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Tracking down Benjamin Mendy: He once earned £500k a month, had Cheshire mansion sex parties and bragged about bedding 10,000 women. But after being acquitted of eight rapes, we reveal his lonely new life in Poland
Read more: Tracking down Benjamin Mendy: He once earned £500k a month, had Cheshire mansion sex parties and bragged about bedding 10,000 women. But after being acquitted of eight rapes, we reveal his lonely new life in PolandNot so long ago the former Manchester City star was the world’s most expensive defender. But Benjamin Mendy’s life was upended by allegations of sex attacks during parties at his £4.8million mansion.
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Reform launch all-out attack on Andy Burnham over grooming gang ‘betrayal’
Read more: Reform launch all-out attack on Andy Burnham over grooming gang ‘betrayal’As the crunch Makerfield by-election heats up, Mr Yusuf today sticks the boot into Mr Burnham’s track record.
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Arrest made in Connecticut 40 years after woman’s murder in Virginia
Read more: Arrest made in Connecticut 40 years after woman’s murder in VirginiaThe body of 22-year-old Roberta Walls was found in a field in Virginia Beach on the morning of May 15, 1986.
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Maine high schoolers accidentally served baked dirt for dessert after science experiment mix-up
Read more: Maine high schoolers accidentally served baked dirt for dessert after science experiment mix-upThe potting soil had been baked in a foil-covered dish earlier that day to sterilize it for a science project
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RFK tells schools to cut back on screen time and go back to old textbooks as Trump touts AI for education
Read more: RFK tells schools to cut back on screen time and go back to old textbooks as Trump touts AI for educationThe recommendations are at odds with the president’s strong endorsements for AI in the classroom
Asia
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‘Devastated’: Police corporal tells court how he shot dead Ulu Tiram attacker after seeing colleagues killed
Read more: ‘Devastated’: Police corporal tells court how he shot dead Ulu Tiram attacker after seeing colleagues killedJohor police officer Mohd Khairul Azhar Abbi Paisa was testifying as the first prosecution witness on the opening day of the trial of five family members of the alleged attacker Radin Luqman Radin Imran, who was also killed in the pre-dawn incident on May 17, 2024.
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China’s new five-year plan calls for AI throughout its economy, tech breakthroughs
Read more: China’s new five-year plan calls for AI throughout its economy, tech breakthroughsChina’s tech focus comes amid its rapidly ageing workforce, looming demographic crisis and fierce battle with the United States for supremacy in core technologies.
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Sri Lanka rescues 32 sailors from sunk Iranian warship
Read more: Sri Lanka rescues 32 sailors from sunk Iranian warshipNo information was immediately available on the cause of the explosion that sank the IRIS Dena, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said.
Thailand
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Record April trade deficit as imports rise sharply
Read more: Record April trade deficit as imports rise sharplyThe trade deficit hit an all-time high in April of about US$10 billion, as imports surged 45% year-on-year to $41.6 billion, driven by shipments of raw materials, semi-finished products, capital goods, and energy, according to the Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) under the Ministry of Commerce.
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Pope urges ‘disarming’ of artificial intelligence in major manifesto
Read more: Pope urges ‘disarming’ of artificial intelligence in major manifestoVATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV called on Monday for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology, and warned of “new forms of slavery” behind its rise.
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‘Overdose led to hospital admission’ of war weapons suspect
Read more: ‘Overdose led to hospital admission’ of war weapons suspectThe hospital admission of a Chinese man arrested last week in Pattaya with a huge cache of military-grade weapons resulted from an overdose of his own medication, according to the Department of Corrections.
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Labour minister seeks talks over Korean blacklist
Read more: Labour minister seeks talks over Korean blacklistLabour Minister Julapun Amornvivat will hold discussions with representatives from the South Korean embassy this week after Seoul blacklisted Thai workers from four northeastern provinces because of problems with seasonal labourers absconding from their employers.
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Retired Californian finds fulfilment as Lumphini cat caretaker
Read more: Retired Californian finds fulfilment as Lumphini cat caretakerLumphini Park opens its doors before sunrise. Joggers weave past monitor lizards. Groups gather for Tai Chi, and cats are preparing for a new day of being petted and loved. But beneath the park’s visible harmony lies a growing stray cat problem.
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‘Devastated’: Police corporal tells court how he shot dead Ulu Tiram attacker after seeing colleagues killed
Read more: ‘Devastated’: Police corporal tells court how he shot dead Ulu Tiram attacker after seeing colleagues killedJohor police officer Mohd Khairul Azhar Abbi Paisa was testifying as the first prosecution witness on the opening day of the trial of five family members of the alleged attacker Radin Luqman Radin Imran, who was also killed in the pre-dawn incident on May 17, 2024.
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Thailand determined to diversify oil imports
Read more: Thailand determined to diversify oil importsAmid concerns as negotiations to end the conflict in Iran hit a roadblock, Thailand has oil reserves to cover 117 days of consumption, says the Energy Ministry, piling on pressure to secure oil from regions other than the Middle East.
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‘Work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation
Read more: ‘Work not over’ after hantavirus evacuationMADRID – World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
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South Korea blacklists workers from four Isan provinces
Read more: South Korea blacklists workers from four Isan provincesSouth Korea has placed four provinces in northeastern Thailand on a blacklist, suspending the import of seasonal agricultural and fishery workers for 2026 after some were found to have absconded from their employers.