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The Afghan pilot threatened with deportation to Rwanda despite having worked with British forces against the Taliban said he feels abandoned after his UK resettlement application was rejected.The air force lieutenant, who flew multiple combat missions planned by coalition forces, travelled to Britain in a small boat after fleeing Afghanistan in fear for his life, leaving his wife and child behind.

Ex-Wales striker Iwan Roberts has rounded on manager Robert Page's tactics and response to the shock Euro 2024 qualifier defeat by Armenia.Page described the 4-2 loss in Cardiff on Friday night as the "slap we need".But Roberts said he was stunned by that assessment to such a "shocking" display that has left Wales facing an "almost impossible" task to qualify.

A Russian ransomware group gained access to data from federal agencies, including the Energy Department, in an attack that exploited file transfer software to steal and sell back users' data, U.S. officials said on Thursday.Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, described the breach as largely opportunistic and neither focused on specific high-valuable information nor as damaging as previous cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies.

At this time of year, as we mark Father's Day and give thanks to all the fathers in our lives - our own fathers, father figures, spiritual fathers - it may be worth taking a moment to reflect on what exactly being a father calls one to do.Pope Francis spoke of this in 2020 when he said: "Fathers are not born, but made.

At a warehouse in Irving Park, a group of teenage boys and young men between the ages of 14 and 20 sat on couches in a recording studio Wednesday afternoon, taking turns freestyling over a loud beat that bounced off the walls of the glowing room.Music producer and sound engineer Johnny Rayborn maneuvered the settings on his soundboard at the front, looping beats and cutting segments of audio.

The Cook County Democratic Party met Friday for its second day of pre-slating, a traditional meet-and-greet that gives hopeful candidates the chance to make their pitches - and also often lays bare internal party rifts and past grudges.Aside from judges' seats, two key races are on 2024 ballots countywide: state's attorney and circuit court clerk.

After nearly two decades of outrageous burgers served to loud metal and punk music, Kuma's Corner is making some changes at its original location in Avondale and its Fulton Market outpost.At the Avondale location, Kuma's will make more use of its service window to sell frozen desserts.They're calling the operation Voodoobar to sell seasonal selections like mint and strawberry gelato cookie sandwiches, caramel nut fudge and churro gelato bars, and lemon and mango Italian ice.

The Indonesian anti-corruption investigators began hunting for the powerful local official after they caught two of his aides taking a $40,000 bribe.Their six-month investigation led them to a sprawling estate in North Sumatra, where they made a shocking discovery: 65 men locked in two cages.The captives, investigators learned, had been imprisoned under the guise of a drug rehabilitation program and forced to work as slaves at a palm plantation and palm oil factory owned by the official, Terbit Rencana Perangin-angin, and his family.

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are racing to establish a presence in space.But what rights and obligations come with that?It's not clear what the rules are, even as the $460 billion space industry is growing quickly.Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded by Mr. Branson, announced on Thursday that it would launch its first commercial spaceflight this month, joining Mr. Bezos' Blue Origin, and Mr. Musk's SpaceX in sending ticketed passengers to space.

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are racing to establish a presence in space.But what rights and obligations come with that?It's not clear what the rules are, even as the $460 billion space industry is growing quickly.Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded by Mr. Branson, announced on Thursday that it would launch its first commercial spaceflight this month, joining Mr. Bezos' Blue Origin, and Mr. Musk's SpaceX in sending ticketed passengers to space.

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They saw themselves in the video that Florida officials offered up as proof of their consent to travel to California, but they said it's not what it seemed.They were happy, yes.That part was true.They had finally made it to America after traveling thousands of miles over the span of three months from their home in Venezuela.

Dezeen School Shows: an aquatic research centre designed to raise awareness of freshwater ecosystems is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the School of Visual Arts.Also featured is a healing centre designed to promote wellbeing through exposure to white noise and a multiethnic restaurant that provides space for chefs to share their cultural heritage through food.

A report on the Chicago Bears regarding wide receiver Chase Claypool and his "motivation" issues is sweeping the NFL, and a former Bears legend is not happy about it.According to reports from the Waddle and Silvy show in Chicago, Chicago Bears wide receiver Chase Claypool is drawing negative reviews.

A gull picks up a discarded protective face mask from the shoreline in the marina on August 11, 2020 in Dover, England.Leon Neal/Getty Images How many COVID tests should I keep on hand?Can I toss my masks?Should I still be afraid of long COVID?These are a few of the questions you sent us when we asked what's on your mind in this new stage of the pandemic.

In these desperate times, everyone wants to find some money down the back of the sofa.Politicians are no exception.Taxpayer cash is difficult to generate witness the growing disquiet on Conservative backbenches at the billions of pounds raised by chancellor Jeremy Hunt's long-lasting freeze on income tax thresholds.

There have been increasingly loud public warnings that social media is harming teenagers' mental health most recently from the United States surgeon general adding to many parents' fears about what all the time spent on phones is doing to their children's brains.While many scientists share the concern, there is little research to prove that social media is harmful or to indicate which sites, apps or features are problematic.

A 54-year-old finance executive targeted a 14-year-old girl through her Instagram account, passed her off as his daughter on trips around the country, gave her drugs and raped her in New York City hotel rooms, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office said Thursday.Prosecutors said that the executive, Michael Olson, had texted multiple other girls and that its investigation would continue.

At the task force meetings over the last two years, non-Black audience members have been rare, but Brown argues that non-Black Californians should be paying attention.According to the 2020 census, Black residents make up less than 6% of the state's population.If the task force's expansive proposals are to become law after they arrive in the Legislature, they will require broad-based support from California residents across racial groups.

As his second term as governor of New Jersey drew to a close in 2017, Chris Christie was characteristically blunt about his plans.I want to have fun, and I want to make money, he told The New York Times in an interview.Mr. Christie wasted no time.On his first day out of office, he saw Bruce Springsteen on Broadway.

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The Chino Valley Unified School District is at the center of a heated debate among parents after the district proposed a policy to require teachers and school staff to notify parents if their children are gender-nonconforming or transgender
The school board members who support the policy claim it would inform parents about their child's mental health, but opponents call the proposal an invasion of privacy and an attempt to intimidate students in the LGBTQ+ community.