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A Chinese court has convicted two teenagers for the death of their classmate in March.The teenagers from Hebei province, identified only by their surnames Zhang and Li, were 13 when they conspired to kill their classmate Wang and split his money between them. After attacking Wang with a shovel, they buried him in an abandoned vegetable greenhouse, the court said in a statement on Monday, adding that their “methods were particularly cruel and the circumstances particularly despicable.”The teenagers were sentenced to life imprisonment and 12 years of imprisonment respectively.The conviction brings an end to this brutal case, which sparked intense…

The National Electoral Commission, which will meet on Monday afternoon, will once again consider the report of the Law and Justice Committee on the 2023 parliamentary elections after the decision of the Supreme Court’s Extraordinary Control and Public Relations Chamber was not recognized. This chamber, whose activities are questioned by the European courts, among others, accepted PiS’s complaint about the rejection of the report by the National Election Commission.On December 11, the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Relations of the Supreme Court accepted PiS’s appeal regarding the rejection of the report of the party’s election committee on the 2023…

Jimmy Carter has passed away. Tributes from world leaders “Jimmy Carter worked tirelessly for a better and more just world,” former Democratic President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary said in a memorial statement. “President Carter lived his faith and cared for others until the end of his life. A life dedicated to serving. See also: Jimmy Carter is dead. Former American president was 100 years old See also: Is Canada the 51st state of the US? Trump: That’s a great idea Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expressed his condolences to the former president’s family and the American people. “His…

PremiumA year of solving PiS scandals. The first charge would be “only the tip of the iceberg.”Photo: Paweł Supernak / PAPCriminal charges and arrests, suspension of subsidies, investigations, inspections by the National Tax Office and the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, and the former deputy minister with a warrant of arrest, search and hiding in Hungary, where he has already been granted asylum. The Justice Fund case is not only the scandal of the coalition right-wing government, but perhaps the most fraught with consequences. What is the balance of its settlements?The origins of the Justice Fund scandal are small and at the…

South Korea’s interim leader ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire flight operations, a day after 179 people were killed in its deadliest plane crash . The Jeju Air plane caught fire as it crashed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport, killing all but two people on board. Acting President Choi Sang-mok asked investigators to quickly release their findings to the bereaved families. His request also comes as another Jeju Air flight returned to Seoul shortly after takeoff on Monday, due to an unidentified landing gear problem. On Monday, the Jeju Air plane took off from Gimpo International…

Rockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto 6 is expected to be a record success upon releaseEven if you were lucky enough to pick up a new console or games this Christmas, you probably have your eye on some upcoming releases.And 2025 is shaping up to be an important year.Most agree that 2024 has been a painful year for the video game industry, with tens of thousands of layoffs and studio closures around the world.We hope things will bounce back – at least in part – next year.And two huge releases in particular are expected to make a huge impact. Grand Theft Auto…

BBCMaeng Gi-su says three family members were on board flightA festive trip to Thailand was supposed to be a celebration for Maeng Gi-Su’s nephew and his nephew’s two sons, who were marking the end of their university entrance exams.Instead, it ended in tragedy when all three died on the Jeju Air plane that crashed Sunday morning in South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 people on board.”I can’t believe the whole family is gone,” Maeng, 78, told the BBC.“My heart hurts so much.”The family were among those on board flight 7C2216 which crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport…

Today’s weather. On Monday, December 30, the clouds over Poland will disperse in places. Rain and strong winds are expected only in the north. Thermometers show temperatures from 2 to 5 degrees.A clear and sometimes sunny Monday is expected in southern Poland. In other districts, the weather will be cloudy, but it will clear a little. In the north, light rainfall of up to 1 liter per square metre, mainly in the afternoon. Thermometers in the Lublin region show 2 degrees, in the center of Poland up to 3 degrees, in Pomerania up to 5 degrees. The wind blows moderately…

Kate StanworthIn the lush, volcanic Komothai Highlands of Kenya’s Rift Valley, farmers like Simon Macharia produce coffee in small plantations scattered across hillsides.Along with other farmers, Mr. Macharia takes bags of his bright red coffee cherries to the local processing plant, where they are weighed and processed.A machine removes the red hulls, and the pale beans inside are washed and conveyed along concrete channels, ending up on lines of drying platforms that run through the valley.Here, workers classify the beans into grades, the highest being destined for European coffees.“We call coffee black gold here,” Mr Macharia, whose farm covers 2.5…

Getty ImagesIndia used the local currency to buy American grain, then financing the purchase of books for American universities.In 1996, Ananya Vajpeyi, a doctoral student in history, discovered the legendary collection of South Asian books at the University of Chicago’s Regenstein Library.”I have spent time in some of the greatest libraries in South Asia, at Oxford and Cambridge, Harvard and Columbia. But nothing has ever matched the infinite wealth of the University of Chicago,” said Ms. Vajpeyi , today a visiting professor. at Ashoka University in India, told me.The 132-year-old University of Chicago houses more than 800,000 volumes related to…