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Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Married pastor raped 14-year-old sister for 3 years

The family and followers of a pastor were shocked to learn that he raped his own sister over a period of several years, according to police in South Africa. Limpopo police said that they have arrested the 52-year-old pastor, who was not identified, after being accused of raping and sexually abusing his sister, who lives in his house. The pastor has been charged with rape and sexual assault. According to the police investigation, the pastor is married and is the leader of a church.
When the pastor's sister was 3-year-old, she moved into his home because her mother passed away. When the girl turned 11 years old, the pastor began having sex with her on a regular basis. The abuse continued for 3 years. Last week, the girl called the police to report the abuse and the pastor was arrested.

8 dead after truck plows into people in New York City

In what New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called a "cowardly act of terror," a man driving a rental truck struck and killed eight people on a bike path Tuesday afternoon. The sprawling crime scene runs about 10 blocks along the West Side Highway, a few blocks away from One World Trade Center. Witness Andrew Howell said he was walking along the path when he saw a truck plow into two cyclists riding about 20 feet in front of him; he said the impact sent one of the victims straight up into the air, and the man was motionless when he landed back on the ground. The driver then continued at a high speed before crashing, Howell said. A uniformed police officer was credited with stopping the carnage.
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Arsène Wenger has described Brexit as an example of knee-jerk British society, in which the heat of the moment is all consuming and the longer-term consequences an afterthought. The Arsenal manager made a call for perspective and substance to return to football and society but he fears that his is most likely a voice in the wind.
“Five hundred years ago the target for people was to be a saint,” Wenger said. “Fifty years ago it was to be a hero in war. Today it is to be a billionaire or, even more, a celebrity. It is instant and here now. But it has to be sustained by something. “In the modern game we have lost the perspective of what is important and what is not. It is always here and now, and it’s for ever. The now is permanent. The judgment is permanent and for ever. But it is in society, as well.

Two Lithuanian gangsters were jailed yesterday for trying to smuggle a cache of guns into Britain hidden in a secret compartment in their car. Aivaras Vysniauskas, 33, and Gytis Vysniauskas, 46, were sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison after the haul of Russian weapons were discovered in their specially-adapted Peugeot. The men, who are not related, were stopped at Dover in March 2016 with a haul containing 10 Baikal handguns, 10 silencers and more than 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition. Police said the guns, which had their serial numbers filed off to prevent identification, could have brought death to the streets of the UK.

Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton has allegedly been denied entry to the US after being caught with cocaine at the airport. The British actor was flying to Los Angeles for the season two launch party when he is said to have been caught with the substance by sniffer dogs. US border officials denied the 23-year-old entry to the country last Saturday and deported him back to London where he had flown from just hours before, The Sun reports.

Subaru’s Chief Executive and President, Yasuyuki Yoshinaga bows during a press conference in Tokyo

The head of Japanese automaker Subaru bowed deeply in apology Friday as the company admitted that it has been carrying out flawed inspections of its Japan-made cars for years. The announcement by Subaru's chief executive and president, Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, was the latest in a flurry of such scandals. Earlier this month Nissan Motor Co. recalled more than 1 million domestically made cars because of faulty routine tests. Subaru will submit a report on the problem to the government on Monday, Yoshinaga told reporters. He said a domestic recall is likely, spanning the entire Subaru lineup totaling 255,000 vehicles.

A judge in Guatemala has sent former President Otto Perez Molina and his vice president to trial for corruption involving an alleged scheme in which businesses paid bribes to avoid customs duties. Judge Miguel Angel Galvez's decision Friday comes more than two years after Guatemala's Public Prosecutor's Office and the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, or CICIG, released an investigation into the alleged scheme, called "La Linea" or "The Line." Prosecutors said the corruption ring defrauded the state of several million dollars.
Both Perez Molina and former Vice President Roxana Baldetti have denied the charges against them. Among the evidence provided were thousands of wiretaps of officials in their government apparently agreeing to distribute bribes. Perez Molina, who took office in 2012, was jailed in 2015 after massive street protests.

