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Boy, 16, jailed for 5 years for 'virtual terrorist plot on Minecraft computer game'

Boy, 16, jailed for 5 years for 'virtual terrorist plot on Minecraft computer game'

Nikita Uvarov fell foul of his country’s terrorism laws with a “virtual bomb plot” to blow up a secret service building on the video game where players create their own worlds Russia: 16-year-old jailed for Minecraft ‘terrorist plot’ A teenager has been jailed for five years in Russia for plans to blow up an FSB … Read more

Why Congress is moving against sexual harassment, 4 years after #MeToo

Why Congress is moving against sexual harassment, 4 years after #MeToo

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (DN.Y.), Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) and former Fox News journalist Gretchen Carlson announce legislation to end forced arbitration on July 14, 2021. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images “I’ve noticed a tonal shift amongst members of Congress and also within corporations,” said Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News journalist whose 2016 harassment lawsuit against … Read more

Crocodile with tire around its neck for six years finally freed in Indonesia

Crocodile with tire around its neck for six years finally freed in Indonesia

A wild crocodile in Indonesia that had a motorcycle tire stuck around its neck for over half a decade has finally been freed. Referred to by locals as “buaya kalung ban” — the crocodile with a tire necklace — it first sparked concerns after being spotted by residents near the Palu River in 2016. Video … Read more

Mummified body of woman found sitting at her table two years after she died

A 70-year-old woman, Marinella Beretta, was found mummified

Marinella Beretta was found dead sitting on the kitchen table where she died two years previously in the district of Prestino in the city of Como in the north-western Italian region of Lombardy A 70-year-old woman, Marinella Beretta, was found mummified ( Image: DAPRESS / SplashNews.com) The mummified remains of an Italian woman have been … Read more

World's loneliest dog who hasn't left rescue centre in 11 years needs a forever family

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Pluto was saved from a Romanian kill shelter at just four days old and ‘will end his life in the center if no one steps in’ World’s most unwanted dog has spent more than a decade in Romanian rescue centre ( Image: Nobody Dogs) The world’s most unwanted dog has spent 11 years in a … Read more

Mekong water levels are their lowest in 60 years. China's dams are to blame, critics say.

Mekong water levels are their lowest in 60 years. China's dams are to blame, critics say.

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand — For Pianporn Deetes, the Mekong is more than a river. “This is not just liquid, but this is the entire life-supporting system,” Deetes, a local activist, said recently on a wooden long-tail boat heading upstream in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province. The Mekong, one of the world’s longest waterways, runs about … Read more

Suspect on FBI's 10 Most Wanted list captured after 16 years on the run

Suspect on FBI's 10 Most Wanted list captured after 16 years on the run

A suspect added to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for allegedly killing two people in a 2006 shooting spree was captured in Mexico, the FBI announced Friday. Octaviano Juarez-Corro, 48, has spent 16 years on the run after opening fire at a Memorial Day Weekend celebration in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to FBI. Juarez-Corro and … Read more

Black woman sentenced to six years in prison for registering to vote

Black woman sentenced to six years in prison for registering to vote

Pamela Moses became permanently ineligible to vote after pleading guilty in 2015 to two felonies Memphis activist Pamela Moses has been sentenced to six years and one day in prison for illegally registering to vote in 2019. Moses, 44, was convicted of November 2021 for the crime registering to vote with a felony conviction on … Read more

History hangs over Queen Elizabeth as she marks 70 years on throne

History hangs over Queen Elizabeth as she marks 70 years on throne

LONDON — Some 250 men and women holding spears and muskets solemnly walked to the slow beat of a drum in the shadow of Buckingham Palace. Wearing brightly colored costumes and ranging in age from toddlers to older adults, the marchers lined up by regiment and shouted, “Long live the king!” The King’s Army, a … Read more