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Angela Taccia

  • Jun 17

    Mother of Garlasco murder suspect attempts suicide after months of online hate

    Daniela Ferrari, 66, the mother of the sole suspect in the reopened Chiara Poggi murder case, attempted to take her own life with an overdose of tranquillisers on 17 June. Her lawyers revealed she had been subjected to relentless social media abuse.

  • May 26

    Garlasco murder: Sempio's defence challenges DNA, footprint, and print 33 with five expert reports

    Lawyers for Andrea Sempio, the new suspect in the 2007 murder of Chiara Poggi, have filed five technical reports dismantling the prosecution's key evidence, from DNA under the victim's fingernails to the killer's shoe size.

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A parent stops the Bend attacker

Trump pauses Russia sanctions to ease diesel-price pressure

Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing a Russia sanctions package that Congress passed in September and that was due to take effect within days. The waiver came as the White House sought lower diesel prices before the 3 November midterm elections.

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  • US-Russia diesel deal dispute

    Trump's executive order also exempts sanctions on people and entities linked to the Russian government, according to Spain's public broadcaster RTVE.

  • Spain torrential rain and flood alerts

    Catalonia's weather service Meteocat extends its very high rain alert to four more Barcelona-area comarcas for Saturday, with up to 40 litres in 30 minutes possible.

  • Southeast Asia toxic haze alert

    Singapore names seven Indonesian companies, mostly Sumatra timber firms, as possible culprits and warns of fines or prosecution, VRT News reports.

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The US under Trump: second term

Reactions to the already recorded sanctions waiver add detail to the anchor, with no new discrete occurrence.

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