A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility was recorded by officers’ body cameras. Christopher Walrath, 36, was one of six guards charged with second-degree murder in the beating. He pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter during a...
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Thousands Of People Gather Near Buckingham Palace To Mark The 80th Anniversary Of V-E Day
Thousands of people lined the roads around the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace on Monday as British and allied troops paraded past at the start of four days of pageantry to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. After Big Ben tolled at the stroke of noon, actor Timothy Spall...
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Rwanda Confirms Talks With US About Taking In Migrants
Rwanda is in the “early stage” of talks with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the US, the East African country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has said. His comments come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last month that Washington was “actively searching” for countries that would take in “some...
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Kenya Government Condemns Citizen Flinging Shoe At The President During Rally
The Kenyan government has described as “shameful” an incident in which a shoe was flinged at President William Ruto during a rally on Sunday. Widely shared video clips show the footwear striking the president’s left arm as he held it aloft while he was speaking. Government spokesman Isaac Mwaura condemned what happened and called for...
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Four Kenyan Police Officers Charged Over Baby’s Killing As Others Freed
Four Kenyan police officers have been charged with the murder of a six-month-old baby nearly eight years ago. Eight other officers who had originally also been accused alongside the four have had the charges against them dropped by the public prosecutor, sparking criticism. The case relates to baby Samatha Pendo, who was fatally hit in...
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“The Tinubu Administration’s Systematic Crackdown On Opposition Voices Is Nothing Short Of Disgraceful.” Atiku Speaks On VDM Alleged Abduction
The former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has thrown his weight behind a social media activist and influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VDM who was allegedly abducted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission —EFCC—- on Friday at a banking hall in Abuja. The security operatives is yet to speak out on...
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