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Four dead in single-vehicle crash near Armagh, police say
At the location on Ballynahonemore Road, the driver and three occupants of a Volkswagen Golf were pronounced deceased at the scene. Police report that a single-vehicle collision in Armagh, Northern Ireland, has claimed the lives of four individuals. This morning at approximately 2:10 a.m., a collision occurred on Ballynahonemore Road involving a grey Volkswagen Golf.
Boy, 12, charged with attempted murder after girl stabbed
A 12-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of a teenage female. At 3:55 p.m. on Friday, emergency services were dispatched to assist the 15-year-old victim in Adelaide Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent, who was suffering from injuries consistent with a knife wound.
King frustrated’ with slow cancer recovery, pushes staff
Son of Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, the remarks were made by the King's nephew during an exclusive televised interview. According to his nephew, Peter Phillips, the King is "pushing" staff and physicians to allow him to resume his responsibilities because he is "frustrated" with the rate of his cancer recovery. However, according to Mr Phillips, the monarch remains "pragmatic" and is in "good spirits"; he is the son of Princess Anne, Princess Royal.
Trump to make billions in stock market deal
It appears that Donald Trump is in a financial bind, scrambling to pay a $464 million (£365 million) fraud sanction. Might the stock market be able to save him? Trump Media, the operator of the social media platform Truth Social, is on the verge of becoming a publicly traded organisation following Friday's majority vote of Digital World Acquisition Corp shareholders to acquire it.
Portsmouth’s new Brexit border post may be dismantled
It may be necessary to demolish a £24 million border control post because repetitive modifications to post-Brexit border arrangements have rendered it commercially unviable. Physical inspections of EU food and plant imports were scheduled to commence at the Portsmouth International Port facility by the end of next month. However, due to modifications in border protocols that have occurred since its construction, approximately half of the structure will be used.
‘Maximally pragmatic’: Central Asia handles Russia’s Ukraine war
"I wholeheartedly support a straightforward annexation of all territories from which labor migrants arrive to instruct them in Russian precisely where they are." Zakhar Prilepin, a novelist who fought for separatists in Ukraine's Donbas region and is now co-chair of A Just Russia, a pro-Kremlin socialist party, stated at a December news conference in Moscow, "Not here, but in Uzbekistan, for instance."
Botswana president criticizes UK’s ‘condescending’ trophy hunting ban
A bid by President Mokgweetsi Masisi to prohibit the importation of body parts from hunters that have slain endangered species moved one step closer to becoming law at Westminster. A proposed prohibition on trophy hunting imports into the United Kingdom, according to the president of Botswana, would be "condescending" and a "resurgence of a colonial conquest."
US sanctions Nicaragua’s attorney general for rights abuses
The United States has sanctioned the attorney general of Nicaragua because she allegedly participated in the "unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society" by the government. The attorney general since 2019, Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, "has exploited her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent by unlawfully seizing property from government political opponents," according to a statement released on Thursday by Brian Nelson, the undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US Department of the Treasury.
New York may repeal adultery laws
Critics who advocate for its repeal assert that despite the legislation's inception in 1907, the number of charges levied against individuals in the last half-century has stayed within twelve. A state in the United States may soon repeal a law that has been in effect for a century and criminalizes the act of deception. Since 1907, adultery has been classified as a misdemeanor, which is a low-level criminal offense, in the state of New York.
Russia frees five Ukrainian children after Qatar mediates
Nearly 30,000 children, according to Ukraine, have been deported or forcibly removed from their families by Russia. Five Ukrainian children have been repatriated to Kyiv by Russia, while thousands more are believed to be in Moscow's custody. Following mediation at the Qatari embassy in Moscow, six children were reunited with their families, according to a report by the Russian news agency TASS.
Ugandan President Museveni names son army chief
The promotion of Uganda's eldest son to the position of army chief by President Yoweri Museveni has sparked concerns that he is preparing his son for the presidency. Late on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs declared that General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who has risen swiftly through the ranks of the Ugandan army since the late 1990s, had been appointed chief of defence forces.
Protests erupt over rival Kejriwal’s arrest, Modi criticized
Prominent anti-corruption activists refute allegations of accepting bribes concerning Delhi's alcohol policies. In the wake of national elections commencing next month, critics accuse the government led by Narendra Modi of exploiting its authority to undermine adversaries. Prime Minister Modi has been characterised as a "scared dictator" in response to the detention of a prominent opposition politician.