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Category: World
Driver held for hit-and-run death of world’s ‘oldest’ marathon runner
Police in India arrest a man they say was driving the car that hit Fauja Singh in his village on Monday.
Cuban minister resigns after saying country has no beggars
Marta Elena Feitó-Cabrera said people going through rubbish were doing so by choice to make “easy money”.
Thai woman arrested for blackmailing monks with thousands of videos after sex
The women, known as “Ms Golf”, allegedly had sexual relations with monks and extorted money from them.
Traitor or patriot? Retrial begins for spy chief who assassinated a president
Kim Jae-gyu was executed for killing dictator Park Chung-hee. Now South Korea is revisiting his case.
Adolescence star Owen Cooper becomes Emmys’ youngest supporting actor nominee
If he wins, the 15-year-old Brit will be the youngest male winner of an acting Emmy.
Fewer school-age children vaping in Australia since ban, study says
Australian officials have seized more than 10 million illegal vapes in the past year.
Trump says attorney general should release any ‘credible’ information on Epstein
The president also said “only really bad people” want to stoke theories about the well-connected sex offender.
Man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio dies
Bradley Murdoch, the Australian man convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001, has died.
Trump launches probe into Brazil’s ‘unfair’ trade practices
Last week, the US president urged Brazilian authorities to end their prosecution of the country’s former President Jair Bolsonaro.