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• Political violence rocks Senegal, threatens stability, as nation closes overseas consulates

  07-06-2023 23:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Senegal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Tuesday the temporary closure of its overseas consulates — including those in Paris and New York — as unprecedented political violence wrought havoc on the West African nation and its diplomatic missions abroad. The ministry called the move a "precautionary measure," in a statement, noting a "series of recent attacks" on its "diplomatic and consular missions." "These acts have caused significant damage, particularly at the Consulate Gen
  
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• Fiorentina 1-2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final

  07-06-2023 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jarrod Bowen scores in the 90th minute as West Ham win the Europa Conference League - beating Fiorentina in a tense and dramatic final.
  
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• Mike Pence tears into Donald Trump at 2024 campaign launch

  07-06-2023 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump's two-time running mate offers his most forceful repudiation of his ex-boss to date.
  
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• Canada’s wildfires are part of our new climate reality, experts and officials say

  07-06-2023 23:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Canada is on track to experience its most severe wildfire season on record, and it’s part of a trend experts say will intensifyCanada’s ongoing wildfire season is a harbinger of our climate future, experts and officials say.The fires are a “really clear sign of climate change”, said Mohammadreza Alizadeh, a researcher at McGill University in Montreal, who is also a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Continue reading...
  
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• Prince Harry says he is taking legal action to stop hate towards him and Meghan

  07-06-2023 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex accuses Mirror Group Newspapers of hacking his phone "on an industrial scale".
  
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• Poland and Germany collaborate to protect river from deadly pollution, discuss prevention strategies

  07-06-2023 23:19 via foxnews.com
  
  The environment ministers of Poland and Germany met on the border of the two countries on Wednesday to discuss protection of a river against a repeat of deadly pollution that killed hundreds of tons of fish last year. Polish Environment Minister Anna Moskwa said that she couldn't rule out the occurrence of another disaster despite tight monitoring along the Oder River and the blocking of the illegal discharge of chemicals and waste in order to prevent the growth of deadly golden algae. "We are s
  
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• French Open: Jessica Pegula column on Roland Garros scheduling and seeing Harry Styles in Paris

  07-06-2023 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In her latest BBC Sport column, Jessica Pegula discusses why only one of the 10 French Open night sessions showcased a women's match.
  
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• Lionel Messi to join US team Inter Miami

  07-06-2023 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Argentina legend Lionel Messi will join MLS side Inter Miami after leaving Paris St-Germain.
  
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• Serbia's president announces early elections amid protests, tragic shootings

  07-06-2023 23:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Serbia’s president on Wednesday promised an early parliamentary election, in an apparent attempt to defuse large protests against his populist rule in the wake of two mass shootings that shook the nation. In an address to the nation, President Aleksandar Vucic said the vote will be held "by the end of this year." "Now it’s clear that we will have early parliamentary elections," Vucic said, flanked by his close political ally, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. "I’m ready to resign, my
  
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• Watch: Timelapse of New York shrouded in orange haze

  07-06-2023 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Timelapse video of the city's skyline shows the air quality worsen in a matter of a few hours.
  
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• Actor Jay Johnston, known for 'Bob's Burgers' character, arrested on Capitol riot charges

  07-06-2023 22:50
  
  An actor known for his roles on the comedy television shows “Bob’s Burgers” and “Mr. Show with Bob and David” has been arrested on charges that he joined a mob of Donald Trump supporters in confronting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot
  
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• Supreme Court justices release new financial disclosures – but not for Thomas, Alito

  07-06-2023 21:42
  
  A fresh batch of financial records for justices of the U.S. Supreme Court was published by the federal judiciary on Wednesday,
  
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• Ukraine dam: What we know about Nova Kakhovka incident

  07-06-2023 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Catastrophic floods engulf towns and villages in southern Ukraine after a major dam was destroyed.
  
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• WATCH: Timelapse: Canadian wildfire smoke envelops New York City

  07-06-2023 21:19
  
  Eerie timelapse condenses 45 minutes into 45 seconds, showing smoke from the ongoing Canadian wildfires overwhelming New York City, darkening the skies and obscuring buildings.
  
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• Prince Harry to tabloid newspaper's lawyer: 'Nobody wants to be phone hacked'

  07-06-2023 21:10
  
  Prince Harry has rejected a suggestion that a lack of evidence meant his phone wasn’t hacked by reporters for Mirror Group Newspapers
  
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• Record-breaking heatwave, drought plague Spain, threatening ecosystems and agriculture

  07-06-2023 21:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Spain registered its hottest spring on record this year, and its second driest ever, the state meteorological agency said Wednesday. Rubén Del Campo, spokesman for the Aemet weather agency, said the latest data showed a continuation of the extremely high temperatures the country suffered in 2022, which was the hottest year ever recorded in Spain. The spring heat was accompanied by a scarcity of rain that will exacerbate Spain's long-term drought, despite some rainfall over the last month.
  
