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US authorities have seized 68 big cats from an Oklahoma animal park that featured in the 2020 Netflix series Tiger King, the Department of Justice has said. In an affidavit of more than 50 pages, prosecutors said they believed a jaguar, seven lions, 46 tigers and 15 lion-tiger hybrids owned by Jeffrey Lowe and his wife, Lauren Lowe, had been sold, purchased or transported, which would be a violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Source: theguardian.com
The Duke of Cambridge has blamed BBC failings over its interview with his mother for fuelling her paranoia and worsening his parents' relationship. After an inquiry found the BBC fell below its standards, Prince William said he was "most saddened" Diana never learned she had been deceived. He said his mother was failed "not just by a rogue reporter" but also by BBC bosses. The Duke of Sussex blamed a toxic media culture for his mother's death.
Source: bbc.com
Dozens of Spanish nationals who have been stuck in Nepal since the Himalayan nation went into a coronavirus lockdown last month were flown out of the country Friday on a charted repatriation flight. The flight arranged by the Spanish government took back 99 Spanish mountaineers, trekkers and tourists who arrived in Nepal to climb its famed mountain peaks or hike its trails before the country went into lockdown on April 29 amid a spike in virus cases.
Source: apnews.com
A Moroccan boy who used empty plastic bottles to swim to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta this week said he would rather die than go back to Morocco, according to the Spanish soldier who translated for him before he was escorted away. The boy attracted international media attention as he floated in a dark T-shirt with the bottles under his clothes and attached to his arms, crying as he reached the beach only to be led away by soldiers.
Source: reuters.com
The end is finally near for Internet Explorer, one of Microsoft's most-reviled products that refused to die. Microsoft announced this week that it will end support for Internet Explorer 11 on June 15, 2022. That final nail in the coffin came after years of flirting with IE's demise.
Source: cnn.com
Groups of angry Lebanese pelted buses and cars carrying Syrians expatriates and refugees heading to the Syrian Embassy in Beirut with stones and sticks on Thursday, outraged over what they perceive as an organized vote for President Bashar Assad. Meanwhile, some Syrian refugees reported being pressured to cast their ballot with threats of physical violence or confiscation of documentation that could lead to loss of refugee status, the U.N. refugee agency said. The in-country vote is expected next week.
Source: apnews.com
Councillors have refused permission to build a film set in Windsor for hit Netflix series Bridgerton. Producers for the period drama had wanted to build a set on Crown Estate land in Sunninghill Park to use over a five-year period. Bridgerton is Netflix's highest-streamed show. Despite royal approval, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead council rejected it as "inappropriate development of the green belt".
Source: bbc.com
An alleged violent attack on Jewish diners by a mob of pro-Palestinian supporters in Los Angeles on Tuesday night was being investigated as a possible hate crime, and triggered condemnation from Mayor Eric Garcetti. Video footage of the attack posted to social media shows a group attacking at least two people outside the Sushi Fumi restaurant in the city's Beverly Grove neighborhood, west of downtown Los Angeles.
Source: foxnews.com
Thousands of Venezuelans have fled their country in the past month. They are running away from intense armed clashes which involve Venezuela’s army and Colombia’s rebel groups. Refugees say they were pushed out of their homes by the military and describe human rights abuses, disappearances and home break-ins. A prominent Colombian guerrilla fighter, Jesus Santrich, was killed on Tuesday in Venezuelan territory as part of the ongoing conflict.
Source: bbc.com
No deaths were reported in the blaze that broke out on Wednesday night in a forest at a small seaside holiday resort at the Corinth Gulf on the Peloponnese peninsula, about 90 km from the capital, Athens. Six villages and two monasteries in the Gerania mountains were evacuated, while residents at another villagewere told on Thursday to leave their homes as the blaze, fanned by strong winds, moved eastward and crossed into western Attica.
Source: reuters.com
China said on Thursday a U.S. warship had illegally entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea, and was expelled by its forces, an assertion the United States denied, in the latest exchange of salvos over Beijing's claims in the busy waterway. In a statement, the Chinese military's Southern Theatre Command said the USS Curtis Wilbur entered the waters near the Paracel islands without permission, adding that its ships and planes followed the U.S. vessel and "expelled" it. It added that China opposed the U.S. action, which it said violated its sovereignty and undermined regional peace and stability.
Source: reuters.com
Police in Guatemala say at least seven prisoners have been killed during a fight between rival gangs in a jail in Quetzaltenango. Most of them were beheaded as members of the Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs attacked each other. The prison, 200km (125 miles) from the capital, was built to house 500 inmates but has more than 2,000. Some 500 police officers were deployed to take control of the prison, National Police spokesman Jorge Aguilar said.
Source: bbc.com
Several shark hunters stumbled upon a previously unknown population of coelacanths, a 420-million-year-old 'fossil fish' that was once thought to be extinct. The discovery was made in the southwestern part of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Coelacanths were thought to be extinct until 1938. These 'living fossils,' which predate the dinosaurs, are considered endangered. The bony fish can weigh up to 200 pounds, reach nearly 7 feet in length and live for nearly 50 years.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
An Italian village submerged beneath a lake has been revealed for the first time in more than 70 years, as the water was temporarily drained as part of repair works. Footage from Lake Resia in northern Italy shows the exposed remains of the village of Curon, which was once home to hundreds of people before it was flooded in 1950 to create a hydroelectric plant. Usually, a pointy church steeple emerging from the lake is the only hint of the old village hidden in its depths.
Source: independent.co.uk
When a student opened fire at an Idaho middle school, teacher Krista Gneiting directed children to safety, rushed to help a wounded victim and then calmly disarmed the sixth-grade shooter, hugging and consoling the girl until police arrived. Parents credited the math teacher’s display of compassion with saving lives. While two students and the school custodian were shot May 6, all three survived, and the gunfire was over within minutes. Gneiting’s family says bravery and empathy are just part of who she is.
Source: apnews.com
Indian navy ships recovered 26 bodies of people who were aboard a barge that sank off Mumbai as the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than two decades blew ashore this week, officials said Wednesday. The search is continuing for 49 more people who are missing after the cyclone hit Monday, navy spokesman Mehul Karnik said.
Source: apnews.com
Colonial Pipeline has confirmed it paid a $4.4m (£3.1m) ransom to the cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking the US fuel pipeline offline. Its boss said he authorised the payment on 7 May because of uncertainty over how long the shutdown would continue. "I know that's a highly controversial decision," Joseph Blount said in his first interview since the hack.
Source: bbc.com
The United States has long opposed the project, which brings natural gas from Russia to Germany. They have argued that it threatens European energy security and hurts allies such as Poland and Ukraine because it bypasses their territory. American news site Axios reported Tuesday that the U.S. State Department’s latest regular report to Congress will list sanctions for several Russian ships but not the company running the project, Nord Stream 2 AG, or its chief executive.
Source: apnews.com
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