Steel and lead are facing trial by fire in SA's regional cities
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Justice is coming for victims of dangerous illegal-migrant truckers
A facet of the trucking industry little known to the general public has had a big impact on highway safety — and last week a US Supreme Court ruling ensured that it will have to take responsibility for the rigs it helps send out on the road.
· Adam B. Coleman
Dez pessoas são assassinadas dentro de casa no México
Pelo menos dez pessoas foram mortas a tiros no município de Tehuitzingo, no estado de Puebla, na região central do México, informaram as autoridades locais neste domingo (17/05). De acordo com a Secretaria de Segurança de Puebla, as vítimas são seis homens, três mulheres e uma menor recém-nascida. O tiroteio ocorreu…
· Deutsche Welle
Police taskforce launches major investigation into Metro Tunnel rort
A specialist police taskforce has launched a major investigation into a multimillion-dollar Metro Tunnel rort that Big Build officials and contractors knew about for months but never formally relayed to police.
· Nick McKenzie
London Nova Festival exhibit's sign removed over fears of antisemitic crimes
London's Nova Music Festival exhibit had its main sign removed after police requested its removal due to the potential for antisemitic incidents, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
‘Repeated acts of deceit’: Bankrupt businessman behind bars
A twice-bankrupted, twice-jailed pretend property developer is back behind bars, this time for contempt of court.
· Kate McClymont
San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins warns ‘devastating’ California court ruling will unleash crime wave
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has warned a recent court ruling will allow scores of career criminals to walk free — with “devastating” consequences for public safety across California.
· Annie Gaus
Suspected Islamist attack on Nigerian military school kills 17 police trainees
ABUJA — At least 17 police officers were killed in Nigeria’s northeast Yobe state after suspected Islamist militants attacked a specialised military school that also trains police officers, the national police spokesman said late on Saturday.
· Reuters
Why Israel’s lawsuit against Times over ‘blood libel’ has a chance
Does the “Gray Lady” have a “longstanding Jewish problem“?
· Jonathan Turley
NYC developer allegedly bragged about court scam a day before FBI arrest: ‘Ha ha’
An accused sleazy loose-lipped developer boasted that he controlled a Brooklyn courthouse — just a day before the feds carted him off to the jailhouse, according to shocking court revelations.
· Peter Senzamici
Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz ‘Angel of Death’ Josef Mengele
The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service will grant access to the files on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, after years of rejecting repeated requests by historians who sought to see if the German death camp doctor spent time in Zurich when there was an international arrest warrant against him.
· Jewish News Syndicate
German police kill escaped tiger, animal handler seriously injured
Police said the injured man, a volunteer, was inside the tiger enclosure when the animal broke free from a private facility near Leipzig
· dpa
German police kill escaped tiger, animal handler seriously injured
Police said the injured man, a volunteer, was inside the tiger enclosure when the animal broke free from a private facility near Leipzig
· dpa
Tupac murder suspect addresses fears Suge Knight could out him in upcoming memoir
Tupac Shakur murder suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis isn’t worried Suge Knight will finger him in an upcoming memoir as being involved in the shooting death of the rap legend.
· James Desborough
ICC prosecutors want November start for Duterte trial
PROSECUTORS at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have proposed that the trial of former president Rodrigo Duterte begin on Nov. 30, 2026, while lawyers representing victims urged judges to start proceedings earlier in September and pressed for the use of Tagalog and Cebuano interpreters to ensure affected commu…
· Franco Jose C. Baroña
Crackdown in Southeast Asia pushes scam networks to Sri Lanka
COLOMBO — A surge in arrests of suspected foreign scammers in Sri Lanka has authorities concerned that the island is fast becoming a hub for online crime, following sweeping crackdowns in hotspots Cambodia and Myanmar.
· Agence France-Presse
Air Force intel vet Monica Witt allegedly spiraled into Iran’s terror underworld
The FBI announced on Thursday that it is offering $200,000 for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of a former active-duty U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist and special agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations who is accused of espionage.
· Fox News
Fragile Senate shakeup and spurious ICC arrest warrant
THE unexpected and sudden appearance of Sen. Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa at the Senate last Monday, May 11, after a forced absence of six months in the upper chamber, following an announcement of Ombudsman Jesus “Boying” Remulla confirming that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had a warrant of arrest issued again…
· Salvador S. Panelo
The long, hot summer in Cebu
THE drama in the Senate may have temporarily distracted us from the struggles of everyday life. What I feared the most — that the government dispatched armed personnel to arrest Sen. Bato de la Rosa at any and all costs — didn’t happen. The discharging of firearms could obviously have been avoided, but thankfully, n…
· Marit Stinus-Cabugon
Cayetano again denies Senate coup linked to VP trial
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· Bernadette E. Tamayo
Chicago woman stabs infant girl to death with knife before jumping out window: cops
A 25-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a baby girl to death and then leaping from an upper-level window, cops said.
· Chris Nesi
Gotham’s tyrannical ‘bike kings’ are taking over the city
New York City is dealing with elevated crime and disorder, failing and emptying schools, taxpayer flight and a fiscally crunched City Hall.
· Wai Wah Chin
Sway a crowd, wear a martyr’s crown: how one NSW politician went from scandal to political success – and wrote a playbook still used today
At the turn of last century, an ambitious young solicitor caused a scandal in a high-profile murder case. Years later he was a political leader in a new nation. How did he do it?
· Patrick Mullins
Coles caught red handed, so what next? – podcast
Australian retailers are on notice after the federal court handed down a landmark judgment against the nation’s second-largest supermarket chain. Coles was found to have misled shoppers by promoting discounts that were not real after the Australian consumer watchdog launched legal action in 2024.
Long Island mom of 3 dead after being found unresponsive at gas station as suspect charged with murder
A Long Island mother of three was found dead in a car in Suffolk County Saturday — and a suspect has been charged with her murder, according to cops.
· Anthony Blair
Palestinian ‘abducted’ and ‘restrained’ in West Bank (VIDEO)
Footage has been published online purporting to show an assault by an Israeli settler against a Palestinian farmer in the occupied West Bank, in one of the latest alleged attacks targeting Palestinian civilians.
· RT
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Footage has been published online purporting to show an assault by an Israeli settler against a Palestinian farmer in the occupied West Bank, in one of the latest alleged attacks targeting Palestinian civilians.
· RT
Two police officers 'seriously injured' and 14 arrests during Celtic disorder
Two police officers were "seriously injured" and 14 arrests were made during trouble in Glasgow after Celtic's Premiership title win against Hearts.
· BBC News
Wang Xiaodong, derided over Covid-19 handling, comes under corruption cloud
China’s top graft watchdog says former Hubei governor is suspected of violating discipline
· William Zheng
Wang Xiaodong, derided over Covid-19 handling, comes under corruption cloud
China’s top graft watchdog says former Hubei governor is suspected of violating discipline
· William Zheng
Did a hitman kill a New York gallerist? Art world rocked by murder-for-hire trial
Daniel Sikkema is accused of hiring someone to kill his husband, Brent Sikkema, amid a divorce and alleged fights over money
· Victoria Bekiempis
Gofman rejects A-G’s classified update in High Court Mossad appointment case
IDF Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman sharply rejected on Friday the Attorney-General’s latest classified update to the High Court of Justice, accusing Gali Baharav-Miara’s office of trying to cast doubt on his integrity in the petitions against his appointment as Mossad chief.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
ICC Registry warns deployment of Filipino, Cebuano interpreters in Duterte trial may be delayed
MANILA, Philippines — The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Registry warned that Filipino and Cebuano interpreters may not be available for the trial of former president Rodrigo Duterte if it would begin in November as desired by the prosecution panel.
· Franco Jose C. Baroña
ICC prosecution plans to present 70 witnesses vs Duterte
MANILA, Philippines — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) intend to call 60 to 70 witnesses to testify against former president Rodrigo Duterte during the trial, including 31 "insider witnesses" and 17 crime-base witnesses.
· Franco Jose C. Baroña
Israel’s legitimacy is under attack in the free world, must be defended - opinion
The map of threats against Israel is crowded, and we are straining every muscle to thwart them. They loom in the south, the north, and the east. But one serious threat – perhaps the gravest in the long term – is being neglected: the very legitimacy of Israel’s existence is under assault by voices in the free world.
· YEDIDIA STERN
Former finance minister Kahlon to admit offense in UnetCredit collapse case
Former finance minister Moshe Kahlon is set to admit that he failed to ensure that serious financial irregularities at UnetCredit were properly reported to the public while he served as chairman of the company, as part of a plea agreement filed with the Tel Aviv District Court’s Economic Department.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Ruling, main opposition leaders put under police protection following alleged online threats against DP chief
SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of the ruling and main opposition parties were placed under police protection earlier than planned amid allegations of online assassination threats targeting the ruling party chief ahead of the June 3 local elections, police said Sunday.
· Yi Wonju
Chinese refugees increasingly see Serbia as haven and gateway to EU
Police patrol the Hungarian-Serbian border. © Reuters
· Staff Writer
Best photos of May 16: Singer Delta Goodrem at Eurovision song contest to Humaniod robots in South Korea | The National
Previous slideNext slide Singer Delta Goodrem, representing Australia with the song 'Eclipse', performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. AFPInfo Protesters clash with police during an operation to clear a roadblock in Achica Arriba, Bolivia. EPAInfo People…
· The National
Best photos of May 17: Singer Delta Goodrem at Eurovision song contest to Humaniod robots in South Korea | The National
Previous slideNext slide Singer Delta Goodrem, representing Australia with the song 'Eclipse', performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. AFPInfo Protesters clash with police during an operation to clear a roadblock in Achica Arriba, Bolivia. EPAInfo People…
· The National
Hong Kong High Court to hear Evergrande liquidators’ lawsuit against PwC on Monday
PwC faces fresh legal battle after SFC ordered HK$1 billion payout to Evergrande minority shareholders and AFRC imposed HK$300 million fine
· Enoch Yiu
Hong Kong High Court to hear Evergrande liquidators’ lawsuit against PwC on Monday
PwC faces fresh legal battle after SFC ordered HK$1 billion payout to Evergrande minority shareholders and AFRC imposed HK$300 million fine
· Enoch Yiu
The Force go centrifugal
The roundabout conundrum (C8) is far-reaching. Bill Leigh of West Pennant Hills recalls: “Travelling into London with my parents, we approached a massive roundabout at a Thames tunnel entrance where the traffic was swirling around in a virtual vortex. With gritted teeth dad clenched the wheel, and we entered the vor…
Republican Senator Cassidy loses Louisiana primary after opposing Trump
US Senator Bill Cassidy has lost his Louisiana Republican primary after years of criticism from supporters of Donald Trump over his vote to convict the United States president during his 2021 impeachment trial linked to the January 6 Capitol attack that year.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Probe over claims royal police officers slept on duty
Police officers responsible for protecting the Royal Family at Windsor Castle are being investigated over allegations they fell asleep on duty and left their posts unattended.
· BBC News
Philippine lawyers support ICC arrest warrant for fugitive senator
Senator Ronald dela Rosa is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity linked to his overseeing former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody ‘war on drugs’
· Reuters
Philippine lawyers support ICC arrest warrant for fugitive senator
Senator Ronald dela Rosa is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity linked to his overseeing former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody ‘war on drugs’
· Reuters
Public menace or kids having fun? Swarms of young riders draw police ire
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· Lachlan Abbott
Former top medical officer calls for cut to tobacco taxes
One of Australia’s top former medical advisers has called for tobacco tax cuts, labelling the emergence of a multibillion-dollar black market controlled by organised crime a “whole of government policy failure”.
· Chris Vedelago, Annika Smethurst