The chilling footage shows the swollen belly of the huge beast which contains the body of mom Sabrina Peckham, who was killed by the animal yards from her homeless encampment in Clearwater.

PHOENIX, Arizona (HOL) — The Phoenix Police Department engaged in a pattern of misconduct that violated the civil rights of the city's residents, including unjustified deadly force, according to a scathing report released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

Mogadishu (HOL) —The Somali government has ordered the removal of bodies from the Bulusiya School cemetery in Mogadishu to repurpose the land as a training center for the Somali Navy. This directive has forced many families to exhume and reinter their loved ones, causing significant emotional distress and public protest.

Nairobi (HOL) — The murder trial of former Pangani police officer Ahmed Rashid, accused of killing two teenagers, Jamal Mohamed and Mohammed Dahir, resumed this week at the Kibera Law Courts. The case has drawn significant public attention due to Rashid's controversial reputation and the emotional testimonies from the victims' families.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we talk to a scientist whose work is being used to help victims of climate catastrophes sue for compensation, find out where to expect future floods in New Brunswick and look at a plan to turn a Nova Scotia gold for mine into a clean energy hub.

The former Air Canada manager wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for his alleged role in the largest gold heist in Canadian history is preparing to turn himself in, according to his lawyer.

After getting an earful from CARP members, the advocacy group for older people says it will no longer accept sponsorship from tobacco companies and is giving the money it received from Rothmans, Benson & Hedges to an unnamed charity that cares for people with smoking-related illnesses.

This development follows the NTA's decision to withdraw its earlier plan to award grace marks to 1,563 students who were not given the full allotted time to complete the test due to mismanagement. Instead, the NTA informed the court that a re-test would be conducted for these affected candidates. The court has given the Centre and NTA two weeks to submit their responses to the notices.

Jharkhand is facing severe heatwave conditions, with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius and a 54 per cent rainfall deficiency due to delayed monsoon onset. The highest maximum temperature recorded was 46.5 degrees Celsius in Daltonganj. The monsoon is expected to arrive around June 19, but rainfall may remain deficient in June, potentially increasing in July.

Delhi High Court asks Delhi Police for response on Bibhav Kumar's bail plea related to alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal by an aide of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Nikolay Azarov described the agreement as another information pretext for the Ukrainian mass media aimed at «convincing Ukrainians to continue dying for the interests of Zelensky and the US»

The government’s approval rating stands at 53.2%

According to Maria Zakharova, the West has been aiming at this «for a long time, not only in the 21st century»

The MOEX shares had slowed down the decline and traded at 236.99 rubles per share

At the same time, the yuan decreased by 0.55 kopecks to 12.21 rubles

There have been six multiannual financial frameworks (MFFs) to date, including 2021-2027. The Treaty of Lisbon transformed the MFF from an interinstitutional agreement into a regulation. Established for a period of at least five years, an MFF is there to ensure that the EU’s expenditure develops in an orderly manner and within the limits of its own resources. It sets out provisions with which the annual budget of the EU must comply. The MFF Regulation sets expenditure ceilings for broad categories of spending called headings. After its initial proposals of 2 May 2018 and in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, on 27 May 2020 the Commission proposed a recovery plan (NextGenerationEU) that included revised proposals for the MFF 2021-2027 and own resources, and the setting up of a recovery instrument worth EUR 750 billion (in 2018 prices). The package was adopted on 16 December 2020 following interinstitutional negotiations. In the light of new developments, the MFF was revised in December 2022 and then again more substantially in February 2024. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Medicines and medical devices are subject to the rules of the single market and have a direct impact on people’s health. A robust legal framework is in place to protect public health and guarantee the safety of these products. Access to affordable medicines, the fight against antimicrobial resistance, the ethical conduct of clinical trials, the use of artificial intelligence in medical devices and incentives for research and development are just some of the key issues the EU deals with in this field. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Taxation is a prerogative of the Member States, the EU having only limited competences. As EU tax policy is geared towards the smooth running of the single market, the harmonisation of indirect taxation was addressed before that of direct taxation. Efforts to combat the problem of tax evasion and tax avoidance then followed. EU tax legislation must be adopted unanimously by the Member States. The European Parliament has the right to be consulted on tax matters; for budgetary-related issues it is even co-legislator. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

This report investigates how the EU should deal with shockflation - inflation unleashed by shocks to systemically significant prices such as energy and food. We argue that the ECB’s monetary policy is not an adequate instrument to deal with this kind of inflation. Therefore, the EU currently lacks adequate governance structures. The EU should develop a new inflation governance framework that targets shocks to systemically significant prices directly, before they are propagated through the economy. This document was provided/prepared by the Economic Governance and EMU Scrutiny Unit at the request of the ECON Committee. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

