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South African farmer accused of killing two women and feeding them to pigs
The farm owner and two employees allegedly shot dead Locadia Ndlovu and Maria Makgatho after they trespassedA South African farmer and two of his employees have been accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to his pigs.The killings of Maria Makgatho and Locadia Ndlovu, also named in local media as Kudzai Ndlovu, allegedly took place when the two women trespassed on a farm in the northern province of Limpopo in August. They were scavenging for expired dairy products, which local media reported had been left there to feed the pigs. Continue reading...
South Korea Summit Announces 'Blueprint' For Using AI In The Military
Among the details added in the document was the need to prevent AI from being used to proliferate weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of rape, Swiss appeal court finds
Judges overturn lower court acquittal and sentence former Oxford professor to three years in jail, with two years suspendedA Swiss appeal court has found the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of raping a woman in a Geneva hotel 15 years ago, overturning a lower court acquittal.The court said it “annuls the judgment of 24 May 2023” and sentenced the former Oxford University professor, 62, to three years in prison, two of them suspended. Continue reading...
Dressed for success: Malmö launches Roxette jukebox musical Joyride steered by Brits
Based on a Jane Fallon novel and directed by Guy Unsworth, a new show is powered by the Swedish pop duo’s songs. Co-founder Per Gessle reflects on Roxette’s arrival at the operaGreeting visitors in the foyer of Malmö Opera is a formidable bronze sculpture of the Greek muse Thalia. Tonight, she holds a newly tied bunch of wonderful balloons. You could say she’s got the look but you’d be required to add a “la la la la la”. After all, this is the world premiere of Joyride, a new jukebox musical featuring a barrage of bangers by Swedish pop royalty Roxette.Per Gessle, who formed the duo with Marie Fredriksson, is used to filling huge international arenas with the band’s power ballads and party anthems. But when we talk before the musical’s opening night, he points out that it is not the first time Roxette has been heard in an opera house – they played Sydney’s in 2015. The difference with a musical is the opportunity to work on such a “grand scale” with a 34-piece orchestra and resident team of craftspeople. “It costs a fortune to do this,” he says. “I’m happy that they sold so many tickets!” Continue reading...
Tommy Tuberville blocks promotion of Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin’s top aide
Senator concerned over Lt Gen Ronald P Clark’s alleged role in ‘lack of transparency’ around Austin’s hospitalizationThe Republican US senator Tommy Tuberville is blocking the promotion of an army general and top aide to Lloyd Austin, the US defense secretary, citing concerns about the military leader’s alleged role in the lack of transparency surrounding Austin’s hospitalization earlier this year.The army general in question, Lt Gen Ronald P Clark, has been nominated to become the four-star commander of all US army forces in the Pacific. But the Alabama senator and retired college football coach is holding up the promotion, according to the Washington Post. Continue reading...
Video: Bridge Collapses In Typhoon-Hit Vietnam, Vehicles Plunge Into River
A bridge in northern Vietnam's Phu Tho province collapsed on Monday morning as the region faced the devastating impact of typhoon Yagi.
Lockheed Martin, Tata To Expand C-130J Super Hercules Opportunities In India
US Defence major Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd on Tuesday announced a teaming agreement to expand on their engagement through the C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifter project.
Home Office ‘mostly consulted Rwandan officials’ in asylum plan safety report
Review finds research did not meet ‘minimum standards’ for assessing whether Rwanda was safe place to send peopleThe last Conservative government relied largely on evidence from Rwandan officials in its assessment of the country as a safe place to send asylum seekers, an official report has found.The independent chief inspector of borders and immigration (ICIBI) looked at the Home Office’s assessment of whether or not Rwanda was a safe place to send asylum seekers, a document known as “country of origin information”. Continue reading...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs loses $100m default judgment over sexual assault allegations
The hip-hop mogul failed to respond to lawsuit against him over alleged sexual assault in Detroit in 1997A man who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting him has won a $100m judgment after the rapper, music producer and businessman failed to contest the allegations in a civil courthouse in Michigan.Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, 51, secured the remarkably large judgment after filing a lawsuit that described how he encountered Combs while working in the restaurant and hospitality industry near Detroit. Continue reading...
Australia to ban life insurance companies from discriminating based on genetic testing results
Albanese government says people have been reluctant to get life-saving early testing because of the risk of being refused insuranceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLife insurance companies will be banned from discriminating against people based on genetic testing under federal government moves designed to encourage greater use of predictive technology in preventative health.The assistant treasurer, Stephen Jones, will announce on Wednesday that life insurers will be banned from using the results of predictive genetic testing in their underwriting assessments.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Apple loses EU court battle over €13bn tax bill in Ireland
Ruling is a fillip for European Commission efforts to clamp down on ‘sweetheart’ tax dealsBusiness live – latest updatesApple has lost a high-profile, €13bn (£11bn) Irish tax battle with Brussels in a decision that will bolster the European Commission’s efforts to clamp down on favourable “sweetheart” tax deals for multinationals.The European court of justice (ECJ) ruling, which had been eagerly awaited, comes after years of legal wrangling over whether the European Commission was right to demand in 2016 that €13bn in “illegal” tax breaks for Apple should be repaid because it gave the iPhone maker an unfair advantage. Continue reading...
South Korea reveals new evidence of ‘violent and systemic’ forced adoption abroad
Hospitals and adoption agencies appear to have colluded to force single mothers to give up children, commission findsSouth Korea has found new evidence that mothers were forced to give up their children for adoption in countries including Australia, Denmark and the United States.At least 200,000 South Korean children had been adopted abroad since the 1950s, but allegations have emerged that hospitals, maternity wards and adoption agencies systematically colluded to force parents – primarily single mothers – to give up their children. Continue reading...
Sep 10, 2024