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British teen sentenced after sex in Dubai could see jail time increased to 20 years A British teenager held in a Dubai prison after having sex with a 17-year-old girl could face 20 years behind bars. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, London, was jailed in the United Arab Emirates during a family holiday. The 18-year-old was detained and given a one-year sentence after the secret romance with the young woman, now aged 18, he met during a family vacation, according to Detained in Dubai. Now a lawyer has warned that Marcus’s sentence could be extended up to 20 years as he…

Ulster captain Iain Henderson knows what it takes to get to the pinnacle of rugby. A celebrated Ireland international and British and Irish Lion, Henderson has been performing at the top level for over a decade now and is better placed than anyone to help mould a new generation of Ulster players. But that’s a process that doesn’t happen overnight. The last two weeks have been very painful for Ulster but there are signs of improvement as Saturday’s first half suggests. But despite feeling frustrated after Saturday’s loss, Henderson was delighted to see a big improvement from last week’s loss…

People leaving direct provision are facing straight into homelessness due to an “ad hoc system” that is heaping “maximum stress” on services, local authorities and the international protection applicants themselves.Mike Allen, director of advocacy at Focus Ireland, said the system appears designed to ensure that the failure of Ireland’s housing system and its asylum system falls “most heavily” on those who have come to Ireland for protection and have had that claim upheld.“[This is] one of the major challenges facing the incoming Government, and one that went entirely unmentioned in the election period, with no party bringing forward ideas for…

Faithful members of the Fraternité Saint-Barthélemy walk along the seafront promenade during Good Friday, as part of the Easter celebrations, in Bonifacio, Corsica, March 29, 2024. PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP This Sunday, December 15, Pope Francis is attending a symposium on “popular religiosity” in Ajaccio, Corsica, organized at the initiative of local cardinal and bishop François Bustillo. This is a theme dear to the pontiff, who placed it at the heart of his latest encyclical, He loved us (“he loved us,” in Latin), published on October 24. Corsica appears to be a particularly rich laboratory for the study of this…

A man who turned himself in saying he was responsible for five murders in northern France on Saturday, December 14, had no criminal record, authorities said Sunday.

“Meteorites are sold.” The sign, hand-painted in lurid colors, rests on a two-meter-long table covered in stones that are advertised as having arrived from outer space. There are rocks that made a trip of almost 55 million kilometers, from Mars, before landing at the International Fair of Minerals, Fossils and Meteorites that was held at the Chamartín station, Madrid, this weekend. More than 30 exhibitors from Spain and other countries – Brazil, Morocco, India, Pakistan, Czech Republic – have participated in the event, which already has 41 editions and which, between this Friday and Saturday, attracted more than 2,000 people,…

The commissioner of the ‘Koldo case’ testifies today in the Supreme Court as a defendant, after having promised to prove the incriminations against members of the Government that he pointed out in the National Court Read Aldama’s third round, 25 days after his "invented": only three of his 10 accusations remain without documentation or evidence

This photo plays with history: Markus Söder had himself photographed kneeling in Warsaw on Wednesday – almost like Willy Brandt once did. Shortly afterwards, the CSU boss posted a photo with a bratwurst. Politicians from the SPD and the Greens find this tasteless.CSU boss Markus Söder is clearly criticized for his kneeling in Warsaw. “This is one of the greatest bad tastes that I have experienced from a German politician in recent years,” said former Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück (SPD) on Sunday evening on the ARD program “Miosga”.A few days ago, Söder knelt in front of the monument to the…

The police found a weapon on the dining table and four bodies in the house: A teenager in the western United States apparently shot four family members. He then allowed himself to be arrested without resistance.

Pope Francis made history on Sunday with the first-ever papal visit to Corsica. He urged local priests to resist spiritual groups that fuel political divisions and championed a “dynamic” form of secularism, promoting the kind of popular piety that distinguishes the Mediterranean island from secular France as a bridge between religious and civic society. Pope Francis calls for unity and 'dynamic' secularism in first visit to Corsica