Salman Rushdie off ventilator
Sir Salman Rushdie is "talking and joking", days after being stabbed multiple times. The 75-year-old author was attacked on stage on Friday (12.08.22) at an event in New York state and airlifted to hospital, but his agent, Andrew Wylie, has confirmed the 'Satanic Verses' writer has now been taken off the ventilator that was helping him to breathe and is communicating again. Author Aatish Taseer had written in a now-deleted tweet: "Just had the most thrilling news: 'Salmoan is off the ventilator and talking (and joking)' " Andrew confirmed the writer's note about Salman's condition was correct....