For the past 10 days, India’s leading fact-checker and journalist Mohammed Zubair, who recently spotlighted the ruling party spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial comments against the Prophet Muhammad, has spent most of his time shuttling between prisons and courts. Since his arrest, he has been moved around by the police in…
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Police say suspect bore a grudge against a ‘specific organisation’ and believed Abe was part of it. The suspected killer of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admitted targeting the politician and said he held a grudge against an organisation he believed Abe was connected to, police have said. Senior…
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US president is under pressure to safeguard abortion rights after Supreme Court overturned landmark Roe v Wade ruling. US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that his administration says will help secure access to abortion and reproductive health services in the United States, two weeks after the country’s…
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After the latest in a series of scandals prompted a rebellion by members of his Conservative Party, Mr. Johnson said he would step down. He plans to remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen. LONDON — Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he would step down as Britain’s…
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Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid have resigned from Boris Johnson’s cabinet. The PM has filled these two key roles with Nadhim Zahawi as chancellor, and Steve Barclay as health secretary, but he now also has a number of ministerial jobs to consider, as resignations continue to mount. So who is…
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Boris Johnson has apologised for appointing Chris Pincher to a government role after being told about a misconduct complaint against the MP. The PM admitted he had been told about the complaint in 2019 – but had made a “bad mistake” by not acting on it. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and…
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A man suspected of killing six people at a 4 July parade near Chicago planned the attack for weeks, police say. Law enforcement believe that Robert Crimo III, 21, legally bought the high-powered rifle he used in the attack. The suspect is believed to have disguised himself in women’s clothing…
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The US says the bullet that killed a Palestinian-American journalist was too badly damaged to reach a definitive conclusion about whether the origin was Israeli or Palestinian gunfire. However, findings from both sides led the US to conclude that Israeli forces had likely but unintentionally fired the shot that hit…
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Danish police said several people had been hit by gunshots at a shopping mall in the capital Copenhagen. Police reinforcements have been deployed around the large Field’s mall between the city centre and the airport, Copenhagen police wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “We’re on the scene, shots were fired and…
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Ukraine’s military command says its forces have been forced to retreat from Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian-held city in the region. Russia has claimed its forces have taken full control of the Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine, after capturing the final Ukrainian holdout of Lysychansk. Ukraine’s military command confirmed Lysychansk…
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