Giorno: 5 Ottobre 2023

Israeli military operation in West Bank leads to death of 2 Palestinian militants amid ongoing violence

Two Palestinian militants were killed by Israeli gunfire during an army raid in the West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said. They were the latest deaths in a monthslong surge of violence in the occupied territory. The Israeli military said its troops carried out a raid in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the […]

Star Wars-obsessed Englishman gets 9 years for 2021 plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II with crossbow

A Star Wars-obsessed man who was encouraged by a chatbot “girlfriend” to slay Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for taking his plot to Windsor Castle, where he scaled the walls and was caught with a loaded crossbow on Christmas Day 2021. “I’m here to kill the queen,” Jaswant Singh […]

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine briefly detained upon return, claims house arrest

Ugandan security forces on Thursday briefly detained opposition figure Bobi Wine and foiled a planned street demonstration by his supporters who intended to welcome him at the airport. Wine, a singer and former lawmaker whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, was driven under police escort to his home outside Kampala after his arrival from a […]

Putin: Grenade fragments in victims of mercenary chief’s plane crash

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that fragments of a hand grenade have been found in the bodies of people who died in an August crash of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane. Putin added that experts investigating the crash found no indication that the plane had suffered an “external impact.” All 10 people on […]

American who faked his death claims he’s an Irish orphan who never visited the US in bid to avoid extradition

An American who allegedly faked his death to escape rape charges in Utah continues to fight an extradition order and proclaim he is an Irish orphan who has never visited the United States.  “I conclude that he is as dishonest and deceitful as he is evasive and manipulative,” Judge Norman McFadyen of Edinburgh Sheriff Court […]

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Teachers deride Starmer’s plan for supervised toothbrushing in schools

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Federal court selects new Alabama congressional map, likely handing Democrats a seat at next House election

Federal judges have selected a new congressional map for Alabama on Thursday – one that includes an additional majority-Black district that will likely give Democrats an additional seat in the House. The selected map – Remedial Plan 3 – was approved by a panel of three federal court judges after ruling that the Republican-controlled Alabama […]

Race between Trump, Biden so close it will come down to one variable, survey concludes

A new survey shows that the presidential race between former President Trump and President Biden is thin, but Biden faces a deficit in terms of registered voters and the election will rest heavily on who mobilizes the most voters. A new Marquette Law School national survey shows Trump with 51% of the vote compared to […]

NJ congressional hopeful sues over ‘so help me God’ petition pledge

A New Jersey man who wants to run for Congress next year has sued the state over its requirement that candidates sign a nominating petition including the affirmation “so help me God.” James Tosone, 70, plans to run for Congress in 2024 as a Libertarian. But as a nontheist, he said he cannot sign part […]