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Twentytwo13Major child abuse case gets Malaysian King’s attention, police to probe CEO of company allegedly linked to charity homes
Malaysia’s King, Sultan Ibrahim, has instructed police to conduct a thorough investigation into the alleged criminal, and child abuse cases, linked to Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holdings (GISBH).
- The Independent
Father of Miss Switzerland finalist found her decapitated head hidden in a bin bag
Kristina Joksimovic was strangled and dismembered at her home near Basel
- KameraOne
Piglet rescued after mother pig accidentally falls asleep on top of it
This is the moment a piglet was rescued in Liaoning, China on August 9 after its mother accidentally fell asleep on top of it. Her owner gave the sow a comical slap with a shovel, startling it, flinging another piglet into the air and setting the poor, suffocating piglet free.
- NextShark
US pastor released from Chinese prison after nearly 2 decades
David Lin, a pastor from California, was freed from a Chinese prison after nearly 20 years, the State Department announced on Sunday. About Lin and his case: Lin, now 68, was involved in China’s underground house church movement, which was often targeted by Chinese authorities. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom noted that those in China who “participate in and lead house churches often face intimidation, harassment, arrest and harsh sentences.”
- The Daily Beast
Man Accused in Trump Assassination Bid Was ‘A Little Cuckoo,’ Neighbor Says
A neighbor of Ryan Routh, the reported person of interest detained by authorities in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, told a local news station in North Carolina that the man was “a little cuckoo” and owned a lot of guns—but still expressed disbelief that he would do anything violent.“I mean I didn’t think he would go that far. I knew he was a little cuckoo, but assassinating the president? I mean he’s going to be going away for a long time,” an anonymous former neig
- The Independent
Divers hunting for clues on how Mike Lynch’s superyacht sank make discovery
The video equipment recovered could show if the crews left doors open on the Bayesian superyacht, which might have allowed the vessel to flood
- BBC
Kidnapped and trafficked twice - a sex worker's life in Sierra Leone
BBC Africa Eye focuses on the horrors of the lives of sex workers in the West African state.
- AFP News
More than 95,000 Japanese aged over 100, most of them women
The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000 -- almost 90 percent of them women -- government data showed Tuesday.On Sunday separate government data showed that the number of over-65s has hit a record high of 36.25 million, accounting for 29.3 percent of Japan's population.
- HuffPost UK
I Just Learned Why We Say 'Spill The Beans' And I Would Never Have Guessed
I'll never hear it the same way again.
- CNN
Titan submersible sent its final message 6 seconds before contact was lost, investigators say at US Coast Guard hearing
The Titan submersible sent its final message just six seconds before it lost contact with the surface during its ill-fated dive to the Titanic, according to a US Coast Guard body probing the vessel’s implosion in June 2023, which killed all five people on board.
- The Independent
‘The bruises aren’t working’: Boyfriend accused of fatally stabbing teen partner with a sword
Shane Curry was found curled up with the lifeless body of Nevaeh Goddard with a sword and kitchen knife in the room, police said
- AFP News
'I am a rapist,' Frenchman tells trial over mass rape of wife
"I am a rapist," said a Frenchman accused of drugging his wife for years so that he and dozens of strangers could sexually assault her, his first testimony in a trial that has horrified France.With her auburn bob and sunglasses, 71-year-old Gisele has become a feminist icon since she demanded that the trial be made open to the public to raise awareness about the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse.
- People
Waffle House Customer Accused of Killing Teen Employee After Getting Angry While Food Was Being Prepared
Florwer Carlin Lizano, Jr., 38, a convicted felon who is now charged with first-degree murder, remains at large, police tell PEOPLE
- People
She Killed Her Husband and Impersonated Him on Facebook. It Was How She Hid the Body That Led to Arrest
Laurie Leigh Shaver, 41, of Fla., was found guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm for killing her husband, Michael Douglas Shaver, 36, in 2015, authorities said
- BBC
Couple accused of murdering teen to steal baby acquitted
Robert and Anne Geeves were accused of killing an intellectually disabled teen to steal her baby.
- Sky News
Hull grooming gang: Alleged victims complain after police officers diverted to deal with summer riots
Two young women who claim to have been repeatedly raped as part of an organised child sexual abuse ring have complained to Humberside Police after being told officers from their investigation have been diverted to deal with cases from the summer riots. Anna and Sarah - not their real names - were teenagers when Sky News first interviewed them in the summer of 2021. Now young women, they are still waiting for justice and say sometimes, when in town, they still see the men who abused them as children.
- The Daily Beast
Who Is Alleged Trump Golf Course Gunman Ryan Wesley Routh?
The suspected gunman involved in what authorities are calling an apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump was identified by authorities Sunday night as Ryan Wesley Routh. The 58-year-old allegedly carried an AK-47-style rifle with a scope onto the grounds near Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. He also had two backpacks filled with ceramic tile and a GoPro camera hanging on a nearby fence.Secret Service agents allegedly confronted and shot at Routh after n
- Associated Press
4 people could face the death penalty after drug arrests on Bali
Indonesian authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested six people on drug charges on the tourist island of Bali since July. Two Thai nationals, Rachanon Jongseeha, 33, and his girlfriend Woranawan Wongsuwan, 31, were arrested upon arrival at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport on Sept. 8, with 1.9 kilograms (4.1 pounds) of methamphetamines mixed with ecstasy powder packed in 108 sachets of a fruit-flavored collagen drink, and 20 pills of the party drug ecstasy, according to provincial anti-narcotics chief Rudy Ahmad Sudrajat.
- People
Who Was 'Asian Doe?' Police Release Sketches of Possible Victim of Alleged Long Island Serial Killer
Suffolk County authorities say the victim, determined to be of southern Chinese descent, was between the ages of 17 and 23
- Twentytwo13
In light of Malaysia Day, has tribalism in the country become a thing of the past?
As Malaysia Day is celebrated today, it is an opportune time to reflect on the state of unity within the nation, writes senior lawyer Datuk Seri Dr Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos.