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War-stricken Sudan is in danger of becoming another failed state because civil society is disintegrating amid a proliferation of armed groups, the head of a leading international aid agency has told the BBC. As well as the two main warring parties in Sudan – the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – there are […]
PORTAGE PARK — Domestic violence advocates and elected officials are calling for a Cook County judge to be reassigned after he declined to jail two men who went on to commit two fatal stabbings — including one who allegedly killed his wife Tuesday. Constantin Beldie, 57, is accused of fatally stabbing his wife Tuesday in Portage […]
The knifeman was arrested at the scene and readily confessed to the murders, police have said Eight people have been killed and 17 injured in a mass stabbing at a college campus in the eastern Chinese city of Yixing. The suspect was described by law enforcement as a student who failed his exams and returned […]
Army personnel can be seen sitting in a military vehicle. — AFP/File At least six terrorists were killed and four others injured during an attempted attack on a security check post in Kalat district, Balochistan while seven soldiers lost their lives during the exchange of fire, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). “On the […]
With Tuesday marking the end of the Biden administration’s window for the Israeli government to materially improve the humanitarian response in war-torn Gaza, international aid organizations are condemning the country’s failure to meet U.S. demands and, in some cases, outright worsening the crisis that has devastated Palestinians for the last 13 months. “Israel not only […]
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has deteriorated further over the past month, according to an assessment by aid groups, despite demands made by the Biden administration that Israel take specific steps to improve the situation within 30 days or risk jeopardizing the ongoing supply of U.S. arms. A scorecard issued by eight aid organizations—including Mercy […]
Family handout Katie Simpson died in August 2020 The police investigation into the death of showjumper Katie Simpson was flawed and failed her family, a report by the Police Ombudsman has found. It has identified multiple failures, including a willingness to believe the account of Jonathan Creswell, the man who was later charged with her […]
Mike Lawrie/Getty Images When Major League Soccer first announced the new best-of-three playoff format, it was met with rampant criticism and hostility. A year on, and many of the same complaints still ring true. After their loss versus Atlanta, Jordi Alba spoke about the change and how it puts higher-seeded teams at a disadvantage. “In […]
In 2018, I was happily flying my DJI Mavic 2 Pro above a waterfall in Maui. Next to me, struggling to even get his GoPro Karma off the ground, another photographer eventually gave up. The Karma failed because it just couldn’t get the basics right. Sony’s Airpeak suffered the same fate. GoPro had actually already […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Mahayuti alliance government in Maharashtra, failed to keep several promises it made on healthcare and farmers’ welfare in its manifesto for the 2019 Assembly elections, a study has found. Apart from the BJP, the ruling alliance in the state comprises the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena […]