92-Year-Old Man Convicted For 1967 Rape, Murder In UK’s Oldest Cases
A 92-year-old British man has been convicted for the rape and murder of a woman nearly six decades ago, bringing closure to one of the UK’s longest-running cold cases. Ryland Headley was found guilty on Monday of raping and killing 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in her Bristol home in June 1967. At the time of the crime, Headley was 34 years...
Kenya Commences Autopsies On Bodies Of Cult Followers Who Allegedly Starved To Death
Forensic experts in Kenya on Monday commenced autopsies of over hundred corpses exhumed from mass graves linked to a pastor alleged to have mandated his members to starve to death to see Jesus. “Officially the process of post-mortem of the bodies starts immediately,” Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki told reporters outside a hospital morgue in the coastal town of Malindi. “We are...
US Authorizes Deportation Of Migrants To South Sudan
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Trump administration the green light to deport a group of eight migrants stranded at an American military base in Djibouti to South Sudan—a nation still grappling with conflict and instability. The ruling, issued by the conservative-majority court, comes just 10 days after it broadly endorsed the Trump administration’s ability to deport migrants...
Ukrainian President Zelensky Involved In Car Accident
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's car was involved in a traffic accident in Kyiv, but he is not seriously hurt, his spokesman Serhii Nykyforov said in a Facebook post early on Thursday. Nykyforov - who did not say when the accident occurred - said Zelenskiy's car had collided with a private vehicle. "The president was examined by a doctor, no serious injuries...
“Amazon To Lay Off 30,000 Office Workers” – Reports
Amazon will lay off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and tech giant trims costs amid ramped-up investments in artificial intelligence, according to US media reports. Some 30,000 positions will be cut in a belt-tightening move expected to begin on Tuesday, multiple news outlets reported. The reduction will represent nearly 10 percent of the approximately 350,000 office jobs...
Boris Johnson Self-isolating After Meeting With MP Who Tested Positive For COVID-19
Boris Johnson is self-isolating after an MP he had a meeting with later tested positive for COVID-19. The prime minister said he had been notified by NHS Test and Trace that he has to self-isolate as he has been in contact with someone who has tested positive. Mr Johnson tweeted: "I have no symptoms, but am following the rules and will be...
80-Year-Old American President, Joe Biden, Falls On Stage While On Official Duty
The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, fell on stage while on official duty at the graduation ceremony of the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Biden, 80, stumbled and fell to his knees after handing out Diploma Certificates to the graduates. The president walked away without help and appeared to point to a sandbag on the stage that...
Tanzanian President Magufuli Is Dead
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died aged 61 from a heart condition, his vice president said in an address on state television Wednesday, after days of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts, ABN TV reports. “It is with deep regret that I inform you that today on the 17th of March, 2021 at 6 pm we lost our brave leader,...
Police Discover 45 Bags Of Body Parts In Bush
Mexican authorities have found 45 bags containing human body parts which they said could be the ones of the missing call centre staff. The bags were discovered in a ravine in a suburb of Guadalajara on Wednesday night, according to the state prosecutor’s office in Jalisco. CNN said the Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office investigating the deaths said it has initial information...
Ukrainian Writer Victoria Amelina Dies After Kramatorsk Strike
The award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina died from her injuries after a Russian missile hit a pizza restaurant in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday. The war crimes researcher becomes the 13th person to have died in the attack. The writers' association PEN Ukraine said doctors "did everything they could to save her life, but unfortunately, the wound was fatal". Human...
