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Texas pardons man who killed Black Lives Matter protester
Published on 18/05/2024
» The governor of Texas has granted a full pardon to a former US Army sergeant who was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020.
Ukraine allows some convicts to join army
Published on 17/05/2024
» Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law allowing some convicts to join the armed forces as it battles to hold the line against Russian offensives in the northeast, east and south of the country, the parliamentary database showed on Friday.
Canadian police arrest fourth man for murder of Sikh leader Nijjar
Reuters, Published on 12/05/2024
» TORONTO: A fourth person has been arrested and charged with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, Canadian police said on Saturday, in a case that strained diplomatic relations with India.
Indian nationals arrested in murder of Sikh activist in Canada
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/05/2024
» OTTAWA - Canadian police arrested three Indian nationals on Friday linked to the murder of a Sikh activist that sparked a major diplomatic clash between Canada and India.
Airport shooting rattles Malaysia as suspect remains at large
Published on 15/04/2024
» Malaysia has tightened policing of its borders and will review security protocols at the country’s biggest airport after a shooting in the arrivals hall injured one person and set the country on edge.
Cancer claims OJ Simpson at 76
Published on 11/04/2024
» OJ Simpson, the American football star who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and was later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping, has died at the age of 76.
Denmark shuts down ‘Pusher Street’
Published on 06/04/2024
» COPENHAGEN - Residents in Copenhagen’s famous hippie enclave Christiania began digging up its main street known for its cannabis trade on Saturday, hoping to free the area of criminal gangs following multiple deadly shootings.
Child killed in Finland school shooting
Published on 02/04/2024
» HELSINKI - One child was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody.
Pope reflects on life and mortality in memoir
Published on 15/03/2024
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, at 87 increasingly weak and wobbly, takes a trip down memory lane and speaks of his hopes for the future of the Roman Catholic Church in a new book reflecting on his life and its intersection with major world events.
Six Sri Lankans knifed to death in rare Canadian mass murder
Reuters, Published on 09/03/2024
» OTTAWA - Six people from Sri Lanka, including a mother and four young children, were knifed to death in the Canadian capital Ottawa late on Wednesday, police said, rocking a country where mass murders are rare.