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‘I’m afraid if she gets out’: US author’s sons say they want mother to stay in jail

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-13T00:48:22+00:00

Kouri Richins, 35, faces up to life in prison for killing her husband, and her three sons say they are ‘afraid’ of herThe young sons of Kouri Richins, a Utah author, said ahead of her sentencing hearing Wednesday that they would feel unsafe if their mother was ever released from prison after she was found guilty in March of killing their father.Richins, 35, faces several decades to life in prison on five felony convictions, including aggravated murder. Continue reading...

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Aux Etats-Unis, le ministre de la justice veut obliger les journalistes à livrer leurs dossiers

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-13T00:21:51+00:00

Todd Blanche a soutenu les injonctions d’un grand jury fédéral exigeant que le « Wall Street Journal » transmette des archives de ses journalistes ayant notamment couvert la guerre en Iran. « Quand les médias menteurs disent que notre ennemi iranien va bien, militairement, contre nous, c’est quasiment de la trahison », a appuyé Donald Trump.

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Budget 2026 live updates: Coalition claims budget will ‘kneecap’ younger Australians; plans for Trump tower on Gold Coast scrapped

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-13T00:09:02+00:00

Anthony Albanese defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, which Bill Shorten says will give young people a ‘fighting chance’. Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plane to strait of Hormuz reopening missionAustralia will join an international mission to reopen the strait of Hormuz, with plans to contribute a hi-tech surveillance plane to the effort.Our intention is to contribute Australia’s world-leading E-7A Wedgetail aircraft to this defensive effort.While this

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Capital gains tax and negative gearing benefit the 1% and this chart shows it

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-13T00:00:13+00:00

More than half of the benefit of the CGT concession went to the top 1% of income earners, the most recent data showsWant to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch hereThis year’s federal budget includes changes to negative gearing and capital gains (CGT) and discretionary trust tax concessions – policies that some blame for fuelling housing speculation and that disproportionately benefit the richest.The top 1% of lifetime earners alone have received more than $700,000 in tax concessions over their working life from capital gains tax, negative gearing and discreti

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Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist killed by stun gun

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:59:13+00:00

Police and sheriff’s office agree to settlement after Ronald Greene was fatally shocked and punched during 2019 arrestLouisiana’s state police and a local sheriff’s office have agreed to pay $4.85m to the daughter of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who was fatally shocked with a stun gun, punched and dragged during a 2019 arrest.The settlement agreement was reached during a mediation that concluded on Tuesday evening, according to a source with direct knowledge of the talks. Continue reading...

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Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist who died at officers’ hands in 2019

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:59:13+00:00

Police and sheriff’s office agree to settlement after Ronald Greene was fatally shocked and punched during 2019 arrestLouisiana’s state police and a local sheriff’s office have agreed to pay $4.85m to the daughter of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who was fatally shocked with a stun gun, punched and dragged during a 2019 arrest.The settlement agreement was reached during a mediation that concluded on Tuesday evening, according to a source with direct knowledge of the talks. It is one of the more substantial legal outcomes for a death that otherwise yielded only misdemeanor convictions for two

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Middle East crisis live: Cost of US war on Iran mounting – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:27:47+00:00

Pete Hegseth and other officials appear before House to face grilling on Iran war expenditure and military operationsIran has expanded its definition of the strait of Hormuz into a “vast operational area” far wider than before the war, according to a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy in comments likely to anger the US.The strait is no longer viewed as a narrow stretch around a handful of islands but instead has been greatly enlarged in scope and military significance, according to Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political director of the IRGC Navy, the state-affil

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Cost of US war on Iran mounting – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:27:47+00:00

Pete Hegseth and other officials appear before House to face grilling on Iran war expenditure and military operationsIran has expanded its definition of the strait of Hormuz into a “vast operational area” far wider than before the war, according to a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy in comments likely to anger the US.The strait is no longer viewed as a narrow stretch around a handful of islands but instead has been greatly enlarged in scope and military significance, according to Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political director of the IRGC Navy, the state-affil

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Kash Patel lobs false claims about top Democrat as they spar over allegations of FBI chief’s excessive drinking on the job – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:06:54+00:00

Patel and Chris Van Hollen, ranking member of the Senate appropriations subcommittee, trade accusations in heated budget hearingSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe Pentagon revealed on 29 April that the US war on Iran had cost about $25bn for roughly two months of spending. Today, when asked if there are any updated costs associated with the war, Jules Hurst III, chief financial official for the Pentagon, said:“At the time of testimony … it was $25bn dollars. But the joint staff team and the comptroller are constantly looking at estimates and now we think it is closer to 29.” Continue re

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Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:02:12+00:00

Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifestoMinisters should bring forward a new clean air act that would ban wood burning, clear diesel vehicles from the roads and force councils to cut pollution, a group of more than 60 charities have urged before the king’s speech on Wednesday.Labour held out the prospect of a clean air act while in opposition in 2023, but this was dropped from the final election manifesto, and the government has made no move to reinstate it. Continue reading...

