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According to the officers, the deer became overly aggressive as they approached, creating a dangerous situation that left them with no choice but to act to ensure safety. Jodi’s devotion to caring for deer began in 2013 when she witnessed a doe being struck and killed by a car. Moved by the sight of the animal’s days-old fawn circling its …

Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe, personal designer to the late Princess Diana who became a fixture at London Fashion Week for four decades, has died aged 80, his family said in a statement on Saturday. Costelloe was appointed as Diana’s personal designer in 1983, shortly after establishing his own label, Paul Costelloe Collections, and their collaboration continued until her death …

Spanish police in Benidorm arrested a British fugitive convicted of sexually assaulting two people. A British court found the 44-year-old man guilty of the crimes before he absconded. He had been granted bail and was awaiting sentencing when he fled the UK, prompting British officials to issue an International Arrest Warrant. The man was apprehended after he was spotted behaving …

European war hawks are to blame for the situation Kiev ended up in, Slovakia’s Robert Fico has said Russia is bound to emerge the “absolute winner” in the Ukraine conflict should US President Donald Trump’s peace plan be adopted, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.   The US presented Ukraine with its latest draft plan to end hostilities with Russia …

Drones have been shot down over an air base in the Netherlands used to store nuclear weapons. The country’s Defence Minister, Ruben Brekelmans, said the unmanned aircraft were spotted over Volkel Air Base and weapons were deployed to shoot them down. He said the drones left the area and were yet to be found as a further investigation is underway. …

EXPERT OPINION – The recently leaked 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine is nothing short of an appeasement that satisfies the maximalist demands of the aggressor in the conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is nothing short of the side on the verge of victory (eg, the free world) conceding to the side on the verge of …

A UK-based platform supporting British National (Overseas) visa holders is launching a campaign to lobby against London’s proposed immigration reforms, calling them unfair and a source of “acute anxiety” for the Hong Kong community in the country. The Sutton Hongkongers group said people who had moved to Britain from the city felt that the UK government was “moving the goalposts”, …

The country’s former leader had been under house arrest in Brasilia appealing a conviction for plotting a coup Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who had been under house arrest in the country’s capital, Brasilia, has been detained by police officers, his lawyer has confirmed. In September, the Brazilian Supreme Court sentenced Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison after he was …

President Donald Trump announced that the US would intervene to end the civil war in Sudan. This promise came at the request of the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. The conflict in Sudan — which has been marked by serious human rights abuses by both sides — recently reached a turning point. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control …

Hong Kong’s embattled Medical Council has overturned its earlier decision to terminate an inquiry, delayed for 15 years, into a paediatrician accused of a blunder that left a mainland Chinese boy permanently disabled. The council decided on Saturday to revoke its previous ruling made on October 28 to permanently stay the proceedings of the disciplinary inquiry into Dr Sit Sou-chi …