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The repatriation came following a wave of anti-immigration protests in recent weeks, with campaigners demanding tighter controls on what they described as undocumented migrants.Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026A plane carrying 300 Ghanaian nationals evacuated from South Africa due to anti-immigration protests has landed in Accra.The group, which included women and children, arrived at the airport in Ghana’s capital on Wednesday. Authorities described their evacuation as a voluntary repatriation process for Ghanaian citizens who no longer feel safe in South Africa amid rising xenophobia that has left migrants facing harassment, job losses and violence.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend…
Britain is “sleepwalking into a food crisis” caused by extreme weather, inflation and the impacts of the Iran war – and the government is failing to take the threat seriously, food experts have said.Farmers are facing severe strain from the current heatwave following a dry spring, with many crops likely to yield less as temperatures rise beyond their tolerance. Livestock are also suffering heat stress and there is a rising risk of wildfires. Economic losses are likely to be measured in the hundreds of millions of pounds.Food prices were already on track to be 50% higher this November than they…
The sentencing of Kenneth Iwamasa concludes the prosecution of five people in connection with the Friends star’s death.Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026The former personal assistant to actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 41 months in prison in connection with the television star’s death from a fatal dose of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine.On Wednesday, Judge Sherilyn Garnett issued the sentence against Kenneth Iwamasa in a Los Angeles courtroom.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIwamasa had testified, as part of a plea agreement, that he injected Perry with ketamine at the actor’s request on October 28, 2023, before…
Harare, Zimbabwe – Precious Mvundura woke up with joint pain, a high fever and a pounding headache on a chilly autumn morning in eastern Zimbabwe.The 37-year-old initially thought it was just the flu. But when the headache persisted for three days, she became worried.Her five-year-old son had also fallen ill and was sweating heavily.In early May, the pair sought help from a village health worker in Chishakwe, a rural farming community outside Zimbabwe’s third-largest city, Mutare. Both tested positive for malaria.“I felt relieved,” Mvundura told Al Jazeera.“From the moment I took that medication, I started getting better.”Her son has also recovered…
Patagonia has launched a trademark lawsuit against an environmentalist drag queen named Pattie Gonia, who has accused the outdoor clothing company of “trying to erase an activist”.Wyn Wiley, who performs as Pattie Gonia, has accumulated millions of followers online for their environmental activism, raising almost $4m for non-profits so far. Last year they raised $1m while hiking 100 miles in full drag from Point Reyes national seashore to San Francisco.Patagonia, which takes its name from an enormous geographical region spanning Argentina and Chile, filed its trademark infringement lawsuit against Wiley on 21 January. The suit was filed to the federal…
Michele Spagnuolo allegedly used insider information to profit from bets on people on Google’s most-searched list.Published On 28 May 202628 May 2026A Google software engineer has been charged with fraud by US authorities after allegedly using insider information to win more than $1.2m in bets on the prediction market platform Polymarket.Michele Spagnuolo, an Italian citizen residing in Switzerland, is accused of using confidential information to wager on the results of Google’s annual most-searched list, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listUS prosecutors accuse Spagnuolo of using an account named “AlphaRaccoon” to make…
Palace had barely stopped celebrating beating Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley when they were hit with a devastating sucker-punch.It was early July and south London was eagerly anticipating the prospect of Selhurst Park hosting Europa League football for the first time. But after Uefa deemed Palace to have breached its multi-club ownership rules – with American businessman John Textor holding stakes in both the Eagles and French side Lyon, who had also qualified for the Europa League – Glasner’s team were demoted to the Conference League.The shock verdict threatened to suck the life out of Palace’s…
The Trump administration has sought to pressure international officials who scrutinise reported abuses by Israeli forces.Published On 28 May 202628 May 2026The United States government has returned UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese to a list of sanctioned individuals after a judge had granted a temporary injunction against the designation.On Wednesday, an update appeared on the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) website, indicating that Albanese had been added to the agency’s list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN), without offering further details.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAlbanese serves as the UN’s special rapporteur on the…
Former US First Lady Jill Biden has weighed in on her husband’s disastrous performance at the first 2024 presidential debate, a moment that ultimately marked the beginning of the end for his re-election campaign.In an interview preview published online on Wednesday, the television programme CBS Sunday Morning pressed the former first lady for her response to that moment.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“ Were you horrified as you saw it unfold?” host Rita Braver asked Jill Biden.“ I wasn’t horrified,” she responded. “I was frightened, because I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never.”Braver then asked…
There was certainly some surprise when England boss Tuchel opted to leave Wharton out of his 26-man squad heading to the World Cup.Palace may have not had a great domestic season given they finished 15th in the Premier League and went out of the FA Cup against non-League Macclesfield – but they have now won a European trophy and Wharton was hugely influential in that.This Conference League final performance was another reason to be wondering why Wharton is not on the plane.The decision to pick Brentford midfielder Henderson at the age of 35 over the 22-year-old Wharton may be the…