Australia’s mushroom killer has failed to overturn her murder convictions on appeal, with the court also ruling that she never be released from prison. Erin Patterson, 52, was found guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill another when she served them a toxic mushroom-laced meal in 2023. Her life sentence included a non-parole […]
Continue ReadingArindam Bhattacharyya, an advertising executive based in Jakarta, had an unexpected wake-up call in 2024. His parents, based in India’s Kolkata city, were visiting him when his father had a health crisis. Bhattacharyya managed to get him medical care but when it was time for them to go back, he faced a question familiar to […]
Continue ReadingMachado said there would be elections in 2027, but also did not offer an exact timeline. The transition in Venezuela would be “irreversible, organised, pacific”, Machado said standing before a slogan which read “Let Us Be Free”. Her return to the country comes after she repeatedly made earlier efforts to re-enter Venezuela, and failed. Last […]
Continue ReadingA court in the Philippine city of Cebu has approved a warrant permitting police to examine material taken from the former home of Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex, which is alleged to contain images showing the sexual abuse of children. Thomas Markle has strongly denied possessing any child abuse material. His son, […]
Continue ReadingSixteen of the 33 members expelled are from the military, according to a communique issued on Thursday, which marked the end of the four-day closed-door gathering held at a hotel in Beijing. It’s unclear what specific charges these members face beyond “serious disciplinary and legal violations”. Such broad allegations have become routine under Xi’s anti-corruption […]
Continue ReadingFor decades, Canada-EU summits took place without much fanfare – but that’s not the case for this coming two-day meeting in Montreal. Thursday and Friday’s summit will be closely watched for details on how Canada and the European bloc deepen their ties. Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed “opening the door” […]
Continue ReadingSanrio, the company behind Hello Kitty, has apologised and ended its merchandise partnership with a controversial Japanese TV show after drawing backlash in China. Vivant, a popular spy thriller, has been widely slammed in Chinese state media and by Chinese social media users for its depiction of Chinese agents using brutal torture tactics on a […]
Continue ReadingEl Salvador has deployed more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti as part of a mission to retrieve four nationals who went missing in the Caribbean country almost two weeks ago. The “robust deployment” was communicated by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to the Prime Minister of Haiti Alix Didier Fils-Aime earlier this week, the foreign […]
Continue ReadingDetails of more than 41,000 personnel working for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including thousands involved in immigration enforcement, have been leaked to the public. The leak includes names, work addresses and phone numbers of DHS staff, including agents working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection, along with […]
Continue ReadingAlton Byers, a mountain geographer at the University of Colorado who was not involved in the study, says it should serve as a “springboard” to bring about more effective early-warning systems and other precautionary measures. But achieving that will be a challenge. Campaigners say building regulations aren’t implemented on the ground and through the years, […]
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