43 h. ago Tragic development after man poured hot coffee on a baby in Australia and then fled back to China

A former Australian Federal Police officer has renewed calls for China to cooperate and ensure the man who allegedly poured hot coffee over baby Luka in a Brisbane park doesn't walk away scot-free.

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61 h. ago Brutal message family of burned baby doesn't want to hear as China 'refuses' to send back alleged fugitive accused of coffee attack

Nine-month-old Luka had boiling hot coffee poured over him in Brisbane 's Hanlon Park on August 27 last year and the man accused of attacking him is avoiding prosecution in his native China.

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3 d. ago BBC Casualty's Sammy T Dobson 'hounded' with messages from fans after 'brutal' scenes

Casualty's Sammy T. Dobson, who plays Doctor Nicole Piper has opened up on the 'intense' reaction she faced from viewers after her brutal onscreen breakup in the BBC drama

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4 d. ago Marcus Rashford sent Barcelona warning by Liverpool icon: 'He's got an amazing agent'

Marcus Rashford ended his Manchester City nightmare by sealing a sensational loan move to Barcelona earlier this summer and has been sent a brutal message ahead of his debut

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5 d. ago Maga star Katie Miller’s new podcast reeks of toxic femininity. I listened so you don’t have to | Arwa Mahdawi

The ex-Doge staffer and wife of Stephen Miller says she wants to reach conservative women – and her first guest is JD Vance Want to hear a cute little story about JD Vance and a Dutch baby? Don’t worry, he didn’t deport it, he cooked one for breakfast. Then he sat down with Katie Miller to tell her all about his baking skills in the very first episode of her brand-new podcast. Which, by the way, I have heroically listened to all 44 excruciating minutes of so that you don’t have to.Miller, for the uninitiated, is a Maga bigwig and married to Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s far-right chief of staff and a man so odious his own uncle once wrote an article calling him a “hypocrite”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Brooklyn's 5 brutal wedding blows to Beckhams from dress to 'tragic message'

Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz recently decided to renew their wedding vows after three years - and not a single member of the Beckham family was in attendance

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1 week ago The biggest problem for Starmer and co: the machinery of government is broken and they can’t fix it | Martin Kettle

The prisons crisis is symptomatic of a dysfunctional system that is defeating these ministers as badly as those before themIn one of my favourite Seinfeld episodes, George Costanza is sitting in a New York diner and – this shows how long ago it was – reading his morning paper. Suddenly he folds the paper up, sets it down on the table and looks across to his companion with weary exasperation. Why, he asks, does the high-minded New York Times refuse to accept that China is a turn-off?Just like George, many readers will at some stage probably have experienced a similar feeling. Perhaps it was about China, but perhaps about something completely different. Call it the “not right now” syndrome. It is the syndrome that recognises that a subject might be important, but reading a lengthy report about it can be another thing altogether.Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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