A motorist who drove half a mile down train tracks before abandoning his car has been jailed for 15 months.
Aaron O’Halloran, 31, caused £23,000 worth of damage to the railway and left rush hour commuters delayed for up to eight hours.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Opposition Reacts To Zuma’s Medical Parole
The release of former president Jacob Zuma from prison on medical parole has sparked a major debate and South Africans did not hold back their thoughts on the news. While Zuma supporters have welcomed the development, others are outraged and claim he took a page out of Schabir Shaik’s book, his former financial advisor.
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UK: Man Convicted Of Murder After Setting Estrange Wife’s Home On Fire
A man who doused his estranged wife in petrol before setting her on fire at her home in Brent has been convicted of murder.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Couple Ends 18yr Marriage After Hubby Refuse To Get Vaccinated
A Cape Town woman has decided to end an 18-year-old marriage because her partner refuses to be vaccinated.
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IRELAND: WhatsApp Fined €25 million Over Data Privacy Breach
WhatsApp has been hit with a fine of €225 million by the data protection commissioner, following an investigation into GDPR practices at the company.
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Six Weeks Abortion Ban Law Comes To Effect In Texas
A Texas state law banning abortion from as early as six weeks into pregnancy has come into effect overnight following inaction by the US Supreme Court on emergency appeals to block it from abortion providers in the state.
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Anti-Vax Woman Flogging Fake COVID-19 Certificate On Instagram Charged
A self-proclaim anti-vaccine entrepreneur who sold about 250 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards through Instagram to New York healthcare workers and a co-conspirator have been charged in Manhattan.
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Judge Reverses Order Preventing Unvaccinated Mom From Seeing Son
A Cook County, Illinois judge who barred a mother from seeing her 11-year-old son because she wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19 has reversed the judgement.
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CHINA: Six-year-olds To No Longer Sit Exams As Part Of Beijing’s Education Reforms
In a sweeping education reforms, China is moving away from its exam-oriented system by banning written exams for six- and seven-year-olds.
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Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team Tells Allyson Reneau To Quit Taking Credit For Their Rescue
A lawyer for the Digital Citizen Fund, which supports the all-girls “Afghan Dreamers” robotics team who recently escaped from Afghanistan, has sent a formal cease-and-desist letter to an Oklahoma woman who claims she helped rescue the girls.
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