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The head of MI6 has urged Russian officers appalled by the horrors of Vladimir Putin's struggle in Ukraine to "join hands with us" and spy for the UK to assist finish the bloodshed.Sir Richard Moore used a uncommon public speech to disclose "many" had already taken this step since Russia's invasion was launched 18 months in the past. The spymaster used the situation of his look - the Czech capital of Prague - to attract on the horrors inflicted by the Soviet Union in 1968 to induce Russians as we speak to behave on their convictions given the atrocities in Ukraine."There are many Russians today who are silently appalled by the sight of their armed forces pulverising Ukrainian cities, expelling innocent families from their homes and kidnapping thousands of children," Sir Richa...

CAIRO — An Egyptian court docket sentenced a rights activist on Tuesday to a few years in jail over an opinion article he wrote in 2019 in a case that renewed world consideration to Egypt‘s intolerance of presidency critics. ...

An Australian sailor who was rescued after being misplaced at sea for 3 months together with his canine has mentioned he's "grateful" to be alive.Timothy Shaddock, 54, made the remarks after setting foot on dry land on Tuesday for the primary time since his ordeal began. The 54-year-old's catamaran set sail in April from the Mexican metropolis of La Paz for French Polynesia - however was crippled by dangerous climate weeks into the journey. Image: The crew of the Mexican tuna boat 'Maria Delia' pose for photographs with Bella. Pic: AP He mentioned the final time he noticed land was in early May as he sailed out of the Sea of Cortez and into the Pacific Ocean.The sailor, who's from Sydney, grew to become mispla...

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is lacking from public view and his whereabouts are a thriller to the U.S. authorities, a senior Biden administration mentioned. ...

Magic mushrooms and different psychedelics might assist girls cope with cancer-related anxiousness and melancholy, in line with teachers.Conventional therapies to assist girls deal with their analysis and remedy can take too lengthy, they mentioned, as they introduced the launch of a brand new research to look at how the medicine may assist sufferers. Those recognized with gynaecological cancers can face "various physical and psychological challenges", notably for these recognized at a late stage or are affected by power uncomfortable side effects of remedy, in line with an article revealed within the International Journal of Gynaecological Cancer.Up to 1 / 4 of ovarian most cancers sufferers report melancholy, anxiousness, and demise anxiousness, they mentioned.The authors, ...

An Australian sailor and his canine had been rescued by a Mexican fishing boat after being misplaced at sea for the previous three months. A tuna fi...

Police investigating a Kenyan cult suspected of practising hunger to "meet Jesus" have exhumed over 400 our bodies, a senior official has mentioned.It comes after 12 extra our bodies had been found on Monday, coastal regional commissioner Rhoda Onyancha advised AFP. "Total death toll - 403," he mentioned. "Exhumation continues tomorrow."Pastor Paul Mackenzie is accused of ordering his followers on the Good News International Church to starve to loss of life. He has denied any wrongdoing. Image: Officers stand close to the place our bodies are being exhumed. Pic: AP Investigators are looking for extra graves in Shakahola forest in jap Kenya, the place the primary victims had been found on 13 April. Some had bee...

The Biden administration confronted rising strain Tuesday to clarify the thriller swirling round its prime Iran envoy, Robert Malley, whose disappearance from his key place contained in the State Department has plunged America’s Iran coverage into uncertainty and raised questions on whether or not the White House’s diplomatic outreach to Tehran might have jeopardized U.S. nationwide safety. ...

An American soldier who's believed to be in custody in North Korea was dealing with disciplinary motion by the US navy when he crossed into the secretive nation, US officers mentioned.The crossing has created a contemporary disaster for Washington in its dealings with the nuclear-armed state. The US navy has recognized the soldier as Private Second Class Travis T. King, who joined an orientation tour of the Joint Security Area, which is a part of the 160-mile demilitarised zone separating South and North Korea.They mentioned the soldier "wilfully and without authorisation crossed the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)".The man was with a bunch of holiday makers, together with civilians, to the Panmunjom truce village when he all of...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its jap sea early Wednesday in what seemed to be an announcement of defiance because the United States deploys a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the primary time in many years. ...