuelan court last month. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it blacklisted the Supreme Court judge who presided over the…
20 Killed in Attack on Yemeni Airport Moments After New Cabinet Lands
ADEN—At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Yemen’s Aden airport on Wednesday moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. Hours after the attack, a second explosion was heard around Aden’s Maasheq presidential palace where the cabinet members including Prime Minister…
Aldi To Spend Additional 3.5 Billion Pounds On Food, Drink From British Suppliers
Britain’s fifth-biggest supermarket Aldi said Wednesday it plans to increase the amount of food and drink it buys from British suppliers by 3.5 billion pounds ($4.77 billion) within the next five years as the company continues its rapid expansion across the United Kingdom. In September, Aldi, which is privately owned by Germany’s Aldi Sud, said…
French Designer Pierre Cardin, Licensing Pioneer, Dies at 98
PARIS—French fashion designer Pierre Cardin possessed a wildly inventive artistic sensibility tempered by a stiff dose of business sense. He had no problem acknowledging that he earned more from a pair of stockings than from a haute-couture gown with a six-figure price tag. Cardin, who died Tuesday at age 98, was the ultimate entrepreneurial designer….
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