Hong Kong police to launch 2-week crackdown on distracted driving and jaywalking
Force says 51 people died in traffic accidents between January and May 31, up by 42 per cent from same period last year
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Force says 51 people died in traffic accidents between January and May 31, up by 42 per cent from same period last year
· Wynna Wong
UK’s Starmer: Musk is trying to ‘whip up division’ over murder case
LONDON — Keir Starmer accused Elon Musk of interfering in British politics Thursday after the owner of the X social media platform posted a flurry of comments about the murder of a British teenager.
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Single mom stabbed to death by ex-boyfriend while serving customers at Skyline Chili: cops
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BBC apologizes for racializing Farage response to Henry Nowak murder
The BBC has been forced to issue an apology after one of its presenters sparked an uproar by misquoting Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as calling for “white cold rage” in response to the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak.
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Israel seeks to recruit ultranationalists for police unit at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli authorities are seeking to recruit ultranationalists and settlers into police units deployed at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a report by Haaretz.
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Syria makes bid to revive hospitality industry with new Tourist Police Unit
Damascus has created a new Tourism Police Unit, responsible for the security of visitors in the country, as part of plans to bolster Syria’s reviving hospitality industry, Syrian Tourism Minister Mazen Al Salhani announced at the Syria Private Sector Dialogue summit in Damascus earlier this week, according to The Na…
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Bondi Beach shooting hero charged with domestic assault
The man who disarmed one of the alleged perpetrators of the deadly Bondi Beach shooting has been charged with assault.
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Moving to trial: Sandiganbayan denies Jinggoy’s bid to dismiss graft case
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Starmer accuses Musk of trying to ‘whip up division’ in UK over Henry Nowak murder
PM says Britons are ‘reasonable, tolerant people’ and backs MP’s legal action against Grok firm over fake sexualised images
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Indonesian officials arrest sacked head of free meals programme over alleged corruption | South China Morning Post
Dadan Hindayana is accused of ‘crimes in the management’ of President Prabowo’s billion-dollar flagship feeding scheme.
Bondi attack hero Ahmed al-Ahmed charged with assaulting his father
Police allege the 44-year-old lauded for disarming one of the gunmen in December’s attack put his father in a headlock
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Starmer accuses Musk of trying to whip up division over Henry Nowak murder
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of "trying to whip up division" over the murder of Henry Nowak.
· Jennifer McKiernan
Inquest to examine if police response contributed to Henry Nowak death
An inquest jury will consider whether "any act or omission by police officers" or delay in treatment caused or contributed to the death of Henry Nowak.
· Marcus White
Sri Lanka nursing home fire kills 12
51 people were rescued from the facility and the home’s director has been arrested
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Supreme Court rules Israel’s ban on Red Cross visits to detainees unlawful
The High Court of Justice unanimously accepted a petition on Wednesday against the state’s sweeping ban on visits by the International Committee of the Red Cross to security prisoners and detainees held in Israel Prison Service and IDF facilities, ruling that the policy was unlawful and must be canceled.
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Teenager given life sentence for knife murder while on bail for slashing
A teenager who murdered a man with a hunting knife while on bail for a slashing has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of 17 years.
· David Cowan
‘To them a power line is a line of trees’: Costa Rica moves to protect howler monkeys from electrocution
Electric shock is one of the biggest causes of death among wildlife in the country but a court ruling is a first step to making power lines safe
· Suzanne Bearne
Vico Sotto presents evidence of alleged corruption in Pasig village
MANILA, Philippines — Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Thursday presented evidence of alleged corruption involving suspended Barangay Manggahan officials, including supposed ghost projects and a wheelchair procurement that may have deprived persons with disabilities of assistance funded by taxpayers.
· James Daniel Danio
Penny Wong says she believes Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted and abused Australian women after Gaza flotilla
Foreign affairs minister says her position is to ‘always believe women’ when sexual assault allegations are made
· Ben Doherty
Hong Kong police launch search after man, 76, goes missing in Ma On Shan
Liu Yim-kwan left his home at Yan On Estate on Han Chi Street in the small hours Wednesday and failed to return
· Theodora Yu
Hong Kong police launch search after man, 76, goes missing in Ma On Shan
Liu Yim-kwan left his home at Yan On Estate on Han Chi Street in the small hours Wednesday and failed to return
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Yazidi woman claims rape and enslavement in Syria, court hears
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Yazidi woman has alleged she shared a bedroom with a woman accused of enslaving her in Syria and was repeatedly raped and beaten by the woman’s father, police told a court on Thursday.