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Older people risk mental decline if they do long hours of caring, UK study shows

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:01:13+00:00

Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effectThe stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more a week leads to “accelerated cognitive decline” in middle-aged and older people, research shows.However, providing care for only five to nine hours a week has the opposite effect, boosting brain health so much that the benefits last until older age. Continue reading...

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Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:01:13+00:00

Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public servicesNine in 10 UK millionaires are proud to live in Britain and three-quarters would be willing to pay more tax to ensure public assets get the funding they need, according to research.Despite widely reported concerns that the wealthy are choosing to leave the country owing to higher taxes, the survey found millionaires were much more concerned about medical workers moving away than wealthy people emigrating. Continue reading...

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Don’t reach for the bug spray: crickets stroke a sore antenna, as cues suggest insects feel pain

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:01:12+00:00

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists saySign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDo insects feel pain? Crickets certainly seem to, according to new research which finds they stroke and groom a sore antenna in much the same way as a dog nurses its hurt paw.Associate Prof Thomas White, an entomologist from the University of Sydney, said the experience of pain was a “longer, drawn-out, ouchy feeling”, that differed fro

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Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antenna

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:01:12+00:00

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists saySign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDo insects feel pain? Crickets certainly seem to, according to new research which finds they stroke and groom a sore antenna in much the same way as a dog nurses its hurt paw.Associate Prof Thomas White, an entomologist from the University of Sydney, said the experience of pain was a “longer, drawn-out, ouchy feeling”, that differed fro

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Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antennae

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T23:01:12+00:00

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists saySign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDo insects feel pain? Crickets certainly seem to, according to new research which finds they stroke and groom a sore antenna in much the same way as a dog nurses its hurt paw.Associate Prof Thomas White, an entomologist from the University of Sydney, said the experience of pain was a “longer, drawn-out, ouchy feeling”, that differed fro

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Инфляция на маркетплейсах оказалась ниже официальной

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-12T22:40:21+00:00

Товары на российских маркетплейсах за три последних года дорожали медленней, чем росла стоимость потребительской корзины. К такому выводу пришла Ассоциация представителей электронной торговли (АПЭТ), проанализировавшая данные сервиса аналитики маркетплейсов MPStats и Росстата. За 39 месяцев было изучено около 88 млн товарных позиций в девяти категориях. В итоге за этот период накопленный индекс цен маркетплейсов составил 96,88 пункта против 116,67 пункта индекса потребительских цен (ИПЦ) Росстата. Авторы исследования объясняют это тем, что стоимость товаров для покупателей у интернет-ритейлеро

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«Единая Россия» перед выборами в Госдуму смягчает свою риторику

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-12T22:38:00+00:00

Единороссы перед стартом избирательной кампании в Госдуму 2026 г. смягчают риторику и вместо запретительных инициатив ищут идеи с позитивной повесткой. Об этом «Ведомостям» рассказали три собеседника – два в партии и один, близкий к администрации президента.

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КПРФ и «Справедливая Россия» хотят участвовать во всех губернаторских кампаниях

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-12T22:34:16+00:00

КПРФ и «Справедливая Россия» (СР) планируют выдвинуть кандидатов в губернаторы во всех регионах, где в 2026 г. пройдут прямые выборы высших должностных лиц, рассказали «Ведомостям» представители этих парламентских партий. На данный момент прямые выборы запланированы в семи субъектах: Белгородской, Пензенской, Тверской и Ульяновской областях, Мордовии, Туве и Чечне.

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Источник «Ведомостей»: замминистра транспорта Пошивай продолжит работу

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-12T22:32:27+00:00

По данным источников СМИ, замминистра должен был уйти на пенсию, а на его место пришел бы замглавы подведомственного Минтрансу Росморречфлота Борис Ташимов. Ташимов действительно стал замминистра транспорта. 24 октября 2025 г. соответствующее распоряжение подписал премьер-министр РФ Михаил Мишустин. Александр Пошивай же остался в должности.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : 13 morts dans des frappes israéliennes sur le Liban du Sud

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-12T22:32:19+00:00

Les bombardements ont visé mardi Nabatiyé, Jebchit et Bint Jbeil, selon le ministère de la santé libanais. De son côté, l’armée israélienne a dit avoir été la cible de drones du Hezbollah. Les frappes israéliennes au Liban ont fait 380 morts depuis le 17 avril, date à laquelle le cessez-le-feu avec l’Etat hébreu est censé être entré en vigueur.

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Скільки треба робити кроків щодня, щоб не набирати вагу, - результати дослідження

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-12T22:24:00+00:00

Професор Марван Ель Гох поділився, що близько 80 % людей із надмірною вагою які спочатку схудли, зазвичай набирають частину або всю втрачену вагу знову протягом трьох-п’яти років.

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