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US soldier Travis King has arrived back in the US after being expelled from North Korea following his two-month detention. He was shown on video disembarking from a plane in San Antonio, Texas, at about 01:30 eastern time (05:30 GMT). The 23-year-old reconnaissance specialist illegally crossed into North Korea from South Korea in July. Before arriving home, Pvt King was transferred into US custody in China and then flown to a US military base. Pvt King was detained by Pyongyang until being returned to American custody. US media captured the moments he arrived in US soil, as images appear to…

A video showing a young girl walking around seeking help after allegedly being raped has sparked anger in India. Many people expressed outrage after CCTV footage showed a man appearing to wave the girl away when she approaches him. But police told local media that the girl, who walked around Ujjain city in Madhya Pradesh state for more than two hours, was helped by some people. A senior police official said a medical examination showed the girl was raped. “Five people who came in contact with the girl are being questioned,” Ujjain police superintendent Sachin Sharma told ANI news agency on Thursday,…

The leader of Armenia’s self-declared Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh has said it will cease to exist in the new year. Samvel Shahramanyan announced on Thursday that he had signed an order dissolving all state institutions from 1 January. The region, which had been controlled by Armenians for three decades, was seized by Azerbaijan last week. More than half of its majority ethnic Armenian population have now fled, according to officials. Mr Shahramanyan said the decision to dissolve the state was “based on the priority of ensuring the physical security and vital interests of the people”, referencing Azerbaijan’s agreement that “free, voluntary…

Nearly 1,000 people have died of dengue in Bangladesh in recent weeks, in what authorities say is the country’s most severe outbreak of the disease yet. Extraordinarily wet monsoons have made it easier for mosquitoes that carry the dengue virus to breed in dirty and stagnant water. Officials have struggled to contain the spread of the disease and hospitals have been critically overwhelmed. In severe cases, dengue causes internal bleeding which can lead to death. Its symptoms include headaches, nausea, joint and muscle pain. Dengue is endemic in tropical countries and outbreaks often occur in urban areas with poor sanitation…

As prescriptions for Ozempic soar, the drug and others like it are still reaching only a fraction of the population who could benefit from taking them — and the limited supply is disproportionately reaching White patients. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved two injectable semaglutide medications, which mimic the body’s GLP-1 hormone to help with insulin production and signal the brain to reduce appetite. Ozempic was approved in 2017 for treatment of type 2 diabetes, and Wegovy was approved in 2021 for treatment of obesity. About 1.7% of people in the US have been prescribed a semaglutide medication…

Oxford was the murder capital of late-medieval England, with the city’s male university population being the main catalyst for violence, according to new research. The homicide rate in the city was four to five times higher than that of 14th-century London or York, said researchers from the University of Cambridge, who have mapped medieval England’s known murder cases. “It wasn’t surprising, it was what I expected,” Professor Manuel Eisner, lead murder map investigator and director of the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology, told CNN. “I knew from previous publications that Oxford had a very high homicide rate.” Launched by…

An Australian man who faked his own kidnapping to spend time with his mistress on New Year’s Eve has been ordered to pay back the cost of the police operation to find him. Paul Iera appeared at Wollongong Local Court in New South Wales on Tuesday and was told he’d have to pay the state government around $10,000 for 200 hours worth of police work after his partner reported him missing. The 35-year-old tradesman went to meet his mistress on December 31, but lied to his partner about meeting with his “financial guy,” CNN affiliate 9 News reported. In a…

A 27-year-old man believed to be a British national has been arrested in Portugal after allegedly stabbing another British man to death and “desecrating” the corpse. Police said the suspect was detained in the central town of Soalheira, where he had been the organiser of a party. The 37-year-old victim had been taken to a secluded area and attacked with “unusual violence”, they said. The two men are not thought to have known each other personally. Early local media reports said the stabbing followed an argument during some kind of game, but police said there seemed to be “no connection…

When Drag Race UK series five starts later, you’ll see two queens hitting your screen who were actually born and raised abroad. Alexis Saint Pete, from Poland, and Cara Melle, from the United States, both moved to Britain after spending their childhoods in their home countries. RuPaul’s award-winning Drag Race franchise, which started in 2009, is famous for its runways, drama and lip-syncing. But it’s also been a place for contestants to talk about issues like homophobia, abuse and gender identity. Cara was born in Atlanta, Georgia, a traditionally conservative US state. The 26-year-old dreamed of being on Drag Race…

Peaky Blinders star Joe Cole will appear in a new production of Harold Pinter’s play The Homecoming at the Young Vic, it has been announced. He will star opposite Chernobyl star Jared Harris, who is returning to the stage for the first time in 17 years. Cole, who himself has not taken on a stage role since 2011, said he was “thrilled” to join the project. “I cannot wait to return to the stage after all these years and bring this beast to life,” he added. The production will run at the Young Vic from 27 November until 27 January.…