A Brazilian businessman, with ties to one of the country’s most powerful criminal groups, has been shot dead at Guarulhos Airport in São Paulo. Antônio Vinicius Gritzbach had recently entered into a plea bargain with local prosecutors to provide information about Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) – or First Capital Command. He received death threats…
Reuters A thick blanket of smog has derailed normal activity for most people Smog starts slow. At first, you cannot see it but you can smell it. It smells like something is burning. And it intensifies as the temperature drops. Then the smoke and fog start to envelop you and the city around you. Now…
Syracuse, Nebraska — Gerri Eisenhauer’s father, Army Pvt. William Walters, was shipped off to World War II before she was even born. In 1944, her family got back his body and a U.S. government letter that only said he had died somewhere in France. “I just always wondered, where he died, how he died, it was…
Billy Henri Arnaud Poulay never wanted to leave the tiny Indian Ocean island of Agalega, but this year he packed his bag and took off, broken-hearted by what he regards as the militarisation of his home. Until recently, just 350 people lived on Agalega, fishing and growing coconuts. Other food was delivered four times a…
Getty Images Donald Trump addressed supporters in the early hours of Wednesday after the election results became clear In the build-up to Tuesday’s US election, claims of voter fraud flooded social media – but as Donald Trump’s victory crystallised, the chatter largely subsided. The claims didn’t stop entirely, however. A number of right-wing influencers and…
BBC The £7.3m transformation of the building has taken more than two years to complete A flagship project in community-led efforts to revive a Scottish town’s High Street has been completed. The £7.3m overhaul of the former Baker’s Oven building in Dumfries has taken just over two years. It has seen the property converted into…
While it was an enjoyable evening for Manchester City, it was a night to forget for Tottenham as they were comfortably beaten. There was a catalogue of individual errors, and they were perhaps fortunate not to have conceded even more goals, particularly in the first half. Spurs boss Robert Vilahamn says the early goal by…
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Ireland: Keenan; Hansen, Ringrose, Aki, Lowe; Crowley, Gibson-Park; Porter, Kelleher, Bealham; McCarthy, Ryan; Beirne, Van der Flier, Doris (capt). Replacements: Herring, Healy, O’Toole, Henderson, O’Mahony, Murray, Frawley, Osborne. New Zealand: Jordan; Tele’a, Ioane, J Barrett, Clarke; McKenzie, Ratima; Williams, Aumua, Lomax, S Barrett (capt), Vaa’i, Sititi, Cane, Savea. Replacements: Bell, Tu’ungafasi, Tosi, Tuipulotu, Finau, Roigard,…
Donald Trump has offered a sweeping immigration pitch that he has promised to begin on the first day of his presidency, including mass deportations and a major crackdown on illegal border crossings. Arizona could find itself on the frontline of these moves, and the sharply divided state is contending with what they could mean. In…
