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A US judge has ordered the release of a document purported to be a suicide note written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a month before his death.
A copy of the handwritten note unsealed on Wednesday mentions a months-long investigation that "found nothing", and says "it is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye".
Epstein's former cellmate claims he found the note tucked
AFP via Getty Images Two former Chinese defence ministers have been handed suspended death sentences on corruption charges, according to state media.
A military court on Thursday sentenced Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu to death with a two-year reprieve. This means their death sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, without the possibility of sentence reduction or parole, Xinhua reports.
Both men were both found guilty of bribery, and all
DR Congo Presidency/X Democratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi has said he may consider seeking a third term in office when his mandate expires in 2028.
Tshisekedi however said any extension of his presidency would only be done by consulting the people through a referendum. The law allows a maximum of two terms.
"I have not asked for a third term, but I
ANI The aide to a top leader from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has been shot dead in violence that broke out after elections in West Bengal state.
Chandranath Rath was personal assistant to Suvendu Adhikari, seen as the front-runner to become the state's new chief minister after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) .
Rath was on his way home on Wednesday night when he was killed. Police are investigating
Getty Images Thirteen women and children with links to the Islamic State (IS) group have arrived home to Australia, after spending years in a Syrian detention camp.
The group, who had been living in the al-Roj detention camp since 2019, had been the subject of heated political debate in Australia, with the government saying it would give them no help to return.
Three women and eight children - believed to be
Getty Images Shell has become the latest energy giant to report a jump in profits following the sharp increase in oil prices since the beginning of the Iran war.
It reported profits of $6.92bn (£5.1bn) for the first three months of the year, which was higher than analysts had expected and up from $5.58bn in the same period a year earlier.
The price of oil has soared since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran as the key
BBC: Katy Watson Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: this article contains references to and images of someone who has died.
Vigils are to be held across Australia on Thursday to remember a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered two weeks ago.
The body of the girl, known as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was found on 30 April, five days after she went missing from an Aboriginal
BBC Karina is six months pregnant, but the foetus inside her womb is not her own.
The 22-year-old from eastern Ukraine is a surrogate, pregnant with an embryo from a Chinese couple's egg and sperm.
At the age of 17 Karina's home was destroyed when her city, Bakhmut, became one of the most fiercely contested battlegrounds in the early phase of Russia