A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 said on Monday that he was irrational when he pleaded guilty, as he sought to overturn his conviction. Brenton Tarrant, 35, appeared in court in Wellington via a video link, and gave evidence as he sought to overturn his […]
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A third British man has died while skiing in the French Alps in less than a week. He had been skiing with a group of four others when the avalanche struck near the town of La Grave in the Alps on Tuesday morning, local media reported. Mountain rescuers attended the scene, but the Briton, in
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Bad Bunny has made history by becoming the first Super Bowl half-time show headliner to perform entirely in Spanish – and to host a wedding during the performance. Already a controversial pick to the main event, drawing criticism from Donald Trump, the rapper breezed through an eight-song set mostly made up of his latest album
The face of a “vampire” whose remains were posthumously mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead can be seen for the first time in more than 400 years. Discovered in a grave at Racesa, a fortress in eastern Croatia, the body had been exhumed, beheaded and reburied face down beneath heavy stones. And since
Social media is on trial in Los Angeles. What happens next could change the way they operate. Inside LA’s superior court, a landmark trial is getting under way. Social media companies are being accused of being addictive by design, a bit like tobacco and cigarettes were in the 1980s. They’ll face around 22 “bellwether” lawsuits,
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However you cut it, this is a one-woman story. Sanae Takaichi has landed a mandate, a landslide so decisive that just a few months ago it would barely have been believed. And it could well change Japan and this region. When she assumed the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in October, following
Thailand’s incumbent party has taken the lead in the country’s general election, according to preliminary and unofficial results from the state Electoral Commission. The commission’s count indicated the conservative Bhumjaithai party had attained around 194 seats in the 500-member House of Representatives. Parties need 251 seats to elect a prime minister, otherwise, a coalition will
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 19-year-old student. Carla Georgescu was found dead at her University of Lancashire accommodation in Victoria Street, Preston, on Thursday afternoon, Lancashire Constabulary said. Officers attended the address after reports of a “sudden death”. Her death is being treated as suspicious. Ms Georgescu was
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A convicted robber who absconded from prison has been found, police confirmed. Scott Warner, 37, was reported missing from a roll call at HMP Hollesley Bay, Woodbridge, Suffolk. He had been serving a sentence of four years and seven months for robbery and other offences. Essex Police confirmed on Sunday that Warner, who has links
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A Russian citizen has been detained in Dubai over the shooting of a general in Moscow. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB secret police, said in a statement that a Russian citizen named Lyubomir Korba was arrested on suspicion of shooting Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev on Friday. “With the
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