Sudan army torturing people to death, claims rights group

Sudan army torturing people to death, claims rights group

A prominent Sudanese human rights group has accused the country’s army and security forces of torturing people to death and operating “execution chambers”. The Emergency Lawyers group said it had documented hundreds of arrests in the capital Khartoum. It said that in the “worst cases”, some captives had later been found dead with evidence of…

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By Day, He Was a Decorated Commander. But Double-Life Started with Underwear Fetish — and Spiraled into Heinous Crimes

By Day, He Was a Decorated Commander. But Double-Life Started with Underwear Fetish — and Spiraled into Heinous Crimes

NEED TO KNOW Col. Russell Williams, trusted to fly prime ministers and Queen Elizabeth II, secretly prowled neighborhoods and broke into homes 82 times to steal women’s underwear Investigators linked him to two murders and multiple sexual assaults, crimes he admitted to in a disturbing taped confession Williams was sentenced to life in prison in…

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A Season of Unease at the Edinburgh Festival

A Season of Unease at the Edinburgh Festival

For a few weeks each August, the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe fill every theatre, student center, lecture hall, and pub basement in the Scottish capital with performances. Visitors and artists are encouraged to binge in every sense: in just six days, I was able to see twenty-eight shows—I know stronger, better…

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The Sloppy Joe Makes a Kicky Comeback

The Sloppy Joe Makes a Kicky Comeback

Few words in the English language have the onomatopoeic satisfaction of “slop.” Its opening consonants evoke sludge and slipperiness, the round “O” and smacking “P” the liquid wallop of a viscous substance hitting a surface at speed. Pigs eat slop. Clogged sinks overflow with it. A.I. engines generate it. It’s not a term of charm…

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Palestinians flee IDF attacks on Gaza City as Israelis protest occupation plan

Palestinians flee IDF attacks on Gaza City as Israelis protest occupation plan

Thousands of residents have fled Gaza City’s southern Zeitoun neighbourhood, where days of continuous Israeli bombardment have created a “catastrophic” situation, the city’s Hamas-run municipality has told the BBC. At least 40 people were killed by Israeli attacks across the territory on Saturday, Gaza’s civil defence agency said. The Israeli military said it would begin…

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