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25-year-old professional dancer Orla Baxendale, from the UK, has died in New York after eating a mislabelled cookie from a Stew Leonard’s store sparking an urgent recall. Daily Express :: News Feed
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UK ex-NATO chief urges to ‘think the unthinkable’ as conscription necessary to stop Putin
General Sir Richard Shirreff admitted conscription is an “anathema” to most professional soldiers, but it may be the only way to keep Vladimir Putin at bay. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Alabama carries out first execution in U.S. using nitrogen gas
Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. CBC | World News
Read More »Japan arsonist in fire that killed 36 at animation studio given death penalty
A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder and other crimes Thursday for carrying out an arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto that killed 36 people. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkish military plane buzzes right over streets, field
Turkey’s Defence Ministry said a technical problem on a military plane forced its pilots to make an emergency landing that brought it unusually close to busy roads and a soccer field as it flew by. The plane was slightly damaged as a result, but the crew was not injured, the military said. CBC | World News
Read More »These butterflies make for some beautiful snowbirds
Hundreds of monarch butterflies make the 3,000-kilometre journey from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico every year during the cold winter months up north. CBC | World News
Read More »BBC QT audience member calls for return of national service amid conscription row
The BBC Question Time audience member’s comments come amid a debate over conscription. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Donald Trump reiterates denial of sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll at defamation trial
Donald Trump’s testimony in the writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case ended almost immediately after it began, as the former U.S. president stood by his earlier testimony that Carroll’s claim that he raped her was a hoax. CBC | World News
Read More »Hospital district battered in fighting around Gaza’s Khan Younis
Israeli tanks bombarded areas around two hospitals in Gaza’s main southern city, Khan Younis, on Thursday, forcing displaced people to scramble for safe shelter, residents said, in an offensive Israel says is targeting Hamas militants. CBC | World News
Read More »Former White House official Peter Navarro the latest Trump associate sentenced to prison
Former White House official Peter Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison in a federal courtroom on Thursday for refusing to co-operate with a congressional investigation 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He’ll remain free pending an appeal. CBC | World News
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