58 m. ago Child bride 'is executed in Iran after killing her much older husband following years of domestic violence'

The death sentence against 24-year-old Rana Faraj Oghli is said to have been carried out at the Tabriz Central Prison.

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96 m. ago Fears grow for missing pregnant woman, 30, who vanished from city eight days ago

A PREGNANT woman is missing from Swansea town city centre. 30-year-old Jodie Daniels was last seen on Monday December 1 in Wale's second largest city. She is described as 5ft6 with long brown hair dyed blonde at the front. Pressure mounts to find the woman as Jodie is 7.5 months pregnant. She was last seen...

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3 h. ago Modern humans unfairly blamed for extinction of Indonesia’s ‘hobbits’, scientists say

Previous research linked disappearance of small-brained species to arrival of homo sapiens

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4 h. ago UK households cut spending at fastest pace in almost five years, says Barclays

Bank reports 1.1% drop in card spending despite Black Friday boost for retailersUK households cut back on spending at the fastest pace in almost five years last month as consumers put Christmas shopping on hold, according to a leading survey.Adding to concerns that uncertainty surrounding the budget has helped dampen consumer confidence, Barclays said card spending fell 1.1% year on year in November – the largest fall since February 2021. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Walking into disaster: how narcotraffickers captured the BVI

When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail, his chief of police knew trouble was on its wayAugustus James Ulysses Jaspert, Gus for short, arrived in Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands, on 21 August 2017, just two weeks away from catastrophe. Jaspert, who was in his late 30s, had recently been appointed governor by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of the Foreign Office in London. The BVI is an overseas territory of Britain, with only partial independence, and the governor effectively acts as a backstop to the locally elected legislature. For Jaspert, a career civil servant, it would be his first hands-on experience of governing – and his first time in the British Virgin Islands. Any trepidation was outweighed by the prospect of moving to the Caribbean. “If you’re sitting in an office in London and someone says, ‘Go to Tortola,’ you look it up on a screen and think, ‘OK, I can do that,’” Jaspert told me.While Jas...

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7 h. ago Florida governor declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month

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8 h. ago Scientists 'confirm' existence of hidden megastructures beneath Egypt’s Giza pyramids

A radar engineer said he has found compelling evidence to support claims around a vast underground complex stretching nearly 3,500 feet beneath Egypt’s Giza Plateau

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9 h. ago Scientists document largest trove of dinosaur footprints in central Bolivia

Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from supernaturally strong monsters — capable of sinking their claws even into solid rock

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9 h. ago A list of the largest clergy abuse settlements reached by Catholic organizations in the US

The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved by a federal judge on Monday

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11 h. ago Moroccan migrant 'swiped £20,000 worth of laptops, phones and rucksacks from City workers during three

Munir Ghilas, 28, allegedly embarked on the three-month crime spree in central London between July 24 and October 23 this year.

Economics

13 h. ago New Orleans Catholic clergy abuse survivors in line to collectively be paid $305m

Attorneys for the victims struck deal with the church’s largest insurer to increase $230m settlement approved earlierNew Orleans Catholic archdiocese gains approval to pay $230m to sexual abuse survivorsRoughly 600 survivors of the clergy molestation scandal that drove the New Orleans Catholic archdiocese into bankruptcy have secured the opportunity to collectively be paid $305m after attorneys for the victims and the church’s largest insurer struck a deal Monday, according to some of the lawyers.The insurer in question, Travelers, had refused to join a proposal officially approved Monday to pay $230m to the abuse survivors to effectively wrap up a bankruptcy protection case that the US’s second-oldest archdiocese filed in May 2020. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Hidden shafts beneath Egypt's Giza pyramids are 'confirmed' by scientists

The team that uncovered hidden structures beneath Egypt's Giza pyramids has released new evidence they say leaves little room for doubt about their discovery.

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14 h. ago 'Breaking Bad on steroids' after $4.7m of illegal substances and weapons found

It what is being hailed as the largest drugs busts of its kind in the US, one Florida sheriff has dubbed the situation as 'Breaking Bad on steroids' after weapons and 92,000 pounds of illegal substances were seized

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15 h. ago Two more arrested over Heathrow assault which left girl, 3, needing treatment

The incident at the UK’s largest airport on Sunday morning left 21 people needing treatment

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16 h. ago Scientists debunk mystery of Chernobyl’s ‘blue dogs’ after claims they had ‘mutated due to radiation’

Images of blue dogs in Chernobyl surfaced in October, sparking a range of theories that have since been debunked

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16 h. ago I visited Europe's Christmas market with 'fondue trains' most tourists miss

Switzerland's largest city is often overlooked by tourists, but its Christmas markets offer unique food experiences including wasabi cheese and fondue served on a train

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18 h. ago Goodbye Buckingham Palace? The Royal Family are slowly but surely abandoning London

Goodbye Buckingham Palace? The Royal Family are slowly but surely abandoning London  Royal Central

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19 h. ago New mpox strain found in England as 'concerned' health officials issue warning

Scientists in England have discovered a new recombinant mpox virus in a person who recently travelled to Asia, the UK Health Security Agency confirmed

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19 h. ago Dinosaur bones, a nuclear reactor and vintage cars: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

Culture

19 h. ago 'Strange rocks' on Mars show unexpected past as it could have been 'tropical oasis'

The findings are based on an analysis of unusually pale rocks discovered by NASA's Perseverance rover, which appear to reveal a climate wetter than scientists expected

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