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Pregnant Brooke Morgan told the court she agreed to accompany Ryan Leonard on his supply missions after being subjected to domestic violence at his handsA woman who stashed her drug dealing boyfriend’s heroin and crack cocaine in her vagina has walked free from court. The 11-weeks-pregnant Morgan – who the court heard had been the victim of domestic abuse – said she agreed to accompany Ryan Leonard on his drug runs. Illicit substances were also stashed at her Kensington flat, but the expectant 30-year-old was described as having “performed a limited function under duress”, the Liverpool Echo reports. Liverpool Crown…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah had no choice but to consent to the dissolution of the parliament, said the palace.  In a statement on Monday (Oct 10), Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara, Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, said that the ruler was disappointed with the current political developments in the country. “The king expressed his disappointment in the current political developments of the country and had no choice but to consent to the prime minister’s request to return the mandate back to the people for a stable government,” he said. Mr Ahmad Fadil also…

Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during the American Economic Association and Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. Bernanke is one of three winners of the 2022 Nobel prize in economics.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S.-based economists Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded the Nobel prize in economic sciences for 2022 for their research on banks and financial crises.Bernanke was chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014 and is now at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. Diamond is a professor at the University of Chicago…

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand: Makeshift furnaces made of clay bricks were being built on Monday (Oct 10) at Buddhist temples in a town in northeastern Thailand to cremate the bodies of the mostly young victims of last Thursday’s nursery massacre. The brutal gun and and knife attack by a former policeman at the Young Children’s Development Center in Uthai Sawan left 36 people dead, including 24 young children. It was the biggest mass killing by an individual in the country’s history. Phra Kru Adisal Kijjanuwat, abbot of the Rat Samakee temple, about 3km from the scene of the bloodshed, said 19…

Europe’s gas prices have reached a three-month low, as demand from industry and households declines.Prices at the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), Europe’s leading trading hub, hovered on Monday around €150 per megawatt-hour, falling at times below that mark, to then settle at €154 at the end of the day.The last time prices fell below the €150 threshold was in early July.It comes as the European Commission announced the EU’s gas storage facilities, which are essential for extra demand during winter, were at more than 90% capacity.The relatively good news offers the bloc a much-needed respite in its fight to…

Sky News host Peta Credlin says she does not believe taxes should go up – nor should already legislated tax cuts be cancelled.“For now, the government has backed off reneging on its commitment to keep the Morrison government’s stage three tax cuts – but don’t think this is a change of heart,” she said. Ms Credlin said the Albanese government’s apparent change of heart about keeping the cuts is “just a postponement”. “The PM said all weekend that his view hasn’t changed, the tax cuts will be there but he has not ruled out change in the future – now,…

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri announced the dissolution of parliament on Monday (Oct 10), paving the way for the nation’s 15th general election at a date to be fixed by the Election Commission. Here is a breakdown of how Malaysian elections work: THE ELECTION SYSTEM Malaysia is a parliamentary democracy, and a constitutional monarchy in which the king plays a largely ceremonial role, although he has certain discretionary powers. Elections are held every five years unless the prime minister calls for an early poll. The election process is based on the “first-past-the-post” system, which means the party that wins 112…

CNN  —  Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities reported blasts and power outages on Monday morning, as Russia lashed out with a massive wave of violent airstrikes that carried echoes of the initial days of its invasion. Moscow had fired 75 rockets towards Ukraine by midday on Monday, the Commander-in-Chief of the country’s military said, two days after an eruption damaged a crucial bridge to Crimea and dealt a strategic blow to the Kremlin. Valerii Zaluzhnyi said 41 of those strikes were neutralized by Ukrainian missile defense systems. The assault appears to be the heaviest bombardment of…

The Bank of England announced Monday that it would provide extra support to UK markets, beefing up its efforts to ensure financial stability after the government’s plan to slash taxes while boosting borrowing stoked panic. The central bank said that it was ready to buy up to £10 billion ($11 billion) of government bonds each day this week, double the daily limit it set when it announced its emergency intervention on Sept. 28. It confirmed that the bond-buying program would end Friday, but said it would extend extra support “beyond the end of this week” to banks still reeling from…

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s re-election campaign put up a billboard in Austin, Texas, promoting his state’s abortion access for women.The billboard, placed just south of Stassney Lane in South Austin, features a woman sitting with her arms crossed over her knees looking toward a pro-abortion message that reads, “Need an abortion? California is ready to help.” The advertisement also includes California’s abortion resources website and a Bible verse. “Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commitment than these,” the billboard reads, quoting Mark 12:31.CHRISTIANS SLAM NEWSOM FOR ‘DISGUSTING’ PRO-ABORTION BILLBOARDS QUOTING JESUS: ‘SATANIC’ Similar billboards funded by Newsom’s campaign…