Month: October 2019

(Bloomberg) — Mexico’s government isn’t being truthful about the botched attempt to capture the son of the world’s most notorious drug trafficker, according to a former head of international operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The administration of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hasn’t revealed that while trying to bring Ovidio Guzman Lopez into…

Murder investigation as 39 bodies found inside lorry container Police have launched a murder investigation after 39 bodies were discovered in a refrigerated lorry container thought to have been left abandoned at an Essex industrial estate. Police were called by the ambulance service to Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, at about 1.40am today and found the bodies…

Police in South-East England have launched a murder investigation involving a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland after 39 dead bodies, including one that appears to be a teenager, were found in the trailer of a semi truck in an industrial park. Authorities were called to the Waterglade Industrial Park in Essex early Wednesday morning where…

Sinéad BakerOctober 22, 2019 REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes An Air France flight made an emergency landing in Ireland after a mobile phone found on board was not claimed by any passengers. The flight, scheduled to fly from Paris to Chicago, was met by the police and fire engines when it landed at Shannon Airport, and the police…

An Iranian beauty queen is seeking asylum in the Philippines, fearing for her life after Tehran demanded her extradition for a crime she claims she did not commit.  Bahareh Zare Bahari, who represented Iran at the 2018 Miss Intercontinental pageant in Manila, and who has studied dental medicine in the Philippines since 2014, has been held…

One of the suspects detained in connection with the death of little Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney is also accused of possessing child pornography. Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith told reporters Tuesday evening Patrick Stallworth, 39, was charged weeks ago with four counts of possession of obscene material of persons under 17 years of age and three…

Click:Cut flower trade The remains of a missing 5-year-old girl were found Monday in a South Carolina landfill, ending a search that began in August and included about 400 people scouring about “4 million pounds of material,” according to police. The Sumter Police Department announced the recovery of Nevaeh Lashy Adams, 5, on Tuesday in a news…

(Adds quotes, details) MOSCOW, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the United States had betrayed and abandoned the Syrian Kurds and advised the Kurds to withdraw from the Syrian border as per a deal between Moscow and Ankara or be mauled by the Turkish army. The comments by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

(Adds demonstrators gathering outside British consulate, paragraphs 3-4) * Hong Kong legislature formally withdraws extradition bill * “Five demands, not one less” is demonstrators’ rallying cry * Withdrawal unlikely to end months of often violent unrest By Jessie Pang and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s legislature on Wednesday formally withdrew…

Beijing (AFP) – China is seizing on violent protests in Europe and South America to bolster its condemnation of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong and defend its handling of the unrest. Recent clashes in Chile and Spain’s Catalonia region have added fuel to China’s claims that Western governments and media have hypocritically supported Hong Kong’s…