Harvey Weinstein banned for life from the Producers Guild of America

Harvey Weinstein has been banned for life from the Producers Guild of America, the organization announced Monday. Earlier this month, the guild voted to begin termination proceedings, but gave Weinstein time to respond to the allegations made against him.
However, in a statement, the guild announced:

"In light of Mr. Weinstein’s widely reported behavior -- with new reports continuing to surface even now -- the Producers Guild’s National Board has voted unanimously to enact a lifetime ban on Mr. Weinstein, permanently barring him from PGA membership. This unprecedented step is a reflection of the seriousness with which the Guild regards the numerous reports of Mr. Weinstein’s decades of reprehensible conduct. "Sexual harassment can no longer be tolerated in our industry or within the ranks of Producers Guild membership. As stated previously, the PGA's Officers and National Board of Directors have created the Anti-Sexual Harassment Task Force specifically charged with researching and proposing substantive and effective solutions to combat sexual harassment in the entertainment industry.”

China is considering a three-year jail term for people who disrespect the national anthem and flag in public

China’s state media reports that the parliament is considering jail terms of up to three years for people who disrespect the national anthem or flag in public. Back in September, China passed a new law mandating up to 15 days in police detention for those who mock the “March of the Volunteers” national anthem, a law that also covers the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau.
Parliament is now looking at whether to amend China’s Criminal Law to include criminal penalties for disrespect of the national anthem, including intentionally distorting the lyrics or tune, Xinhua said. The tougher penalties also apply to desecration of the national flag, or emblem, including burning, defacing or trampling on it in public, the report said.

Second BBC host is probed over sex pest claims as corporation bosses fear host of stars could be 'named and shamed' as scandal snowballs

Radio 5 Live commentator George Riley

A second male BBC presenter is being probed over sexual harassment claims as the corporation braces itself for further revelations in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Radio 5 Live commentator George Riley has already been suspended after five women complained about his behaviour, which is thought to include groping. And it has now emerged another unnamed senior broadcaster is being investigated over claims he kissed a woman. It is understood the woman is willing to unmask him, according to The Sun. And sources at the BBC have said more staff could be probed in the coming weeks, as they claim director-general Tony Hall is determined to 'crack down' on sex harassment.

Netflix has announced it is cancelling its flagship television series, House of Cards, a day after allegations that its star, Kevin Spacey, sexually harassed a 14-year-old boy. Anthony Rapp, an actor, accused Spacey of historical sexual harassment when he was 14 and the star was 26. The Oscar-winning actor was accused of trying to seduce the child by laying down on top of him at a party at his apartment in New York in 1986. Meanwhile, the International TV Academy has withdrawn a planned award for Spacey in the wake of historical harassment allegations. Spacey had been due to be awarded with the 2017 International Emmy Founders Award in New York in November, but has now had the honour revoked.

Bowel cancer screening should happen ten years earlier, say experts, they discovered a 400 per cent rise in abnormalities in people's late forties. The NHS offers bowel screening to those aged 55, but the latest study concludes that people over 45 should be tested. They found that neoplasia, abnormal tissue, increases by 400 per cent in those aged 45-49 compared to those aged 40-44. The mean number of polyps - an abnormality - and those with more than one adenoma - a benign tumour - also increased by 95.8% and 95.4% respectively between the 40-44 and 45-49 age groups. This was far more substantial than the increase between the 45-49 and 50-54 age groups, which was 19.1% and 11.5% respectively.

For Mostafa, a gay Egyptian man in his mid-20s, seeing rainbow flags flying at an open-air rock concert in the Arab world’s most populous nation was thrilling. But he had a feeling it wouldn’t end well. Dozens of people have been arrested and put on trial in Egypt in the ensuing crackdown. Some were also beaten and subjected to invasive physical exams, spreading panic in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender circles. Many of Mostafa’s friends are deleting their profiles on cellphone dating apps and scrubbing their social media accounts, which police have long used to ensnare people suspected of being gay or transgender. Some who were at last month’s concert have gone into hiding. There has even been talk of fleeing the country.

London’s firefighters went above and beyond the call of duty to save lives when Grenfell Tower was devastated in Britain’s worst fire since the Blitz. In the early hours of Wednesday, June 14, firefighters were called to the 220-foot building in west London. A blaze which started in a flat on the fourth floor had quickly spread through the 24-storey tower. The first fire crews arrived six minutes after the alarm. Commander Richard Welch, who was one of the first senior officers to arrive at the scene, described how the flames kept spreading as more and more firefighters arrived.

A 29-year-old man, Kehinde Ariyo, has been arrested by the Osun Police Command, Nigeria for allegedly raping an 85-year-old woman to coma at Ilesa town in the state. The police commissioner in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Osogbo. Adeoye said the incident happened at Ogudu area in Ilesa, where the suspect forcefully had carnal knowledge of the old woman after gaining access to her residence around 11 pm on Oct. 27. He added that the woman sustained various degrees of injuries on her body, including her private organ, and eventually passed out in the process before she was resuscitated at a private hospital.