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• Investigation launched into death of pregnant woman amid accusations of negligence at Polish hospital

  07-06-2023 21:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Prosecutors and the patients’ ombudsman in Poland are investigating the death of a pregnant woman at a hospital, amid the family’s accusations that the doctors kept them in the dark as to the danger and didn't take proper steps to save her. The death last month of the 33-year-old woman was the second such case reported in southern Poland since September and raised questions whether doctors were afraid to perform abortions to save women with complicated pregnancies. The 33-year-old wo
  
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• Ex-Russian security officer who turned on Kremlin sent back home

  07-06-2023 21:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Poland has deported a former Russian intelligence officer with the counterintelligence unit of the Federal Security Service (FSB), denying his repeated requests for asylum and handing him back over to Russian authorities, reports said Wednesday. Emran Navruzbekov was deported to Russia after a Polish court ruled last week that he posed a threat to the country's security when he allegedly refused to obey police demands and was aggressive while living in a refugee camp in Poland’s Kuyav
  
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• Northern Afghanistan minibus crash kills 25 people, including 9 children

  07-06-2023 20:59 via foxnews.com
  
  A minibus crash in northern Afghanistan killed 25 people, including nine children and 12 women, a police spokesman said Wednesday. The accident happened in a mountainous area with half-paved roads in Sar-e-Pul province as the passengers were returning from a wedding. They were traveling from one part of Sayyad district to another. 6 KILLED IN EGYPTIAN CRASH INVOLVING A PICKUP TRUCK, MINIBUS NEAR CITY OF ISMAILIA Din Mohammad Nazari, the spokesman for the local police commander, blamed the minibu
  
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• Lions in Kenya speared to death in retaliation after hungry big cats prey on goat herd

  07-06-2023 20:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Parkeru Ntereka lost almost half of his goat herd to hungry lions that wandered into his pen located near Kenya’s iconic Amboseli national park. The 56-year-old’s loss made headlines in the east African country as it led to the spearing to death of six lions in retaliation by the Maasai people, who have co-existed with wild animals for centuries. The killings highlighted the growing human-wildlife conflict in parts of east Africa that conservationists say has been exacerbated by a ye
  
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• Ukrainians escape flooding after dam collapses, as many as 20,000 need to relocate

  07-06-2023 20:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Dozens of Ukrainians in the path of devastating floodwaters from a breached dam evacuated under the echoes of Russian shelling on Wednesday, as the U.S. State Department estimates that 20,000 people will need to relocate. The rising floodwaters let loose from the ruptured Kakhovka dam forced residents of Kherson, an island in the Dnieper River, to evacuate by boat and military truck in the latest act of destruction and chaos caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities acc
  
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• Rory McIlroy says PGA Tour, DP World Tour & PIF merger will be 'good for golf'

  07-06-2023 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PGA and DP World Tour's shock merger with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will ultimately be "good for golf", says Rory McIlroy.
  
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• US doctors forced to ration as cancer drug shortages hit nationwide

  07-06-2023 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One woman denied a chemotherapy drug compares the situation to "triage on the battlefield".
  
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• UN judges declare 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial due to dementia

  07-06-2023 19:53 via foxnews.com
  
  United Nations judges have declared an 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue standing trial because he has dementia and said they would establish a procedure to go on hearing evidence without the possibility of convicting him. The majority decision published Wednesday by judges at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals means no guilty verdict can be reached in the trial of Félicien Kabuga, one of the last fugitives charged in connection with the 1994
  
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• Investigation launched into possible extrajudicial killings by Mexican soldiers in Nuevo Laredo

  07-06-2023 19:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office is investigating a possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers that left five men dead in May in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, according to a federal official. A video, originally reported Tuesday evening by U.S.-based Univision and Spain's El Pais newspaper, apparently shows the daytime incident. The federal official who was not authorized to comment on the case and requested anonymity, confirmed that the Attorney General’
  
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• New lawsuit filed after Iowa building collapse; governor seeks federal aid with emergency response

  07-06-2023 19:48
  
  A woman whose leg was amputated in order to free her from the rubble of the partially collapsed building in Davenport, Iowa, filed a lawsuit with her wife Wednesday, accusing the city and the building’s owner of “willful and wanton disregard” of their ...
  
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• Egypt bans Dutch archaeologists over exhibit about black musicians

  07-06-2023 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A museum says it is being unfairly punished for showing ancient Egypt's influence on black artists.
  
