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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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President promises changes to government after reports of corruption at defence and infrastructure ministries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will make changes to the government and security services as part of a renewed crackdown on corruption, nearly a year since Russia invaded the country. In his nightly video address on Monday, Zelenskyy did not name the officials who would be replaced but indicated the reshuffle was imminent. “There are already personnel decisions — some today, some tomorrow — regarding officials of various levels in ministries and other central government structures, as well as in the regions and in the law enforcement system,” the president said. Zelenskyy was elected in a landslide in 2019 on promises to reform the government and…
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24 January
Cheap, ‘good enough’ Chinese armed drones dominating world market due to US export controls, analysts say. From Saudi Arabia to Myanmar and Iraq to Ethiopia, more and more militaries across the world are stockpiling Chinese combat drones and deploying them on the battlefield. In Yemen, a Saudi-led coalition has dispatched the Chinese aircraft, also known as uncrewed aerial vehicles or UAVs, as part of a devastating air campaign that has killed more than 8,000 Yemeni civilians in the past eight years. In Iraq, authorities say they used Chinese drones to carry out more than 260 air raids against ISIL (ISIS) targets as of mid-2018, with a success rate of nearly 100 percent. In Myanmar, the military — armed with Chinese drones —…
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24 January
World-beating Malaysian troupes are drawing dancers from all ethnicities and innovating routines to wow audiences. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – When her maternity leave ended, Mariam Abdul Nazar returned to work and her passion, lion dancing. A Malaysian Muslim, she started learning lion dancing when she was 13, after accompanying her then 14-year-old brother to his training sessions. “I was drawn to the energy from the music, especially the drums. And I thought the lions were cute, with their big, big eyes,” Mariam, a 27-year-old content reviewer, told Al Jazeera. In multiracial Malaysia, lion dancing has become so popular that it is not just the country’s ethnic Chinese taking up the art. The Muhibah Lion Dance Troupe, established in 1984, is the…
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24 January
Veteran Korean-speaking diplomat Julie Turner will take on a position that has been vacant since 2017. United States President Joe Biden has named a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, a position that was vacant throughout the presidency of his predecessor Donald Trump. Biden nominated Julie Turner, a Korean-speaking career diplomat who now heads the Asia section of the State Department’s human rights bureau, the White House said in a statement on Monday. Turner previously worked on North Korean human rights as a special assistant in the envoy’s office, the statement added. The appointment needs confirmation from the Senate, but little opposition is expected. The ambassador-level position was mandated by Congress under a 2004 law that sought to…
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24 January
HALF MOON BAY, United States: An Asian farm worker was in custody Monday after seven of his colleagues were killed in front of children at sites in California, days after a mass shooter killed 11 people at a Lunar New Year celebration near Los Angeles. The latest bloodshed to hit Asian Americans in California occurred at two farms around Half Moon Bay, a coastal community near San Francisco. San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said seven people were killed and one injured in the twin shootings, and that a 67-year-old Half Moon Bay resident named Chunli Zhao had been taken into custody. As the new tragedy unfolded, detectives at the southern end of the state were still probing what drove an…
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Washington: “I’m not familiar with the documentary you’re referring to, however, I am very familiar with the shared values that enact the United States and India as two thriving and vibrant democracies,” US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Monday, responding to a media query on a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi which has sparked controversy since its release. Addressing a press briefing on Monday (local time), Price said that there are numerous elements that bolster the US’ global strategic partnership with India which include political, economic and exceptionally deep people-to-people ties. “I’m not familiar with the documentary you’re referring to. I am very familiar with the shared values that enact the United States and India as two…
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24 January
The 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Parakram Diwas, was marked with tributes and a special diaspora portrait exhibition at the Indian High Commission in London London: The 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Parakram Diwas, was marked with tributes and a special diaspora portrait exhibition at the Indian High Commission in London. The special event, hosted by the Indian High Commission in London on Monday evening, brought together community leaders and members of the British Bengali diaspora to pay homage to Netaji. ‘Sangram’, an exhibition made up of portraits of revolutionaries who fought in the Indian freedom struggle drawn by members of the Indian diaspora from around the world, was displayed by Heritage Bengal Global (HGB) to…
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24 January
The new shortcuts simplify interactions with group members as now the platform supports large groups of up to 1024 participants, reports WABetainfo. San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has reportedly rolled out some new shortcuts for group admins to quickly and easily perform actions for a certain group participant, on iOS. The new shortcuts simplify interactions with group members as now the platform supports large groups of up to 1024 participants, reports WABetainfo. The new update will help group admins to quickly manage and communicate with such a large number of participants in private. The feature is available for all users that install the latest update of WhatsApp for iOS from the App Store. With the new update, the phone numbers are now…
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24 January
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that the burning of a Koran which took place in Stockholm was “deeply disrespectful”, as the act increased tensions with Turkey as the country continues to get its NATO bid cleared from Ankara. A copy of the Koran, the holy book of Islam, was set fire by far-right politician Rasmus Paludan in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on Saturday. Expressing its anger over permission granted by the Swedish police to Paludan for carrying out the protest, the Swedish defence minister’s visit was cancelled by Ankara and the ambassador of Stockholm was summoned. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Saturday tweeted: “Freedom of expression is a fundamental part of democracy. But what is legal is…
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24 January
Greece says it prevented around 260,000 migrants from crossing its border with Turkey in 2022. Ankara insists it has adhered to international law, but if a migrant qualifies for refugee status they cannot be ruled to have broken the law by crossing a border. Many of the migrants come from war-torn countries, mainly Afghanistan and Syria. Greece has often been accused by human rights organisations of forcing some of them back into Turkey. In October 92 men, who were mostly from Afghanistan and Syria, were found almost naked and bruised at the border. At the time the UN refugee agency said in a tweet that it was “deeply distressed by the shocking reports.” On Saturday the minister of citizen protection…
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