Moment police tackle teen accused of deadly Halloween shooting
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Andy Warhol prints stolen and damaged in ‘amateurish’ Dutch gallery heist
Thieves steal two works after ripping them from their frames as they were too big for their car
Thieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands to try to steal four works from a famous series of Andy Warhol screen prints, but damaged them all and only managed to get away with two in the botched heist.
The gallery’s owner, Mark Peet Visser, said the thieves had attempted to steal the works from a 1985 series by the US pop artist called Reigning Queens, which features portraits of the then-queens of the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark and Swaziland, which is now called Eswatini.
Continue reading...Russia sends ex-US consulate employee to prison for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’
Robert Shonov worked for 25 years for consulate and was arrested on suspicion of passing secret information about war in Ukraine to US
A Russian former employee of the US consulate in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok has been sentenced to four years and ten months in prison for “secret collaboration with a foreign state”.
Robert Shonov worked for more than 25 years for the US consulate until 2021, when Moscow imposed restrictions on local staff working for foreign missions.
Continue reading...Valencia MotoGP race cancelled due to deadly flood damage in Spain
MotoGP organisers confirmed that Valencia season finale will not go ahead after the region was devastated by floods.
63-year-old man arrested after allegedly stealing $400k worth of cheese – Dexerto
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- Man arrested over theft of 22 tonnes of cheese from Neal’s Yard Dairy The Guardian
- The great British cheese heist: Who stole $390,000 of cheddar? Al Jazeera English
The UN’s Kosher Stamp for Terror – Tablet Magazine
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Iran braces for Trump victory, fearing more Israeli strikes, Western sanctions – Reuters
- Iran braces for Trump victory, fearing more Israeli strikes, Western sanctions Reuters
- Iranians Divided Between Trump and Harris as U.S. Election Looms Newsweek
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Israeli Forces Detain, Beat and Brand Palestinians After Deadly West Bank Raid – Democracy Now!
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- Security forces kill key terrorists, dismantle explosives in joint West Bank operation The Jerusalem Post
- IDF says 3 gunmen killed in airstrike, clashes during day-long West Bank raid The Times of Israel
- Israeli military kills three Palestinians in West Bank, health ministry says Reuters
Finland exports snow-saving mats to ski resorts hit by climate crisis
Preserving previous year’s snow for start of season can combat increasingly unpredictable winters
Before the arrival of electric fridges and freezers, people across Finland would saw a block of ice from a river or lake before the spring thaw, thickly cover it in an insulating layer of sawdust and stack it in barns, pits or ice cellars to protect produce from the warm air of the summer months.
Amid global heating and increasingly unpredictable shorter winters, a modern twist on the traditional jään säilöminen (ice preservation) technique is now being touted as a way to save Europe’s struggling low- and medium-altitude ski resorts.
Continue reading...North Korea will back Russia until victory in Ukraine, foreign minister says – Reuters
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- North Korean soldiers sent to Ukrainian border equipped with standard infantry weapons, military intelligence says Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine's Zelenskiy urges allies to stop watching, start acting on North Korea Reuters
- 8,000 of the troops Kim Jong Un sent to support Russia are about to hit the front lines, the US says Business Insider
Russia sentences former U.S. Consulate worker convicted of “gathering information” on Ukraine war to prison – CBS News
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- Russia sends ex-US consulate employee to prison for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’ The Guardian
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- Russia Jails Former U.S. Consulate Employee Nearly 5 Years for ‘Collaborating’ With Foreign State The Moscow Times
- Russia sentences former US consulate worker to nearly five years in prison Al Jazeera English
Conservative Christians, Israel and the US vote in 2024 election
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Hope still exists for Turkey-PKK detente, despite deadly attack
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Met Police told about Al Fayed abuse decade earlier than stated – BBC.com
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Jailed Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi freed after presidential pardon
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune pardons 4,000 detainees to mark 70th anniversary of the independence war with France.
Harris will not be a president for marginalised folks – in the US or abroad
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Georgian election result makes no statistical sense, say Western pollsters – BBC.com
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France shooting injures five and sparks mass brawl
Authorities say it's is an alarming sign of the spread of drug-trafficking violence across the nation.
Manchester United name Portugal’s Ruben Amorim as new manager
Amorim has signed a contract at the famous English club until June 2027, starting in his new role on November 11.