Weasels, Liars & Idiots: Global Edition

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• Thomas Cory

  

  Body of arrested Myanmar poet Khet Thi returned to family with organs missing

  The Guardian - Reuters

  Wife says Khet Thi, whose poetry inspired resistance to junta, died after being taken for interrogation on Saturday Myanmar poet Khet Thi, whose works declare resistance to the ruling junta, has died in detention and his body was returned with the organs removed, his family said. A spokesperson for …

• Thomas Cory

  

  Hitman convicted of murdering T2 Trainspotting actor Bradley Welsh

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  A contract killer has been found guilty of murdering T2 Trainspotting actor Bradley Welsh outside his flat in Edinburgh. Sean Orman, 30, was also found guilty of the attempted murder of David McMillan, 50, the month before. Mr Welsh, 48, was fatally shot in the head from close range in the city's …

• Thomas Cory

  

  Liechtenstein prince accused of poaching Europe’s largest bear

  The Washington Post - Antonia Noori Farzan

  Home to the largest number of brown bears in the European Union, a point of national pride, Romania bans trophy hunting but allows exceptions when bears are threatening people or killing farm animals. Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein was granted a permit to kill a female bear, who had been …

• Thomas Cory

  

  Covid: Reused nose swab scam busted in Indonesia airport

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  Several employees of a pharmaceutical company have been arrested in Indonesia for allegedly washing and reselling used Covid nasal swab test kits. Up to 9,000 passengers at an airport in Medan may have been tested with the reused swab sticks, say police. State-owned company Kimia Farma is now …

• Thomas Cory

  

  China: Elderly tourists taken on sales trip to cemetery

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  Authorities in China are investigating how a group of elderly tourists were sold a sightseeing tour, only to be taken to a cemetery. The group paid 18 yuan (£2) for the trip with lunch included but were shocked when they arrived at the cemetery and given a sales pitch. The local tourism commission …

• Thomas Cory

  

  Russia suspends activities of Alexei Navalny's campaign groups

  DW English

  Groups linked to Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption campaign have been banned from carrying out vital activities. Prosecutors are attempting to …