Jan. 23 Daily Brief: Justin Bieber gets arrested, 3 dead, 30 missing after senior home fire in Quebec, World Economic Forum in Davos
Canadian teen pop singer Justin Bieber was arrested in Miami, Fla. early Thursday on a drunk driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a yellow Lamborghini sports car, according to police, and more in today’s daily brief.
- Rwanda soldier from the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA), gestures as he patrols on January 22, 2014 in the Pk 13 district, north of Bangui, after after an attack by anti-Balaka fighters. The Central African Republic’s new leader pledged on January 21, 2014 to choose her cabinet based on skills rather than religion as she sought to end months of Christian-Muslim bloodshed. (Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images)
- Colombian police officers (front) and soldiers stand by the bodies of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels killed in combat, on January 22, 2014, at a military airport in Ibague, department of Tolima, Colombia. Colombian army troops killed at least seven FARC guerrillas in an operation Tuesday in the central department of Tolima, the military said. Military operations this week in different parts of the country have left 26 guerrillas dead, while peace talks continue, installed in November 2012 in Havana, between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas, without having been agreed a ceasefire bilateral, Santos believes that it could serve to strengthen the FARC militarily. (Felipe Caicedo/AFP/Getty Images)
- A view of a tree during an unusually warm winter day near the town of Velingrad on January 22, 2014. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
- South African Sthandiwe Hlongwane (1st-L) stands with other women outside a newly built house she received from the Economic Freedom Fighters leader and former ANC youth leader Julius Malema in Nkandla on January 22, 2014. The house, a modest concrete building that sits directly opposite the lavish residence of South African President Jacob Zuma in Nkandla, became a gathering spot for those willing to register for the EFF, and where activists meet and listen to the grievances of locals who are disappointed with the ANC. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images)
- Film star Sylvester Stallone(Rear-R) and MGM Chairman and CEO Gary Barber(Rear) watch from the stage as Leo the Lion steps onto a cement block for his paw prints during a ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater celebrating the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio’s 90th anniversary on January 22, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)
- A gas flame is seen through a bus window in the South Pars gas field facilities in the southern Iranian port of Assaluyeh on the shore of the Gulf on January 22, 2014. South Pars, a huge offshore natural gas field shared between Iran and Qatar, holds around 14 trillion cubic metres of gas. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Afghan child plays in the outskirts of Herat on January 23, 2014. Economic development is considered a vital weapon to stop the country from sinking back into civil war and to stem Islamist extremism after 100,000 international combat troops pull out. (Aref Karimia/AFP/Getty Images)
- Birds perch as the Blue Mosque dominates the skyline during sundown on January 23, 2014, in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
- Chinese artist Li Hongbo stretches a paper sculpture work at his studio on the outskirts of Beijing, January 20, 2014. Born into a simple farming family, Li said he had always loved paper, invented in ancient China. Beyond his sculptures, he has spent six years producing a collection of books recording more than 1,000 years of Buddhist art on paper. Neither plaster nor clay, the statues are concertinas of thousands upon thousands of fine pieces of paper.”At the beginning, I discovered the flexible nature of paper through Chinese paper toys and paper lanterns,” Li, 38, told Reuters. Picture taken on January 20, 2014. (REUTERS/Jason Lee)
- Haitian migrant Milice Norassaint talks on his mobile phone to his wife Jolaine during a break from work as a mason on the construction site of the Arena Amazonia soccer stadium in Manaus, northern Brazil November 9, 2013. Milice left Haiti for Brazil in 2011, hoping that his family would one day be able to join him. In 2012, Brazil approved a humanitarian visa policy for Haitians, two years after an earthquake on their island left many in dire poverty, and thousands have made the journey. Haitian immigrants are now crossing the border from Peru at a rate of around 70 per day, according to the Acre state government. Many hope to work in one of Brazil’s public works projects as the country prepares to host the 2014 World Cup. Picture taken November 9, 2013. (REUTERS/Bruno Kelly)
- Firefighters walk past the Residence du Havre after a fire in L’Isle Verte, Quebec, January 23, 2014. At least three people died and 30 were missing after a fire ripped through the residence for the elderly in the Eastern Canadian province of Quebec overnight, police said on Thursday. (REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger)
- Participants take a break between sessions at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 23, 2014. (REUTERS/Ruben Sprich)
- Patient Win May, 77, lies in bed at Mayanchaung Leprosy Hospice, Halegu township, Yangon Division January 21, 2014. The hospice was founded in 1989 and houses 118 people. About 3,000 people are newly diagnosed with leprosy in Myanmar every year and about 300,000 people have been cured of the disease since 1991, according to the Myanmar Leprosy Mission. Picture taken January 21, 2014. (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)
- Suspected Somali pirates captured by the Dutch navy working under NATO command are seen behind bars at the Mombasa Law Courts in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, January 23, 2014. A Kenyan court sentenced 24 Somalis to seven years each in prison on Thursday for attempting to hijack an Iranian merchant vessel, FV Ariya, in the Gulf of Oman in October 2010. The men were handed over to Kenyan authorities because Somalia, which is struggling to rebuild after two decades of civil war, was not seen as stable enough to try them properly. (REUTERS/Joseph Okanga)
