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A judge in New York City has rejected a request from Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to review the 2019 ruling that sentenced him to life in prison.     Guzman, 66, led the powerful Sinaloa cartel that is blamed for thousands of deaths in Mexico for decades. He escaped from Mexican prisons twice and was finally captured and handed over to the United States in January 2017.     According to Mail Online, the Mexican drug lord had filed habeas corpus petitions, civil suits used to assess whether imprisonment is lawful and asked for legal representation in this appeal.     But Judge Brian Cogan, of the Eastern District of New York - who presided over his headline-grabbing trial in Brooklyn rejected the request.      'This was perhaps the most notorious criminal prosecution of the decade, and the charges of which petitioner was convicted could well have resulted in the death penalty but for the terms of his extradi...

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire at a Catholic school in west London on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said.      More than 70 firefighters rushed to the scene of the blaze at London Oratory School in Fulham, southwest London around 10am this morning. The Met police said a 16-year-old boy was arrested at 11.15am.  The fire is now under control and no injuries have been reported, the London Fire Brigade said.      A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: 'Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters have been called to a fire at a school on Seagrave Road in Fulham. 'An atrium is alight in a four-storey building with basement.      'The Brigade was called at 10.11am and is still at the scene.    'Fire crews from Fulham, Chelsea, Kensington, Wandsworth, Hammersmith, Clapham, Lambeth and Soho fire stations are in attendance.     'The cause of the fire...

Lucky Aiyedatiwa is the new Governor of Ondo State.   His emergence as governor became necessary following the demise of his principal, late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu died today December 27 after battling Leukemia and Prostate cancer.

The U.S. Navy destroyer and F/A-18 Super Hornets shot down 12 suicide drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles fired by Iran-backed rebels on Tuesday, December 26. U.S. Central Command said that the attack began at 6:30 am and lasted for 10 hours.   'U.S. assets, to include the USS LABOON (DDG 58) and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot down twelve one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles in the Southern Red Sea that were fired by the Houthis over a 10 hour period which began at approximately 6:30 a.m. (Sanaa time) on December 26,' Centcom said on X.   'There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.' The attack came the day after President Joe Biden authorized retaliatory strikes against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, following strikes on a U.S. airbase in Erbil which left three U.S. troops injured - one of them criti...

A beauty therapist who sued her boss for sexual harassment after he called her 'sexy legs', asked for a full-body massage, and sent porn to her work computer has won a £1,500 payout.     April Freke was left feeling 'sick' and 'frightened' by Rohit Vikal's advances which included turning up to her hotel uninvited and frequently touching the badge on her chest, an employment tribunal heard.   The older businessman also told her she needed to get her teeth fixed because 'everything has to be perfect' while making repeated requests for her to be his girlfriend.   Less than a year after starting the job Ms Freke resigned, citing harassment as the reason. She was awarded £1,522.05 after Mr Vikal made unlawful deductions from her wages. An employment judge ruled he had violated her dignity at a time when there was a 'clear imbalance' between a young woman starting her career and an 'established' businessman offering her the ch...

South Korean actor and Parasite star, Lee Sun-kyun had been dropped from TV projects due to 'hostess blackmail drug scandal' before he was found dead in a suspected suicide.      The acclaimed South Korean actor who shot to worldwide fame following the release of the Oscar-winning film Parasite was found dead in his car in a suspected suicide at the age of 48 on Wednesday morning, December 27.      His wife, Jeon Hye-jin, an actress and former Miss Korea contestant, called the police after finding a suicide note. His body was found in a Seoul car park.    Lee was being investigated by police over allegations of taking marijuana and a powder which his accuser, a hostess at a high-end bar, said was ketamine. The drugs, she claimed, were taken at her home.     After news of an official investigation into his alleged drug use was published in late October, he was dropped from major projects, including a mystery thril...

A Tesla engineer was attacked by a robot during a malfunction at the Giga Texas factory near Austin.      Two other employees reportedly witnessed the horror attack as their fellow worker was attacked by the machine designed to grab and move freshly cast aluminum car parts.  According to Mail Online, the robot had pinned the man, who was programming software for two disabled Tesla robots nearby, before sinking its metal claws into the worker's back and arm, leaving a 'trail of blood' along the factory surface.     The incident - which left the victim with an 'open wound' on his left hand - was revealed in a 2021 injury report filed to Travis County and federal regulators, which has been reviewed by DailyMail.   The incident comes amid years of heightened concerns over the risks of automated robots in the workplace.     Reports of increased injuries due to robotic coworkers at Amazon shipment centers, ...