An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing one person, injuring a dozen and leaving 38 others missing, officials said Friday. Dozens of rescuers retrieved 13 people alive overnight and were searching for the missing still trapped after the mountain of garbage, earth...
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Luigi Mangione Heads To Court As He Fights To Block Death Penalty, Murder Charge And Key Evidence
Luigi Mangione is due in federal court Friday for a pivotal hearing in his fight to bar the government from seeking the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione’s lawyers contend that authorities prejudiced his case by turning his December 2024 arrest into a “Marvel movie” spectacle and by...
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Businessman Extradited From Cambodia To China Suspected Of Running Vast Online Criminal Empire
Chen Zhi boasted of pulling in $30 million a day, prosecutors in the United States said — a suspected criminal mastermind and onetime internet cafe manager who authorities say presented himself as a legitimate businessman. But in reality, they say, he ran online gambling sites, scams and other illegal businesses from a sprawling headquarters along...
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An Argentine Court Offers Hope For Venezuelans Seeking Justice For Abuses Under Maduro
Venezuela’s release of detainees Thursday briefly brought relief and guarded optimism to a country consumed by uncertainty. But it was another, less covered news event far afield that some Venezuelan advocates said offered their only real shot at justice as long as the government of former President Nicolás Maduro remained intact. A federal court in...
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Gunmen Kill Crime Reporter In Eastern Mexico
A journalist Carlos Castro, who covered crime for local news outlet Codigo Norte Veracruz has been shot dead by gunmen in eastern Mexico. According to Mexican media and the State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists, an autonomous body under the regional government, the victim, Castro, was a crime reporter with local news...
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Nigerian Man In Malaysia Handed Death Sentence Over Tragic Death Of Step-Grandson.
KUALA LUMPUR High Court in Malaysia sentenced a Nigerian man to death today for murdering his four-year-old step-grandson six years ago. According to Malaysian news outlet Berita Harian, Justice K. Muniandy handed down the sentence to Ibekwe Emeka Augustine, 48, after evaluating the totality of evidence presented before the court. Augustine was charged with causing...
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U.S. President Challenges Mexican Sovereignty, Pledging To Target Cartels After Successful Venezuela Raid.
United States President Donald Trump has indicated that his administration is preparing to expand military operations against drug cartels to include land-based strikes, following recent maritime attacks in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The POTUS threatened to carry out military strikes on Mexican soil to target drug cartels, said the elections in Venezuela will...
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Super Eagles’ Bonus Dispute Resolved Ahead Of Algeria Quarter-Final
The Super Eagles will travel to Marrakech this afternoon to continue preparations for their Saturday quarter-final clash against Algeria, following the resolution of a bonus payment dispute. On Thursday, August 7, the team had initially decided not to travel due to unpaid match bonuses from four previous fixtures against Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Mozambique. The...
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Manchester United To Stick With Darren Fletcher As Caretaker
Sky Sports reports that it is unlikely Michael Carrick and Ole Gunnar Solskjær will work together at Manchester United, as the club prefers to take a patient approach. According to Rob Dorsett, caretaker manager Darren Fletcher is expected to lead the team against Brighton after impressing during his first outing. Fletcher previously took charge in...
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Former Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta Detained By ICE Over Visa Status.
Ken Ofori-Atta, the former Ghanaian finance minister who has been a fugitive from his country’s justice system since February last year, has been taken into custody by US immigration authorities, his legal team revealed. Ofori-Atta, who has been in the US since December 2024 seeking medical treatment, faces 78 counts of corruption and corruption-related offences...