Dubbed the "people slayer", Brusca has confessed to his role in over 100 killings, including the assassination of Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone.But Brusca became an informant, helping prosecutors hunt down fellow mobsters.His release after 25 years in jail has outraged his victims' relatives.He will now be on parole for four years.Brusca, now 64, was a key figure within the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian Mafia group.In 1992, he detonated the bomb that killed Italy's leading…

Dubbed the "people slayer", Brusca has confessed to his role in over 100 killings, including the assassination of Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone.But Brusca became an informant, helping prosecutors hunt down fellow mobsters.His release after 25 years in jail has outraged his victims' relatives.He will now be on parole for four years.Brusca, now 64, was a key figure within the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian Mafia group.In 1992, he detonated the bomb that killed Italy's leading…

A Belarusian activist stabbed himself in the neck during a court appearance in the capital, Minsk, a rights group and opposition media have reported.Footage appeared to show Stepan Latypov collapsing after using what looked like a pen as a weapon on Tuesday.Mr Latypov was taken to hospital and was reportedly in a satisfactory condition after surgery.He is accused of setting up opposition social media and also resisting police during his arrest last September. He has denied all the…

A Belarusian activist stabbed himself in the neck during a court appearance in the capital, Minsk, a rights group and opposition media have reported.Footage appeared to show Stepan Latypov collapsing after using what looked like a pen as a weapon on Tuesday.Mr Latypov was taken to hospital and was reportedly in a satisfactory condition after surgery.He is accused of setting up opposition social media and also resisting police during his arrest last September. He has denied all the…

A Belarusian activist stabbed himself in the neck during a court appearance in the capital, Minsk, a rights group and opposition media have reported.Footage appeared to show Stepan Latypov collapsing after using what looked like a pen as a weapon on Tuesday.Mr Latypov was taken to hospital and was reportedly in a satisfactory condition after surgery.He is accused of setting up opposition social media and also resisting police during his arrest last September. He has denied all the…

Mr Biden flew to Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the attack, which claimed some 300 African-American lives.The two days of violence, sparked by a white mob, were largely erased from history for decades.It re-entered the national discourse amid racial justice protests last year.

On 31 May 1921, a group of white Americans razed the affluent and predominantly black neighbourhood of Greenwood in Tulsa.The community - known by the moniker of "Black Wall Street" -…

Mr Biden flew to Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the attack, which claimed some 300 African-American lives.The two days of violence, sparked by a white mob, were largely erased from history for decades.It re-entered the national discourse amid racial justice protests last year.

On 31 May 1921, a group of white Americans razed the affluent and predominantly black neighbourhood of Greenwood in Tulsa.The community - known by the moniker of "Black Wall Street" -…

Mr Biden flew to Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the attack, which claimed some 300 African-American lives.The two days of violence, sparked by a white mob, were largely erased from history for decades.It re-entered the national discourse amid racial justice protests last year.

On 31 May 1921, a group of white Americans razed the affluent and predominantly black neighbourhood of Greenwood in Tulsa.The community - known by the moniker of "Black Wall Street" -…

Danish broadcaster DR said Denmark's Defence Intelligence Service (FE) collaborated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) to gather information from 2012 to 2014.Mrs Merkel is among those demanding answers.Both FE and the NSA are yet to comment.Denmark's Defence Minister, Trine Bramsen, did not confirm or deny the report but told AFP news agency that "systemic eavesdropping of close allies is unacceptable". She was not in charge of the ministry during the alleged spying."This is not…

Danish broadcaster DR said Denmark's Defence Intelligence Service (FE) collaborated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) to gather information from 2012 to 2014.Mrs Merkel is among those demanding answers.Both FE and the NSA are yet to comment.Denmark's Defence Minister, Trine Bramsen, did not confirm or deny the report but told AFP news agency that "systemic eavesdropping of close allies is unacceptable". She was not in charge of the ministry during the alleged spying."This is not…

Danish broadcaster DR said Denmark's Defence Intelligence Service (FE) collaborated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) to gather information from 2012 to 2014.Mrs Merkel is among those demanding answers.Both FE and the NSA are yet to comment.Denmark's Defence Minister, Trine Bramsen, did not confirm or deny the report but told AFP news agency that "systemic eavesdropping of close allies is unacceptable". She was not in charge of the ministry during the alleged spying."This is not…

From now on the WHO will use Greek letters to refer to variants first detected in countries like the UK, South Africa and India.The UK variant for instance is labelled as Alpha, the South African Beta, and the Indian as Delta.The WHO said this was to simplify discussions but also to help remove some stigma from the names.Earlier this month the Indian government criticised the naming of variant B.1.617.2 - first detected in the country last October - as the "Indian variant", though the WHO…

From now on the WHO will use Greek letters to refer to variants first detected in countries like the UK, South Africa and India.The UK variant for instance is labelled as Alpha, the South African Beta, and the Indian as Delta.The WHO said this was to simplify discussions but also to help remove some stigma from the names.Earlier this month the Indian government criticised the naming of variant B.1.617.2 - first detected in the country last October - as the "Indian variant", though the WHO…

From now on the WHO will use Greek letters to refer to variants first detected in countries like the UK, South Africa and India.The UK variant for instance is labelled as Alpha, the South African Beta, and the Indian as Delta.The WHO said this was to simplify discussions but also to help remove some stigma from the names.Earlier this month the Indian government criticised the naming of variant B.1.617.2 - first detected in the country last October - as the "Indian variant", though the WHO…

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said Argentina was removed as host because of the "present circumstances".The country is currently experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases.Later on Monday, Conmebol confirmed Brazil would host the showpiece event, which starts on 13 June."Conmebol thanks the president @jairbolsonaro and his team, as wel as the Brazilian Football Confederation for opening the doors of that country to what is today the safest sporting event in the world.…

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said Argentina was removed as host because of the "present circumstances".The country is currently experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases.Later on Monday, Conmebol confirmed Brazil would host the showpiece event, which starts on 13 June."Conmebol thanks the president @jairbolsonaro and his team, as wel as the Brazilian Football Confederation for opening the doors of that country to what is today the safest sporting event in the world.…

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said Argentina was removed as host because of the "present circumstances".The country is currently experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases.Later on Monday, Conmebol confirmed Brazil would host the showpiece event, which starts on 13 June."Conmebol thanks the president @jairbolsonaro and his team, as wel as the Brazilian Football Confederation for opening the doors of that country to what is today the safest sporting event in the world.…

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said Argentina was removed as host because of the "present circumstances".The country is currently experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases.Later on Monday, Conmebol confirmed Brazil would host the showpiece event, which starts on 13 June."Conmebol thanks the president @jairbolsonaro and his team, as wel as the Brazilian Football Confederation for opening the doors of that country to what is today the safest sporting event in the world.…

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said Argentina was removed as host because of the "present circumstances".The country is currently experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases.Later on Monday, Conmebol confirmed Brazil would host the showpiece event, which starts on 13 June."Conmebol thanks the president @jairbolsonaro and his team, as wel as the Brazilian Football Confederation for opening the doors of that country to what is today the safest sporting event in the world.…

It is a phrase she often repeated to her friends before recording the world's fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman last Sunday.Ms Tsang, 45, reached the top of the world's highest mountain from base camp in 25 hours and 50 minutes.That was fast enough to beat the previous record, set by a Nepalese climber in 2017, by more than 12 hours."I just feel a kind of relieved and happy because I am not looking for breaking record. I just [wanted to] challenge myself," Ms Tsang told media in…