MOSCOW: A prominent Russian Instagram influencer has been found dead with knife wounds in a suitcase in her rented apartment in Moscow, police say. Ekaterina Karaglanova, 24, was discovered on Friday after her family raised the alarm when she failed to contact them for several days. Ms Karaglanova, who had ...
Read More »China earthquake kills 12, injures 134
BEIJING: The toll from a strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China rose to 12 dead and 134 injured as rescuers pulled bodies and survivors from wrecked buildings. More than 4,000 people were relocated as a large number of structures were damaged or collapsed following late Monday’s earthquake outside Yibin in ...
Read More »Indian worker accused of raping cows at shelter held on animal cruelty charges
NEW DELHIA labourer is accused of raping five cows at a cattle shelter in India after horrified staff saw the surveillance footage of the incident. The man was arrested after cattle shelter volunteers claimed they saw him committing the perverted acts, in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, writes the Mirror. Shelter workers lay in wait for the offender to return to the ...
Read More »Fan Bingbing apologises for tax evasion
BEIJING: Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing took to social media for the first time in months Wednesday to apologise to fans and the Communist Party for tax evasion, shortly after news broke that authorities had ordered her to pay nearly $130 million in back taxes and fines. The 36-year-old actress, model ...
Read More »CCTV released of man wanted after three teens killed in horror crash
LONDON: Detectives have released an image of a man being sought over a car crash that killed three teenage boys in Hayes, West London. Harry Rice, George Wilkinson and Josh Kennedy were killed as they walked to a friend’s birthday party on Saturday evening. A 28-year-old man was arrested on ...
Read More »Zainab killing: Police say same DNA found in eight rape, murder cases
KASUR: DNA tests results have confirmed that the same culprit carried out the horrific rapes and murders of eight children in Kasur, including seven-year-old Zainab Amin, police said on Friday. “One thing that is very clear [from DNA tests] is that in seven previous cases, and this is the eighth ...
Read More »‘Hero’ Admits Theft from Manchester Arena attack Victims
MANCHESTER: A homeless man who had been hailed as a hero following the Manchester Arena attack last year has admitted to stealing from victims. Chris Parker, 33, pleaded guilty at Manchester crown court today (Wednesday, January 3). He admitted to two counts of theft and one count of fraud. The prosecution decided to ...
Read More »Girl, 17, sexually assaulted three times by separate attackers
LONDON: A teenage girl is believed to have been sexually assaulted on three separate occasions as she walked home from a night out in London. Police say the 17-year-old was repeatedly attacked over the course of an hour after she became separated from friends following a visit to a club ...
Read More »Pizza shop sex couple faces jail time for obscene and disgusting acts
YORKSHIRE: Bridlington couple, who were caught on CCTV having sex at a Domino’s pizza counter after ordering a stuffed crust pizza, face jail for the offence. A part of the 18-minute footage showing Daniella Hirst, 28, and partner Craig Smith, 31, romping in public was played in the court during ...
Read More »Hunt for jogger who barged pedestrian into path of bus
LONDON: Police have launched a hunt for a jogger who knocked a woman pedestrian into the path of a bus. CCTV footage shows the man barging into the 33-year-old woman, who was was lucky to escape serious injury after the bus driver swerved to avoid her on Putney Bridge in ...
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