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Body of missing TV doctor Michael Mosley believed found on Greek island

British TV doctor Michael Mosley is believed to have been found dead on the Greek island of Symi following a multi-day search along the coast for the missing man. Mosley, 67, appeared to have fallen down a steep slope near the rocky coast above Agia Marina beach, Lefteris Papakalodoukas, the island’s mayor, told The Associated Press on Sunday. Papakalodoukas said …

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Amanda Knox 'flabbergasted' after Italian Supreme Court conviction in slander case

Amanda Knox’s conviction Wednesday in the Italian Supreme Court for slander took her by surprise, she said on her podcast released a day after the verdict. The Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome found Knox, 36, guilty of slandering her former boss, bar owner Patrick Lumumba, whom she says she was coerced into accusing Knox’s 21-year-old roommate and a fellow …

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Python swallows woman whole in Indonesia

A missing woman was found eaten alive by a massive python after locals cut her body out of the snake in Indonesia. Farida, 45, went missing on Thursday night. Her body was discovered inside the reticulated python Friday by her husband and residents of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province, a local official said, according to AFP. The search for …

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European farmers' discontent with EU climate policies may sway elections: expert

European farmers’ frustration with climate policies touted by the European Union (EU) could sway the 2024 European Parliament election, according to an expert. The election began on June 6, and ends on Sunday. In a recent NPR interview, an agricultural policy specialist explained that the recent protests by European farmers could prove influential over the weekend. Alan Matthews, a retired …

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Search continues for TV doctor Michael Mosley missing in Greece

The search for British TV doctor and Daily Mail columnist Dr. Michael Mosley entered its third day Friday as divers scour the coast on the Greek island of Symi for any sign of him. Mosley, 67, was last seen on Wednesday. His wife, Dr. Clare Bailey, alerted authorities after he went for a hike along St. Nicholas Beach in the …

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American arrested in Turks and Caicos says it's unclear if State Dept was on 'US side' or 'Turks side'

Bryan Hagerich, a Pennsylvania dad of two, has been home for nearly two weeks after he was arrested and detained for more than 100 days in Turks and Caicos for having stray ammunition in his luggage at an airport on the islands. Hagerich, like four other Americans arrested over the same thing since February, did not know the ammo was …

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Denmark's Prime Minister Frederiksen assaulted in Copenhagen, man arrested

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man in central Copenhagen on Friday but walked away, according to media reports. Frederiksen had no outward signs of harm, a local resident told Reuters. “Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was beaten on Friday evening at Kultorvet Square in Copenhagen by a man who was subsequently arrested. The Prime Minister is shocked …

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Whatever happened to…Americans detained in Russia?

By the end of 2024, Paul Whelan will mark six years in Russian Prison. One month before that, is the November Presidential Election. Experts familiar with the negotiations say, there could be a window of opportunity to free Whelan, shortly after the election. “I think the door will open again to do the negotiations,” said Mickey Bergman, Vice President of …

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Biden singles out conservatives over Ukraine funding in meeting with Zelenskyy

President Biden made a point Friday to quickly single out Republicans for Ukraine funding struggles during a brief meeting overseas with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Biden, speaking to Zelenskyy in Paris a day after D-Day commemorations, told the Ukrainian leader “You haven’t bowed down. You haven’t yielded at all. You continue to fight in a way that is just remarkable. It’s remarkable. …

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Conservative British PM faces backlash after skipping D-Day event and going on TV

British Prime Minister Rish Sunak apologized Friday after he left D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France, early and went on TV for an interview. The move sparked backlash at home and appeared to be yet another setback for Sunak’s Conservative Party, which is down in opinion polls against Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. “On reflection, it was a mistake not to stay …

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