35 minutes ago Pakistan ends lockdown of its capital after Imran Khan supporters are dispersed by police

Authorities have reopened roads linking Pakistan’s capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, after using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan who demanded his release from prison

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42 minutes ago France has the highest cannabis consumption in Europe. It’s high time to tax it | Alexander Hurst

With the nation’s finances in a parlous state, decriminalisation could raise millions of euros – as well as cut crimeFrance might not be broke, but the state of its public finances is, well, definitely not good. Total debt stands at €3.2tn – 112% of GDP. Interest payments on that debt are the second largest public expenditure after education (which includes everything from crêche, or preschool, to universities) and are higher than the amount spent on defence. And this year’s budget deficit is projected to be 6%, three points above the EU’s 3% limit.If it weren’t for the euro, France might very well be in the throes of a fiscal crisis – as it is, interest rates on some French debt are higher than for Portugal or Spain. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Cruel Intentions star Sean Patrick Thomas: ‘I keep my MTV Best Kiss award in my man cave’

Now returning to the universe of the scandalous 1999 teen movie in its new TV spinoff, the ‘Save the Last Dance’ actor speaks to Adam White about his Y2K fame, being dazzled by Denzel Washington, and what it was like to be one of a handful of Black actors in Nineties high school films

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2 hours ago Millions will eat cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving. But where do those cranberries come from?

Weeks before Thanksgiving, some of the cranberries that will be on dinner plates Thursday are floating on a bog in Massachusetts

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2 hours ago Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers file legal claim alleging substandard prison conditions

Lawyers for the disgraced movie mogul prepare lawsuit accusing Rikers Island jail of negligence and failing to provide adequate medical treatmentHarvey Weinstein’s lawyers have filed a legal claim against New York City alleging he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at the Rikers Island jail complex.The notice of claim – the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city – accuses the facility of failing to manage the former movie mogul’s medical conditions, which include chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes, and negligence ranging from “freezing” conditions to a lack of clean clothes. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Man arrested for beating victim to death with golf club on Florida course, cops say

Police called the incident a random act of violence

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3 hours ago Scots mum cleared of witch monument murder faked having baby to scam elderly men

Angela Newlands conned pensioners in romance scams and lied about a fake baby for cash.

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3 hours ago Youth detention center leader found guilty of holding boy, 14, down while he was raped

Bradley Asbury faces a maximum prison term of 20 years on each of the two counts of being an accomplice to aggravated sexual assault he was convicted on

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4 hours ago Merseyside Police's statement in FULL as Liverpool murder sees man die at home

Merseyside Police say CPR was performed on a 65-year-old man at an address on Spellow Lane in Walton, Liverpool, on Tuesday evening but he later died at the scene

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