Authorities in California said they had arrested two people expected to be charged with murder over the death of six-year-old Aiden Leos, whose shooting in a suspected road rage incident on the way to school had caused an outpouring of public grief. Leos was shot dead in his mother's car in May on a state highway. A website had sought […]
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‘I wish her and her mother all my love and best wishes’: Meghan’s estranged father Thomas Markle welcomes the arrival of his new granddaughter Lilibet Thomas, 76, has not spoken to Ms Markle, 39, since she married Prince Harry He said: ‘I am very pleased with the announcement of the safe and healthy delivery of my new granddaughter’ Mr Markle […]
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Former special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith’s reputation was destroyed by a campaign fuelled by bitter and jealous soldiers who made allegations of war crimes to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, his barrister has alleged on the first day of his high-stakes defamation trial. Sydney defamation barrister Bruce McClintock, SC, acting for Mr Roberts-Smith, told the Federal Court on […]
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Singapore: The road up to the village of Kutet in East Timor’s western enclave of Oecusse is so rough that most highlanders walk the jungle trail when they need to visit the coast. Often hauling bags of rice on their backs, the steep and rocky journey takes them up to three hours if they’re fit. The main street in Kutet. […]
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British tourists scrambled to leave Portugal over the weekend in order to beat a Tuesday deadline for a new quarantine imposed by the British government on those returning from Portugal. The country is one of the most popular destinations for British tourists. The switch of travel rules for Portugal, announced by the British government last Thursday, prompted thousands of British […]
Read moreIf you have seen makeup out-of-stocks at your local CVS, Target or Walmart recently then you probably aren't alone, as easing mask mandates in the U.S. send folks back out looking their best at parties, work or other public events. And the hard data is starting to reflect that shift back to some form of normal, non mask-wearing mobility among […]
Read moreWASHINGTON (AP) — A key Democratic senator says he will not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation, defying his party and the White House and virtually guaranteeing the failure of the legislation after a near party-line approval in the House. "Voting and election reform that is done in a partisan manner will […]
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Dear Amy: My husband and I have been together for four years. We had our first child last year, so this Mother’s Day was my first official Mother’s Day. He did nothing to make it a special day for me, except for offering a half-assed “Oh yeah, Happy Mother’s Day.” My husband has a thing about celebrating holidays. He almost […]
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THE Indian Covid strain is 40 per cent more transmissible than other Covid variants, Matt Hancock has warned. The Health Secretary said the Indian variant had made the decisions behind the June 21 unlocking "more difficult" as he confirmed the latest advice is that the Delta mutation is 40 per cent more transmissible than the Kent variant. ? Read our […]
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