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A Georgia man is behind bars on multiple charges after he allegedly tried to kill twin infants.According to Fox 5 Atlanta, 22-year-old Robert Terrell Dubose Jr., of Rome, is accused of breaking the neck of a 3-month-old girl and trying to smother her twin sister while they were both crying during an Oct. 3 incident.Dubose was arrested on Oct. 11 and booked into the Floyd County Jail.Floyd County Jail records show he is charged with aggravated assault and two counts of first-degree cruelty to children.NEONATAL NURSE ACCUSED OF KILLING 7 BABIES, ATTEMPTING TO KILL 10 MORE: ‘MALEVOLENT PRESENCE’ Both girls…

The 2013 Ballon d’Or will go down as one of the most controversial years in the award’s history as Franck Ribery was “robbed”.Cristiano Ronaldo won his second Ballon d’Or, five years on from his first title, with Lionel Messi finishing as the runner-up and Ribery in third.Ronaldo won 27.99 per cent of the vote, Messi 24.72 and Ribery 23.36.Ballon d’OrBallon d’Or betting odds: Who is the favourite to win the award?2 HOURS AGOAt the time, Ribery was widely tipped to win the award after he led Bayern Munich to a historic treble, winning the Bundesliga, Champions League and DFB-Pokal.He provided…

Mr Eddy Lan, an assistant vice president at Hsi Hung Travel Service Co, said that tour bookings have increased by 20 per cent. His agency, along with others in the tourism sector, had been roughing it out over the past two years, with sharp drops in revenue as the island closed its borders during the pandemic. “Overseas travel accounts for 90 per cent of our company’s business. (The pandemic has forced us) to cut our staff members from 500 to around 170 or 180 today. The entire business had literally dropped down to zero,” said Mr Lan, 54. MANY TRAVELLING…

Joe Biden has warned that the US faces a “decisive decade” in its rivalry with China, as he unveiled a national security strategy that singled out Beijing as having the intent and capability to reshape the world order.In the first such document of his presidency, Biden wrote yesterday that his administration was “clear-eyed about the scope and seriousness” of the challenge that China and Russia posed to the international order.“China harbors the intention and, increasingly, the capacity to reshape the international order in favor of one that tilts the global playing field to its benefit,” Biden wrote.Speaking about the strategy,…

The people of Ukraine resisting Russia’s invasion, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Colombia’s Truth Commission are this year’s finalists for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the European Union’s highest tribute to human rights defenders.The award is given every year by the European Parliament and comes with a €50,000 endowment.The finalists were selected by the MEPs who sit on the committees on foreign affairs and development, based on a pool of different candidates submitted by the parliament’s political groups.The winner will be announced next week and will be formally granted at December’s plenary session.The candidacy for “the brave people of Ukraine”…

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) and world football governing body FIFA will form a joint taskforce in a bid to improve crowd control and safety measures after a deadly football stampede earlier this month, officials said on Thursday (Oct 13). Indonesian authorities are under pressure to take swift steps to overhaul football safety standards after more than 130 people died during a crowd crush at a match at the Kanjuruhan stadium in East Java on Oct 1, in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. Security experts have said the firing of tear gas by police inside the stadium,…

Struggling Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena will launch its €2.5bn rights issue on Monday, after a group of banks agreed to underwrite the fundraising. After days of frantic negotiations, the bank said a pool of eight banks including Mediobanca, Bank of America, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse had agreed to guarantee €807mn of the share issue. Milan-based alternative investments fund Algebris has guaranteed an additional €50mn. The group will mop up unsold shares up to a total of €857mn if investors ultimately shun the rights issue. The capital raise comes after Italy missed its deadline last year to privatise…

CNN  —  Mo Salah completed a remarkable hattrick in just six minutes and 12 seconds – the fastest ever in Champions League history – as Liverpool routed Rangers 7-1 at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow on Wednesday. Salah, who by his own high standards has had a mixed start to the season, came off the substitutes bench in the 68th minute and seven minutes later started scoring. First, he pounced on a loose ball and clinically slotted the ball into the net; then, he fired his second into the goal despite the attentions of three Rangers players, and suddenly he was…

New York’s Finest and New York’s Bravest are joining forces with the Ukrainian National team on the diamond. The FDNY and NYPD will face players from the war-torn country across a two-game set on Oct. 14 and Oct. 15 at Maimonides Park, the home of Mets minor league affiliate Brooklyn Cyclones. Tickets are free but need to be reserved and a $10 donation is recommended at the gate. Proceeds from the event to an organization titled “Go to Bat for Ukraine” to rebuild Ukraine’s youth sports facilities and fields destroyed in the war. NYC Mayor Eric Adams held a press…

An Australian man who was able to stay a fugitive for two weeks despite a distinctive tattoo covering his entire face and the word “Beast” written across forehead was reportedly arrested on Wednesday. Jaimes Sutton, 24, went viral in the country earlier this month after the Murray River Police District in New South Wales posted a photo of the fugitive on its Facebook page asking the public for its helping in locating him, according to news.com.au. “Does he have any distinguishing features?” several people commented after a local news station tweeted out his picture. “Please remember to be on the lookout for a…