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Getty Images More than 50 migrants were rescued after a boat got into difficulty trying to cross the English Channel. The boat’s engine failed off the coast of Audresselles in northern France overnight on Monday into Tuesday, the French coastguard said. A rescue boat took 51 people to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they were met by emergency services. Meanwhile, two bodies were found in the Channel on the French side on Tuesday and another near Dover, while three more bodies were found on a beach in Calais and off the coast on Wednesday – it is not known whether they were migrants. A search was launched after a ferry said it had seen a body adrift off the coast of Calais. Two bodies were subsequently found by a French patrol boat and

Carson’s not sure why he’s never been able to kick his shoplifting habit. It started in his teens, when he and his friends would steal beer, and escalated when the installation of what he describes as “self-checkout silliness” made it easy to buy a couple of things, phantom swipe the rest, and walk out of Walmart with “a huge amount of shit.” In his early 20s, he took a chair from Target by just waltzing out the front door with it. He figured everyone would assume he bought it. Maybe there was a time when he could chalk his behavior up to young-adult antics, but Carson is no longer so young. He’s in his 30s, lives in New York, has a good job at a nonprofit, and he still shoplifts

Twenty-five other people found alive on island of Rhodes after swimming to shore, according to the Greek coastguard. Authorities in Greece have recovered the bodies of four people from the sea just off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes while another 25 people have been found alive on land, the Greek coastguard says. The bodies of three men and one woman were recovered near the southern tip of Rhodes on Wednesday, according to the coastguard. The group of 25 survivors were found alive after swimming to shore. Police originally located an initial group of 11 people shortly after midnight and the rest were found afterwards. The nationalities of the people remain unclear. The survivors told authorities that they had been travelling to the Greek island from the

A Malaysian state bordering Thailand is pushing for the construction of a 100km wall along the frontier to tackle smuggling, control floods and rein in young revellers entering illegally into the neighbouring country. Kelantan deputy chief minister Mohamed Fadzli Hassan said his administration would forward the proposal to the federal government to combat cross-border crime. “If the security forces want to guard the entire border, it is difficult to do so because the Malaysia-Thailand border is very vast,” he said. “The authorities always maintain strict control at the border near this state, but there are many illegal bases that make it difficult to monitor unlawful activities.” The measure was first suggested by Kelantan police chief Mohd Yusoff Mamat who said Malaysian nightlife seekers were parking their vehicles at the state’s

A Hong Kong police senior superintendent has been suspended from duty after being arrested for indecent assault, the Post has learned. The 49-year-old officer was arrested in Yuen Long on Tuesday. He was later released on bail and must report back next month, a police spokesman said on Wednesday, without providing details. The officer had been suspended from duty, the spokesman said. The Hong Kong Island regional crime unit is investigating. The Post learned that the suspect was Ian Chow Ngai-kong from the force’s support wing. He works at the police headquarters in Wan Chai. The spokesman said the force attached great importance to the conduct of its personnel. Any illegal behaviour would not be tolerated and it would be dealt with strictly, he added.

A man at Nkurenkuru was arrested in connection with the theft of four computers worth N$90 000 and other items from the gender ministry in the Kavango West region on Monday. The 27-year-old man, alongside other suspects, allegedly broke into the office of the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, and stole the computers. Kavango West police regional chief inspector Raimberth Muronga said the suspects used an unknown object to break into the office via the windows. “The stolen items include 12 connecting cables, four monitors, four central processing units, three keyboards, three mouses, three USB drives and two fans,” Muronga said. He further said all the items have been recovered, excluding the USB drives. Musronga said more arrests will be made as the investigation continues. Stay

Zorena Jantze HIGH Court Judge, Shafimana Ueitele, on Tuesday, 5 November, gave a forfeiture order for a total amount of N$6.5 million in the account of Fishrot accused lawyer Maren De Klerk and his law firm De Klerk, Horn and Coetzee (DHC) Legal Practitioners to the State. De Klerk, who fled to South Africa in early 2020 after the Fishrot scandal exploded, is implicated alongside ex-cabinet ministers such as the former Minister of Fisheries, Bernard Esau, former Minister of Justice, Sacky Shanghala, and businessmen James Hatuikulipi, Pius Mwatelulo, Tamson Hatuikulipi, Mike Nghipunya, Otneel Shuudifonya, Phillipus Mwapopi, and Nigel van Wyk, who are accused of corruptly receiving payments of at least N$300 million to give a competitive advantage to Icelandic fishing company Samherji in securing access to horse mackerel quotas in

