9 h. ago Fears for US pastor kidnapped at gunpoint in front of wife and children during church sermon in South Africa

Four men broke into the Fellowship Baptist church in Motherwell Township, stealing two cellphones from members of the congregation before took away the pastor in his own truck.

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46 h. ago 38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands review – Pinochet and the Nazis

A human rights lawyer skilfully gathers the threads that link the former Chilean dictator to a fugitive SS officerAugusto Pinochet expected London to be a hospitable city when he arrived there in October 1998. The 82-year-old former Chilean dictator had backed Margaret Thatcher in the Falklands war and, while the Conservatives were no longer in power, a former prime minister counted as a friend in high places.British police were not interested in kidnap, murder and torture in South America under a junta that had seized power in a coup in 1973. Besides, a former head of state had diplomatic immunity. Or so Pinochet thought, until officers from Scotland Yard, acting on an extradition request from a Spanish judge, turned up at the private clinic where he had undergone a minor back operation.The ensuing legal battle to determine which crimes might be pinned on the old man, under what statute and in which jurisdiction, is one thread of 38 Londres Street by lawyer and author Philippe Sand...

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64 h. ago ‘This is about principles’: Robert Reid becomes latest FIA executive to resign

Reid has had disagreements with Mohammed Ben Sulayem‘Motorsport deserves leadership rooted in integrity’Robert Reid has resigned from his role as deputy president for sport at the FIA and accused the governing body of a “breakdown in governance standards”. Reid has had a number of disagreements with the FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, in recent months and his resignation comes after the Motorsport UK chair, David Richards, accused the FIA of a “shift in moral compass”.Ben Sulayem, who has been involved in a number of controversies since he took to the helm of the FIA, is expected to stand for re-election when his four-year term expires in December. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Child doctor accused of using role to abuse staggering number of kids in 'one of America's worst

A New York pediatrician who is accused of sexually abusing more than 100 women has been ordered to pay nearly $2billion to his victims.

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8 d. ago ICE to temporarily release detained migrant so he can donate kidney to his brother

José Gregorio González has reportedly been granted humanitarian parole to ‘save his brother’s life’

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9 d. ago Adolescence star Owen Cooper, 15, lifts the lid on his 'mad' return to school after taking on lead role in hit Netflix show

The 15-year-old break-out star was just 13 when he landed the role of Jamie Miller, a schoolboy accused of brutally murdering a female classmate.

Culture

1 week ago Adolescence star Owen Cooper, 15, lifts the lid on his 'mad' return to school after taking on lead role in hit Netflix show

The 15-year-old break-out star was just 13 when he landed the role of Jamie Miller, a schoolboy accused of brutally murdering a female classmate.

Culture

1 week ago A man came to the US to donate a kidney to his brother. ICE showing up as his doorstep interrupted that plan

‘We both cried when they arrested him because we both know he is my lifeline,’ said José Alfredo Pacheco, who is suffering from end-stage kidney failure

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1 week ago Kid Rock mocked for his Oval Office outfit as he joins Trump for executive order signing

‘Where's his suit?’ X users questioned in response to the musicians striking red suit

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1 week ago Donald Trump confirms he’s meeting Bill Maher as a favor to a friend

The president confirmed the meeting, calling Maher ‘a man who has been unjustifiably critical of anything, or anyone, TRUMP’

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2 w. ago Tennessee lawmakers want schools to teach the ‘success sequence’

Under new bill, students would learn they are more likely to be successful if they graduate, get a job, get married and then have kids

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2 w. ago Mom says she had ‘tug of war’ with kidnapper trying to snatch her son in Walmart

Mahendra Patel, 56, is charged with kidnapping, simple battery and simple assault

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2 w. ago A patient finally got off the organ transplant list. A month later, they died of rabies

Michigan health officials say there is ‘no threat’ to the public after the first human case of the disease in the state in more than 15 years

Science

2 w. ago Alex Salmond ally launches blistering attack as Alba Party announces new leader

Chris McEleny, who was last month suspended from his role as general secretary of Alba, accused the party of having thrown "the kitchen sink" at him.

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2 w. ago Sick lie doctor told mum while secretly getting her pregnant using his own sperm

Victoria Hill's mother, Maralee had placed her trust in a fertility doctor to help her conceive a child. He then broke this trust by using his own sperm in the process, covering his misdeeds with a sick lie

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2 w. ago Doctor issues urgent warning against five dangerous trends you could be doing that could cause death

Dr Leana Wen, who is a Physician and former Commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department, has urged people to stop doing these five things for their own safety.

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3 w. ago Just Another Girl on the IRT review – Leslie Harris takes on race, sex and class in 90s indie gem

Ariyan A Johnson stars as the back-talking, fourth wall-breaking high schooler who falls pregnant in Harris’s rough and ready dramaThere’s an undimmed freshness, warmth and freewheeling energy in this 1992 indie gem, and its director Leslie Harris – whose career since has chiefly involved writing and teaching – deserves a far bigger presence in US film history. Ariyan A Johnson plays Chantel, a young Black American high schooler who lives with her stressed parents and two kid brothers in Brooklyn (in an era before its gentrification) and rides the subway’s IRT Eastern Parkway line.Chantel is getting great grades in school, and plans to be a doctor, but is addicted to talking back to the teachers and won’t restrain herself, even when she’s sent to the principal’s office. Her relationship with her mother and father is just as fraught – and as far as dating goes, Chantel is not going to sell herself short. And when she finally has sex with her boyfriend Tyrone (Kevin Thigpen), dizzied ...

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3 w. ago Family of Menendez brothers wave off prosecutor criticism and lead rally for their release

The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is rejecting claims by the Los Angeles district attorney that the brothers hadn’t appropriately taken responsibility for the 1989 killing of their parents and says any lies they told during their murder trial were due to trauma and fear

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4 w. ago What is the Alien Enemies Act of 1798? The wartime law that Trump invoked to speed up deportations

‘Overbroad authority’ that’s been used to intern immigrants may be subject to ‘staggering abuse,’ law and policy institute says

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