LILLE, France: A man who turned himself in saying he was responsible for five murders in northern France had no criminal record, authorities said Sunday.The 22-year-old suspect was taken into custody on Saturday after surrendering at a police station in Ghyvelde just outside the Channel port city of Dunkirk around 5:20 pm (1620 GMT) on Saturday afternoon — two hours after the first killing.He is “unknown to the police service and judicial authorities,” Dunkirk’s chief prosecutor Charlotte Huet said in a statement.A charge of murder combined with other crimes and possession of restricted firearms – several of which were found in…
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Doctors say leftist leader has been cleared to work while recovering at home after being rushed to hospital last week.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been released from hospital following an emergency surgery to treat bleeding in his brain. The 79-year-old Brazilian leader delivered brief remarks upon his release on Sunday, days after he was rushed to the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo after experiencing headaches. “I’m here alive, well, with the urge to work. And I’ll tell you something I used to say during the campaign. I’m 79 years old, I have the energy of a 30-year-old…
New York Giants co-owner John Mara must consider making changes soon, or planes with banners won’t stop soaring over MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Before the Giants’ Week 15 home game against the Baltimore Ravens, The Athletic’s Charlotte Carroll shared a clip of a plane with a banner. “Mr. Mara, enough: We won’t stop until you fire everyone,” the banner said. This is the second straight week a plane with a banner has flown over MetLife Stadium.Last week, the banner said, “Mr. Mara, enough: Please fix this dumpster fire.” Giants fans are fed up with mediocrity. New York…
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High blood pressure is a common symptom of pre-eclampsiaNataliya Piatrovich/Alamy Delivering babies early, when possible, is currently the only way to deal with the common pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia. But the condition has now been successfully treated in mice by delivering mRNA molecules to the placenta to boost the growth of new blood vessels. The next step is to test this mRNA therapy in larger animals, such as guinea pigs and non-human primates, says Kelsey Swingle at the University of Pennsylvania. “That’s something we’ve talked about starting in the really near term.” If the therapy proves effective in larger animals, the…
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has appealed the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as the official death toll in Gaza nears 45,000, according to Palestinian health authorities.The enclave was pushed closer to the grim milestone by Israeli airstrikes that killed at least 26 people Sunday, including 16 at a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza.Oren Marmorstein, a spokesperson for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed to NBC News on Sunday that Israel had filed the appeal against the ICC arrest warrants. The warrants were related…
Jean Sammet rarely let anything get in the way of her professional goals. As a young student, she was barred from attending prestigious all-boys schools, so she pursued her love of mathematics at the best institutions she could find that were open to girls and women. Following her college graduation, she became one of the first programmers at Sperry, an electronics manufacturer in New York, despite having virtually no prior experience with computers. In 1959, after learning to code on the job just a few years prior, Sammet helped write the foundation of Cobol, a programming language widely used in…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.There is a reason why coins have, for millennia, carried the likenesses of rulers: controlling the supply of legal tender is a pouvoir régalien — a power at the core of statecraft and geopolitical influence. Nowadays, however, the power of the mint is largely hoarded by independent technocratic central banks with narrow, often legalistic mandates — and even narrower mindsets. As the EU steps into a newly geopolitical age, it ought to consider how the European Central Bank should support its strategic…
It’s become commonplace, though not cliché, to say that Donald Trump has transformed America’s political culture in fundamental and lasting ways. As with anything, the full impact of the Trump chapter in American history will not be understood completely until enough time has elapsed, giving the opportunity for a comprehensive and objective assessment down the line. Naturally, a significant part of this assessment will depend on the trajectory of the next four years: whether the President can implement his agenda without encumbrances or whether he faces opposition and gridlock along the way. To the extent he faces any challenges, his…
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is embracing a new chapter of her life as a mom, and she’s opening up about the heartfelt inspiration behind her baby girl’s name.The now 33-year-old, who was released from prison in 2023 after serving seven years for her role in the murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, announced in July that she and her boyfriend, Ken Urker, are expecting their first child. The news came just months after Gypsy’s split from her former husband, Ryan Anderson.Pregnant Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her boyfriend, Ken Urker, are expecting their baby girl in 2025—here’s the story behind…