- Two women kiss during a protest in front of the Malaga Cathedral in Malaga, southern Spain, January 23, 2014. Protesters were called by lesbian, gay, feminist, bisexual and transsexual associations to kiss in public against what they said were religious homophobic statements made by new Spanish Cardinal Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, appointed by Pope Francis. The cardinal had said homosexuality was a physical defect which could be cured with the right treatment, during an interview with a local newspaper. (REUTERS/Jon Nazca)
- Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban (C) is hugged by an anti-government protester as he leads a march through Bangkok’s business district January 23, 2014. The government declared a 60-day state of emergency from Wednesday hoping to prevent an escalation in protests now in a third month. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj)
- Justin Bieber appeared briefly in front of Judge Joseph Farina, via video, clad in red jail-issued scrubs at Miami-Dade Circuit Court in Florida, Ja. 23, 2014. Bond was set at $2,500. (Walter Michot/Miami Herald/MCT)
- Reporters take photos of a video feed of Justin Bieber appearing in Miami misdemeanor court in Miami, Fla., on Thursday, January 23, 2014. Bieber appeared briefly in front of Judge Joseph Farina, via video, clad in red jail-issued scrubs. Bond was set at $2,500. (Walter Michot/Miami Herald/MCT)
- Pop singer Justin Bieber appears in front of Judge Joseph Farina by video link in this still image from video from Miami, Florida January 23, 2014. Bieber was arrested in South Florida early on January 23 on a drunken driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini, police said. (Pool photo)
- Pop singer Justin Bieber appears in front of Judge Joseph Farina by video link in this still image from video from Miami, Florida January 23, 2014. Bieber was arrested in South Florida early on January 23 on a drunken driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini, police said. (Pool photo)
- Two sports cars sit in a police impound lot in Miami Beach, Florida January 23, 2014. The cars were involved in a drag racing incident of pop singer Justin Bieber, who was arrested early Thursday on a drunk driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini, according to police. (Gary I. Rothsein/Reuters)
- Justin Bieber (R) exits from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on January 23, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Justin Bieber was charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license after Miami Beach police found the pop star street racing Thursday morning. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
- Justin Bieber prepares to stand on his vehicle after exiting from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on January 23, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Justin Bieber was charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license after Miami Beach police found the pop star street racing Thursday morning. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
- Singer Justin Bieber leaves the Turner Guiford Knight correctional institute after posting bond on his DUI arrest on Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Hector Gabino/Miami Herald/MCT)
- Justin Bieber waves after exiting from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on January 23, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Justin Bieber was charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license after Miami Beach police found the pop star street racing Thursday morning. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
- Canadian teen pop singer Justin Bieber is shown in this combo of booking photos provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department in Miami, Florida January 23, 2014. Bieber was arrested in south Florida early Thursday on a drunk driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini sports car, according to police. (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department/Handout via Reuters)
- Onlookers and members of the media make room for the vehicle on the right as it backs as close as possible to a building exit, as they await the release of teen pop star Justin Bieber from a Miami-Dade County jail in Miami, Florida January 23, 2014. Bieber was arrested in Miami Beach early on Thursday on a drunken driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini, police said. (Andrew Innerarity/Reuters)
- Media gather outside Miami Beach police station in Miami Beach, Florida January 23, 2014. Pop singer Justin Bieber was arrested early Thursday on a drunk driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini sports car, according to police. (Gary I. Rothsein/Reuters)
- Justin Bieber’s dad Jeremy arrives at Turner Guilford Knight correctional facility in Miami, Fla., on Thursday, January 23rd, 2014. (Hecotr Gabino/Miami Herald/MCT)
- Miami Beach Police Dept. officer keeps watch on photographer trying to get a photo of teen idol Justin Bieber, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at the police headquarters in Miami Beach, Fla. Bieber was arrested in Miami Beach on charges of DUI and drag-racing, a police spokesman said. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/MCT)
- Media wait for Justin Bieber to exit from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on January 23, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Justin Bieber was charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license after Miami Beach police found the pop star street racing Thursday morning. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
- A Miami Beach Police van carrying Justin Bieber prepares to exit from the Miami Beach Police station taking him to jail on January 23, 2014 in Miami Beach, Florida. Justin Bieber was charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license after Miami Beach Police found the pop star street racing on Thursday morning. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
- R&B singer Khalil Sharieff is shown in a combo of booking photos provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department in Miami, Florida January 23, 2014. Canadian pop star Justin Bieber was arrested in south Florida early Thursday on a drunk driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini sports car, according to police. Bieber’s friend, Khalil Sharieff, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department/Handout via Reuters)