American and Australian tourists die in Laos alcohol poisoning incident, raising death toll to 4
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — American and Australian tourists die in Laos alcohol poisoning incident, raising death toll to 4.
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CNNThe suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer planned his attack well – but made crucial mistakes, experts say
At first glance, the assassin seemed too meticulous to be an amateur and too careless to be a professional.
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Mahathir ready for criminal probe over Singapore island dispute
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he is ready to face any potential criminal probe over his handling of a sovereignty dispute with neighbouring Singapore over an island.
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Luigi Mangione's Family Breaks Silence After His Arrest In UnitedHealthcare Case
The suspected shooter is a member of the wealthy, Maryland-based Mangione family.
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Hannah Kobayashi found alive after father’s suicide
A missing Hawaiian woman whose father killed himself during an extensive search for her has been found safe.
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South Korean defence minister who proposed martial law attempts suicide in custody
South Korean police raid president’s office as Yoon Suk Yeol faces charges of staging an insurrection
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US woman who wanted to be clown jailed for entering Australia with 24-carat golden gun
Liliana Goodson told the court she brought the pistol for her protection
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Thai teacher sentenced to 111 years in jail for sexually abusing underage boy
Teacher conspired with owner of modelling agency to sexually abuse over 1,000 victims
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Man who jumped a desk to attack a Nevada judge in the courtroom is sentenced
A man who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom after vaulting over her bench and desk has been sentenced to decades in prison. Deobra Redden was ordered on Tuesday to serve between 26 and 65 years in a Nevada prison for the attack on Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus, KLAS-TV in Las Vegas reported. Redden, 31, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in September to attempted murder and other charges, ending his trial shortly after Holthus had testified that she feared for her life when Redden vaulted over her 4-foot-high (1.2-meter-high) bench and landed on her.
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World-renowned Jaguar restoration expert dies after being attacked in his home
A world-renowned Jaguar restoration expert has died after being attacked in his home.
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‘We think he died just before regime collapsed’: Syrians scour morgues full of tortured bodies
SPECIAL DISPATCH: From Assad’s slaughterhouse jail to the hospital morgue piled up with mutilated bodies, desperate Syrians search for family members disappeared under a despot’s brutal regime, reports Bel Trew
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Haitians demand protection after gang leader massacres dozens of people to avenge son's death
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang leader accused of killing more than 100 people in Haiti's capital to avenge his son's death was still persecuting residents on Tuesday, according to a rare witness account. Mackenson Cangé, whose father was among the victims, told Magik9 radio station that residents in the gang-controlled area said gunmen were still hunting down older people and killing younger ones as well. Few details about the two-day killing spree in the community of Cité Soleil on Friday and Saturday have been made public.
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South Korea police try to raid Yoon's office over martial law
South Korean police tried to search President Yoon Suk Yeol's office on Wednesday but have not been able to enter the main building, Yonhap news reported as an investigation into the U.S. ally's decision to declare martial law widened. The attempt to search the presidential office significantly escalates the investigation against Yoon and top police and military officers over the Dec. 3 martial law declaration that plunged the country with Asia's fourth-largest economy into a constitutional crisis. Yoon is now the subject of a criminal investigation into insurrection allegations and is banned from leaving the country, but he has not been arrested or questioned by authorities.
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Prince William's Stepbrother to Attend Royal Christmas Despite William Threatening to Skip If He Shows Up
Prince William's stepbrother Tom Parker-Bowles confirmed he'll likely spend Christmas with the royal family amid drama with William.
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Woman arrested with 10 kg of meth wrapped as Christmas presents at New Zealand airport
A Canadian woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs into New Zealand — by disguising them as Christmas presents.
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South Korean police blocked from raid on president's office
South Korean police said Wednesday that security guards were blocking a raid on President Yoon Suk Yeol's offices to investigate his brief imposition of martial law, with the opposition party accusing the presidential staff of illegally protecting an insurrectionist.Several hours into a standoff at the presidential offices, police Wednesday evening said "The special investigation team is currently continuing to discuss the seizure and search of the presidential office (with the presidential staf
- The Telegraph
Teenager acted like Top Boy character before stabbing schoolgirl to death, court hears
A teenager pulled out a knife like a character from Netflix drama Top Boy before stabbing a private schoolgirl to death, a court has heard.
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A Dutch woman who kept a Yazidi woman as a slave in Syria is imprisoned for 10 years
A Dutch court has convicted a woman of crimes against humanity for keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave in Syria and sentenced her to 10 years in prison. The Hague District Court on Wednesday found Hasna A. guilty of multiple offenses for traveling to Syria in 2015, to join the Islamic State group. Hasna, who took along her then 4-year-old son, married a fighter and was given a Yazidi woman as a domestic servant.
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Man jailed for 'despicable' abuse of young girl
The 25-year-old man's crimes against a young girl were "quite simply despicable", police say.
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Luigi Mangione’s First Jail Photos Released as His Family Says They’re ‘Shocked and Devastated’ After Arrest
Mangione has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
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Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption
About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and debris hurtling down its western slopes. The latest eruption of Mount Kanlaon on central Negros island did not cause any immediate casualties, but the alert level was raised one level, indicating further and more explosive eruptions may occur. Volcanic ash fell on a wide area, including Antique province, more than 200 kilometers (124 miles) across seawaters west of the volcano, obscuring visibility and posing health risks, Philippine chief volcanologist Teresito Bacolcol and other officials said by telephone.