· Rod Mcguirk
UK lawmaker suing Elon Musk's company over fake Grok bikini images
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Sen. Jinggoy Estrada faces another arrest for graft -- CIDG
MANILA, Philippines — The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Thursday said another warrant of arrest has been issued by the Sandiganbayan against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada for alleged graft.
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Murdered, missing, unidentified … the tragic stories that inspire Britain’s cold case investigators
When Dave Grimstead left the police after more than 30 years, he knew just what he wanted to do: solve some of its most intractable mysteries. The founder of Locate International explains why the country needs him and his volunteers
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I Got Access to Hundreds of Teacher Misconduct Complaints in California — and You Can Too
I was a new reporter at KQED in 2021 when former elementary teacher Joseph Brian Houg was sentenced to more than three decades in prison for sexually abusing 10 students. He’d taught at the same San Francisco Bay Area school for more than two decades. Were there warning signs?
· Holly McDede
Court junks Cusi, DOE execs’ bid to dismiss graft case over UC Malampaya-Chevron sale
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Chilling footage of murderer’s arrest made public
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Bondi terror attack hero Ahmed Al Ahmed charged with assault
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Paedophile walks free from prison
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ISIS bride acted ‘like deputy’ to abusive father after family bought teen slave, police claim
A Melbourne family accused of buying a teen slave captured by Islamic State for $10,000 knew she was being purchased for sex and housework in a home where guns and terror flags were put on display, police say.
· Erin Pearson
Fire at Sri Lanka nursing home kills 12 residents, injures 8
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire at a nursing home in western Sri Lanka killed 12 residents and injured eight others, police said Thursday.
Avoid 'reactive' police reforms after Nowak murder, senior black officer warns
The head of the National Black Police Association has warned police forces are at risk of making "not well thought-out" changes to anti-racism guidance in light of the murder of Henry Nowak.
· Vicky Wong
Australian woman linked to Islamic State lived with teenage slave who was repeatedly raped, court told
Allegations made in Melbourne magistrates court on Thursday as Zeinab Ahmad, 31, applied for bail, a month after she was charged with slavery offences
· Australian Associated Press
Bondi terror attack hero charged with assault
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Two charged after clashes at Henry Nowak protests
Two men have been charged after protesters clashed with police near the site of 18-year-old Henry Nowak's fatal stabbing.
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Gunmen raid off-campus residence in Nigeria, kidnap 7 students
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen raided an off-campus residence in northwest Nigeria and kidnapped seven students, police said.
PNP rejects Estrada’s request for transfer to Camp Crame
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday rejected the request of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada to be transferred to the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame in Quezon City because the facility could no longer house high-profile personalities.
· Izel Abanilla
Norwegian teenager 'recruited by Iran-linked Foxtrot crime group to carry out hit in UK' | The National
A Norwegian teenager was recruited by a Swedish organised crime group used by the Iranian regime to murder someone in England, a court has heard.
· The National
Scathing police finance report puts former leadership in CCC sights
Queensland’s anti-corruption agency has been asked to probe poor financial governance at the top of the police service, with its interim commissioner saying the department has been “living beyond its means”.
· Matt Dennien
Court hears 'ISIS bride' mistreated a woman her family enslaved
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· Jesse Thompson
After Murder Of Henry Nowak, Amnesty International Condemns Right Wing 'Political Commentary'
Amnesty International’s reaction to the murder of Henry Nowak has prompted outrage, with the organization having nothing to say about the atrocious and inhumane actions of the police during the incident, but sharply condemning the “political commentary” in the wake of Nowak’s death.
· Tyler Durden
Indonesia arrests officials in crackdown on corruption
Amid a crackdown on corruption in Indonesia, the deputy minister for immigration affairs has been arrested over alleged irregularities in the administration of immigration documents.
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Why is Victoria now Australia’s car crime capital?
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Man killed after vehicle blown up on Ayalon highway, police say motive criminal
One man was killed in a car explosion on the Ayalon Highway, the Israel Police confirmed on Thursday morning.
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Today in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday
Murcia forest fire extinguished, Spain's biggest hotel chain pulls out of Cuba, five Spanish police officers die in lorry collision, and more news from Spain on Thursday 4th June.
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You be the judge: should my partner get rid of her old dishcloths and sponges?
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