By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News More than 200 people have been killed in gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in the space of 10 days, United Nations figures reveal. Almost half of those who died were residents without ties to the gangs which are fighting for control of the Cité Soleil neighbourhood, the UN says. […]
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The US Justice Department is examining Donald Trump’s actions in connection with efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, say US media. Federal prosecutors have reportedly asked witnesses directly about the behaviour of the former US president. So far, they have chosen not to open a formal criminal investigation into Mr Trump himself. […]
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by Rachel Scully The Hill More than 1,000 cases of monkeypox were reported in New York City with cases still rising as the city continues to manage the outbreak. The New York City Health Department said as of Monday, 1,040 people have been infected with monkeypox, with more cases likely not diagnosed. The department noted […]
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Two sisters found dead inside a unit in Sydney's south-west have been identified by police as the investigation into their "suspicious" deaths intensify.
The bodies of Asra and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli are believed to have "been there for some time" when they were found in separate rooms of their Canterbury home on June 7, police said.
Their landlord had become concerned about food left in common areas of the complex and contacted police.
"The circumstances are somewhat unusual," Detective Inspector Claudia Allcroft from Burwood Police said today.
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"The girls were 23 and 24 years old and they have died together in their home, its unusual because of their age and the nature of the matter."
Post mortems have been completed on the sisters but their cause of death is not yet known, prompting police to renew their appeal.
"Our investigation is ongoing and in consultation with the coroner we have decided to release their names," Allcroft said.
The duo arrived in Australia from Saudi Arabia in 2017, but outside that police said they "don't know a lot about the girls".
"We've spoken to people as part of out investigation but we would like to get further information from the community," Allcroft said.
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"Any information, no matter how small you think it might be might, will help us work out the circumstances leading up to the deaths."
Police are still waiting on the coroner's report.
The investigation continues.
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (July 26, 2022) — Eight candidates in Nevis have been duly nominated to contest the August 05, 2022 National Assembly Elections. On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, Tricia Williams, Returning Officer for the Constituency of Nevis 9, received the nomination of Mr. Samuel Caines, of the Moral Restoration Movement (MRM), at the nomination […]
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Police in South Australia said they are "cautiously optimistic" after an Australian researcher claimed to have discovered the identity of Somerton man.
The University of Adelaide's Professor Derek Abbott said on Tuesday that the body of a man found on a beach in 1948 was that of Carl "Charles" Webb.
The identity has not been confirmed by authorities but South Australia Police on Wednesday released a statement welcoming the development.
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"South Australia Police are still actively investigating the 'Somerton Man' coronial matter," a police spokesperson said.
"We are heartened of the recent development in that case, and are cautiously optimistic that this may provide a breakthrough.
"We look forward to the outcome of further DNA work to confirm the identification which will ultimately be determined by the Coroner."
Webb was a Melbourne-born electrical engineer and instrument maker who went missing in 1947.
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"He was born in 1905 in Footscray, Victoria," Abbott told Today Extra on Wednesday morning.
"In the '40s, he lived in South Yarra and we found his occupation was an instrument maker. And he basically falls off the radar around 1947. We can't find any documentation or information about him at all."
Abbott said he was "99.99 per cent" confident in his identification after looking at several pieces of DNA evidence.
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"We managed to extract enough DNA from one of the Somerton man's hairs and, from that DNA, we were able to then find a distant cousin that is still alive, he said.
"That cousin turned out to be on the paternal side of Charles Webb. And the way we found Charles Webb is to expand that family tree out from that distant cousin and we ended up building this family tree with 4000 people on it… it's like a Sudoku puzzle with 4000 slots on it.
"Charles Webb was right in the middle of it with six siblings in the family, and he was the only one of the six siblings with no date of death. No documentation. We could not find a death certificate."
Abbott said the final proof of the identity "fell into place" on Saturday.
"We then tunnelled down through the maternal line and found a distant cousin on his mother's side that also matched," he said.
"And so that's like that triangulation – they meet at a point and that's Carl Webb. And we've found other matches that also go to that point now."
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The former-boyfriend of a German backpacker has arrived in Sydney after being extradited to face charges over her death.
Tobias Moran, formerly known as Tobias Suckfuell, had been travelling around Australia with Simone Strobel in 2005 before her body was found under palm fronds less than 100 metres from the Lismore caravan park where she was last seen at six days earlier.
The 25-year-old school teacher had allegedly been suffocated with a pillow or plastic bag.
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Moran was arrested in Perth yesterday in relation Strobel's death.
NSW Police applied for his extradition to face charges linked to Strobel's death but are yet to formally disclose the nature of his charges.
Strobel's alleged murder has remained unsolved despite the establishment of a strike force and the NSW government offering a $1 million reward in 2020.
Her family expressed shock yesterday after learning of the arrest.
"We cannot believe it," Strobels' father Gustl told German media.
Strobel had been on a night out with Moran and friends when she was last seen at the Lismore Tourist Caravan Park on February 11, 2005.
Her body was found six days later, at a sports ground less than 100 metres from the caravan park.
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Authorities in Germany also offered a reward in 2014 of €10,000 to German and Australian residents with any information about Strobel's death.
A 23-month-old Queensland toddler died from COVID-19, just two weeks before her second birthday and days before the arrival of a baby brother.
Ruby Grace Edwards died on Sunday at Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane after the COVID-19 virus triggered a rare autoimmune condition, which caused her immune system to attack her brain.
Ruby's father Steven Edwards, who is also battling COVID-19, has shared the family's grief, urging all parents to "hug their children a little bit tighter tonight".
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"It feels like the world is falling apart for us right now, as we prepare for the arrival of our son this Friday," he wrote on Facebook.
"This is supposed to be such a happy time where our family would become complete but is now so broken."
Edwards said he's overwhelmed by feelings of "deep sadness, anger, disbelief, denial, guilt, shame and regret".
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"We, all of us, need to love and support each other through this unimaginably tough time," he said.
"If you have children of your own, please hug them a little bit tighter tonight."
An online fundraiser set up for the family has so far raised over $17,500.
Queensland Health confirmed the child's death last night.
Ruby is the youngest COVID-19 patient fatality in Queensland.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has revealed the state's hospitalisation rate will likely peak at 1660 patients during the incoming COVID-19 wave, close to 50 per cent more severe than the previous one.
Health experts initially forecast a peak of 1000 Queenslanders hospitalised during the current wave, but the latest modelling shows that number is an underestimation.
"The peak is expected to be in late August, thankfully it does not predict an increase of patients in intensive care," Palaszczuk said.
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"This is very serious and I want Queenslanders to take it seriously."
Queensland's Australian Medical Association President, Dr Maria Boulton, said the Government was warned about the wave but didn't prepare.
"I cannot tell you how many times I've met with them and asked for more resources for those on the frontline," she said.
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The TGA has also declared a number of RAT tests will be removed from shelves over concerns they may not be detecting all COVID-19 strains.
COVClear COVID-19 Antigen Test, NowCheck, COVIFIND and BD Veritor System for Rapid Detection have all been deemed unreliable.
Queenslanders have been urged to get PCR tests instead.
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