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A US judge handed a 30-year prison sentence to the man convicted of breaking into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacking her husband with a hammer, in a bid to kidnap the then Speaker of the House of Representatives. The crime, parts of which were caught on police bodycamera as officers intervened, made major waves in the US in the immediate run-up to the 2022 midterm elections.  The 44-year-old David DePape was found guilty by jurors last November.  Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley gave him two sentences, one of 20 years and another of 30, but they will run concurrently.…

Hollywood star Chris Pratt has paid tribute to his friend and former stunt double Tony McFarr – who has died unexpectedly aged 47.McFarr was Pratt’s stunt double on some of his biggest films – including Guardians Of The Galaxy and Jurassic World. The stuntman’s mother Donna said he died at his home near Orlando, Florida, on 13 May.A cause of death has not been reported. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend…

The Federal Hospital Atlas or Bundes-Klinik-Atlaswebsite was launched online for German residents since Friday. The new portal allows patients to learn online about the strengths and weaknesses of individual hospitals in Germany. “With the Federal Hospital Atlas, we are offering patients a clear guide through the hospital jungle in Germany,” said German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach at the launch in Berlin. “With just a few clicks, they can compare hospitals and find the best hospital in their area for the treatment they need.” The portal provides information on each and every one of the approximately 1,700 clinics in Germany. However, not all…

Some 260 people, including three Europeans, were arrested during the dispersal of an event outside the Iranian capital, Tehran, local news agencies reported Friday, citing a police statement. Police arrested “146 men and 115 women” who were “in an undesirable and obscene state with emblems, signs and symbols of satanism on their clothes, head, face and hair,” the statement said. The nationalities of the Europeans involved were not immediately known. Alcohol, psychoactive substances and 73 vehicles were also seized in the overnight raid on a “satanist network,” police told Iran’s Fars news agency. A 25-second video posted by the agency…

Mile L’Udovit is leaning on the front door of his apartment block when we meet, just as he has done so often since moving in four decades ago.He was one of the original tenants of the tatty building and so was his dear friend Juraj Cintula – the man charged with trying to kill Slovakia’s prime minister. Mile is at once shocked, bemused, appalled and bewildered.”He’s a good friend,” he tells me. Both men are 71 years old and talked often. “He was a decent, polite man. A good worker. His wife is a professor and his kids were okay.…

What is home? Can you find it if you look, or does it always disappear? Erpenbeck’s novel raises these questions while telling the tale of a lake house, the people who have lived in it — and 100 years of German history. Source link

As Russian President Vladimir Putin enters his fifth term in office, he is also directing the country further into a wartime economy. He has installed former deputy prime minister Andrei Belousov as defense minister — an economist with no military experience — to get the job done. Belousov replaces Sergei Shoigu, who is to serve as secretary of Russia’s national security council. Commenting on Belousov’s appointment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “On the battlefield today, the winner is the one who is more open to innovation.” Emphasizing the need to integrate the military sector more closely with the economy, he added…

Police from the west Indian city of Mumbai on Thursday arrested the owner of a huge billboard that collapsed during a storm earlier this week, killing 16.   The advertisement sign fell onto a gas station on Monday during heavy rains. Some 75 people were injured, while the storm uprooted trees and disrupted electricity, with several flights delayed or canceled. Owner arrested, charged with culpable homicide Police arrested Bhavesh B., the owner of the advertising agency Ego Media Private Limited that erected the billboard in the city of Udaipur, around 800 kilometers (497 miles) north of Mumbai. He was charged with culpable homicide after evading the authorities for…

The bodies of three hostages have been recovered from Gaza, the IDF has confirmed.Israel’s chief military spokesman Daniel Hagari said the remains were discovered in an overnight operation carried out by the military and Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet.He named the hostages as Itzhak Gelerenter, Amit Buskila, and Shani Louk, who he said were killed at the Nova music festival on 7 October, with their bodies then taken into Gaza.Israel-Gaza war latest updatesFootage of 22-year-old Shani Louk being paraded after being kidnapped by Hamas militants was widely circulated on social media following the attack.The military did not give immediate details…

Ask your average German who Jenny Erpenbeck is, and they may very well respond, “Jenny who?” Yet the contemporary German author has made a name for herself beyond Germany’s borders: She’s been showered with prizes and has even been predicted to one day win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her books have been translated into over 30 languages, and she’s read to thrilled audiences in Uzbekistan, Mexico and India during her global book tours. So why the discrepancy?  It’s not as if Erpenbeck is totally unknown in Germany — quite the contrary. She has a loyal readership, and she can…