49 h. ago ‘She lived without fear’: daughter of Chechen activist publishes book she vowed to pen after mother’s murder

Lana Estemirova promised to tell story of her mother, a renowned human rights activist. This month it is publishedLana Estemirova was 15 in 2009, when her mother, the renowned Chechen human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, was kidnapped and murdered. Bundled into a car as she walked to the bus stop on her way to work, she was driven out of town and then shot five times in the chest and head.The killing was widely seen as retribution for Estemirova’s fearless investigations of extrajudicial murders, kidnappings and human rights abuses in Chechnya, first by Russian soldiers and then by forces loyal to the Kremlin-appointed warlord, Ramzan Kadyrov. Nobody was ever prosecuted for the crime. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Charlotte Alice Peet: Full story of British journalist found in Brazil after four months missing

Charlotte Peet told police she did not want to be contacted by family after she was found in Sao Paulo

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5 d. ago CNN parts ways with correspondent months after his story cost network millions in defamation suit

CNN declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding Alex Marquardt’s departure, but did confirm that he was done with the network

Economics

9 d. ago Smokey Robinson sues former housekeepers for defamation over rape allegations

Smokey Robinson has filed a defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who filed a $50 million lawsuit accusing him of rape and sexual assault

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2 w. ago Hollywood agog over new memoir by Diane von Furstenberg's billionaire mogul husband in which he reveals he's been sleeping with countless men during their 50

Billionaire movie mogul Barry Diller first met the 'deliriously glamorous' Diane von Furstenberg at dinner party in 1974. But when Barry and Diane met again months later, it was a different story.

Culture

2 w. ago Brazilian tribe sues New York Times for allegedly portraying members as porn addicts

Defamation suit claims Marubo people were depicted as tech-addled and porn-obsessed after introduction of internetAn Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued the New York Times, saying the newspaper’s reporting on the tribe’s first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-addled and addicted to pornography.The Marubo tribe of the remote Javari valley, a community of about 2,000 people, filed the defamation lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages this week in a court in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago 90 Day Fiance star dies aged 55 after months spent battling horror health issue

A 90 Day Fiance star has died after he was diagnosed with a disease just months before his untimely passing. This is a breaking news story...

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3 w. ago Fred West's allotment could contain victims and is buried under quiet street

A new Netflix documentary, Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story, will be released next month and will feature footage of the police officers who led the investigation

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3 w. ago Iconic Scottish monument named among the luckiest tourist landmarks in Europe

The statue and its story have generated over over 4,000 monthly searches and 39,200 Instagram posts.

Politics

4 w. ago Justin Baldoni's lawyer wants to hold Blake Lively's deposition in concert arena and 'sell tickets'

Lively, 37, filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, 41, in December 2024, accusing him of sexual harassment and he countersued with a $400 million defamation suit

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