Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — AFP/File MUNICH: A German court on Friday handed a doctor a six-and-a-half-year jail term for raping female patients while carrying out colonoscopies. The man, identified as Wolfgang H, was convicted of 17 counts of rape and sexual assault whilst exploiting a privileged relationship, the Munich court said in a statement. Prosecutors …
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Search and rescue teams work near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, outside Washington, US, January 31, 2025. — Reuters Black Hawk helicopter collided with passenger jet in Washington. “It was far above the 200 foot limit,” …
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A worker in “The London Tunnels” in London in this undated image. — AFP LONDON: Behind a blue door in a narrow London passage lies a little-known network of tunnels deep underground, once home to British spies and a secret long-distance telephone exchange. Thirty metres (100 feet) below the UK capital’s bustling streets, all that can be heard in the …
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Search and rescue teams work in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, with the Capitol dome in the background, as seen from Virginia, US, January 30, 2025. — Reuters Deadliest US air crash since 2001 as officials say no survivors. President Trump faults govt diversity …
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Police carry out operations in Sodertalje, Stockholm, in Sweden on January 30, 2025, following the shooting of Salwan Momika. — Reuters Prosecutor ordered that five people be detained, say police. Stockholm court dismisses case on Momika after death. Sweden’s Security Service “assessing” impact of shooting. STOCKHOLM: The Swedish prime minister said the shooting of an anti-Islam campaigner just hours before …
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Debris is seen at the site of the crash, after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, US January 30, 2025. — Reuters/Screenshot WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has suggested, without providing evidence, that federal diversity efforts may have played a role in a deadly air …
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US officials said on Thursday there were likely no survivors after a passenger jet carrying 64 people collided in midair with a military helicopter and crashed into the icy waters of Washington’s Potomac river. “We are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” Washington Fire Chief John Donnelly told a news …
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Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. — AFP Passenger jet collides with military helicopter in midair. Plane with 64 passengers onboard crashes into Potomac river. Cause of collision yet to be ascertained. WASHINGTON: US officials said on Thursday there were likely no survivors after …
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Indian police personnel arrest Rakesh Rathore, a lawmaker from India’s opposition Congress party. — NDTV A lawmaker from India’s opposition Congress party, who represents the Sitapur constituency in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in the Indian parliament, was arrested on Thursday on charges of rape and assault. Rakesh Rathore was arrested days after a woman accused him of rape …
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Iranian flag flies in front of the U.N. office building, housing IAEA headquarters, Vienna, Austria on May 24, 2021. — Reuters TEHRAN: Iran is ready to discuss its nuclear programme if Western countries show they are “serious”, the foreign ministry spokesperson was quoted as saying in an interview published on Thursday. “We have said several times that we are ready …
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