76 m. ago As a white Afrikaner, I can claim asylum in Trump’s America. What an absurdity | Max du Preez

We are not victims, there is no genocide. This rhetoric shows that the US administration doesn’t understand my thriving countryI am a blue-blood Afrikaner, at least in terms of ancestry: both my grandfathers were young Boer soldiers in the Anglo-Boer war and I am directly related to the president of the old Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger. I am a descendant of Dutch, French and German settlers who were brought to the southern tip of Africa in the 17th century. Unlike other colonial societies in Africa, my ancestors never left.They occupied the whole country, displacing and oppressing the Indigenous inhabitants. Eventually, their concept of white supremacy developed into a formal state policy, apartheid. The UN classified this as a crime against humanity. Miraculously, my country has been a thriving democracy and open society ever since the formal end of apartheid in 1994.Max du Preez was the founding editor of Vrye Weekblad, an anti-apartheid, Afrikaans weekly newspaper Continue rea...

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18 h. ago Shock figures reveal true scale of kids' deadly weapons crimes across country

As many as 3,591 knife and offensive weapon crimes by ten to 17-year-olds were dealt with by the criminal justice system in the year ending September 2024.

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28 h. ago Revealed: Man shot dead by police had built his own gun, was jailed for firearms possession and boasted online about making deadly weapons

David Joyce, 38, had only been out of prison a matter of months having been jailed for possession of firearms and making his own gun three years ago, MailOnline has learned.

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66 h. ago Russia's deadly new laser weapon can 'destroy everything' and Putin mouthpiece says how

Vladimir Putin's army has a new laser weapon that Kremlin mouthpieces everywhere are claiming is going to scare Russia's western enemies – but how does it work?

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4 d. ago UK's most DANGEROUS gangsters revealed: Britain's FBI reveals which criminals pose the biggest threat to our security as they wield control over money laundering, drug smuggling and human trafficking

EXCLUSIVE: The NCA revealed that mobsters from the country pose the biggest foreign organised crime threat to the UK, a finding that's taken even experts by surprise.

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4 d. ago Britain's most dangerous gangsters: Why Chinese criminals now pose biggest threat to UK security as they wield control over money laundering, drug smuggling and human trafficking

EXCLUSIVE: The NCA revealed that mobsters from the country pose the biggest foreign organised crime threat to the UK, a finding that's taken even experts by surprise.

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4 d. ago Unsolved violent crimes in Native American communities to get more attention with FBI surge

The FBI is sending extra agents, analysts and other personnel to field offices in 10 states over the next six months to help investigate unsolved violent crimes in Indian Country

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4 d. ago Man 'carrying weapon' is shot dead by armed police at Milton Keynes station

Thames Valley Police said armed officers responded and challenged the man at the station before shots were fire by police at Milton Keynes Central railway station.

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6 d. ago Gunman jailed as police find deadly weapon in Mercedes but crook says he's never seen a gun

A gunman has been jailed for nearly seven years after police recovered two shotguns from his home - despite saying he'd never seen a gun in his life.

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1 week ago Scientists are BAFFLED after discovering a mysterious pyramid structure filled with coins and weapons

The 'incredible desert fortress', about 2,200 years old, was uncovered at the Nahal Zohar valley near the Dead Sea, east Israel.

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1 week ago Max Verstappen likes Instagram post suggesting Christian Horner's brutal axeing of team

It comes as Mail Sport was told by sources close to the Dutch racing driver that Verstappen had been left 'shaken' by Christian Horner 's decision to sack his team-mate.

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1 week ago Alysa Liu vaults to shock lead at figure skating worlds with statement program

American leads after short at worlds as favorites falterJapan’s Chiba second, USA’s Levito third entering freeInterview: Liu on her remarkable comeback to skatingAlysa Liu became the youngest ever US figure skating champion at 13 years old before vanishing from the sport at 16, uncertain if she’d ever return. Now, at 19, she’s back – and suddenly within touching distance of a world title that no American woman has claimed in nearly two decades.On the opening afternoon of the world figure skating championships, the teenager from Clovis, California, delivered a career-best short program that not only captivated the home crowd at TD Garden, but vaulted her into the lead with 74.58 points – her highest international score to date. Her emotional performance to the song Promise by Laufey and Dan Wilson enamored the crowd and left Liu blinking back tears as she exited the ice. Continue reading...

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1 week ago EastEnders spoilers as former lovers reveal true feelings and character returns after over 20 years

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1 week ago Foreign Office issues Spain safety warning after tourists targeted

People are being warned to remain cautious and be aware of several crimes in the country

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2 w. ago Walgreens employee arrested for assault after attempting to stop shoplifter

A Walgreens employee is behind bars on assault with a deadly weapon charges in San Francisco after he was accused of stabbing a would-be shoplifter in the eye.

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2 w. ago Texas janitor behind bars for urinating into doctor’s office water cooler and giving employees STDs

Lucio Catarino Diaz pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault with deadly weapon – his urine

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2 w. ago ‘We don’t know how any of this will play out’: what’s next for US deportees in El Salvador

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3 w. ago Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford's chilling last texts to ex show true level of depravity

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3 w. ago Mystery 'alien signal' after meteorite strike solved as experts reveal 'true origin'

Claims that asteroid material recovered from the Pacific Ocean were of interstellar origin have been thrown into doubt, as new research has revealed the 'true origin' of the seismic signals

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3 w. ago Trump's 'monster nuke': How America's deadliest weapon would obliterate enemies' capital cities with 1.2 megatonne payload

The destruction the B-83 would unleash would be on a scale never seen before - with the 1.2 megatonne payload making it some 75 times more powerful than the nuke detonated over Hiroshima.

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