People from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds face discrimination and its consequences on a daily basis. However, the exact scale of the problem is hard to gauge, owing to a lack of data and general under reporting of racist incidents. Although the European Union (EU) has been introducing legislation to combat racial and xenophobic discrimination since 2000, the problem persists. The global Black Lives Matter protests highlighted the need for new measures, while the COVID 19 pandemic saw a major increase in reports of racist and xenophobic incidents, and the crisis it triggered had a disproportionately large negative effect on racial and ethnic minority groups, in the form of higher death and infection rates. Studies point to the cost of racial discrimination not only for the individuals concerned, but also for society as a whole. For instance, a 2018 EPRS report argued that the loss in earnings caused by racial and ethnic discrimination for both individuals and societies amounts to billions of euros annually. EU citizens also acknowledge this problem: a 2019 survey found that over half of Europeans believe racial or ethnic discrimination to be widespread in their country. To address racial discrimination and the inequalities it engenders, the European Commission has put forward a number of equality strategies and actions. The European Parliament, meanwhile, has long demanded an end to racial discrimination. In recent resolutions, Parliament has called for an end to structural racism, discrimination, racial profiling and police brutality; for protection of the right to protest peacefully; for an enhanced role for culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism; and for authorities to take an intersectional approach. On 20 and 21 March 2024, Members of the European Parliament from the Anti Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI) co hosted the third EU Anti Racism and Diversity Week. This updates a briefing from March 2023. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

The US will supply not just F-16s, but also other types of aircraft to Ukraine under the new security deal, Vladimir Zelensky has said Read Full Article at RT.com

RIYADH:Ten investors have been convicted of violating the Kingdom’s Capital Market Law and ordered to pay the government a total of $27.1 million in fines and compensation for losses, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday. The Appeal Committee for Resolution of Securities Disputes, or ACRSD, sentenced one of the individuals to imprisonment, the SPA report said. The “final decision” was issued by the ACRSD on Dec. 24, 2023.

RIYADH: Saudi aid agency KSrelief has delivered 25 tonnes of dates to the World Food Programme’s office in Guinea, reported the Saudi Press Agency. The dates were delivered in the presence of Saudi Ambassador Fahd bin Eid Al-Rashidi and representatives of the aid agency at WFP headquarters in Conakry, the country’s capital. The WFP delegate in Conakry, Hyoung-Joon Lim, received the shipment on Thursday.

The Reform UK leader told an ITV general election debate that 'we should encourage people to have children', while he also backed greater tax relief for married couples.

One of Hansen's former sides, Liverpool, took to their social media channels to announce the news on Sunday afternoon, sending their best wishes to the former defender and his family.

Wes Streeting and me. We go back a long way. We go back nearly fifteen years, me and Wes, so we do. We have never met yet still here we are trapped as one.

SINGAPORE — Travellers using the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints over the Hari Raya Haji long weekend are advised to factor more time for immigration clearance, Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on June 14. This is because traffic at these land checkpoints is expected to «remain very heavy» during this period, it said in a Facebook post. ICA added that more than 510,000 travellers cleared the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints on June 13. Hari Raya Haji falls on June 17, and within the June school holiday period between May 25 and June 23. In a statement on May 20, ICA said heavy traffic is expected within this period. During the Good Friday long weekend from March 28 to April 1, almost 2.3 million travellers crossed the two land checkpoints connecting Singapore and Malaysia, marking more than 455,000 crossings daily.

[New Times] The national consultative forum of political organizations (NFPO) says that preparations for next month's presidential and parliamentary elections are advanced, with the forum providing financial and civil assistance to all political parties under its umbrella.

SINGAPORE — From July 1, virtually all SMSes sent by government agencies in Singapore will have a single sender ID, as part of efforts to make it easier for the public to identify authentic government text messages. Such SMSes will show «gov.sg» as the sender ID instead of individual government agencies, such as «MOH» for the Ministry of Health or «Iras» for the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. Besides the gov.sg sender ID, every text message will begin with the full name of the agency that sent it and end with a note stating that it is an automated message sent by the Singapore Government, to indicate that recipients should not reply to it. Over a two-week period beginning on June 18, government agencies will gradually begin to send messages using the gov.sg sender ID, with all messages displaying the new ID from July 1. There are exceptions, though: Text messages from the Defence and Home Affairs ministries about national service matters and emergency services will have different sender IDs.

Soilbuild Construction Group has clinched a $647.5 million contract for the construction of a development at the upcoming Tuas mega port. This brings the group's order books beyond $1.2 billion for the first time in history. Known for their construction, development and management of residential and Green Mark certified commercial properties, Soilbuild's construction of Port + Hub at Tuas Terminal will consist of warehouse buildings, gate buildings, a main intake substation and ancillary buildings. It will be built to achieve Green Mark Platinum Super Low Energy - an eco-sustainable rating for a building under the Building & Construction Authority's Green Mark Certification Scheme. This rating recognises best-in-class Green Mark Buildings that achieve at least 60 per cent energy savings. Executive Director of Soilbuild Construction Group Lim Han Ren shared that the project in Tuas mega port is «one of the most prominent private sector industrial projects in Singapore awarded to date» and «the largest construction project won by the group».

Stop transferring money to me — that is the plea from Lions goalkeeper Hassan Sunny, who was dubbed a hero by Chinese football fans after his performance during Singapore's World Cup qualifier match against Thailand on Tuesday (June 11). Fans have attributed China's progress to the final round of Asia's qualifiers to the 40-year-old's 11 saves during the game. Chinese fans in Singapore flocked to his nasi padang stall in Tampines, Dapur Hassan. Many fans, including those in China, also sent him money through the stall's QR code –which accepts Alipay and WeChat pay and was circulating on social media – to show their appreciation. In an Instagram post written in Chinese on Thursday (June 13), Hassan thanked the fans for their outpouring of support, but urged them to «support him rationally» and not to send any more money. He warned that some scammers had been taking advantage of the situation by circulating fake QR codes. 

India’s military has received a first batch of indigenous kamikaze drones Read Full Article at RT.com

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