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 4 – The Director of Criminal Investigations has been allowed to hold two suspects who are being probed for impersonating the Principal Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Raymond Omollo. The Suspects Denis Kipchumba and Pikei Winstone are said to have created a WhatsApp group and used the same to solicity money from members of the public by pretending that they were in a position to offer them employment. The WhatsApp group had the picture of Principal Secretary together with his personal telephone numbers. The suspects are said to have committed the offence in the month of October 2024. The prosecution told trial Magistrate Dolphinar Alego that the Principal secretary received information that his photo is circulating in a WhatsApp group and that he had invited members of

MPs Rosa Buyu of Kisumu West (center), Beatrice Elachi of Dagoretti North, and Ongondo Were of Kasipul. [Washington Onyango,Standard] In a strong stance against the recent court ruling that deemed the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) unconstitutional, three Members of Parliament have assured Kenyans that the fund will remain. The MPs – Rosa Buyu of Kisumu West, Beatrice Elachi of Dagoretti North, and Ongondo Were of Kasipul – have lauded the NG-CDF for its impact on communities and insisted they will fight to keep it in place. Beatrice Elachi, a member of the National Assembly Select Committee on the NG-CDF Board, emphasized the fund’s significant contributions, which have transformed lives across the country. “The achievements of the NG-CDF are undeniable. Many families have benefited, and we are committed to

John Dramani Mahama, the presidential candidate of the opposition NDC, in warm handshake with the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost at the launch of a National Peace Campaign in Accra. Featured Zadok Kwame Gyesi Politics Nov – 04 – 2024 , 14:35 The Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has urged Ghanaians to relentlessly pursue a just society where every Ghanaian feels secure and valued. He said, “True peace cannot exist without justice”, adding that “we need a proactive attitude towards peace.” Mr Mahama who was explaining why he suspended his campaign last Sunday, November 3, 2024, said “Had we been proactive in addressing the tensions in our midst, perhaps we would not have faced tragedies such as those in Bawku, where lives

Vice pesident Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says going forward, the government will see to it that teachers’ accommodation is also included in school designs. She made these remarks when she officiated the multi-million dollar Schuckmansburg Combined School hostel facility in Zambezi region on Friday. This hostel facility, which will accommodate about 320 pupils, was built at a cost of over N$106 million by August 26 construction company. Nandi-Ndaitwah said the government has designed a road map to ensure that teachers are also well accommodated. “A well-accommodated teacher is a productive teacher, and a productive teacher will produce quality education that will lead to the development of the country,” she said. She noted that these hostel facilities will significantly improve the lives of the pupils who previously faced challenges, such as travelling long

Trigon Metals-owned Kombat Mine near Otavi and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia on Friday agreed to collaborate to resolve workers’ grievances. The mine’s vice president for operations, Stephanus Muller, said this in a memo to workers in which he described the meeting as successful. “Reginald Kock, the regional organiser of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN), and I had a very successful engagement at the mine this afternoon … and strive to create a working environment which is safe and where fair labour practices are followed at all times,” he said. This follows the union claiming that the mine’s management was sabotaging its recruitment efforts at Kombat by intimidating workers not to join the union. “Whenever we recruited workers at the mine as union members and submitted their names to

Some of the minors during their arraignment in Abuja on Friday, November 1, 2024. A human rights radio and television station based in Abuja, Brekete Family has temporarily shut down its station in protest of the detention of minors involved in the #EndBadGovernance protest. The minors who were arrested during the August 2024 nationwide hunger and hardship protests have been in detention. They were arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja last week, and later granted bail of N10 million each. An official statement released by the prominent media station on X  on Monday confirmed the partial shutdown. The statement read, “Human Rights Radio and Television (Brekete Family) shuts down partially in protest of the Nigerian government’s detention of underage children. “This decision reflects our deep commitment to defending