Woman gives birth from embryo frozen for more than 22 years
A Greek woman has given birth from an embryo frozen over 22 years ago after losing her son born from the same treatment, her doctor said Wednesday.
Colorado man faces new charges for plotting to bomb synagogue
An avowed white supremacist being held without bond for plotting to bomb a Colorado synagogue this month has been indicted on additional charges of attempted arson and using explosives to commit a felony, federal prosecutors said on Friday. The two additional charges against Richard Holzer, 27, on top of an earlier count of attempting to […]
Iranian cleric says protest leaders deserve death sentence
A senior Iranian cleric said on Friday during prayers in Tehran that some of the leaders of the recent protests over fuel price hikes deserved to be given a death sentence. The Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said that “some of the leaders of the unrest were anarchists that deserve a death sentence,’’ adding that […]
Researchers find 1,000 yr old Viking-era ship in western Norway
Norwegian researchers said on Friday that they had discovered a Viking-era ship at a burial site in western Norway, estimating it could be more than 1,000 years old. Ola Elvestuen, Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, said in a statement that the ship was important for our common history saying “now we have to investigate […]
America’s FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document
United States President, Donald Trump on Friday touted news reports that a former FBI lawyer is suspected of altering a document related to surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser in 2016. A report has confirmed earlier reports by CNN and The Washington Post that the finding is part of a Justice Department inspector general […]
Trump insists on ceasefire as precondition for Afghan peace talks
Presidential palace spokesman Sediq Sediqi said on Friday that the U.S President Donald Trump has insisted on a ceasefire as a precondition to begin peace talks with Afghanistan. Sediqi made this known in his Twitter account saying that Trump made his intention in a telephone conversation with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani. According to the […]
Dispute between Japan and South Korea overshadows G20 meetings
Japan seized the last event of its G20 presidency on Friday to reject a South Korean warning about radiation from the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant as a dispute between the neighbors threatened to overshadow the meetings. Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) nations gathered in the central Japanese city of Nagoya for two […]
Nurse kills self after workload stopped her from having family
A dedicated nurse took her own life after the stress of 12-hour hospital shifts left her unable to lead a life of her own, an inquest has heard. Leona Goddard, 35, wanted to settle down and have a family but felt she could not even have a social life because of her unpredictable work hours […]
Netanyahu charged with corruption, says he won’t resign
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he would not resign despite being charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in a corruption scandal that he denounced as an “attempted coup”. The charges announced by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit were the first of their kind against a serving Israeli prime minister and represented […]
Boxing champion killed by train while wearing headphones
The boxing champion had gone out to the pharmacy in her home village of Tarasivka in the Kyiv region.
Ukraine: ‘Everyone was in the loop’: takeaways from Sondland impeachment testimony
A top US diplomat has told an impeachment inquiry that he followed President Donald Trump’s orders to put pressure on Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival, Joe Biden. The instruction came from Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, Ambassador Gordon Sondland said. Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, told the latest hearing in the US […]
Three men murdered after wrongly being labelled ‘paedophiles’
A paranoid schizophrenic allegedly killed three pensioners he wrongly believed were paedophiles. Alexander Lewis-Ranwell, 28, was under the delusion that he had uncovered a paedophile ring so killed Anthony Payne, 80, and twin brothers Roger and Dick Carter, 84, in February. He is on trial for murder after admitting to the killings but denies murder […]
Man jailed 23 weeks for punching his dog while walking in park
A dog owner has been jailed for over five months after he was caught on camera repeatedly punching his pet. Robert Black was given the 23-week sentenced at Reading Magistrates’ Court for causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. A witness saw him beating his dog in Victoria Park, Newbury, Berkshire, on December 21 last […]
Woman googled ‘I’m going to kill tonight for fun’ before murdering lover
A teenager who choked a man to death after meeting him on dating app Plenty of Fish had Googled ways to ‘kill and get away with it’, a court heard. Jamie Lee Dolheguy, now 20, invited Maulin Rathod, 24, to her address in Victoria, Melbourne, in July 2018 after a brief text exchange. While the […]
Merkel expresses condolence after former president’s son stabbed
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday expressed her condolences to the family of Fritz von Weizsaecker, the son of a former German president after he was fatally stabbed while giving a medical lecture. “This is a terrible blow to the von Weizsaecker family, and the condolences of myself as chancellor and from the government as a […]
Son of former German president stabbed to death in Berlin
The son of former German President Richard von Weizsaecker was stabbed to death while he was giving a lecture at a hospital in Berlin where he worked as a head physician, police announced on Wednesday. A 57-year-old German man is in custody after he jumped up from the audience at the Schlosspark-Klinik and attacked Fritz […]
