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Sydney taekwondo instructor Kwang Kyung Yoo was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for murdering a 7-year-old student and the boy’s parents. Jealousy over the family’s financial success motivated the crimes, which were described as senseless, violent, and cruel Sydney: A judge sentenced a Sydney taekwondo instructor on Tuesday to life in prison without possibility of release for murdering a 7-year-old student and the boy’s parents. Kwang Kyung Yoo, 51, sat with his head bowed as Justice Ian Harrison said he would never be eligible for parole. Harrison said Yoo has been motivated by the jealousy he felt for the family’s financial success. “I’m satisfied that the level of culpability in the commission of these offences is so extreme that the community interest in retribution, punishment, community protection and deterrence can only be met through the imposition of a life sentence,” Harrison told the New South Wales Supreme Court. Harrison said…
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Twenty-four endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are being rehabilitated in Florida after cold-stunning in frigid Cape Cod waters. Suffering from frostbite and pneumonia, they are receiving intensive care and are expected to be released into the Atlantic by spring Juno Beach: Two dozen Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are rehabilitating in Florida after the frigid waters off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, left them struggling with frostbite, pneumonia and abrasions. The 24 endangered sea turtles arrived at the Loggerhead Marinelife Centre in Juno Beach, Florida, on Dec. 9, thanks to the nonprofit organisation LightHawk. Last year, the centre welcomed another bunch of cold-stunned turtles that were released into the Atlantic months later. They are expected to remain at the facility until spring, when they’ll be released into the Atlantic Ocean to make their way back to New England, said Heather Barron, chief science officer and veterinarian at Loggerhead. She said the turtles suffered from a…
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Thai authorities deported Goa nightclub co-owners Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra to India amid a probe into the December 6 fire that killed 25 people. Detained in Phuket after an Interpol notice, they will face further legal action on arrival Bangkok: Thailand authorities on Tuesday deported Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Goa nightclub where 25 people were killed in a fire on December 6, to India. The deportation comes amid an ongoing probe into the deadly blaze, which triggered widespread outrage and led to scrutiny over alleged safety violations and lapses by the nightclub management. The Luthras, co-owners of ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub located in Arpora in North Goa, left for Phuket in Thailand, shortly after the fire incident. An Interpol Blue Corner Notice was issued against them. The two were detained by Thai authorities in Phuket on December 11 following the intervention of the Indian mission, which…
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At least 15 people were injured when a San Francisco cable car abruptly stopped on Monday afternoon. Most suffered minor injuries, with two hospitalised. Authorities are investigating the incident, reaffirming passenger safety on the historic, tourist-popular cable car system San Francisco: More than a dozen people were hurt when a San Francisco cable car abruptly stopped Monday afternoon. Fifteen people had injuries ranging from minor to moderate, the San Francisco Fire Department posted on social media. Two of them were immediately taken to hospitals and 11 others were treated for what the department described as “minor aches and pains”. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs the cable cars, said it was actively investigating the incident and gave no reason for the stop. The cable cars are a major tourist draw and were immortalised in a Tony Bennett song about leaving his heart in San Francisco. Passengers on cable cars do not wear…
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Australian police said the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that killed 15 people was inspired by Islamic State ideology. Evidence including IS flags was recovered, prompting authorities to classify the attack as terrorism. Sydney: A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesday. The suspects were a father and son, aged 50 and 24, authorities have said. The older man was shot dead while his son was being treated at a hospital on Tuesday. Officials said at a news conference that they were making their first comments about the suspects’ ideologies because of evidence they had obtained, including “the presence of Islamic State flags in the vehicle that has been seized”. There are 25 people still being treated in hospitals after Sunday’s…
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US President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, accusing the broadcaster of defamation and misleading editing of his January 6 speech. The lawsuit claims the broadcast misrepresented his remarks to influence the 2024 election. Washington: President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking USD 10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices. The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump,” calling it “a brazen attempt to interfere in and influence” the 2024 US presidential election. It accused the BCC of “splicing together two entirely separate parts of President Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021” in order to “intentionally misrepresent the meaning of what President Trump said.”
