Cuban Minister for Labour Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera has been forced to resign after she made comments denying the existence of beggars on the Communist-run island. The minister had said there was no such thing as “beggars” in Cuba and people going through rubbish were, in essence, doing so out of choice to make “easy...
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A Berlin Doctor Goes On Trial, Accused Of Murdering 15 Patients
A German doctor went on trial in Berlin Monday, accused of murdering 15 of his patients who were under palliative care. The prosecutor’s office brought charges against the 40-year-old doctor “for 15 counts of murder with premeditated malice and other base motives” before a Berlin state court. The prosecutor’s office is seeking not only a conviction and a...
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UN Estimates 14 Million Children Did Not Receive A Single Vaccine In 2024.
More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to U.N. health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children. In their annual estimate of global vaccine coverage, released Tuesday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF...
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Official Arrest Thai Woman For Blackmailing Monks With Thousands Of Videos After Sex
Thai police have arrested a woman who allegedly had sexual relations with monks, and then used photos and videos of the acts to extort money from them. The woman, who police are calling “Ms Golf”, had sex with at least nine monks, police said at a press conference on Tuesday. They believe she received around...
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Chinese Court Sentences A Japanese Man To More Than 3 Years In Prison On Espionage Charges
A Japanese man was sentenced Wednesday to three and a half years in prison in China on espionage charges, according to the Japanese embassy in Beijing. The embassy did not identify the man, who has been detained since March 2023. Japan’s Kyodo News Agency described him as a man in his 60s and an employee of...
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University Of Michigan Faces Federal Investigation After Arrest Of 2 Chinese Scientists
The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States. The Education Department on Tuesday opened an investigation into the university’s foreign funding, citing the pair of cases that were announced days apart in June. It said the “highly disturbing criminal charges” raise concerns...
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Sunderland Eye Swiss Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Sunderland are exploring a move for Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka. Xhaka has three years left on his Leverkusen contract and could be allowed to leave this summer. Sunderland face competition from Saudi Arabian side NEOM FC. The newly promoted club has already spent £95 million this summer. If Sunderland can pull this off, it...
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US Sends Third-Country Deportees Under Secrecy To The Small African Kingdom Of Eswatini
The United States has sent five men to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The U.S. has already deported eight men to another African nation, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they...