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Hakyung Lee looks down during her sentencing to life imprisonment in a New Zealand court

Woman jailed for life for New Zealand 'suitcase murders'

A South Korean-born New Zealand woman has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her two young children, whose bodies were discovered in suitcases in an abandoned storage locker more than three years ago, New Zealand media reported.

World • 1 hr

France arrests two men, two women over Louvre robbery

French authorities have arrested four more people in the probe into last month's spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the top Paris prosecutor has said.

World • 8 hrs

HP to cut thousands of jobs due to AI adoption

Computer and printer maker HP has announced a sweeping restructuring plan that will eliminate about 10% of its workforce globally as the company pivots towards Artificial Intelligence to boost efficiency.

Business • 43 mins

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waves at his residence in Brasilia on September 11, 2025

Bolsonaro exhausts appeals, to serve 27-year sentence

Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that former president Jair Bolsonaro's coup conviction was final, with no more appeals allowed, clearing the way for him to begin serving a 27-year sentence.

World • 12 hrs

The 50,000 figure - based on data from 117 countries - breaks down to 137 women per day, or around one woman every ten minutes (stock image)

UN: Woman killed by person known to them every 10 minutes

Every ten minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations has said, as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against femicide.

World • 18 hrs

Dead bed bugs pictured inside a container at a laboratory of the Science University of Malaysia (USM) in George Town, on Penang island

Scientists recruit bed bugs as crime scene sleuths

Under glaring laboratory lights, a research assistant extends his forearm and carefully inverts a mesh-topped container onto his skin to allow a wriggling mass of bed bugs to feed on his blood, all in the name of science.

News Lens • 22 hrs

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands

China's Xi pushes issue of Taiwan in call with Trump

Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the ever-sensitive issue of Taiwan in a phone call with US President Donald Trump, as he stressed the need to build on a fragile trade truce between the two superpowers.

Asia • 23 hrs

Researchers stunned by wolf's use of crab traps to feed

When a wild wolf encounters a potential meal, its instinct is usually to pounce - but researchers in western Canada have recorded at least one wolf taking a strikingly different approach.

App • 24 Nov

A young person carries an empty box of relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation earlier in the year

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announces end of its mission

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US- and Israeli-backed private organisation that provided aid for Palestinians in Gaza but was criticised by the UN, has said it is ending its mission.

Middle East • 24 Nov

Researchers stunned by wolf's use of crab traps to feed

When a wild wolf encounters a potential meal, its instinct is usually to pounce - but researchers in western Canada have recorded at least one wolf taking a strikingly different approach.

World • 24 Nov

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Woman jailed for life for New Zealand 'suitcase murders'

France arrests two men, two women over Louvre robbery

HP to cut thousands of jobs due to AI adoption

Bolsonaro exhausts appeals, to serve 27-year sentence

UN: Woman killed by person known to them every 10 minutes

Scientists recruit bed bugs as crime scene sleuths

China's Xi pushes issue of Taiwan in call with Trump

Researchers stunned by wolf's use of crab traps to feed

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announces end of its mission

Researchers stunned by wolf's use of crab traps to feed