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Cuba’s Supreme Court sentenced former economy minister Alejandro Gil to life imprisonment for espionage and an additional 20 years for corruption-related crimes. Once a key ally of President Díaz-Canel, Gil was accused of abusing power, bribery and links with foreign firms Havana: Cuba’s top court on Monday said a former economy minister was sentenced to life in prison for espionage, in the highest-profile case against an ex-official in recent years on the island. The Supreme Popular Tribunal said in a statement that former Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández also received a second sentence of 20 years in prison after being found guilty in a separate trial of other crimes including bribery, falsification of documents and tax evasion. Gil was economy minister from 2018 to 2024, and he was one of the closest collaborators of President Miguel Díaz-Canel until he was removed from his post. In 2019, he was also appointed as…
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Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina accused a small group of unelected politicians of seizing state power and using courts to eliminate her politically. In an exclusive interview, she termed the verdict against her biased, flagged foreign interference, and thanked Prime Minister Modi for support during her crisis. New Delhi: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that a group of small, self-serving, unelected politicians have seized the levers of state, who are using the court to remove a political rival. She also expressed gratitude to PM Modi, saying, “grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi” and the people of India for their support during her time of crisis. In an email interview with IANS, Hasina also strongly criticised the interim government in Dhaka, calling the verdict against her “biased and politically motivated,” while raising concerns over electoral reforms, foreign interference, and the banning of the Awami League. Below is the full…
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A Mexican National Guardsman shot dead three fellow service members and injured another at a barracks in Michoacan, officials said, days after the state saw a deadly car bomb attack. The incident comes amid heightened federal security deployments following recent assassinations. Mexico City: A Mexican National Guardsmen shot and killed three fellow service members at a barracks over the weekend in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, where the government has surged security forces in the wake of recent high-profile killings. A federal official confirmed the shooting Monday to The Associated Press, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. The shooting, which wounded a fourth service member, was under investigation, the official said. The suspect was in custody in Michoacan. The shooting occurred Saturday hours after a car bomb exploded in Coahuayana, Michoacan, killing five people outside a local police station. President Claudia Sheinbaum declined to give…
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A powerful 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring 23 people and triggering a small tsunami along the Pacific coast. Authorities warned of aftershocks and a slight rise in megaquake risk as trains halted and safety checks began at nuclear facilities. Tokyo: A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring 23 people and triggering a tsunami in Pacific coast communities, officials said. Authorities warned of possible aftershocks and an increased risk of a megaquake. The Japanese government was still assessing damages from the tsunami and late-evening quake, which struck at about 11:15 p.m. in the Pacific Ocean, around 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main Honshu island. “I’ve never experienced such a big shaking,” convenience store owner Nobuo Yamada told the public broadcaster NHK in the Aomori prefecture town of Hachinohe, adding that “luckily” power lines were…
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Alexei Navalny Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most famous opposition leader, died on February 16 after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long jail term, the Russian prison service said. Navalny, 47, rose to prominence more than a decade ago by lampooning President Vladimir Putin and the Russian elite whom he accused of vast corruption, avarice and opulence. The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District said in a statement that Navalny “felt unwell” after a walk at the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp, about 1,900 km (1,200 miles) north east of Moscow. He lost consciousness almost immediately, it said. “All necessary resuscitation measures were carried out, which did not…
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16 February
Ukraine’s army says heavy battles are raging with pressing Russian forces in the front-line city of Avdiivka, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy embarked on a mini-European tour in a new attempt to secure much-needed aid. The army said on Friday its forces were taking up “new positions” in the eastern city as the second anniversary of the war finds Ukraine faced with battlefield challenges and a shortage of ammunition stockpiles amid delays in Western military assistance. “Fierce battles are taking place within the city,” Ukrainian General Oleksandr Tarnavskiy said on social media. “Our troops are using all available forces and means to restrain the enemy,” he added, calling the situation “difficult but controlled”. “New positions have been prepared and powerful fortifications continue to…
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16 February
London: A mechanic who created and moderated sites dedicated to child sexual abuse on the dark web with an Indian-origin doctor and several others working for him, has been jailed for 16 years in the UK. Nathan Bake, 28, from Cheshire, was one of three UK-based moderators of a site called ‘The Annex’, and worked with around 30 staff members to enforce the site’s rules and ensure it continued to run smoothly. He was sentenced on Wednesday at Chester Crown Court to 16 years imprisonment, placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life, and given a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order. As the head moderator, Bake was second in command of The Annex, which is no longer active, and had around 90,000 global…
