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Anadolu via Getty ImagesPolice are still investigating the motive behind the country’s deadliest shooting in yearsA teenager who opened fire at his home and school in Thailand, killing eight people and himself, had taught himself how to use a gun via social media, police have said.The boy’s consumption of violent social media content, anxiety over his studies and family issues, and conflict with friends might have also fuelled his actions, authorities said.Senior police official Atthapol Anusit told reporters on Sunday that they have questioned 17 witnesses so far while investigating the 14-year-old’s motive.Thailand’s leader has vowed to introduce new gun…
Getty ImagesFernando Villavicencio was shot dead at a campaign event in the capital, Quito, days before the election in 2023Prosecutors in Ecuador have charged a former interior minister and six others on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023.José Serrano and the head of cartel Los Lobos, Wilmer “Pipo” Chavarria, were implicated in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio at a campaign event in the capital, Quito, days before the election.Five people linked to the criminal gang were jailed over the hit in 2024, while Pipo was captured in Spain last year, having faked his…
ReutersNew York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has revealed she has decided to freeze her eggs and has shared her first steps in the process on social media.The 36-year-old posted the clips on Sunday, hours before telling ABC News This Week she had not “ruled out the possibility” of running for president.In the clips, Ocasio-Cortez shows herself taking an injection and talks through tips she has learnt, before answering questions about costs, clinical procedures, storage and how fertility care works under what she calls the US’s “broken” medical system.In an interview on ABC News she said she wanted to “normalise” conversations…
ReutersTyphoon Dolphin made landfall in eastern China on Sunday eveningMore than a million people have been evacuated from their homes in eastern China including Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on Sunday evening.It packed maximum wind speeds of 150km/h (94mph) when it first slammed into Yuhuan in the Zhejiang province at 17:30 (09:30 GMT) before making a second landfall in the city of Wenzhou about an hour later, meteorological authorities said.The typhoon halted transportation across the region – 1,400 flights were cancelled in Shanghai alone.Chinese authorities had earlier issued their highest-level red alert for Dolphin, but by Monday morning they…
Johan PerssonThe stories of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark are brought to life in the stage showThe first Game of Thrones stage spin-off has been launched by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the verdict from most theatre critics is that it’s a worthy addition to the epic fantasy franchise.Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a prequel set shortly before the events of George RR Martin’s first book and the all-conquering TV series, officially opened at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon this weekend.The Telegraph awarded four stars to the “spellbinding spectacle”, while the Guardian’s four-star review said it features “spectacular stagecraft…
Mathipa familyLt Col Frans Mathipa was a respected detective and father of five Senior police detective Frans Mathipa had been fighting for four months to gain access to a crucial piece of information in the case he was working on. Finally, he was told, it was going to come his way.But he feared his pursuit of it could cost him his life.Two days later, his car was found overturned – he had been shot dead while driving.Now seven members of South Africa’s special forces, and one military police officer, have been charged with murdering Lt Col Mathipa, a highly respected…
BBCA tribute to Dobby sits above National Trust-run Freshwater West beachHarry Potter fans succeeded in diverting a multimillion-pound power link between the UK and Ireland after they complained it would disturb a “memorial” to Dobby the House Elf.The £430m Greenlink interconnector links the National Grid to Ireland via 125-mile cable between County Wexford and Freshwater West, a beach in Pembrokeshire where the death of fictional character Dobby was filmed in the Potter films.Project manager Simon Ludlam told the Energy Revolution podcast the cable was originally “going to go straight through” the tribute, before fans began leaving his firm “hundreds of…
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Getty ImagesThe operator of a boat that overturned near the Statue of Liberty, killing a woman and a baby, has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, New York police said.Officials said a large search and rescue operation was launched after the incident near New York Harbour on Saturday night. Twelve people who were initially rescued from the water are all reported to be in stable condition.New York police divers later found a 27-year-old woman and a five-month-old girl, who were transported to a nearby hospital where they later died. The names of passengers and the specific cause of the…