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Conwy dad of three 'shocked' to find baby gecko with a missing tail in bag of Asda chillies A Conwy dad-of-three was shocked to see a baby gecko drop from a bag of chillies he bought from a supermarket, and fall onto his kitchen work surface. Kevin Cuthbert purchased the red-hot Scotch bonnet chillies from an Asda Superstore in Llandudno a week earlier.He said: "When I found the gecko, it was missing its tail - it must have shed it when it was being packed. "After a couple of days, I noticed it was growing back, so I thought there was a chance it might survive."The family were determined to keep the reptile alive and have now named him "Scotty".
Trump ordered to pay $83m for defaming E Jean CarrollFormer President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $83m (£65m) for defaming columnist E Jean Carroll in 2019 while he was president.Mr Trump was already found to have defamed Ms Carroll and to have sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.The New York jury's penalty comprises $18.3m for compensatory damages and $65m in punitive damages.Mr Trump took the stand on Thursday for a short testimony, and on Friday stormed out during closing arguments.
Trump shares bizarre biblical video saying God made him to be America’s ‘caretaker’Donald Trump has shared an eerie video on the eve of the Iowa caucuses in which he appears to proclaim himself God’s chosen emissary on Earth – sent to deliver America back to prosperity.
Fire on Andros island: Firefighters arrive from Syros and Tinos On Friday, nine firefighters with three trucks and an aircraft were trying to extinguish a fire on the east side of the island of Andros in the Achla area.Volunteer firefighters are assisting with trucks and local government water trucks.They will be assisted by a ground crew from Athens arriving by helicopter while arriving by boat. There will also be six firefighters with two trucks from Syros and three firefighters with one truck from Tinos.
Greece Rejects EU Prosecutor’s Call to Charge Ex-Ministers Over Train CrashA request by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to Greece to prosecute two ex-ministers for culpability in a February 2023 train wreck that killed 57 people was rejected by Greece’s New Democracy government.The incident caused massive protests and led to the resignation of then Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis, cited by EU Prosecutor Popi Papandreou, along with former transport minister Christos Spirtzis from the major rival SYRIZA.Demonstrators blamed high-level mismanagement and corruption for the crash a freight train and passenger train and Karamanlis said he didn’t have time to implement electronic safety measures that weren’t working.
Samos hit by 4.9 temblorThe eastern Aegean island of Samos was jolted by a 4.9 magnitude quake on Saturday, as reported by the Geodynamic Institute in Athens. No injuries or damage were reported.
Revealed: UK granted asylum to Rwandan refugees while arguing country was safeFour Rwandans were granted refugee status in the UK over “well-founded” fears of persecution at the same time as the government was arguing in court and parliament that the east African country was a safe place to send asylum seekers.
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