Police in Tokyo have found nine bodies - many of them dismembered and stored in coolers - at a 'house of horrors'. Officers were investigating the disappearance of a 23-year-old woman when they discovered the mystery at an apartment. The suspect was named locally as Takahiro Shiraishi, aged 27. It is believed he was captured on CCTV walking near the apartment with the missing woman.
A number of cold storage containers were found in the house, each with body parts inside. It is believed they belong to eight women and one man.

Just a day after it emerged she has been spending time with Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and The Weeknd have split. According to People, “She and Abel have been going back and forth for a few months about their relationship,” says an insider. “It’s been hard with him being on tour and her shooting in New York. That wasn’t easy on them.”
While Gomez “always made an effort” to attend his shows when she could, “that played a part in them getting distant,” adds the insider. “It’s over for now, but they’re still in touch.”
The breakup also hasn’t been easy on the couple. “It’s been hard for them to come to the realization that this is the direction things were heading, but it’s been hard for months,” says the insider, who adds that Gomez is not back together with her ex Justin Bieber.

Somalia police end nightlong siege of hotel; 23 dead

Somali security forces have ended a nightlong siege at a Mogadishu hotel by five extremist attackers who stormed the building after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the entrance gate Saturday afternoon. The attack killed 23 people. Troops regained control of the Nasa-Hablod hotel Sunday morning, having killed three attackers and captured two alive, said Capt. Mohamed Hussein. Shabab, Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group, quickly claimed responsibility for the attack.
The assault started Saturday afternoon when a suicide truck bomb exploded outside the popular hotel in the capital. The blast twisted vehicles and caused massive damage to nearby buildings which were left with only their walls standing. The attackers invaded the hotel and gunfire continued as security forces fought them inside the building. Two more blasts were heard, one when an attacker detonated a suicide vest.

In 2008, Zimbabwe suffered the second most severe episode of hyperinflation in recorded history. Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate peaked in November 2008, reaching 89.7 sextillion (10^23) percent. Well, Zimbabwe is experiencing hyperinflation again today. Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate is currently at 348%. Zimbabwe has officially experienced the 58th verified episode of hyperinflation on record. This episode has been added to the Hanke-Krus World Hyperinflation Table, which first appeared in the authoritative Routledge Handbook of Major Events in Economic History (2013).

Redeemed Christian Church of God Jesus House London Parish Pastor, Agu Irukwu, is coming under attack by some members of his congregation for requesting them give a sacrificial offering. According to reports, the Pastor started by requesting for members willing to give £2,000 to come forward, after which he requested that those with £1, 000 come forward. He eventually proceeded to say that anybody giving an offering of less than £250 will not be called forward as he doesn’t want to embarrass them due to the supposedly small amount. .
According to Ono Bello, members of his congregation were mortified at his requests as there are personal stories of people struggling financially, with visa applications, to get on the property ladder and gain profitable employment and have not received any support from the church.
The Pastor, who was chosen in 2011 as “Britain’s Most Inspirational Black Person“, allegedly pays himself and other senior Pastors in the church a six-figure salary in Pounds.

Kenya: Kenyatta wins disputed election rerun

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of a controversial re-run of the presidential election. He won 98% of the vote with turnout at just under 39% - less than half that recorded in August's vote, according to the election commission. The opposition leader, Raila Odinga, pulled out of the re-run and urged his supporters to boycott it. Mr Kenyatta was also declared the winner in the August vote, which was annulled because of "irregularities".
The unprecedented decision from the Supreme Court cancelling the result did not attribute any blame to President Kenyatta's party or campaign.

Man drops $3G diamond ring into pond during proposal

A Missouri man hoping to spend the rest of his life with his girlfriend ended up swimming in an algae-filled pond to desperately search for a $3,000 diamond ring he dropped during his proposal. Seth Dixon was proposing to his girlfriend, Ruth Salas, in Loose Park on Saturday when the diamond ring popped out of the tiny box he was holding and fell through the slats of a wooden bridge, according to the Kansas City Star.
“It’s absolutely real. I wish it wasn’t,” Dixon told the Kansas City Star.
“We freaked out,” Salas added. “It ping-ponged from one plank to another. You could hear a little plop.”
The unfortunate moment was caught on camera by the couple’s friend, Maddie Villareal. Dixon was seen confidently kneeling down on one knee before dropping to his hands in an attempt to save the ring.

