Former CEO has dementia, lawyers say

Former CEO has dementia, lawyers say

The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) has dementia and late onset Alzheimer’s disease, his legal team has said in a court document filed in New York. Lawyers for Mike Jeffries have requested a hearing to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial on federal sex trafficking charges. The 80-year-old was arrested…

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Woman in her 20s dies in Derrylin crash

Woman in her 20s dies in Derrylin crash

A woman who died following a crash in Derrylin, County Fermanagh has been named as Amy Stokes from county Cavan, she was 20 years-old. Police said the single-vehicle collision happened on the Ballyconnell Road shortly after 22:50 GMT. PSNI Insp Cherith Adair said: “Sadly, a passenger in the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene….

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Christmas market killer ‘is a closet jihadist and undercover Islamist’, AfD claim – as it’s revealed he left behind a will and expected to die in ‘suicide mission’

Christmas market killer ‘is a closet jihadist and undercover Islamist’, AfD claim – as it’s revealed he left behind a will and expected to die in ‘suicide mission’

The Christmas market killer ‘is a closet jihadist and undercover Islamist’, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has claimed.  Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD, spoke at a mass rally outside the cathedral in Magdeburg yesterday, near where Saudi doctor Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, smashed his rented SUV into crowd at the Christmas market on Friday. Nine-year-old André Gleißner…

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Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2024 – its highest number for decades – despite Mohammed bin Salman’s vow to drastically reduce executions

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2024 – its highest number for decades – despite Mohammed bin Salman’s vow to drastically reduce executions

By PERKIN AMALARAJ Published: 16:23 GMT, 24 December 2024 | Updated: 16:44 GMT, 24 December 2024 Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades, despite de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s 2022 assertion that the death penalty had been eliminated except for murder cases under his vision for a new open…

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Incredible moment jet is hit by lightning in European storm that also saw passenger plane struck by electrical bolt, forcing it to divert

Incredible moment jet is hit by lightning in European storm that also saw passenger plane struck by electrical bolt, forcing it to divert

By OLIVIA CHRISTIE Published: 12:54 GMT, 24 December 2024 | Updated: 15:41 GMT, 24 December 2024 This is the terrifying moment a jet was struck by lightning shortly after takeoff in Belgium on Sunday.  A passenger plane was also struck by a huge electrical bolt in the storm, forcing the pilots to divert and abandon…

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