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• World Test Championship final: Travis Head ton gives Australia control over India

  07-06-2023 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Travis Head strokes a sparkling century to put Australia in a dominant position against India on day one of the World Test Championship final at The Oval.
  
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• Ukraine dam: Maps and before and after images reveal scale of disaster

  07-06-2023 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Satellite images reveal the full extent of the devastation caused by the collapse of the Kakhovka dam.
  
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• Missouri governor signs bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, some adults

  07-06-2023 19:34
  
  Transgender minors and some adults soon will be banned from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed by Missouri’s Republican governor
  
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• UK wants US trade concessions to boost economy using Inflation Reduction Act

  07-06-2023 19:31 via foxnews.com
  
  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may look to forge closer economic ties with the U.S. during upcoming meetings with President Biden, appealing to their cooperation and close ties militarily. "Just as interoperability between our militaries has given us a battlefield advantage over our adversaries, greater economic interoperability will give us a crucial edge in the decades ahead," Sunak said in a statement earlier this week. The comments come as the British leader is set to meet with Biden Thu
  
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• Trial begins for Parkland school resource officer, 'Coward of Broward,' who stayed outside during shooting

  07-06-2023 18:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Opening arguments are underway Wednesday in the trial of former Broward Sheriff's Office Deputy Scot Peterson, who is accused of failing to confront the Parkland school shooter.  Prosecutors seek to convince a jury that Peterson failed to follow his active shooter training by remaining outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018, while a gunman entered the building and killed 17 people. The police response to the massacre — the deadliest mass shooting at a high schoo
  
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• Pope Francis undergoes intestinal surgery in Rome

  07-06-2023 18:55
  
  The Holy See Press Office said the surgery "took place without complications and lasted three hours."
  
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• Kate Middleton plays rugby as Prince Harry continues UK court battle

  07-06-2023 18:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Kate Middleton is showcasing her moves while her brother-in-law is in court. On Wednesday, the Princess of Wales played rugby at the Maidenhead Rugby Club before speaking with the players about their childhoods. The 41-year-old, whose primary cause is highlighting the importance of early childhood development, is raising awareness on Shaping Us. The initiative aims to educate about how to nurture children. In early 2022, the princess took over as patron of the Rugby Football League and the Rugby
  
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• Greg Norman ‘not expected’ to be part of venture after LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger: report

  07-06-2023 18:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The future of LIV Golf commissioner and CEO Greg Norman appears murky after the Saudi-backed league joined forces with the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour on Tuesday.  The landmark deal was announced without any mention of Norman, and Yasir Al-Rumayyan – governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) – told CNBC that he notified Norman of the deal just before the announcement.  "I made a call just before this and of course he is a partner with us, and all the
  
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• Pope Francis, 86, has abdominal surgery

  07-06-2023 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The three-hour operation at a Roman hospital was completed without complications, says the Vatican.
  
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• Former Biden advisor's car crash raises questions after revelation from police report: 'Disoriented'

  07-06-2023 18:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Cedric Richmond, former Biden aid and senior advisor to the Democratic National Committee, was not tested for driving while intoxicated, despite a police report revealing that he was slurring his speech after causing a single car accident. On April 23, Richmond was driving his young son in New Orleans when he reportedly crashed his vehicle into a tree. The two were injured, and Richmond was taken to the hospital in an emergency vehicle to be treated for a "suspected serious injury." The police r
  
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• Virginia regulators to vote on Gov. Youngkin’s plan to withdraw state from climate initiative

  07-06-2023 18:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote Wednesday on whether to advance Gov. Glenn Youngkin's plan to withdraw from a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program. Virginia spent years under Democratic administrations moving toward participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which environmental advocates say is a proven tool to help reduce pollution and address climate change. But that has been thrown into reverse since Youngkin, a Republican who says the program has functi
  
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• Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant

  07-06-2023 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have found the first case of a crocodile who made herself pregnant.
  
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• 9/11 Families United chair says PGA Tour’s Jay Monahan used 'our pain and our suffering to malign LIV Golf'

  07-06-2023 18:36 via foxnews.com
  
  A day after the PGA Tour announced a landmark merger with LIV Golf, 9/11 Families United Chairperson Terry Strada called out PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan for using their stories "to malign LIV Golf" over its ties to the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) when the rival circuit presented itself as a threat to the Tour. Strada, whose husband died during the 9/11 attacks, told "America's Newsroom" on Tuesday that she was shocked to learn the news that after more than a year of division, t
  
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• Wisconsin Legislature to approve measures protecting access to gas-powered vehicles, other machines