WhatsApp now let users unsend embarrassing messages

Most of us have sent at least one text or image we later wished we could take back. And thanks to WhatsApp's latest update, that wish has now become a reality. WhatsApp has introduced a new 'delete for everyone' feature, allowing users to unsend an embarrassing message within seven minutes of sending it. The feature is currently rolling out to users on Android and iOS, although it is unclear how widespread and quickly the launch will take place.

Catalan police chief, Josep Lluis Trapero, has officially resigned after the government in Madrid ordered his dismissal. In a two-page resignation letter, the commander urged his colleagues to show loyalty to the new Madrid-appointed chief of the Mossos d'Esquadra. The Spanish government invoked Article 155 of its constitution on Friday, suspending the Catalan government and taking over the administration of the region. Dismissing key regional officials and sacking president Carles Puigdemont, Madrid also fired Trapero, the chief of Catalonia's Mossos d'Esquadra, the regional police force.

A disgusted girlfriend dumped her partner after he was allegedly caught on camera having sex with a horse . The pervert, who has not been named, lit a cigarette and smiled after the apparent indecent act on a farm. But when he noticed the CCTV camera, the man reportedly set fire to the bale of hay on which it was resting in a desperate bid to destroy all evidence. Other cameras reportedly captured the man igniting the inferno near the oil-rich city of Ufa, west Russia, UK Mirror reports. The clip allegedly shows the man "pushing a mare into the corner of an outside arena, first touching her with his fingers, and then having sex with her."

Actor Anthony Rapp has accused Kevin Spacey of making a sexual advance at him when Rapp was 14, Buzzfeed reported Sunday. In an interview with Buzzfeed, Rapp said Spacey picked him up, put him on his bed and "was trying to get with me sexually" in 1986. Spacey was 26 at the time. In response to the allegations, Spacey tweeted that he was "beyond horrified to hear [Rapp's] story."
Spacey tweeted: "I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago.
"But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years."

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said he would give up his position as president on Nov. 1, after an independence referendum he championed backfired and triggered a regional crisis. There was high drama at the Kurdish parliament, which was stormed by armed protesters as it met to approve the veteran leader’s resignation as Kurdish president. Some MPs were barricaded in their offices on Sunday evening.
In a televised address, his first since Iraqi forces launched a surprise offensive to recapture Kurdish-held territory on Oct. 16, Barzani confirmed that he would not extend his presidential term after Nov. 1 “under any conditions”.

Two women and their dogs have been rescued after being lost at sea for months while trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti. The U.S. Navy rescued the women on Wednesday after a Taiwanese fishing vessel spotted them about 900 miles southeast of Japan, well off their planned course, and alerted the U.S. Coast Guard. The USS Ashland arrived early the next day, the Navy said in a statement released Thursday.

Powerful storms have wreaked havoc in parts of central and northern Europe, killing at least six people in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. The victims included a 63-year-old camper who drowned in a storm surge on the German coast and two holidaymakers whose motorboat overturned. Winds reached 180km/h (112mph) on the Czech Republic's highest mountain. Thousands of Poles and Czechs are still without power. The centre of the German city of Hamburg has been flooded. Some rail services were still suspended in parts of Germany after routes sustained damage.

British-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua has achieved another milestone after beating Cameroonian-French professional boxer Carlos Takam to retain his WBA and IBF heavyweight titles on Saturday night. The referee ended the fight in the 10th round after Joshua who had injured his nose from a headbutt in the second round attacked Takam with a hook-uppercut combination and was heading further to land more blows.

A nine-year-old girl lives in constant pain with a rare condition that means her neck is permanently bent at a 90 degree angle. Afsheen Qumbar has a muscular disorder which means she cannot keep her head upright. She cannot stand or walk properly and is restricted to a sitting position. The young girl from Mithi in Pakistan's Singh province even needs help to eat and use the toilet. Her father Allah Jurio, 55, and mother Jameelan, 50, say they have consulted several doctors but have been told that treatment for such a condition is not available in Mithi.

