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Dr Ruth Westheimer, who was one of the most famous sex therapists in the United States, has died at the age of 96.The media star and best-selling author died on Friday at her New York City home, surrounded by her family, according to her publicist and friend Pierre Lehu. As a 50-something psychiatrist, Westheimer found fame on radio, television and in bookstores during the 1980s by talking honestly in public about once-taboo, bedroom topics.The 4ft 7in tall celebrity, with a distinctive German accent who backed contraception, encouraged an open dialogue on previously closeted issues which affected her audience of millions.Westheimer,…

The last coal miner trapped underground since Thursday in southern Poland was found alive by rescuers on Saturday, the mining company said. The Rydultowy mine, operated by state-controlled group PGG, was hit by a rockburst tremor at around 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Thursday about 1,200 meters (3,960 feet) below ground. The accident killed one person, while dozens more were brought to the surface alive by rescuers a few hours later. Unlike earthquakes which are triggered by moving tectonic plates, rockburst tremors are sudden movements and collapses in rock cavities. They are often caused by blasting in mining and are a major safety risk for miners…

 “Here, in this area, there are many girls who were kidnapped and forced to marry terrorists,” said 17-year-old Telma from the Chiure district in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. A brutal war between an “Islamic State”-affiliated terrorist group and Mozambican security forces and their allies has been raging in her home region since October 2017. “In our neighborhood, there is a girl who managed to escape the terrorists after three years of captivity and return to her family,” Telma said. “But most never come back. The jihadis also abduct very young girls. They grow up with the terrorists until…

Barbora Krejcikova has been crowned the Wimbledon women’s singles champion after defeating Jasmine Paolini.It is the first time the 28-year-old has won the tournament. The result means there has now been a first-time winner of the women’s singles at Wimbledon for seven successive years. The match went to a deciding third set, with Krejcikova having won the first 6-2, and Paolini winning the second by the same score. Image: Jasmine Paolini. Pic: PA Sky Sports’ Raz Mirza at Wimbledon said: “In the opening set Paolini was nervy, but she came out firing in the second.”However, the Czech ace overcame Paolini…

After days without any sign of life, days of guessing, worrying and hoping, Vladimir Kara-Murza’s family now at least knows that he is alive, after one of his lawyers was allowed to visit him. Lawyers had not been able to reach the Russian opposition politician — who is serving a 25-year sentence in the maximum-security IK-6 penal colony in the Siberian city of Omsk — since he was reportedly transferred to a prison hospital and lost contact to the outside world. After visiting him, his lawyer said that his condition was neither better nor worse than it had been. Kara-Murza’s wife Evgenia told DW it…

Police in the United Kingdom on Saturday arrested a man in connection with the deaths of two men whose remains were found in two suitcases, authorities said. The 34-year-old was detained in the early hours in the Bristol area of western England, the same city where the crimes took place. Armed officers held the man at Bristol’s main railway station before he was taken into custody, police said. He was due to be questioned in London later on Saturday, as the city’s Metropolitan Police has taken over the investigation. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Andy Valentine of Scotland Yard said: “This is a significant development…

Alec Baldwin should have the “human decency to say ‘I’m sorry'”, a lawyer for the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has said.Gloria Allred, who is representing the family of Ms Hutchins in a civil proceeding, made the comment after a criminal manslaughter case against the actor fell apart. It comes as Baldwin shared his first comment since the case was dismissed on Friday.”There are too many people who have supported me to thank just now,” he wrote in a post on Instagram.”To all of you, you will never know how much I appreciate your kindness toward my family,” he added.…

Skip next section Ukraine says Russian drone entered Belarusian airspace07/13/2024July 13, 2024Ukraine says Russian drone entered Belarusian airspaceA Russian combat drone flew into Belarus during an attack on Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force said. According to the Ukrainian military, four Iranian-made Shahed drones were shot down Friday night over the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.  “The fifth left Ukrainian airspace towards the Gomel region in Belarus,” Ukrainian air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on his Telegram channel. The Belarusian military blog Hajun Project confirmed the incident, saying the Russian drone flew over Belarus for three hours, reaching the northeastern city of Vitebsk. …

Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, will remain in jail despite being acquitted of unlawful marriage charges.Khan and his third wife Bushra Khan, who married in 2018, were sentenced to seven years in prison after a court found him guilty of breaking Islamic law. The couple were found to have not observed the legally required three-month interval between the divorce from a previous marriage and their own.Bushra was previously married to a man who claimed they divorced in November 2017, which was less than three months before marrying Khan.After launching an appeal, the court ruled on Saturday that…

Belarus and China began joint anti-terrorism military drills on Monday. Dubbed Eagle Assault 2024, the 11-day exercise will see troops practice night landings, overcome water obstacles and engage in urban combat drills. The joint exercises follow Belarus joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a Eurasian political, economic and defense organization led by Russia and China. DW asked experts in the region why Belarus needs the SCO and what the joint drills with China could mean for the region. Fighting terrorism? Belarus has become the 10th member of the SCO, which originally consisted of the founders China and Russia, as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and…