Nigerian socialite Samuel Ugberease, alias Putsammy, was extradited to the US on May 14, 2026, to face romance scam charges linked to a $1.5m fraud case.
A celebrated professor, Nkechy Ezeh, has been found guilty of siphoning $1.4m donor funds meant for kids’ meals in the US. She has received a 70-month jail term.
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai will face a no-jury court when he goes on trial under a new Beijing-imposed national security law, AFP has learned. Trial by jury has been used by Hong Kong's common law legal system for 177 years but legislation imposed by China in 2020 to curb dissent allows cases to be heard by dedicated national security judges.
Dog shelters in Cyprus are overflowing in what some volunteers are calling a crisis caused by the abandonment of canines adopted during Covid as well as complications arising from Brexit. Dog adoptions were made by many people "when they shouldn't have" during the Covid-19 pandemic, Mitsidou told the Cyprus News Agency, calling the situation "unprecedented".
The bodies of two pilgrims were pulled from an Iraqi shrine Monday, two days after its partial collapse in a landslide, taking the overall toll to seven dead, rescuers said.
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