North Korea calls Trump ‘mentally ill’ in propaganda leaflets dropped over Seoul

(C)Reuters

North Korea has dropped insulting messages about US President Donald Trump over the South Korean capital, Seoul. The fliers were stuffed into balloons and contained notes branding the US president as “mentally ill” and a “dotard,” meaning someone who is weak or senile. The insults appear to be Kim Jong-un’s response to comments delivered by Trump to the UN General Assembly last month in which the US president referred to the North Korean leader as a “rocket man.”
Pictures of the fliers were posted on Twitter by James Pearson, the North Korea correspondent for Reuters. The messages follow another propaganda drop earlier this month, when posters bearing ghoulish depictions of Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in were sent over the demilitarized zone. Another shows Trump being stamped on by a North Korean soldier.

Saudi Arabia will allow women into sports stadiums for the first time from next year, authorities said on Sunday, in a landmark move opening up three previously male-only venues to families. The kingdom, which has some of the world's tightest restrictions on women, has long barred women from sports arenas by strict rules on segregation of the sexes in public. The announcement is in line with powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious reform drive shaking up the ultra-conservative kingdom, including the historic decision to allow women to drive from next June.

A West Virginia inmate whose escape from jail went unnoticed for nearly two days almost made it across the Mexican border. Todd Wayne Boyes was nabbed early Sunday morning in Laredo, Texas, as he tried to cross the Rio Grande River into Mexico. The capture of the 43-year-old from Caldwell, Ohio, came after a 36-hour manhunt. Boyes somehow bolted from South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia, early in the morning on Wednesday, Oct. 25, the day he was suppoed to get sentenced for his conviction for fleeing from police and causing bodily injury and possession of a stolen car. He faced 3 to 20 years in prison.

A fire continued to smolder at a plastics warehouse in Parkersburg, West Virginia, on Thursday evening, nearly six days after it erupted. Local officials have yet to pinpoint what types of chemicals and materials went up in the flames. The 420,000-square-foot facility, formerly the Ames Tool Plant, is owned by Intercontinental Export Import Inc. and was being used to store various plastics and other items, according to state officials. The building caught fire early Saturday morning, and firefighters have been working to put it out ever since.

Heart surgery is 50 per cent more successful if done in the afternoon, a major study has found. Experts believe this is because the heart is better at repairing itself later in the day. The human body clock – known as the ‘circadian rhythm’ – is still adjusting from the sleep stage to awake stage in the morning, but by the afternoon, it is better equipped to deal with a traumatic event such as open heart surgery. The researchers, whose work is published in the respected Lancet medical journal, called for hospitals to move operations to the afternoon in light of the findings.

Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula One Drivers' Championship for the fourth time after a dogged performance at the Mexico Grand Prix. Hamilton clinched the title after Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel failed to finish first or second in Mexico City and keep the competition alive going into the last two races of the season. The overall win in the 2017 series makes Hamilton Britain's most successful Formula One driver, lifting him above Sir Jackie Stewart who won three titles.
After the race, Hamilton said: 'Viva Mexico. Wow.
'I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who came out, hopefully we gave them a good race. The Mexican fans are the best around the world and you guys create this atmosphere.'

40 Indian doctors separate twins joined in the skull

Doctors in India have successfully separated conjoined twin boys who were attached at the skull in a marathon surgical procedure that lasted more than 36 hours and involved 40 doctors.
The two-year-old twins, who suffered a rare condition occurring once in about 2.5 million births, underwent the operation at a government-run hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday. “It was a team work of 40 doctors, 20 nurses and many other paramedical staff. Without their help this would not have been possible,” the All India Institute of Medical Science hospital said in a statement.

The rains have been pouring down in Queensland, Australia. That's resulted in plenty of earthworms, specifically the digaster longmani, which is a native species found in the southeast of the state, as well as northern New South Wales.

Salford City goalkeeper sees red for urinating during match

New Zealand youth international Max Crocombe later apologised for his actions after being given his marching orders in bizarre circumstances. There is nothing worse than being caught short when on the football field - thousands of eyes watching and all you can think of is when you might be able to relieve yourself. For many amateur footballers, the site of players disappearing mid-match to the toilet is not an unfamiliar sight, but those watching Salford City's National League North clash with Bradford Park Avenue got more than they bargained for on Saturday.

Experts warn that toilet paper does little to remove faeces and the United States is one country that hasn't improved its sanitation when wiping. While countries such as Japan, Italy and Greece use bidets in the toilets as a way to keep the anus clean, the US has mostly relied on toilet paper as the norm to keep that area clean. But doctors say excessive wiping could cause health problems such as anal fissures and urinary tract infections. Though the suggestion may sound absurd, celebrities such as will.i.am, Will Smith and Terrence Howard have been vouching for baby wipes instead of tissue for years - with Smith even hailing the habit as 'special and incredible'.