  07-06-2023 18:35 via foxnews.com
  
  The Wisconsin Legislature is expected to approve bills Wednesday that would protect access to gas-powered vehicles, snow blowers, lawnmowers and other machines. The Republican-controlled Assembly passed the measures in April, with all Democrats objecting, and the Senate was expected to give final approval on Wednesday. It would then be up to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to sign the bills into law or veto them. He said in April that he didn’t believe a ban on gas engines was necessary for the
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger calls Sylvester Stallone his ‘enemy’ during '80s Hollywood rivalry: We 'were at war'

  07-06-2023 18:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Arnold Schwarzenegger was always ready to battle for the spot as Hollywood’s top action man. During the ‘80s, Schwarzenegger went head-to-head in a heated rivalry against actor and "enemy" Sylvester Stallone. "I always need an enemy," Schwarzenegger, 75, revealed during his Netflix documentary, "Arnold." ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER SAYS HEAVEN IS 'SOME FANTASY': 'THAT'S THE SAD PART' "Every time he came out with a movie, like ‘Rambo II,’ I had to figure out a way of now outdoin
  
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• Colorado police didn’t respond to report of husband being taken hostage, wife of slain man says

  07-06-2023 18:34 via foxnews.com
  
  A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage said Tuesday that she called 911 but that police did not respond until about an hour later, by which time he had been shot and killed. On its online police blotter, the Colorado Springs Police Department said it found two deceased adult males on Friday at the location that Talija Campbell said she feared her husband Qualin Campbell was being held by another man. It said the officers responded to a report
  
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• Conservatives blockade House floor in latest mutiny against GOP leadership

  07-06-2023 18:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Conservatives appear to be exacting revenge on House GOP leaders by paralyzing the chamber’s legislative business in an unprecedented blockade after tanking a normally sleepy procedural vote on Tuesday. "House Leadership couldn’t Hold the Line," Rep. Matt Gaetz tweeted on Wednesday morning. "Now we Hold the Floor."  Some Conservatives are unhappy about the debt limit deal House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached with President Biden and believe the procedures used to pass it in the
  
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• Ram Rampage pickup returns, but not in the USA ... yet

  07-06-2023 18:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Ram's new small pickup is almost ready to run. The truck brand has announced that its next model will revive the Rampage name that was last used on a short-lived, car-based Dodge pickup in the 1980s. A teaser video posted to YouTube reveals the exterior of the compact, four-door pickup, which shares its styling language with the brand's big trucks. It features a bulging hood and bold Ram logos on the grille and the tailgate. LONG HAULER: RAM'S ELECTRIC PICKUP WILL GO 500 MILES BETWEEN CHARGES Wh
  
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• Man wanted in triple homicide is captured in Philadelphia; victims include 2 children

  07-06-2023 18:28
  
  A fugitive wanted in the fatal shooting of three people, including two children who’d been playing with kittens in the backyard of their Pennsylvania home, has been captured in Philadelphia
  
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• ‘Golf truce shows how Saudi money is changing world sport’

  07-06-2023 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Golf's shock merger is a stunning example of the shift in power that Saudi Arabia's investment in sport is bringing about.
  
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• 'View' co-hosts have unusually bitter argument about former VP: 'Sunny likes to make it personal with me'

  07-06-2023 18:27 via foxnews.com
  
  "The View" co-hosts Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin clashed over Former Vice President Mike Pence's campaign announcement on Tuesday as Hostin called out Farah Griffin over her work in the Trump administration.  "What scares me, Alyssa, you are incapable of defending a man that you worked for. And you said that you need to hear more from him," Hostin began. "I don't need to hear more from Pence." Griffin interjected and said that Hostin accused her of something, demanding to be allowe
  
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• Outcast Motorcycle gang shooting: Georgia prosecutors charge 16 bikers violent in turf war

  07-06-2023 18:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Sixteen alleged members of the Outcast Motorcycle Club in Georgia have been indicted in what prosecutors are calling the largest biker gang bust in state history in connection with a turf war in which they are accused of surveilling, shooting and robbing rival organizations. Among dozens of charges in the 45 count indictment, the Outcasts are accused of surrounding a motel where members of the Chosen Few gang had gathered on Highway 17 in Richmond Hill on June 17, 2022, 22 miles southwest of Sav
  
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• Woman pretended to be man, 'tricked' teen by having her take off glasses before sex: cops

  07-06-2023 18:21 via foxnews.com
  
  A British woman is accused tricking a nearsighted woman into sex by pretending to be a man while requesting that the woman take off her glasses. Georgia Bilham, a 21-year-old woman who went by the alias "George Parry," allegedly tricked a 19-year-old woman into a sexual relationship by creating fake social media profiles and messaging the victim with the username "George_132," according to a report in the New York Post. After talking online, the duo agreed to meet in 2021. The teenaged woman's r
  
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