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Woman cuts off arm and foot for insurance
A Vietnamese woman has reportedly paid a friend to cut off her foot and part of her arm in order to collect insurance money. Identified only as Ly Thi N, the 30-year-old admitted to police that she paid her friend £1,700 to remove the limbs before claiming she had been hit by a train. The insurance payout would have totalled more than £113,000.
Oregon woman on supermarket rampage
A 43-year-old woman from Glenwood, Oregon, has been arrested after she crashed her SUV through the front doors of a supermarket, drove up and down an aisle and then out through the rear doors of the building. Workers at the store say the woman became enraged when she was unable to purchase more than $2,000 (£1,500) worth of gift cards early on Tuesday morning. She was arrested at her home.
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High Court action over Cape Verde tourist deathsThe Explainer Holidaymakers sue TUI after gastric illness outbreaks linked to six British deaths
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The battle over the Irish language in Northern IrelandUnder the Radar Popularity is soaring across Northern Ireland, but dual-language sign policies agitate division as unionists accuse nationalists of cultural erosion
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Villa Treville Positano: a glamorous sanctuary on the Amalfi CoastThe Week Recommends Franco Zeffirelli’s former private estate is now one of Italy’s most exclusive hotels
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