A bitter ex-boyfriend who stabbed a screaming student 25 times and left her to bleed to death in a toilet just weeks after she dumped him,has been jailed for life. Grzegorz Kosiec, 22, stabbed architecture student Karolina Chwiluk, 20, to death after she broke up with him and started going out with a new man.
Today, London's Old Bailey heard how Ms Chwiluk could be heard screaming "Ouch" and "Stop" as her former partner launched the "frenzied" knife attack. When Kosiec's cousin Monica Fijak, 42, and her daughter's boyfriend David Czerwiwski, 24, tried to save the victim, he then turned the blade on them. Mr Czerwiwski and Ms Fijak were rushed to hospital after Kosiec fled the scene in Limehouse, east London, just before 11pm on May 4 this year. According to the UK Sun, the victim, from Poland, had been studying interior architecture at the University of Westminster at the time of her death. She also worked as a part-time waitress at the Polish embassy.

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Saturday escaped death after Hotel Naasa-Hablood where he was scheduled to hold a political meeting was attacked by the al-Shabab terrorists group. No fewer than 18 people were killed and more than 30 wounded as the Islamic militants attacked the hotel close to the presidential palace in Mogadishu as two suicide bombers detonated two car bombs outside the entrance. The al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack on the hotel which is frequently used by politicians and other members of the city’s elite. A third blast occurred when an attacker detonated a suicide vest.

Woman who hacked off her drunk husband's penis when he tried to rape her faces attempted murder charges

A woman who hacked off her drunk husband's penis when he tried to rape her in front of their children is facing attempted murder charges. The enraged wife, not named in local media, told police her husband named as R. Ravinder had come home after a lunchtime drinking session and began to grope her. She says she grabbed a kitchen knife and sliced off his genitals, say investigators in Sirisedu, India.

A constant beloved companion of Paul Newman for years, the late Hollywood star's Rolex has sold for $17.8 million, setting a world auction record for a wristwatch, Phillips said Friday. Given to him by his wife Joanne Woodward and lovingly inscribed while the couple filmed and co-starred in the 1969 movie "Winning," Newman was photographed wearing the iconic stainless steel watch on countless occasions.

A 14-year-old model who collapsed and died moments before she was due on the catwalk was suffering from "utter exhaustion", doctors have said.
Vlada Dzyuba, from Russia, was on a three-month assignment in China after being recruited by an agency.
According to reports she was on a "slave labour" contract without medical insurance.
She had been taking part in a gruelling 13-hour Asian fashion show in Shanghai when she collapsed and fell into a coma.She never regained consciousness, dying two days later, say reports.
A preliminary post-mortem exam concluded the cause of death was meningitis made worse by "utter exhaustion".

An Italian man was sentenced on Friday to 24 years in prison for infecting more than 30 women with the HIV virus. Valentino Talluto had having unprotected sex with them despite knowing that he was HIV positive , a court ruled. Talluto, a 33-year-old accountant, seduced dozens of women via social networks for a decade before his arrest in November 2015. Police believe he had sex with at least 53 women during that time, passing on the virus to 32 of them.

A landlord and his tenant lured a teenage girl to their homes by promising to pay her to do household chores for them, according to police in Nigeria. Lagos police said that they have arrested 51-year-old Ishola Idris and 32-year-old Linus Okonkwo after they were accused of having sex with the 13-year-old girl over a period of 8 months. Both suspects were charged with child defilement and sexual assault when they appeared before Judge Bolanle Osusanmi. If convicted, the landlord and tenant face up to life in prison.

Two South African farmers, Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins who filmed themselves forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to burn him alive, were jailed 16 and 19 years . Oosthuizen and Jackson, both white farmers shifted nervously in the dock, as the judge handed over their sentences. Female family members wept in the public gallery. They had pleaded not guilty over the incident last year in the eastern province of Mpumalanga, saying they only intended to scare Victor Mlotshwa whom they accused of stealing copper cables from their farm.

Facebook will use Canada as a testing ground as it rolls out new ad transparency features and increases scrutiny of political advertising. The social media giant said that starting next month Canadian users will be able click "View Ads" on a Facebook page to view what ads it is running on the main platform, as well as Messenger and Instagram. Facebook also said in its blog post Friday that all ads will be required to be associated with a page, which are often used by companies or groups. It will start testing these features in Canada and roll it out by next summer to other countries including the U.S., ahead of the midterm elections in November.

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