Tue 03 September 2024: A retired French man went on trial in Avignon on Monday, accused of a shocking crime that has horrified the nation—drugging his wife and allowing dozens of strangers to rape her over the course of a decade. The 71-year-old former EDF employee is alleged to have recruited the men online, with […]
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Mon 02 September 2024: Turkey has officially applied to join the BRICS group of emerging-market nations, aiming to strengthen its global influence and build ties beyond its traditional Western allies, according to sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. This move signals President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recognition that the global geopolitical focus is shifting away […]
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Mon 02 September 2024: A nationalist Turkish youth group on Monday physically assaulted two U.S. soldiers in western Turkey, the U.S. Embassy in Turkey and the local governor’s office said, adding that 15 assailants had been detained over the incident. In a statement, the Izmir governor’s office said members of the Turkey Youth Union (TGB), […]
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Mon 02 September 2024: A former childcare worker in Australia has admitted to sexually abusing dozens of girls in one of the worst paedophile cases in the country’s history. Ashley Paul Griffith on Monday pleaded guilty to 307 charges involving children in his care, including 28 counts of rape, 90 counts of indecent treatment and […]
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Mon 02 September 2024: Suicide rates in England and Wales have reached their highest levels in over two decades, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday. The alarming figures reveal that 6,069 suicides were registered across the two nations in 2023, a sharp increase from 5,642 in 2022. […]
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Mon 02 September 2024: Hvaldimir, the beluga whale who garnered global attention after his harness sparked rumors of espionage, has been found dead off the coast of southern Norway. The whale’s body was discovered on Saturday by a father and son fishing in Risavika Bay, according to Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. Hvaldimir, whose name is […]
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Mon 02 September 2024: Unfvourable attitudes towards Muslims in America have skyrocketed, with prejudice against them now surpassing that of any other religious, ethnic, or racial group, according to a new Brookings Institution poll. The poll reveals a startling increase in unfavourable views toward Muslims and Islam, reaching levels reminiscent of the Trump era. What’s more […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky increased pressure on the United States to let Kyiv strike military targets deep inside Russian territory after his representatives met senior U.S. officials in Washington on Saturday. Washington has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022, but has limited the use of its weapons to Ukrainian soil […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Memory is so much more than a storage unit in our minds. The people involved in memories influence what we recall, and, as our study shows, the connections we make between memories. Our memory helps us learn from experiences and develop new knowledge by integrating and updating information. This process goes beyond recalling […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Hundreds of Border Force staff at Heathrow Airport, one of Europe’s busiest airports, have launched a four-day strike on Saturday, in a protracted dispute over what they describe as inflexible new work rosters. The strike is expected to disrupt travel plans for many families returning to the UK as the summer […]
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