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16 February
Athens: The Greek parliament passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage making it the first majority Orthodox Christian country to establish marriage equality for all, CNN reported. The decision hailed as a ‘landmark victory’ for human rights in Greece, was supported by 176 out of 300 lawmakers in parliament while 76 voted against the change. This follows months of polarised political and public discourse. The change has been welcomed as a long-awaited vindication by the country’s LGBTQ+ couples. Taking to X, Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, “This is a milestone for human rights, reflecting today’s Greece – a progressive, and democratic country, passionately committed to European values.” Andrea Gilbert a founding member of Athens Pride, now approaching its 20th year, said,…
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15 February
New York: A 76-year-old Indian-origin motel owner has been shot dead in the US state of Alabama following a confrontation over room rental. Pravin Raojibhai Patel, the owner of the Hillcrest Motel in Sheffield, was gunned down last week after which police arrested 34-year-old William Jeremy Moore, Alabama-based news outlet al.com reported. Moore was arrested shortly after the incident as he was trying to break into an abandoned house on 13th Avenue, Sheffield Police Chief Ricky Terry said. According to investigators, Moore wanted to rent a room at the motel when an altercation with Patel took place on February 8, following which the former pulled a handgun and shot the elderly man. “When searching Moore, the murder weapon was found in his possession,”…
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15 February
London: The United Kingdom Space Agency announced an investment of 7.4 million pounds in funding for several projects to ensure the country plays a part in global space missions to the Moon, Mars and Venus in the Coming years, British High Commission said in an official statement. According to the statement, the funding will allow various UK institutions to work with space agencies like ISRO (Indian Space and Research Organisation) and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). One of the seven projects that was granted funding will involve the Space Science and Exploration Bilateral Programme helping Royal Holloway, University of London, develop software for ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 and Shukrayaan orbiters. The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter will help detect sub-surface ice on the lunar south pole while Shukrayaan will…
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14 February
New York: An Indian-origin family, including their 4-year-old twin boys, has been found dead at their home in California with the police investigating the case as a murder-suicide, in the latest in a string of tragedies to strike the community in the US. The victims have been identified by the friends as Anand Sujith Henry, his wife Alice Priyanka, and their 4-year-old twin boys, NBC Bay Area reported. However, the victims’ identities have not yet been released, police said. The incident took place in San Mateo on Monday, police were quoted as saying by the the report. On Monday, Police said a 911 call spurred a welfare check at the location after someone reported they hadn’t heard from the residents for some time.…
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Cairo: Saudi authorities have allowed conducting marriage contracts at Islam’s two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina as part of initiatives launched to enrich the experiences of pilgrims and visitors, according to a Saudi newspaper. The initiative was unveiled by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah allowing the well-organised conducting of nuptial contracts with comfort and ease at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Al Watan reported. Experts have called the initiative a “chance” for companies to come up with innovative ideas to organise such events with reverence for both places taken into consideration. Saudi mazoun, or marriage official, Musaed Al Jabri said conducting a marriage contract at the mosque is permissible in Islam, saying…
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30 January
RIYADH: The head of a tourism and heritage project meant to help establish Saudi Arabia as a global arts hub has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering, authorities announced late Sunday. Amr bin Saleh Abdul Rahman Al Madani, chief executive of the Royal Commission for AlUla in the northwestern Medina region, “was arrested for his involvement in crimes of abuse of authority and money laundering”, the official anti-corruption authority said in a statement. Both before and after he assumed his position, Al Madani was allegedly involved in illegally obtaining contracts for a separate company in which he has an ownership stake, the statement said, putting the value of the contracts at around SR207 million ($55 million). “Legal procedures are…
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26 January
Gaza: Hamas has announced that the group is ready to observe a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issues a ruling calling for it as long as Israel reciprocates. “If the court issues a ceasefire decision, the Hamas movement will adhere to the ceasefire as long as Israel adheres to that,” the group said in a statement on Thursday. In addition, it said that Hamas will release the Israeli prisoners detained by it if Israel releases the Palestinian prisoners detained by it,” noting that Israel must “end the siege that has been ongoing for 18 years on Gaza and allow the entry of all necessary aid for relief and reconstruction”, Xinhua news agency reported. The ICJ is set to…
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