Israeli settlers attack Palestinian family in West Bank

JERUSALEM — A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family on Saturday near a settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli rights group said. According to footage by B’Tselem, about 10 settlers, some of them masked and carrying batons, approached the Alayan family near the Mitzpe Yair settlement and threw rocks at them. Family members were heard […]

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Two juveniles carjacked at gunpoint in Adams County early Friday

Two armed men carjacked an SUV from two juveniles late Friday in Adams County, firing a shot at one victim’s head and barely missing, according to the sheriff’s office. The incident unfolded in the area of West 76th Avenue and Pecos Street, according to a news release. Two male juveniles were in a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer in the Villas Apartments […]

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Sri Lanka to ban burqas, close over 1000 Islamic schools

Sri Lanka on Saturday announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security. Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara said he signed a paper on Friday seeking the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers to ban burqas — outer garments that cover the body and […]

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Princess Margaret – not the Queen – blocked marriage to Peter Townsend

Revealed: Princess Margaret herself – not her sister the Queen – blocked marriage to divorced RAF hero Captain Peter Townsend, declassified Government documents reveal Margaret’s relationship with dashing equerry was described by Time magazine as ‘the most controversial Royal romance since Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson’ Their wish to marry sparked tumult, recently dramatised on screen in The Crown Furore drew […]

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Caged pangolins for sale: EVGENY LEBEDEV on abuse in Asia and Africa

Caged pangolins and blood-soaked bats for sale in markets: EVGENY LEBEDEV reveals grotesque abuse in Asia and Africa STILL breeding the next catastrophe one year after pandemic began Tigers are crammed into filthy cages in Laos. Blood-soaked bats are for sale on market stalls in Indonesia. And pangolin carcasses are found in their tens of thousands around the world, butchered […]

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Haberdashers' Aske's schools could change name due to slave links

Haberdashers’ Aske’s £21,000-a-year private schools could change name after discovering founder had shares in slave trading company which transported 100,000 Africans to plantations in the West Indies and America The Habs schools could change their name due to its founder’s links to slavery Robert Aske had shares in the Royal African Company which enslaved 100,000 A comprehansive review has been […]

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Couple who 'crushed four-month-old baby after getting into bed drunk' arrested on suspicion of manslaughter

A COUPLE allegedly crushed their four-month-old baby to death while getting into bed drunk sparking a police probe, reports say. The pair are being investigated on suspicion of manslaughter after the tragedy at their home in Alhama de Murcia in south-east Spain. Local reports said they tested positive for alcohol after officers arrived at the property and saw they were […]

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