[ad_1] This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A Belgian woman sentenced to life in prison after she was found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of her five …
Read More »Mexico wants Arizona rancher’s murder charge upgraded after migrant shooting
[ad_1] A Mexican official on Friday said the government wanted an Arizona rancher to face a more severe charge for allegedly killing a migrant who crossed onto his property. An Arizona judge last week said George Alan Kelly, 74, should face second-degree murder and aggravated assault charges in the death …
Read More »Oil protests turn deadly as 79 police taken hostage, 2 people killed
[ad_1] Protests in Colombia have taken a violent turn after residents took 79 police officers hostage and two people died in the clash. The residents of Colombia’s southern Caquetá province blockaded the compound of oil company Emerald Energy, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned company Sinochem. They also took nine oil …
Read More »Serbia denies providing weapons to Ukraine
[ad_1] Serbia on Friday denied it has exported arms to Ukraine after Moscow demanded to know if its Balkan ally delivered thousands of rockets for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion. Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, no weapons have been exported …
Read More »17 dead in Indonesia fuel depot fire
[ad_1] A large fire broke out at a fuel storage depot in Indonesia’s capital Friday, killing at least 17 people, injuring dozens of others and forcing the evacuation of thousands of nearby residents after spreading to their neighborhood, officials said. The Plumpang fuel storage station, operated by state-run oil and …
Read More »China conducts secretive space walk ignoring international norms: ‘contempt for transparency’
[ad_1] China this week revealed that two of its astronauts had conducted a secretive space walk around the Tiangong space station, marking the second extravehicular operation over the last three months. Two members of the Shenzhou 15 crew, dubbed the “Dream Crew,” successfully exited the space station to complete “scheduled …
Read More »Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize winner sentenced to 10 years in prison for financing anti-government protests
[ad_1] A court on Friday sentenced Belarus’ top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to 10 years in prison, the latest move in a yearslong crackdown on dissent that has engulfed the ex-Soviet nation since 2020. The harsh punishment of Ales Bialiatski …
Read More »Colombia proposes transferring 70 hippos that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch to India, Mexico
[ad_1] Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch – descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s – to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population. The hippos, which are …
Read More »Bodies from Greece train collision that killed 57 returned to families in closed caskets
[ad_1] Authorities in Greece said Friday that all remains recovered so far from scene of this week’s rail disaster have been accounted for, with the death toll from the crash remaining at 57. The bodies of victims from Tuesday’s head-on train collision were being returned to families in closed caskets …
Read More »MI5 failed in Ariana Grande concert bombing that killed 22 inquiry finds
[ad_1] The U.K.’s top intelligence agency MI5 failed to respond to key information that could have thwarted the 2017 suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert in northwest England that killed 22 people, an investigation found Thursday. The investigation, led by retired Judge John Saunders, found that one MI5 officer …
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