Mirihana protestors cannot be charged under PTA – Human Rights Commission

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - A forensic psychologist hired by Johnny Depp's legal team testified Tuesday that his ex-wife Amber Heard suffers from borderline and histrionic personality disorder as the defamation trial involving the former Hollywood couple continues to play out in a Fairfax County, Virginia courtroom.The psychologist, Shannon Curry, took the stand Tuesday saying she reached her diagnosis during 12 hours of interviews with Heard and after a review of her mental-health records.Curry also testified that Heard does not suffer post-traumatic stress disorder from her relationship with Depp. On cross-examination, Heard's lawyers questioned Curry for potential bias.Also on Tuesday, jurors heard testimony from Tara Roberts, the woman who managed Depp's private island in the Bahamas who testified that she never saw Heard with any kind of bruises.The final witness Tuesday was Los Angeles police officer Melissa Saenz who testified about her visit to Depp's penthouses just days before Heard filed for divorce and sought a restraining order.

Hollywood films such as the blockbuster James Bond flick Die Another Day (2002) and Rush Hour 2 (2001). Tsang went into mandatory quarantine at the Kowloon Hotel after returning from Singapore on Monday (April 25).It's claimed Ministry of Health staff found him unconscious at the Hong Kong hotel after he failed to answer the door during daily checks, according to the South China Morning Post.A source suggested he was pronounced dead at the scene and that he previously tested negative for Covid on Tuesday.Moving tributes to the well-loved actor have flooded in on Twitter.One wrote: "This one really hurts.

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Tope said chief minister Uddhav Thackeray is expected to hold a meeting with the district collectors soon to discuss the issue with them

US ex-marine Trevor Reed, charged with attacking police, stands inside a defendants' cage during his verdict hearing at Moscow's Golovinsky district court on July 30, 2020. (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Russia and the United States carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange on Wednesday, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America, a senior U.S.

PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia are searching for the suspect accused of trying to burglarize Dalessandro's Steaks in Roxborough. According to police, the incident happened on April 16 at the restaurant located at 600 Wendover Street. Police released surveillance video that they say shows the suspect parking a van before attempting to break the lock on the front door with an unknown object. After several minutes, the suspect left the area in the van going south on Henry Avenue, authorities say. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAccording to police, the suspect is wanted in connection to three other similar burglaries in the area over the last two weeks. Police are asking for the public's health to identify a man wanted in connection with several burglaries.  AdvertisementAnyone with information on the incident or suspect can submit an anonymous tip here. 

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COVID-led restrictions. Hence, they have decided to take action preemptively to avoid facing the worst of them. In the past couple of days, the number of active cases has gone up to 4,168 from 601 on April 11. However, the rate of hospitalisation is still low. 

Mattea Roach furthered her “Jeopardy!” streak Tuesday with a 16th win — the eighth-longest run in “Jeopardy!” history — continuing her ascent through the ranks of the quiz show’s all-time greats.

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $454 million after no lucky winner claimed Monday night’s drawing.The winner, who must match numbers on five white balls (1-69) and the red Powerball (1-26), also has the option to claim a one-time lump sum payment of an estimated $271.9 million before taxes.The next drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 27.The Powerball jackpot grows until a winning ticket is sold.

WASHINGTON - World leaders and a bevy of U.S. political and foreign policy elite are preparing to pay their respects to the late Madeleine Albright, the child refugee from war-torn Europe who rose to become America’s first female secretary of state.Led by President Joe Biden and predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the man who picked Albright to be his top diplomat and the highest-ranking woman ever in the U.S.

NHS in a bid to improve her health.The EastEnders star revealed her doctors’ plans to perform reconstructive surgery on her face.Due to her previous battles with alcohol and drug addiction, Danniella has suffered from a collapsed septum.Thanks to her upcoming operation, Danniella said she will be able to “survive”, as her current health issues “hamper” her lifestyle.She said: “"Plastic surgeons wanted £500,000 to change my face, so I thought I was never going to get it done. It was only because I went into intensive care before Christmas."I couldn't breathe because I had a cold.There was a build up of fluid and after I fell asleep I couldn't wake up properly and ended up in ICU."That's why I'm doing this.

Fossil fuel subsidies amounted to €2.2 billion in 2020, according to figures published today by the Central Statistics Office.

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PHILADELPHIA - Army officials say a soldier was killed and two others were hurt during an exercise at the Yakima Training Center in central Washington state. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports 20-year-old Army Pfc. Joseph A.

NEW DELHI: The Centre will organise special drive-ins to schools to vaccinate children against coronavirus, as the government prepares to begin administering shots to 6-12 year olds, said Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Wednesday.

PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia are investigating a shooting that took place in South Philadelphia early Wednesday morning, police say. Officers with the 3rd District responded to a report of gunshots on Jackson Street, according to authorities. Chief Inspector Scott Small says when officers arrived on the scene they found the shooting scene but were unable to locate a victim. Officers later learned there was a shooting victim around the corner on Columbus Boulevard, Small says. According to Small, the victim, 31, was suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg and police took him to Jefferson Hospital, where he is in stable condition. Police say a 31-year-old sound engineer was shot once outside of a reccording studio in South Philadelphia.  ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe victim told police he is a sound engineer who was working at a recording studio when he ordered food through Uber Eats, Small says. Police say, the victim disclosed that when he went outside to meet the Uber Eats delivery driver that he saw five men in masks approaching him. According to police, the sound engineer said he began to run and was shot in the leg as he fled the scene. He then ran into a Wawa where police later found him, authorities say. Small says 21 spent shell casings were found outside of the recording studio where the victim was shot. "We know 21 shots were fired from a semi-automatic weapon," Small says. Detectives are on location processing the scene and looking for surveillance video, according to authorities. AdvertisementThe investigation is active and ongoing. 

The Kerala government has reinstated the mask mandate in public spaces amid concerns about rising daily Covid-19 infections in the country.

A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. As the novel coronavirus has spread in the U.S., the CDC is under increasi A puzzling outbreak of sudden liver disease in nearly 200 children has health authorities in Europe and the U.S. racing to find answers.The illnesses have no known connection, although a possible link with a virus that can cause colds is being investigated.

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This May, The Greater Manchester (GM) Walking Festival will start for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Coinciding with National Walking Month, more than 200 free walks will be on offer.

West Lothian Leisure’s chief executive, Tim Dent, is to retire at the end of June 2022 after more than two and a half years leading the award-winning group.

Covid challenge has yet not been surpassed. "Despite managing the Covid crisis well as compared to the other countries, we can see cases' uptick in states now. we have to stay alert," PM Modi said.

New Delhi: India has detected nearly 3,000 cases in the last 24 hours, a jump of 400 cases from the previous day, taking the tally of active cases to 16,279, the union health ministry said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: tHE National Health Authority (NHA) has rolled out a module for nurses on Health Professional Registry (HPR) under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). With the rollout, nurses providing health services across modern and traditional systems of medicine can enroll on HPR, the NHA said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin's health concerns are growing after a video went viral of the despot failing to control his hand in a plush meet and greet with a fellow dictator. Putin, who likes to project an image of strength at all times, is likely frustrated that the clip has gone viral at a time when his rumoured health problems have been thrust into the spotlight.

EUGENE, Ore. - Police in Oregon are calling an off-campus drinking party an "embarrassment" after responding officers were pelted with bottles and cans. Eugene officers responded to the very large party, estimated to have up to 1,000 people, Saturday. Cops said the party started at 10 a.m.

coronavirus pandemic has further propelled the growth of the pharma sector in the country. The US-China trade tensions and the aftermath of covid pandemic and have created a huge opportunity for India.

Howard Stern had some less-than-kind things to say about Johnny Depp‘s behaviour in his ongoing, fully televised defamation trial against the actor’s ex-wife Amber Heard.On Monday’s episode of radio’s The Howard Stern Show, Stern and co-host Robin Quivers discussed the trial. Stern, 68, called Depp a “huge narcissist” and claimed he was “overacting” during his testimony.Stern hypothesized the reason for the trial being televised was Depp’s own doing.“The reason he wanted that on — he wanted it televised — is that’s what narcissists do,” said Stern.

World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to maintain surveillance of coronavirus infections, saying the world was “blind” to how the virus is spreading because of falling testing rates.“As many countries reduce testing, WHO is receiving less and less information about transmission and sequencing,” Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference at the U.N. agency’s headquarters in Geneva.“This makes us increasingly blind to patterns of transmission and evolution.” Canada lacks robust COVID-19 detection system amid 6th wave.

suspect resisting officers during a traffic stop before running one officer over with his vehicle as he flees.The incident began as a traffic stop just before 10:30 a.m. Sunday on I-65 between Murfreesboro Road and McEwen Drive, the Franklin Police Department said.Officers pulled over 26-year-old Roy Nicholson, of Columbia, for a traffic violation and asked him to step out of the vehicle after spotting a gun and smelling marijuana inside.Roy Nicholson attempts to get back into his car as Officer Matt Lamarr rushes to assist Officer Dustyn Stevens.

Covid in a day. Overall, the fatalities count has surged to 5,23,654. The national capital Delhi reported 1,204 new Covid cases and one fatality. The city's positivity rate has surged to 4.64%.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia woman on hospice care has one last wish.Valerie Alexander of Old City wants to make sure that her dog, Rosie, who she’s had for five years, is taken care of before she dies. "She’s part of my family," said Alexander. "She’s my child."Alexander has terminal brain cancer, and she was told by her doctor that she only has weeks left to live.

TRENTON - Authorities say a firefighter was grazed by a bullet at a fire station in Trenton Tuesday night.Officers from the Trenton Police Department were called to 200 block of North Willow Street just before 9 p.m.

