The Pretoria High Court has handed down two life sentences to 37-year-old Hugo Ferreira for the brutal r@pe and murder of his eight-day-old daughter, Caithlyn, in a case that has shocked the nation and underscored the scourge of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomed the judgment, describing…
A new bill proposed by U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) on Tuesday would make all military enlistment and retention bonuses exempt from federal taxes. In a Tuesday press release, Mast’s office confirmed that the Florida Republican introduced the No Tax on Military Bonuses Act in an effort to “exempt all enlistment and reenlistment bonuses paid…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that the importance of bilateral cooperation with South Korea will not change, after President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the country’s Constitutional Court over his short-lived declaration of martial law. Ishiba told a parliamentary committee that the two nations working side by side is crucial for regional…
A substitute teacher in Ohio has been arrested after allegedly paying a student to kill her soon-to-be ex-husband. Stephanie Demetrius, 44, was charged with felony conspiracy after police said she approached a student at The Academy For Urban Scholars High School in Columbus on March 26 and offered him $2,000 to murder her husband. …
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday extended the deadline for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the United States, allowing 75 more days to find a solution. “My Administration has been working very hard on a deal to save TikTok, and we have made tremendous progress,” Trump said on Truth…