CHERRY HILL, N.J. - Families in the Cherry Hill School District have grown frustrated that teachers have been abruptly relocated to other schools without explanation. Students and parents packed into a Cherry Hill School Board meeting Tuesday night to demand answers following the sudden transfer of their beloved teachers to other district schools. "Since we have gotten no reason, I think it’s punitive. I think it’s personal," one student said. District sources say nine teachers were moved out of Cherry Hill High School East and a handful of others moved from Cherry Hill High School West. Several staff changes were also made in three district middle schools."I feel like just switching around for the sake of switching around teachers, they don’t realize how much it effects our family in the history department, the family of teachers and all the established relationships with the students," a student said. Cherry Hill School District Superintendent Joseph Moloch said some level of teacher reassignments happen every year, but he admitted that more are taking place this time around. School officials would not talk about specific teachers, citing personnel issues and privacy, but said they don't make the moves lightly. Advertisement"We take a look at each one of the teachers and where can his or her talents make the most impact or make continued impact," Moloch said.

SELMA, NC - APRIL 09: Rep. Madison Cawthorn speaks before a rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump at The Farm at 95 on April 9, 2022 in Selma, North Carolina.

fourth wave is “not likely in 2022" and 4% said it will not strike "for six months at least". 

coronavirus that you already had. Not necessarily against future variants". Citing last year's data, the expert said natural immunity is not always robust compared to vaccines. "Vaccines provide a standard consistent dose. Infections are not always consistent on the dose you got," he added.“Natural immunity is generally only best for the variants of #SARSCoV2 that you already had! Not necessarily against future variants. We epidemiologists have been trying to warn about this for a long time, but always drowned out by “mass infection + natural herd immunity crowd. pic.twitter.com/4ao7jFAvuG2) We have seen lots of data on this that natural immunity is not always that robust compared to vaccines. Vaccines provide a standard consistent dose. Infections are not always consistent on the dose you got. https://t.co/VPTa9szu3S

COLOMBO (News 1st); Protests have erupted across Sri Lanka since the weekend against the government’s failure to properly manage the economy and over the shortage of essentials.These protestors have been demanding that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leave and that his government also resign.On Monday (4), Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had offered to award ministerial positions to all political parties, urging them to come together to solve the crisis that has plagued the nation.His offer came a day after one of his former ministers, Wimal Weerawansa, proposed to form an all-party interim government to solve the crisis.On Sunday (3), one of the main political parties in the ruling coalition, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party warned that if a caretaker government is not appointed, all SLFP MPs would resign from their posts and remain independent in Parliament.However, late Sunday (3) night, Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers resigned en masse after protests over the government’s handling of the worst economic crisis in decades.Massive nationwide protests were planned via social media with ZERO political affiliation or support, and the government on Saturday (2) imposed a social media blackout that was lifted on Sunday (3) evening.However, the Public Emergency proclamation made by the President is still in effect.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa even issued an extraordinary gazette declaring that no person shall be on any public road, railway, public park, public recreation ground, or other public ground or the seashore in such areas, during the period of the curfew.However, protestors defied the curfew and took the streets on Sunday (3) to voice their anger and frustrations.Sunday (3) saw massive protests in several parts of the

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa used minimum force to disperse the protest that took place at Pengiriwatte Road, Mirihana on Thursday (31) night.He said the protestors caused serious damage to public and private property, until the early hours of Friday (1).The Minister said that after the President ordered the use of minimum force the crowds dispersed within half an hour., adding that the President was very patient on the matter.Sri Lanka Police fired tear gas and water cannons to control the protests that took place on the road leading to the President’s Mirihana residence on Thursday (31) night, where people voiced their anger over a mismanaged economy.The people of Sri Lanka have a right to protest, said Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga on Friday (1) adding that the right is to protest for the betterment of the country not to lead the country into a state of anarchy.There are some things that are beyond the government’s control, and incidents that were witnessed on Thursday (31) would lead to a state of anarchy, he said.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan Government Ministers have referred to those who incited violence during the Mirihana Protests as political extremists and not religious extremists.Ministers Prasanna Ranatunga, Dilum Amunugama, and Keheliya Rambukwella spoke to the media on Friday (1) to respond to concerns over the public protest that was held opposite the Mirihana residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday (31).The President’s Media Division announced on Friday (1) that an organized group of extremists were among those who were protesting at Jubilee Post, Nugegoda.The statement noted that the group acted in an unruly manner, and noted that this group armed with iron clubs, machetes, and sticks, had provoked the protesters and marched towards the President’s residence in Pengiriwatte, Mirihana.The President’s Media Division in a statement noted that most of those who acted in a violent manner were arrested, and it was identified that a majority of them were an organized group of extremists.They have spearheaded the campaign calling for an Arab Spring in Sri Lanka, it added.The President’s Media Division also said that those who were arrested revealed that this unruly situation was created with the intention of enraging the public via planned anonymous social media gatherings.Referring to the word ‘Extremist’, Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said that the Government had not referred to religious extremists.Sri Lankan Health Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella also echoed the same clarification noting that the Government referred to political extremists and not religious extremists.However, Minister of Transport Dilum Amunugama also said that the word “Extremist’ may have been wrongly used and said, instead, that

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka says that those arrested for protesting in Nugegoda CANNOT be charged under the PTA.54 persons who were engaged in the protest on Thursday (31) night at Mirihana, Nugegoda have been arrested by Sri Lanka Police. Police stated that a woman was among them.Two Police & army buses, a jeep, a three-wheeler, and two motorcycles were damaged, during the protest. Police said that five officers were injured in the protest.